How long will Tua Tagovailoa be out for? Why Dolphins QB doesn’t play “MNF.”

“The great thing about IR is there are no schedules for a month,” McDaniel said before Week 3, according to ESPN. “I always say this, but I’m not sure people really understand it: If you set a schedule based on the information you have today, how much of what happens then fulfills the prophecy of that schedule ? And is that the right thing to do?” “Especially with competitors and such, sometimes you can do more harm than good.

“Worrying about anything when it comes to the schedule is very helpful for him as a human being to recover from an injury and that’s the only motivating factor you have when you’re dealing with players, their careers and their injuries.”

With that in mind, it doesn’t look like the Dolphins will be releasing a concrete update on Tagovailoa’s possible return any time soon. So even though he’s eligible to return in Week 8, it seems more likely that the team will evaluate him week-to-week.