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Dolphins bench Tua Tagovailoa in fourth quarter against Raiders

If the Miami Dolphins do make the playoffs, who will be the quarterback?

Head coach Brian Flores pulled Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa in a close game against the Las Vegas Raiders Saturday night, going back to Ryan Fitzpatrick with 9:47 remaining in the fourth quarter with Miami trailing, 16-13.

Tagovailoa completed 17 of 22 passes and threw for a game-tying TD pass early in the third quarter. But he threw for only 94 yards and took drive-ending sacks on his final three possessions, all of which ended in punts.

Fitzpatrick came in and completed five of his first six passes for 73 yards, including a 31-yard pass — the longest play of the game to that point for Miami — to Mike Gesicki down to the Las Vegas 4-yard line.