The Miami Dolphins offense has picked up the pace after a rough start to the year, but it isn’t going to come close to the numbers it racked up during a prolific 2023 season. Tua Tagovailoa may etch his name in the NFL record books anyway, though.
After missing four games earlier in the year due to a concussion that sent him to injured reserve, the fifth-year quarterback has been stellar in his return.
With four games left in the regular season, Tagovailoa has completed 240 of his 325 pass attempts this season. That 73.8 percent completion rate is just a hair behind the single-season NFL record of 74.4 percent held by future Hall of Famer Drew Brees.
If Tagovailoa, who’s averaging about 36 pass attempts per game, can complete somewhere around 76 percent of his passes in the last four games of the year — no small feat — he’d take Brees’ spot in the record book.
To get that done, Tagovailoa will almost certainly have to break another legend’s record first.
Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana completed at least 70 percent of his passes in eight consecutive games during the 1989 season. That’s a streak of efficiency even Brees never matched. Tagovailoa is now at seven consecutive starts at 70 percent or better.
With two more efficient performances, Tagovailoa could eclipse Montana’s streak and inch closer to potentially beating Brees’ record too.
