Brian Flores Unconcerned With Tua Preseason Blunder
Despite one notable error against the Chicago Bears, Tua Tagovailoa’s first preseason run out pleased Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores.
When Tua attempted to find TE Adam Shaheen over the middle in front of the end zone, it was intercepted. It spelled the end of an otherwise promising day for the Dolphins quarterback.
Following the 20 – 13 defeat to the Bears, Tua Tagovailoa admitted his decision making was poor. The good thing for Brian Flores is that it’s a correctable mistake.
By halftime, Miami had outgained Chicago 215 yards to 79 yards thanks to Tua’s play.
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“Obviously he had one bad decision in the red zone,” Flores said. “We talked about it. He knows exactly what he should have done with the ball there. It’s correctable. We talked about as a staff, it’s something that’s very correctable, and he will make the correction and move on to get better.”
“You know, I think the DB made a great play,” Tagovailoa said. “That wasn’t a good decision on my part. When you get down to the red area, you got to make good, quick decisions. And that was a quick decision, but not a good decision. Just something that I got to continue to learn from, take that and put it in my arsenal and hope not to make that same mistake again.
“I would say we’re getting into a good groove offensively,” Tagovailoa said.
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“You know, I think we did a pretty good job converting on our third downs, on our fourth downs as well. Now, but then again, it’s a one-play-at-a-time kind of mentality. … Maybe take a shot, whatever play we’re given, got to go through the fundamentals and techniques that we’ve been taught throughout the week and use that.
“I did all right,” Tagovailoa said. “There are a lot of things that we need to clean up offensively, with our communication, more so our execution, with our plays that were given.
“But first time coming out in a real game-like situation environment, I thought it was pretty good. … We’ll take a look at some of those plays that didn’t go the way we wanted to, and we’ll get those fixed.”
