Waiver Season 2026 · week 2 · updated Sep 18

Start or sit Tua Tagovailoa in week 2?

Sit him Sit Tua Tagovailoa in week 2 if you have another option. Waiver projects 1.1 points against CAR, which makes him QB37 this week, outside the QB18 who start in a twelve-team league. A bad week for him looks like 5.7 points and a good one 22.5.

Doubtful Listed as doubtful (oblique), so his chance of playing is 8%. The projection counts that chance; the floor and ceiling are for a game he plays.

Projected points
1.1
Floor
5.7
Ceiling
22.5
Rank this week
QB37
Opponent
CAR
Chance he plays
8%

Others at his position this week

PlayerRankOpponentProjectedFloor–ceilingCompare
Justin FieldsQB35IND1.15.8–22.7Compare
J.J. McCarthyQB36CHI1.15.7–22.6Compare
Marcus MariotaQB38DAL1.05.4–22.1Compare
Carson WentzQB39CHI1.05.1–21.8Compare

See his rest-of-season outlook · All start or sit calls for week 2

Projected points count his chance of playing. The floor and the ceiling are for a game he plays: he should score below the floor about one week in ten, and above the ceiling about one week in ten. Tested on single games in the 2024 and 2025 seasons. The line between starting and sitting is the QB18 in a twelve-team league; deeper leagues start more.