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Tua Tagovailoa is “very unlikely” to play in the Miami Dolphins’ final regular-season game due to the hip injury that also kept him out last week against the Cleveland Browns.

Head Coach Mike McDaniel updated Tagovailoa status on Friday, noting that Snoop Huntley will start against the New York Jets.

Tagovailoa, in his fifth NFL season, has dealt with several injuries in 2024 after playing in all 17 games a season ago. He had a promising start to the year, throwing for 338 passing yards and a touchdown in Week 1, but suffered a scary concussion against the Buffalo Bills in Week 2.

The concussion landed Tagovailoa on injured reserve and he did not return until October 27, missing four games.

Tagovailoa managed to stay healthy for most of the season, but suffered a hip injury against the Houston Texans in Week 15. While he was able to overcome the injury the following week against the San Francisco 49ers, he missed the team’s penultimate game. Dolphins against the Cleveland Browns.

Luckily for the Dolphins, Miami survived without their starting quarterback to stay alive in the playoff race. Miami needs to beat New York in Week 18, along with a Denver Broncos loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, who will rest Patrick Mahomes.

Tagovailoa has thrown for 2,867 passing yards, 19 touchdowns and seven interceptions. He had a decent season considering he had to miss some time, but it was far from the year he expected to have after racking up 4,624 yards and 29 touchdowns a year ago.