But for now, Tagovailoa is less concerned with putting up clean stat lines in practice and more focused on sharpening the finer points of his game. His goal right now seems to be progress, and the pick-free start to camp is just one sign that the process is paying off.

Injuries have kept Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa off the field for significant chunks of time during his career and he said recently that he's not going to put himself "in situations where I’m not available for my team" in the future.