Miami Dolphins fans spent three full games, all victories, giddily appreciating Tua Tagovailoa, and with reason to, like never before.
The three games since, all losses, should have that appreciation only growing in his absence as we have seen the sharp downturn and struggles at quarterback without him.
Next Sunday night this franchise will stage its official celebration of the 1972 Perfect Season Dolphins, 50 years later. It will also be a night to cheer the return from concussion of a healthy Tagovailoa, who has been nothing but maligned and doubted his first two seasons but now is earning the respect — and even the plain benefit of doubt — that had been denied him.
