The Facts: Tagovailoa won't be able to convince most of the football world he's fully healed from his gruesome hip injury until he proves it on an NFL field. Before he can do that, he has to convince himself he's 100 percent back to his old self. Tagovailoa is already working on that sale. "I'd say I'm ready to go," he told USA Today. "It's kind of those things where you start getting the itch to get back out on the field, to be able to compete. It's going to be a new setting, so that's what's even more exciting."
Diehards Line:Tagovailoa got an early start to acclimating to the new setting, receiving early access to the Dolphins' facility amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic because he's a player who is still rehabbing an injury. That has allowed him to get comfortable quicker than most of the rest of his fellow rookies, which could end up being crucial if Tagovailoa has his eyes on opening the 2020 season as Miami's starting quarterback. Getting there will require him trusting his body and leaning on what pushed him to the fifth-overall pick of the 2020 draft. That process is about to begin.