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Marcel Louis-JacquesJul 30, 2025, 12:06 PM ET
- Marcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN successful 2019 arsenic a bushed newsman covering the Buffalo Bills, earlier switching to the Miami Dolphins successful 2021. The erstwhile Carolina Panthers bushed writer for the Charlotte Observer won the APSE grant for breaking quality and the South Carolina Press Association grant for endeavor penning successful 2018.
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- If Tua Tagovailoa has a say, he'll beryllium connected the tract this preseason.
The Dolphins' backmost said he'd "love" to spot extended tally during Miami's three-game preseason slate, contempt 4 scheduled associated practices this summer.
Starting quarterbacks typically play sparingly successful the preseason, Tagovailoa admitted, but helium said he'd admit the crippled reps arsenic the Dolphins proceed to jell earlier their regular-season opener.
"I'd decidedly emotion to get immoderate preseason snaps in. No doubt," helium said Wednesday. "It's a caller season, it's a caller year. Got to get things tuned successful with the guys again, each of that. I don't deliberation I'm amended than anyone connected this squad oregon deliberation I'm excessively chill to get reps successful during preseason games.
"Nah, I don't caput that astatine all. I would emotion that."
Under caput manager Mike McDaniel, Tagovailoa's preseason snaps person decreased successful each of their archetypal 3 seasons together. He attempted 15 passes successful 2022, 13 successful 2023 and 5 successful 2024.
The Dolphins person 4 scheduled associated practices this summertime -- 1 with the Chicago Bears, 2 with the Detroit Lions and 1 with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Tagovailoa has not played immoderate unrecorded crippled since Dec. 22; helium missed Miami's last 2 games of the play with a hep injury.
Most of Miami's violative halfway remains intact, with the objection of choky extremity Jonnu Smith, who was traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers, and near tackle Terron Armstead, who retired successful April.
