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Miami Dolphins will bench many starters Sunday including Tua Tagovailoa

MIAMI, FLORIDA - JUNE 11: Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa #1 of the Miami Dolphins looks on in warm-ups and stretching during off-season workouts at Baptist Health Training Facility at Nova Southern University on June 11, 2021 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images)

The Miami Dolphins will not play Tua Tagovailoa on Sunday to wrap their pre-season schedule against the Bengals. In fact, many starters will not play. Is that a smart move for a team that is young and still relatively inexperienced?

The case of Tagovailoa is interesting. He has a decent first preseason game and a much better outing in week two but sitting him or the final game, which will be followed by a two-week game break before the season begins seems odd.