Tua Tagovailoa and Darius Rucker became the musical pairing we never knew we needed on Friday night as the Dolphins’ quarterback joined Rucker on stage to play guitar and sing Rucker’s hit “Wagon Wheel”.
Giants’ quarterback Daniel Jones cheered Tagovailoa and Rucker on excitedly as he sang (or lip-synced) along from the Las Vegas crowd.
Ok Vegas!
Tua Tagovailoa hopped on the guitar with Darius Rucker & Daniel Jones was in the house supporting
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— Kasidee Karsten (@kasideekarsten) February 10, 2024
For Rucker, a longtime Miami Dolphins fan, to bring Tagavailoa on stage was not a surprise. Tagavailoa seemed to know what he was doing on the guitar and sounded just fine imploring the crowd to “rock me mama like the wind and the rain” along with Rucker.
Perhaps the only surprise was that he didn’t bring Tagavailoa up for a rendition of his hit with Hootie and the Blowfish, “I Only Want To Be With You” since its lyrics directly reference the Dolphins. Although maybe Rucker didn’t want the Dolphins’ star quarterback to have to sing about the Dolphins making him cry.
This isn’t Jones’ first time singing “Wagon Wheel”, either, even if it was just from the crowd this time.
Daniel Jones says he hasn’t been subjected to much rookie stuff so far. He did have to sing in front of team. He first tried Wagon Wheel (Darius Rucker) and laughs “that didn’t go over great, so I tried Buy You A Drank by T-Pain and got a little bit of a response.” #Giants pic.twitter.com/mA5EuOQSy6
— Pat Leonard (@PLeonardNYDN) July 31, 2019
There are two kinds of people in this world: those who love “Wagon Wheel” and those who hate it. Jones and Tagovailoa are clearly in the former camp, and Jones had the right idea in attempting Rucker’s sing-a-long hit before he attempted T-Pain.