MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa can now put his focus squarely on the New England Patriots.
The past few days have been a flurry of rumors and reports about the Miami Dolphins have interest in Houston quarterback Deshaun Watson.
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However, head coach Brian Flores told the team privately that Tagovailoa is their guy.
Flores also addressed the issue with the media on Wednesday.
Flores said, “Tua is our quarterback. I think that’s been, I think he’s had a good training camp, I think he’s made a lot of progress. I think he’s made a lot of improvement. We’re pleased with where he is. He’s going about his preparations for New England the way he should be. That’s where we are as a team.”
Tagovailoa said, “I think it means a lot. With it coming from the head coach, the support that I have from him, the team, it means a lot. For me, I’m focused literally on trying to get our guys ready for next week.”
The second-year quarterback said, Tagovailoa said that he doesn’t have cable, “I’m not able to turn on my TV and watch what’s going on to see the news and whatnot. Obviously, I know social media is a big deal, really I only hear about those things from my agents... or if coach wants to sit down and talk to me about things like that. That’s how I find out a lot of the talk that’s going.”
Tagovailoa said that he’s had many sit-downs with Coach Flores.
The quarterback said he talks to his coach every day.