Miami, FL
Tua Tagovailoa on Dolphins Blowout Loss to Colts
The Miami Dolphins 2025 season opener could not have gone worse.
The final score of 33-8 was coupled with multiple injuries, including the Dolphins losing James Daniels to a pectoral injury, Storm Duck to a knee injury, and Austin Jackson to a toe injury that may have carried over from training camp.
On top of the multitude of injuries, Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa had one of the worst starts of his career, finishing the day with a 51.7 passer rating, 114 yards, one touchdown, two interceptions, and a fumble loss.
Naturally, Tagovailoa was not thrilled when speaking to reporters following the game. He approached the podium to deliver some somber words on the disastrous day.
Tagovailoa discussed whether he felt the Dolphins were lacking in execution, or were simply not prepared for the Colts.
“I would say this was a lack of a lot of things today. I can speak more so on the offensive side, as we were trying to get things started, get things rolling, ” Tagovailoa said. “That’s just not how you start the game. Interception, we come back out on the next drive, turn the ball over with a strip sack. Next drive, we just can’t get anything going. So, how do you build off of that is what we’re looking forward to.
“We don’t want to overreact, we don’t want to underreact to this. We want to make sure we get this right so that this never happens again.”
When asked if the turnovers committed had to do with “pressing,” Tagovailoa appeared to take umbrage with the idea of trying to force throws.
“I wouldn’t say I’m pressing. I would say it’s part of the game. You obviously don’t want to turn it over. I thought that was a wild comment, that I turn the ball over in bunches,” He said. “That’s crazy. It just so happened that’s what happened today. It was what it was. We got to move forward from that, can’t make those same mistakes, and just move on from them.”
The mistakes that Tagovailoa is referencing are two interceptions and a fumble loss in the loss. One interception was a high pass intended for Tyree Hill, which sailed over his head completely, landing right into the hands of Colts safety Cam Bynum.
“It was just a throw that I sailed on Tyreek, I maybe hung on it a little longer,” Tua said. “Probably should have progressed on that. My feet were telling me to progress on that. Probably would have had Jaylen (Waddle) on that throw instead of hanging there.”
Having multiple turnovers in a game is never going to make a win come easy, but Tagovailoa pointed to the offense not being sharp as a main component of the lopsided loss to the Colts.
Tagovailoa and Hill were not synched in the way they normally are, and Tagovailoa pointed more to the offense being off than Hill missing preseason and crucial reps.
“No, I wouldn’t say that affected anything. I just think as an offense, we got to get going, and once you get into that groove, once you get into that rhythm – I mean, that’s when things start happening for us. But we couldn’t find it today,” he said.
Tagovailoa pointed to the major loss as something that fans do not “pay to see,” and also added that there needs to be self-reflection for the performance, but also reiterated that the reflection begins with him.
“We’re going to take our loss,” he said. “That’s never how we want to look at it. And the way we lost? Nobody pays, none of the fans pay to watch the Miami Dolphins go put up eight points and watch the other team drop 30 on them. That’s just not what they do.
“There’s a lot of things we need to look at. We need to look in the mirror. We need to continue to hold each other accountable for what it is. I would definitely say it starts with me, and I think as a team collectively, this was something we were trying to avoid. But could this be good for us? I don’t know. We’ll see how we respond next week.”
One of the most concerning issues was Tagovailoa taking three sacks in the game. The Dolphins clearly can’t avoid losing him to injury, so any sort of contact will always be concerning.
“Yeah, feel good. Nothing alerted or any anything like that. Just come to the sideline, felt great,” Tagovailoa said of taking the hits throughout the day.
Despite the tough loss, Tagovailoa said that he is “excited” to see how the team reacts to the loss, and his fellow teammates will be watching film to correct mistakes in Week 2.
“We got to go look at the film,” he said. “But I’m definitely curious to see. OK, I came in on Tuesday, I’ve seen these guys on Tuesday, last week. I want to see if these same guys are watching film on Tuesday this week. I want to see how everyone goes about their process. I mean, same for me. But then outside of their process, how they go out there and execute what they need to do to be able to turn this thing around for Week 2.”
The Dolphins will have a chance to correct the loss when they host the New England Patriots for the home opener on September 14.
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An investigation is underway at a northwest Miami-Dade apartment complex after the sheriff’s office said a man was shot by his girlfriend after a “heated dispute” early Wednesday morning.
Few details have been released, but the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office said the incident took place at an apartment complex located off Northwest 7th Avenue.
The sheriff’s office said that a man became involved in a “heated dispute” with his girlfriend, and she shot him in the right arm.
He was rushed to a hospital by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue in critical condition.
The woman is in custody.
The identities of those who were involved have not yet been released.
No other information was available.
Game date, time and location: Tuesday, Mar. 3, 7:30 p.m. EST, Kaseya Center, Miami, Florida
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VITALS: The Miami Heat (32-29) and Brooklyn Nets (15-45) meet for the second of three regular season matchups. Earlier this season, Miami recorded a, 106-95, win in Brooklyn on December 18 and has now won four of the last five overall against the Nets.
It also marks the first of consecutive games against Brooklyn with the teams facing each other again on Thursday. The Heat are 83-61 all-time versus the Nets during the regular season, including 44-26 in home games and 39-35 in road games.
PROJECTED STARTERS
HEAT
G Davion Mitchell
G Tyler Herro
C Bam Adebayo
F Pelle Larsson
F Andrew Wiggins
NETS
G Nolan Traore
G Terance Mann
C Nic Claxton
F Michael Porter Jr.
F Noah Clowney
INJURY REPORT
HEAT
Davion Mitchell: Questionable – Shoulder
Norman Powell: Out – Groin
Nikola Jovic: Out – Back
Trevor Keels: Available – G League
Jahmir Young: Available – G League
Vlad Goldin: Available – G League
Terry Rozier: Out – Not with team
NETS
Nic Claxton: Probable – Thumb
Egor Demin: Out – Foot
QUOTABLE
Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra: “Regardless of the scheme is, I always go back to that, it’s just about committing to doing hard things. We were really moving in the zone, taking away airspace and scrambling to challenge shots at the rim. In a lot of these losses in the last month we’ve just been giving up shots at the rim and threes.”
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Alexander Toledo is a contributor to Miami Heat On SI and producer/co-host of the Five on the Floor podcast, covering the Heat and NBA. He can be reached at Twitter: @tropicalblanket
ORLANDO, Fla. — Lionel Messi scored twice in a four-goal second half, defender Telasco Segovia added a goal and two assists and defending champion Inter Miami CF rallied to beat Orlando City SC 4-2 on Sunday night, winning for the first time at Inter&Co Stadium.
Messi took a pass from Segovia and scored in the 57th minute to tie it 2-2, and Segovia scored unassisted in the 85th for the lead. Messi put the finishing touch on the victory when he scored off a free kick in the 90th.
“The victory belongs exclusively to the players,” Miami coach Javier Mascherano said after the game. “In the second half, they were a championship team. There were no tactics, nothing like that. There was heart, courage, possession, resilience, commitment. I think the team came out because they were champions last year.
“In the end, the players showed it. This victory is theirs.”
Messi’s first two goals of the season give him 52 in his first 55 regular-season MLS matches — 51 of them in his past 49 appearances. It also brought the reigning MLS MVP to 898 career goals scored, including 672 for Barcelona and 115 for Argentina.
“He’s the best player to ever play this sport. He’s a leader, and as a leader, he inspires others, but he also often needs to be inspired himself,” Mascherano said of Messi. “When he was driving forward, he had more attacking options, and with so many opportunities, he clearly has the ability to create chances like no one else, and that’s what allowed us to turn the game around.”
Marco Pašalić took a pass from Iván Angulo and scored in the 18th minute to give Orlando City a 1-0 lead. Pašalić has scored in four straight matches against Inter Miami.
Defender Griffin Dorsey set up Martín Ojeda for a goal six minutes later for a 2-0 advantage that stood through halftime.
Inter Miami cut it to 2-1 four minutes into the second half on Mateo Silvetti’s first career goal. Defenders Segovia and Facundo Mura had assists as the 20-year-old forward found the net in his fifth career appearance.
Segovia had eight goals and six assists as a rookie last season, while Mura collected his first assist in his first season.
Dayne St. Clair, the reigning goalkeeper of the year, turned away three shots — all in the second half of his second start with Inter Miami, but let in a soft goal for Orlando’s first.
Maxime Crépeau had four saves in his second start for Orlando City.
Teenager Colin Guske, 19, will miss Orlando City’s next match after the rookie picked up two yellow cards in his first start — the second one led to his exit in the 88th minute.
Inter Miami, which had never won in its previous nine trips to Orlando, was coming off a 3-0 road loss to LAFC.
Orlando City swept Inter Miami during the regular season last year and leads the all-time series 8-7-4.
Inter Miami plays D.C. United on Saturday at Audi Field. Orlando City is also on the road with a match against New York City FC.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this recap.
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