ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported on December 28 the Dolphins have downgraded Tagovailoa to doubtful for the Week 17 showdown. Tagovailoa is dealing with a hip injury. “Tagovailoa still is pushing to play Sunday, but if he can’t, Tyler Huntley would be in line to replace him,” Schefter wrote on X (formerly Twitter).

MIAMI GARDENS — If Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is a razor-sharp 26 of 30 passing in each of his next two games, he’ll finish the season completing 74.7 percent of his passes and narrowly surpass Drew Brees’ all-time single season completion record of 74.4 percent, established in 2018.