The Miami Dolphins have a lot of important decisions to make this offseason, but one decision that appears to have already been made is whether or not to pay quarterback quarterback quarterback a monster deal — and rightfully so.
After all, it’s been over two decades since the Dolphins have had a player as talented as Tagovailoa playing behind center. The former 5th-overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft is coming off his first full season, one in which he led the league in passing yards with 4,624 yards. He finished the year with a 101.1 passer rating and a 29/14 touchdown to interception radio.
Was this season perfect? Absolutely not.
But despite how disappointing the year ended, with the team once again failing to show up in late December and early January, the Dolphins have their franchise quarterback. And that’s not coming from me or the guy making your sandwiches at Publix. No. Anyone with two eyes and two ears can see/hear that this team is building the roster around Tua and that both Grier and McDaniel foresee him as their quarterback of the future — regardless of how you or anyone else feels about his inevitable big-money extension.
On January 15th, Chris Grier was asked about the importance of getting a new deal done with Tagovailoa. Here’s what Miami’s general manager had to say about Tua’s contract extension and their progress throughout the season.
“We’ve had conversations…never talking about money or anything, just good conversations about where he is and the relationship with Mike (McDaniel) and the team here and everything he’s done. So the goal is to have him here long term playing at a high level. That’s always the goal and we’ll continue to communicate with him through the offseason here. Like we’ve always said in the past, you guys know me, we don’t really talk in the media through all that stuff, so we’ll just keep all those talks internal and with his reps.”
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