Michael Vick offers advice to Dolphins' Tua Tagovailoa

Retired quarterback Michael Vick took plenty of hits as a dual-threat offensive weapon and offered some advice to Miami Dolphins starter Tua Tagovailoa regarding Tagovailoa's worrisome injury history. 

"I just think he’s got to bulk up a little bit," Vick said about Tagovailoa during a recent appearance on the "It Needed To Be Said" podcast hosted by Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill, per Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk. "Get a little bit bigger. Get stronger. As you grow into your man body, that’s what needs to happen. Ain’t nothing wrong with picking up another 10 pounds, 15 pounds. Don’t get hit. Don’t get knocked around." 

A healthy Tagovailoa played like a Most Valuable Player candidate throughout portions of the 2022 NFL season but also suffered a minimum of two reported concussions during the campaign. He spent over a month in the league's concussion protocol this past winter and admitted in April he considered retiring due to worries about his long-term health. 

Tagovailoa trained in jiu-jitsu this offseason "to learn how to fall" in a way that could help him avoid future head injuries and also sported a newly designed helmet meant to reduce concussions during springtime practices. Miami picked up the fifth-year option attached to Tagovailoa's rookie contract that theoretically could keep him with the club through the 2024 season despite concerns related to his previous injuries. 

While Hill declared that Tagovailoa is the "most accurate quarterback in the league," Vick merely praised the 25-year-old for delivering on-target passes to teammates. 

"I ain’t gonna say the most accurate, I’m just saying like his ball — he throw a catchable ball," Vick added about Tagovailoa. "He throw a real catchable ball. If you watch what he did in college...every ball was on the money. Soft, right where the receiver [was], in stride." 

That's all well and good but won't mean much for the 2023 Dolphins if Tagovailoa isn't available for vital stretches of the season.