A hip harm landed Tua Tagovailoa on the Miami Dolphins harm report this week.
It will not hold him from beginning in Week 16, although.
Tagovailoa will probably be good to go Sunday when the Dolphins face off towards the San Francisco 49ers, coach Mike McDaniel mentioned Friday.
“It is one thing that in December soccer, there’s quite a lot of these issues the place gamers throughout the board are getting dinged, and you’ve got to have the ability to execute with these issues,” McDaniel defined. “He is definitely not made it a problem for this week’s prep.”
The identical can’t be mentioned for beginning wideout Jaylen Waddle, who’s uncertain to play with a knee harm, McDaniel added.
Tagovailoa popped up on the harm report Wednesday as a restricted participant and carried the identical designation Thursday.
Coming off an unsightly loss towards the Houston Texans through which he threw one landing to a few interceptions and for simply 196 yards, Tagovailoa will purpose to rebound to maintain the Dolphins’ slim playoff probabilities alive towards a 49ers squad that is equally in slim-to-none territory because it pertains to postseason aspirations.
The Dolphins’ fifth-year QB entered Week 16 because the NFL chief in completion share at 73.7. He is thrown for two,652 yards, 18 touchdowns and 7 picks in 10 begins.
Waddle suffered the knee harm in Sunday’s loss to Houston and didn’t follow all week.
The fourth-year receiver has began all 14 video games this season. Waddle is fourth on the workforce in receptions (54), third in receiving yards (700) and fourth in receiving TDs (2).
Sitting within the ninth spot within the AFC, the Dolphins want a win to earn an 9% playoff likelihood. They’re additionally trying to rally down the stretch to stop the membership’s first dropping season since 2019.
Tagovailoa and the Fins kick off towards the 49ers at 4:25 p.m. ET on Sunday.