Dolphins QB focused on Bills, not trade talk

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y.—As if Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa doesn’t have enough worries leading a team in freefall and facing questions about his suddenly unsettled future given the swarm of speculation regarding Miami’s interest in acquiring Deshaun Watson.

Up next for the second-year player is a trip to Buffalo to face the division rival Bills, who sidelined him for three weeks in Week 2.

“This is a great opportunity,” said Tagovailoa, who received a vote of confidence from coach Brian Flores this week.

A win Sunday won’t eliminate all the distractions, but it might help ease the burden — for one week at least — of how a oncepromising season thoroughly unravelled in Miami.

After a season-opening 17-16 win at New England, very little has gone right for the 1-6 Dolphins in the midst of a six-game skid.

The streak began with a 35-0 loss to Buffalo in Miami’s home opener, which marked the Bills’ most lopsided victory in 115 meetings between the teams.

It was Buffalo’s sixth straight win over Miami during a stretch in which the Bills have outscored the Dolphins by a combined 232-112. The streak includes the Dolphins getting bumped out of playoff contention following a 2020 seasonending 56-26 loss in which Buffalo rested most of its starters after halftime.