The Miami Dolphins are looking to make a playoff push over the second half of the season. It won’t be easy, as the Buffalo Bills and New England Patriots are both in the AFC East with Miami, and look like two of the best teams in the league.
Miami’s schedule isn’t making things any easier, either. The Dolphins have become regular participants in the NFL’s international games, and this season was no different, as Miami had to travel all the way to Spain for the league’s first-ever game in Madrid.
After defeating the Washington Commanders in Spain, Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was asked if there was any other international destination he’d like to play an NFL game in, and had a rather shocking response considering the current political climate.
“Shoot, it’d be pretty cool to go play in Jerusalem. … That’d be sick,” Tagovailoa answered.
Considering all the heat Israel is getting for what’s going on in Gaza, and that Jerusalem is in occupied Palestine, fans on social media had some rather interesting reactions on social media.
“Well what else do you expect from him when dude barely has a functioning brain,” one person wrote on Twitter.
“Anytime Tua gets behind the mic man,” another person added.
“This is one of the most bizarre things ever said,” someone else wrote.
It’ll be interesting to see if the Dolphins quarterback is asked to clarify his statement.
About Qwame Skinner
Qwame Skinner has loved both writing and sports his entire life. In addition to his sports coverage at Comeback Media, Qwame writes novels, and his debut; The First Casualty, an adult fantasy, is out now.