The Miami Dolphins will play the Cleveland Browns on Sunday afternoon without quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. The Dolphins designated their No. 1 QB as inactive for game day 90 minutes before kickoff.

The former Alabama All-American was a limited participant in practice for Sunday’s game due to a hip injury. On Saturday, the Dolphins downgraded Tagovailoa’s eligibility status to doubtful and elevated quarterback Skylar Thompson from their practice squad, a precursor to Sunday’s inactive designation.

Tagovailoa suffered a hip injury in a 20-12 loss to the Houston Texans on December 15th and aggravated the injury on December 22nd in a 29-17 win over the San Francisco 49ers. Tagovailoa scored every one of the Dolphins’ offensive shots in both games.

Snoop Huntley is in the lineup for Tagovailoa. Huntley started three games this season when Tagovailoa was on injured reserve due to a concussion before also getting injured.

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Miami has a 6-5 record in games Tagovailoa has started and a 1-3 record in games he has missed.

Despite a 7-8 record, the Dolphins remain in the running for the last open spot in the AFC playoff field after the Cincinnati Bengals’ 30-24 overtime win over Denver on Saturday kept the Broncos from clinching that wild card -Secure space.

For Miami to make the postseason, the Dolphins must beat the Browns on Sunday and the New York Jets in their regular-season finale next week, Denver must lose to the Kansas City Chiefs next week and the Indianapolis Colts must lose to the New York Giants on Sunday or the Jacksonville Jaguars next week.

Tagovailoa missed Miami’s third through sixth games as a substitute after suffering a concussion in the third quarter of a 31-10 loss to the Buffalo Bills on Sept. 12.

Tagovailoa has started the Dolphins’ last nine games.

In 11 games of his fifth NFL season, Tagovailoa has completed 291 of 399 passes for 2,867 yards with 19 touchdowns and seven interceptions. He leads the NFL with a 72.9 percent completion rate.