Despite throwing six interceptions in the last two weeks, Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa doesn’t think that his self-belief is part of the issue.
“I wouldn’t say there’s any losing of the confidence,” Tagovailoa told reporters Wednesday. “I think the confidence comes from within. Then also the confidence comes from what you know you can do, what I’ve done in the past. I think we’re this close. I think we’re this close to being able to go out there and show what we’ve said we’ve wanted to do, but we’ve just got to be able to put them all together.”
Observers have come to a different conclusion based on Tagovailoa’s play.
“All the things that he’s done well over the years, he’s not doing now,” Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner said earlier this week on The Rich Eisen Show. “It looks like he’s second-guessing everything. He’s questioning every decision and every throw.
“That, to me, is kind of what’s going on in Miami right now. Everybody is second-guessing everything. And Tua is second-guessing every decision and every throw. A guy that used to be great in terms of anticipation, great in terms of accuracy, those things have gone out the window in a timing-oriented offense.”
Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel has alluded to that being an issue too. While he expressed confidence with “zero-uncertainty” in Tagovailoa earlier this week, the coach also talked about trying to remind the quarterback of his prior successes.
“You’re trying to instruct for future, but I think it’s also important that you remind him of how he’s responded in the past to give him conviction in the future,” McDaniel said.
Back-to-back three-interception games for Tagovailoa have caused the Dolphins to drop to 1-6 on the year. They currently sit No. 2 in the 2026 NFL draft behind only the winless New York Jets.
This article originally appeared on Dolphins Wire: Tua Tagovailoa says back-to-back 3-interception games haven’t shaken his confidence
Reporting by Adam Stites, Dolphins Wire / Dolphins Wire
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