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How Tua Tagovailoa, Mac Jones' battle of Bama QBs ended in strange fashion on 'SNF'

The "Sunday Night Football" meeting between the Miami Dolphins and New England Patriots was teed up as a battle of former Alabama quarterbacks Mac Jones and Tua Tagovailoa.

Instead, the prevailing story was the strange way the game ended — Cole Strange, that is.

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Tagovailoa's Dolphins (2-0) eked out a 24-17 victory over Jones' Patriots, with New England (0-2) overcoming a 17-3 halftime deficit to mount a comeback and potentially send the game to overtime.