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Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa heads into Week 15 with the highest completion percentage in the league and one of the highest single-season completion percentages of all time.

Tagovailoa has completed 73.8 percent of his passes this season and former Saints quarterback Drew Brees is the only quarterback in NFL history with a higher percentage for a single season. Brees completed 74.4 percent of his passes in 2018 and 74.3 percent of his passes in 2019.

With four games left, there’s a chance that Tagovailoa could wind up with a higher mark than Brees managed in those seasons, but he said at a Wednesday press conference that it isn’t something that takes precedence over trying for a winning streak that could push the Dolphins into the playoffs.

“To surpass any record in the NFL, I think is an accomplishment in itself,” Tagovailoa said, via a transcript from the team. “You’re talking about legends, Hall of Famers in the past that have played this game. You’re talking about future legends, future Hall of Famers that are playing now in this game. That would mean a lot, but I think for us, right now, just trying to keep the main goal, the main goal and to find a win this Sunday and go on a run that we’ve been talking about in that locker room as a team, that would be a little more special than any other record I would say.”

Tagovailoa completed over 80 percent of his passes against the Packers on Thanksgiving, but the Dolphins lost. He was 10 percentage points lower against the Jets last Sunday, but the Dolphins won and that’s a trade the quarterback says he’ll make every time.

49ers running back Isaac Guerendo became the team’s starter last week and the rookie scored two touchdowns against the Bears, but his day ended on a down note.

Guerendo injured his foot late in the 38-13 49ers win and he was listed as out of practice on both Monday and Tuesday as a result. Guerendo was bumped up to a limited listing on Wednesday before being listed as questionable to play against the Rams on Thursday night.

Adam Schefter of ESPN reports on Thursday morning that Guerendo “feels good” and plans to play at Levi’s Stadium.

Schefter had a similar report about Steelers wide receiver George Pickens last Sunday, but Pickens wound up being inactive with a hamstring injury and he’s unlikely to play this weekend as well. That doesn’t mean Guerendo will ultimately be scratched as well, but it should be taken with at least a grain of salt until the inactive lists are released 90 minutes ahead of kickoff.

Cowboys cornerback Amani Oruwariye is trying to take what happened in Monday night’s loss to the Bengals as a “learning lesson.”

After teammate Nick Vigil blocked a punt late in the fourth quarter, Oruwariye tried to field it down the field and mishandled the ball. The Bengals recovered and scored the game-winning touchdown a few plays later.

On Wednesday, Oruwariye spoke to reporters about what was going through his mind during the play and said it was an instantaneous decision based on seeing the ball in front of him without knowing exactly how it got there.

“It was in the moment,” Oruwariye said, via the team’s website. “I was taking my guy and I heard a thump. I didn’t know what it was — could’ve been a punt, could’ve been a block — all I know is I turned around to react as any athlete would. I saw the ball there and, in a split decision, I made the decision to go try and secure the ball. That’s just part of the game. It’s something that I felt, in that moment, was a reactionary thing to do, and so I’m standing by it.”

Oruwariye said it was an “emotional moment” when he realized what happened and that Monday night was “tough” because he “didn’t want to feel like I was letting anybody down.” He said it meant a lot that his teammates “wanted to rally around me, console me and support me” in the wake of the miscue and that he plans to build off of that as he and the rest of the Cowboys move into the future.