The Miami Dolphins are playing the Cleveland Browns on Sunday afternoon without quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. The Dolphins designated their No. 1 QB as a game-day inactive 90 minutes before kickoff.

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

Tagovailoa sustained a hip injury during a 20-12 loss to the Houston Texans on Dec. 15 and aggravated the injury in a 29-17 victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Dec. 22. Tagovailoa took every offensive snap for the Dolphins in both games.

Snoop Huntley is in the lineup for Tagovailoa. Huntley started three games this season when Tagovailoa was on injured reserve because of a concussion before he also got hurt.

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

Despite a 7-8 record, the Dolphins remain in contention for the final open position in the AFC playoff field after the Cincinnati Bengals’ 30-24 overtime victory against Denver on Saturday kept the Broncos from securing that wild-card spot.

For Miami to make the postseason, the Dolphins need to beat the Browns on Sunday and the New York Jets next week in their regular-season finale, Denver has to 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 while on injured reserve after going down with a concussion in the third quarter of a 31-10 loss to the Buffalo Bills on Sept. 12.

Tagovailoa has started the Dolphins’ past nine games.

In 11 games in 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 completion rate of 72.9 percent.

The Dolphins and Browns kick off at 3:05 p.m. CST Sunday at Huntington Bank Field in Cleveland.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X at @AMarkG1.