{"id":28504,"date":"2025-06-02T18:28:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T18:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=28504"},"modified":"2025-06-02T18:28:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T18:28:09","slug":"video-taulia-tagovailoas-first-pass-in-his-elf-debut-couldnt-have-gone-any-worse-than-it-did","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=28504","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Taulia Tagovailoa\u2019s First Pass In His ELF Debut Couldn\u2019t Have Gone Any Worse Than It Did"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Taulia Tagovailoa had an incredibly productive career after transferring from Alabama to Maryland, but things are not going so well for him right now as he plays European football.<\/p>\n<p>Professional football,\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/\">NFL<\/a>\u00a0or not, isn\u2019t easy.<\/p>\n<p>Tagovailoa, former Maryland quarterback and a rookie in the European League of Football, is 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Tagovailoa,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0Alex Malchow wrote for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/europeanleague.football\/news\/tough-debut-for-tagovailoa-surge-dominate-sea-devils-3339\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">league\u2019s official website.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cHe was replaced mid of the game by Moritz Maack, who managed to achieve two touchdowns for the Sea Devils.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2 id=\"h-cfl-s-hamilton-tiger-cats-released-taulia-tagovailoa\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">CFL\u2019s Hamilton Tiger-Cats Released Taulia Tagovailoa<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1946207\" src=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GettyImages-1453340276-1-1024x563.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" 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(Photo by Jared C. Tilton\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Taulia Tagovailoa\u2019s\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/cfl\/\">CFL<\/a>\u00a0journey is over, at least for now.<\/p>\n<p>The Hamilton Tiger-Cats released Tagovailoa in advance of the opening of training camp last month.<\/p>\n<p>After going undrafted a year ago, Tua\u2019s younger brother landed with the Tiger-Cats. He appeared in eight games, rushing three times for 10 yards and a touchdown. He threw one pass, completing it for six yards.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, he participated in both the Seahawks\u2019 and Cardinals\u2019 rookie minicamps on a tryout basis. 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