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Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is doing whatever he can this offseason to attempt to avoid the type of injury issues that impacted him throughout the 2022-23 campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Offseason training\u2019s been good,” Tagovailoa said at an event on Monday evening, per David Furones<\/a> of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. “Been working on strength in many areas and been chipping away at things that I felt like I needed to work on to get to where I feel I can get to in the later parts of the season.”\u00a0<\/p>\n Tagovailoa was a true Most Valuable Player candidate when healthy in his first year with head coach Mike McDaniel. According to ESPN<\/a> stats, the 25-year-old finished this past regular season first among eligible players with a 105.5 passer rating and an average of 8.9 yards per pass attempt. He was third with a 68.8 adjusted QBR.\u00a0<\/p>\n However, Tagovailoa<\/a> also appeared in just 13 games and suffered a minimum of two known concussions. He spent over a month<\/a> in concussion protocol following the Week 16 contest against the Green Bay Packers and missed the playoff loss at the Buffalo Bills.\u00a0<\/p>\n Tagovailoa’s lengthy and concerning injury history<\/a> caused some NFL insiders to link<\/a> the Dolphins with other options such as Baltimore Ravens star Lamar Jackson and re-retired<\/a> living legend Tom Brady during the winter. Instead, Miami exercised<\/a> the fifth-year option attached to Tagovailoa’s contract that guarantees him roughly $23.17M for the 2024-25 season.\u00a0<\/p>\n