Tua Tagovailoa Week 2 Preview vs. the Patriots

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Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has a favorable matchup in Week 2 (Sunday at 1 p.m. ET), facing the New England Patriots. The Patriots are giving up the second-most passing yards in the league, 333 per game.

Last year Tagovailoa racked up 2,867 passing yards (260.6 per game) with a 72.9% completion rate (291-of-399), throwing for 19 TDs with seven INTs.

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Tagovailoa vs. the Patriots

  • Tagovailoa vs the Patriots (since 2021): 4 GP / 193.2 PASS YPG / 6 PASS TD
  • Last year, New England allowed only two quarterbacks to rack up more than 300 passing yards in a game.
  • 13 players have thrown for at least one touchdown in a game against the Patriots last season.
  • In the passing game, New England allowed eight players to throw at least two touchdowns in a game last year.
  • In the passing game, the Patriots allowed at least three passing touchdowns to four opposing quarterbacks last year.
  • The Patriots yielded 211.5 passing yards per game to be the NFL's 10th-ranked defense against the pass last year.
  • The Patriots' defense was ranked 19th in the league at 1.6 passing TDs conceded per game last year.

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Tagovailoa Passing Insights

  • Tagovailoa exceeded his passing yards prop bet total in five games last year, or 45.5% of games with a prop available.
  • The Dolphins, who ranked 22nd in the NFL in points scored last season, attempted a pass 56.9% of the time while running the ball 43.1% of the time.
  • With 2,867 yards on 399 pass attempts, Tagovailoa was 17th in the NFL with 7.2 yards per attempt last year.
  • Tagovailoa had a passing touchdown in all 11 games last season, with multiple passing TDs in five of them.

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Tagovailoa's Last Season Performance

Opponent Date Week Passing Stats Rushing Stats
vs. Jaguars 9/8/2024 Week 1 23-for-37 / 338 YDS / 1 TD / 0 INTs 1 ATT / 11 YDS / 0 TDs
vs. Bills 9/12/2024 Week 2 17-for-25 / 145 YDS / 1 TD / 3 INTs 2 ATT / 17 YDS / 0 TDs
vs. Cardinals 10/27/2024 Week 8 28-for-38 / 234 YDS / 1 TD / 0 INTs 3 ATT / 13 YDS / 0 TDs
vs. Bills 11/3/2024 Week 9 25-for-28 / 231 YDS / 2 TDs / 0 INTs 2 ATT / 3 YDS / 0 TDs
vs. Rams 11/11/2024 Week 10 20-for-28 / 207 YDS / 1 TD / 1 INT 1 ATT / -1 YDS / 0 TDs
vs. Raiders 11/17/2024 Week 11 28-for-36 / 288 YDS / 3 TDs / 0 INTs 0 ATT / 0 YDS / 0 TDs
vs. Patriots 11/24/2024 Week 12 29-for-40 / 317 YDS / 4 TDs / 0 INTs 3 ATT / -2 YDS / 0 TDs
vs. Packers 11/28/2024 Week 13 37-for-46 / 365 YDS / 2 TDs / 0 INTs 2 ATT / 6 YDS / 0 TDs
vs. Jets 12/8/2024 Week 14 33-for-47 / 331 YDS / 2 TDs / 0 INTs 1 ATT / 3 YDS / 0 TDs
vs. Texans 12/15/2024 Week 15 29-for-40 / 196 YDS / 1 TD / 3 INTs 0 ATT / 0 YDS / 0 TDs
vs. 49ers 12/22/2024 Week 16 22-for-34 / 215 YDS / 1 TD / 0 INTs 2 ATT / -1 YDS / 0 TDs