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For the Miami Dolphins , the preseason was more grit than glitz. Tua Tagovailoa , who begins another defining year at quarterback, recently said, ”Really it’s us against ourselves,” to the reporters. ”What are we doing every single day to get each other better, but then what are we doing to get ourselves better… to get that guy on the other side of the ball better?” It was the sort of message that didn’t have to be delivered pep – style. Because it wasn’t intended to pep-talk outsiders. It was for the room. For the men who get it that, in the NFL, the hardest opponent is not across the line of scrimmage, but in the mirror. And sometimes the best demonstration of that “next man up” mantra is given not by the star quarterback himself