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Big Weekend for Tua and His Jersey

Wide receiver Chosen Anderson had a great way of indicating he was signing with the Miami Dolphins
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Big Weekend for Tua and His Jersey
Big Weekend for Tua and His Jersey

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Tua Tagovailoa was all over social media this past weekend ... well, his jersey was.

When veteran wide receiver Chosen Anderson revealed he was signing with the Miami Dolphins, he did so by holding up a Tua jersey.

As indicated in Anderson's Instagram story, he's going to be playing for the home team after growing up in South Florida.

But what the story doesn't tell is that he's been a fan of Tua's game since before the Dolphins quarterback enjoyed a successful 2022 season that saw him lead the NFL in passer rating.

And that's proven by the fact he could have chosen any number of Dolphins jerseys to reveal he was joining the team but decided to go with Tagovailoa's jersey.

In the other Tua jersey story, it was Tua who initially was the fan.

And it involved Shania Twain and it the culmination of an answer Tua gave shortly after the Dolphins drafted him when he was asked for his guilty pleasure in terms of a singer.

The quarterback gave Twain a jersey with the number 1 on it ... but with a great twist.

Instead of Tagovailoa's name of the back of the jersey, this one had STILL THE, a reference to arguably the biggest hit of Twain's career, "You're Still The One."

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Alain Poupart
ALAIN POUPART

Alain Poupart is the publisher/editor of Miami Dolphins On SI and host of the All Dolphins Podcast. Alain has covered the Miami Dolphins on a full-time basis since 1989 for various publications and media outlets, including Dolphin Digest, The Associated Press and the Dolphins team website. In addition to being a credentialed member of the Miami Dolphins press corps, Alain has covered three Super Bowls (for NFL.com, Football News and the Montreal Gazette), the annual NFL draft, the Senior Bowl, and the NFL Scouting Combine. During his almost 40 years in journalism, which began at the now-defunct Miami News, Alain has covered practically every sport at one time or another, from tennis to golf, baseball, basketball and everything in between. The career also included time as a copy editor, including work on several books, such as "Still Perfect," an inside look at the Miami Dolphins' 1972 perfect season. A native of Montreal, Canada, whose first language is French, Alain grew up a huge hockey fan but soon developed a love for all sports, including NFL football. He has lived in South Florida since the 1980s.

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