What It Means:

Tagovailoa has been limited in practice this week by some soreness and swelling in his finger after injuring it last Sunday. Jacoby Brissett would be a downgrade for Jaylen Waddle and the Dolphins' offense if Tagovailoa winds up being ruled out.

The Texans are allowing the seventh-most Adjusted Defensive Passing Net Expected Points (NEP) per play this season. According to Sharp Football Stats, in the previous three weeks with Tua returning from injury and an offensive scoring margin between trailing by seven points and leading by seven points, the Dolphins are passing at the seventh-highest rate (64 percent), considerably above the league average of 59 percent under those conditions. He is tied as the fifth-best point-per-dollar value at the quarterback position on FanDuel in numberFire's Week 9 fantasy rankings.