Hurts and Tagovailoa, who go head-to-head for the first time in the NFL, will forever be linked by their tenures under coach Nick Saban at Alabama.
There will be one certainty when the Miami Dolphins visit the Philadelphia Eagles in a matchup of two of the NFL's best teams on Sunday night: Tua Tagovailoa can't replace Jalen Hurts at halftime.
Oh, and the play that sparked the comeback? Tagovailoa's 41-yard touchdown pass to DeVonta Smith, the 1,110-yard receiving wideout from a year ago, when he reunited with Hurts.Tagovailoa, who leads the NFL in passing yards and touchdown passes, remained the starter the following Alabama season. Hurts, though, led the Crimson Tide to a win in the SEC Championship game when Tagovailoa was injured. Hurts later transferred to Oklahoma for his final season.
"I never had two players that were really, really good players at the same position who actually supported each other the way those two guys supported each other when they were here," Saban said. "I think that comes from mutual respect and both guys being great team guys and putting the team before their own personal feelings. One guy went like 26-2 as a starter and got replaced by another guy for a whole year and supported him.
Both QBs were respectful toward the other, although, in the heat of competition, neither necessarily gushed about his rival.Added Tagovailoa: "I got a lot of respect for Jalen. He's been a great competitor since I got there to Alabama. He's been a special player since I've been there, and he's been a special player throughout his entire college career.
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