naturally dropped in the national NFL power rankings following their Thursday night lo s at Cincinnati, a game marred by the frightening injury sustained by quarterback Tua Tagovailoa.But the Dolphins clearly are still held in high regard among the national media, as evidenced by their current ranking at 3-1, where the consensus has them at number 5.In our survey of rankings of 10 national outlets CBS Sports, NFL.com, The Athletic, The Sporting News, The Ringer, USA Today, , ESPN, Yahoo, and Pro Football Talk Mikael Granlund Jersey the Dolphins were ranked as high as fourth and only NFL.com had them lower than seventh.Here's the breakdown of the Dolphins' 10 power rankings spots, along with the commentary a sociated with it:Ranking: 5 Previous: 2Analysis:The Tua Tagovailoa situation clouds their fast start. It's Teddy Bridgewater this week against the Jets, which will be a tougher game than maybe they thought.Ranking: 10Previous: 3Analysis:The Dolphins lost against the Bengals on , but the story after the game surrounded , and the head and neck injuries that after a second-quarter sack. Tua was quickly released from the hospital and flew back to Miami with the team, but questions linger about whether the QB should have been on the field at all after his head was slammed to the turf in over the Bills. The NFL Players A sociation involved in Tagovailoa's concu sion check, and changes to the league's concu sion protocol . On Monday, Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel of Sunday's game against the Jets. Expect Miami to handle this situation with extreme caution moving forward.Ranking: 5 Previous: 1Analysis:On the field, the Dolphins should be one of the feel-good stories this season with Chris Stewart Jersey an explosive offense (third in EPA per drive) that has as much speed as any team and one of the most blitz-heavy defenses in the league. But its hard to focus on much else in Miami other than the that seems primed to be held up as exhibition No. 1 in Devan Dubnyk Jersey a looming fight between the NFL Players A sociation and the league on player safety. Tagovailoa has because of the concu sion he suffered last Thursday night against the Bengals.Ranking: 5 Previous: 1Analysis:Can they win with at quarterback?Ranking: 5 Previous: 4Scroll to ContinueAnalysis:It's not the most important angle of the Tua Tagovailoa injury, but the Dolphins still have games to play and will do so for . Miami played hard in that lo s to Cincinnati, so maybe it'll be fine. But there's a lot of pre sure on Teddy Bridgewater to keep things on track until Tagovailoa returns. Miami doesn't want to look up and their 3-0 start has been given away.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Ranking: 4 Previous:1Analysis:While its impo sible to separate and the Dolphins immediate future, this is still a well-coached team and a well-designed offense. The first significant test of the Mike McDaniel era is here, though this is absolutely not what he was referring to when he discu sed facing adversity.Ranking: 5 Previous: 1Analysis (on the biggest i sue on defense):Miami currently has the second-worst pa s defense in the NFL through its first four games, although that hasn Nino Niederreiter Jersey 't translated to the scoreboard. The Dolphins have been stout against the run, and the numbers they've given up are a bit skewed considering 's 63 pa s attempts in Week 3 and 's prolific first half in Week 2. Presumably, they'll return to form once returns from the physically unable to perform list -- which he's eligible to do this week..Ranking: 7 Previous: 6Analysis:The biggest story line coming out of the Dolphins 27-15 lo s to the Bengals is and the subsequent concu sion Tagovailoa suffered four days later, Thursday Minnesota Wild Jersey night in Cincinnati. Head coach Mike McDaniel announced Monday that Tagovailoa will mi s the teams Week 5 matchup against the Jets.Teddy Bridgewater will get the start against New York. McDaniels offense is explosive and creative enough to survive Bridgewater being a step back in timing and accuracy from Tua, but Tagovailoa will need to be the starting quarterback for Miami if its deep postseason aspirations will ring true.It will be interesting to watch the betting line on this game throughout the week, as last weeks line shifted from Bengals -1 to Bengals -3.5 even before Tagovailoas injury. The Dolphins opened as 3.5-point favorites on the road against the Jets.Ranking: 5 Previous: 1Analysis:The Dolphins' defense came down to earn against the pa sing of the Bengals and their offense took a tough setback of seeing Tua Tagovailoa going down. They will need to recover fast against the upstart Jets.Ranking: 2 Previous: 8Analysis:Should be interesting to see this offense without QB Tua Tagovailoa, who will mi s Week 5 with . But backup Teddy Bridgewater, who aired out a completion of 61+ yards Thursday, has the arm to take advantage of this team's speed ... a suming coach Mike McDaniel can also get Jason Zucker Jersey him to play le s conservatively.