{"id":293944,"date":"2023-10-12T00:53:54","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T00:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=293944"},"modified":"2023-10-12T00:53:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T00:53:54","slug":"dolphins-qb-tua-tagovailoa-says-single-season-passing-record-would-definitely-be-cool-but-only-if-we-could-get-to-where-we-want-to-get-as-a-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/nfl\/dolphins-qb-tua-tagovailoa-says-single-season-passing-record-would-definitely-be-cool-but-only-if-we-could-get-to-where-we-want-to-get-as-a-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa says single-season passing record 'would definitely be cool' but only 'if we could get to where we want to get as a team'"},"content":{"rendered":"
A long season still lies ahead, but the Miami Dolphins offense is swimming at an awe-inspiring pace.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Following their 524-yard showing in a 31-16 win over the New York Giants in Week 5, quarterback \ufeffTua Tagovailoa\ufeff and the Dolphins have piled up 2,568 yards of offense. It’s the most for a team in NFL history through five games, having surpassed the St. Louis Rams’ “Greatest Show on Turf” in 2000, which sped out to 2,527 yards.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Leading the “Greatest Show on Surf,” Tagovailoa has also set a stellar pace, one that has him in stride to threaten Peyton Manning’s single-season passing yards mark.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tagovailoa admits racking up the prestigious record would be something to celebrate, but if it doesn’t complement team triumph, it’s all for naught.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“That would definitely be cool,” Tagovailoa said Wednesday, via team transcript. “If we don’t get to where we want to as a team, none of that would mean anything to me. But along the way, if we could get to where we want to get to as a team, and those statistics could follow in helping win games, I’d be very happy.”<\/p>\n
Manning set the all-time single-season standard of 5,477 passing yards in 2013 (through 16 games).<\/p>\n
Tagovailoa, playing a 17-game season, is on pace for 5,487 yards, per NFL Research.<\/p>\n
With 12 games still to go, Tagovailoa and the Fins have to keep up their break-neck tempo for a while longer at this point, but so far so great.<\/p>\n
Through Miami’s 4-1 start, Tagovailoa has thrown for a league-best 1,614 yards \u2013 116 more than second-place \ufeffKirk Cousins\ufeff. He’ll have an arduous task ahead of him Sunday as the Dolphins are facing a Carolina Panthers squad that is winless, but boasts the fifth-ranked defense in passing yards allowed.<\/p>\n
Tagovailoa’s off to a sensational start statistically and his health has held up most importantly. Now in his fourth NFL season, Tagovailoa’s never played a season without missing a game due to injury.<\/p>\n
If he’s to truly challenge The Sheriff’s all-time mark, his health will be a prevailing a factor. Thus far, he’s feeling as great as he ever has.<\/p>\n
“I feel really good,” Tagovailoa said. “I mean, the best that any quarterback could feel, or any football player could feel, at this point of the season.”<\/p>\n