It’s not often that a coach is happy to see his quarterback throw interceptions. But Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said after Sunday’s game that he was happy with both of the interceptions thrown by Tua Tagovailoa.

That’s because both of them were deep balls on third-and-long that served as arm punts: Interceptions that were better for the offense than throwing an incompletion and then punting on fourth down.

Tagovailoa’s first interception came on third-and-11. The pass was picked off 41 yards downfield, and the Bills didn’t gain any yardage on the return. So it was the same as an incompletion followed by a punt with a net of 41 yards.

Tagovailoa’s second interception came on third-and-9. The pass was picked off 43 yards downfield, and the Bills actually lost 11 yards from there thanks

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