The 1-6 Miami Dolphins certainly struggled this season, but things went from bad to worse in Week 7. Miami lost to the Cleveland Browns , 31-6, while Mike McDaniel's offense gained just 219 total yards and lost the turnover battle, 4-0. Three of those four turnovers came via quarterback Tua Tagovailoa , who threw the ball to the wrong team three different times in rainy Cleveland. Overall, Tagovailoa completed 12 of 23 passes for just 100 yards.
When a reporter asked McDaniel if Tagovailoa was going to be his starting quarterback for the Week 8 showdown against the Atlanta Falcons , he answered in the affirmative. But also used some comedic exaggeration at his signal-caller's expense.
"He's gonna take the snaps this week and he's gonna be our starter this week and my expectation