Dolphins Benching Tua

[davefrat]

IDK if this should be on the pro sports board or not but seems relevant.

Sources: Dolphins bench Tua in favor of Ewers

The Dolphins are benching quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and turning to rookie Quinn Ewers as their new starter, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

www.espn.com

 

[Con]

IDK if this should be on the pro sports board or not but seems relevant.

Sources: Dolphins bench Tua in favor of Ewers

The Dolphins are benching quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and turning to rookie Quinn Ewers as their new starter, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

www.espn.com

With 15 int's it probably should have been sooner.

 

[davefrat]

With 15 int's it probably should have been sooner.

I really wish he would just step away from the game for his health.

He's like one more big hit away from being a vegetable.

 

[DzynKingRTR]

Good. Maybe this will convince him to retire.

 

[Toddrn]

He's still getting paid. He should enjoy the time off.

 

[4Q Basket Case]

I wonder if the multiple concussions have already begun to erode his mental acuity, and whether that might have contributed to the 15 interceptions.

Yep, he should have retired a couple of years ago. I'm sure he could have gotten a neurologist to confirm a diagnosis that would have qualified as injury, so he could have gotten his full contract. Plenty of money to set himself and his kids up for life.

 

[Bamabuzzard]

His arm strength appears to have taken a big hit. I watched their game the other night and unless he has an undisclosed injury, his passes just floated through the air without much zip.

 

[AlexanderFan]

His arm strength appears to have taken a big hit. I watched their game the other night and unless he has an undisclosed injury, his passes just floated through the air without much zip.

It was Pittsburgh at night in the winter. I do agree though.

 

[tideindc]

Tua injured his hip last season and missed the last couple games. When asked about it in training camp, he said he’s okay, but the hip won’t get much better, I think that affects his throwing, and running… and I’ve no doubt the many concussions don’t help his reads.

This version of Tua is nothing like ours, or the guy who led the nfl in yards, tds and fewest interceptions a few yrs ago. I cringe watching him now…and he’s one of my all time favorites.

 

[arthurdawg]

I hope he collects a good stack of dough and retires.

He needed to get out several concussions back. The one where he was posturing on the field was so terrible and he came right back. Not good.

 

[CrimsonJazz]

Love me some Tua and would ecstatic is he was our QB coach one day. For the sake of his health, I hope this signals that it's time to retire and that he actually listens.

 

[CrimsonTitles]

Maybe just needs a change of scenery. Hopefully someone else with a better offensive line will give him the keys and a fresh start. I don't know what happened to him this season, but there's been a huge drop in production. Also shame on the dolphins for treating him the way they have. They've got a solid QB and they refused to build around him because he was never good enough in their eyes, no matter what he did. If they had even bothered to attempt to construct an offensive line, he may have fared a lot better.

 

[DzynKingRTR]

Maybe just needs a change of scenery. Hopefully someone else with a better offensive line will give him the keys and a fresh start. I don't know what happened to him this season, but there's been a huge drop in production. Also shame on the dolphins for treating him the way they have. They've got a solid QB and they refused to build around him because he was never good enough in their eyes, no matter what he did. If they had even bothered to attempt to construct an offensive line, he may have fared a lot better.

dolphins will most likely have new coaches next year. Chiefs need a QB for the first part of next year, but their Oline isn't great either. It is why Mahomes is always hobbling around year after year.

 

[81usaf92]

With 15 int's it probably should have been sooner.

Not just 15 ints… it’s 15 ints in ZONE COVERAGE. He made the Steelers without TJ Watt look like the best defense ever assembled

 

[81usaf92]

It was Pittsburgh at night in the winter. I do agree though.

It didn’t stop old man Rodgers from making plays.

 

[TideEngineer08]

He is a shell of what he was as a freshman/sophomore at Alabama, and junior prior to the hip injury.

I believe he needs to retire. Probably should have retired after the first massive concussion. I worry about what life is going to be like for him in a decade.

 

[TideEngineer08]

It didn’t stop old man Rodgers from making plays.

Well he's far more acclimated to it. But it's overblown anyway. Miami is just not that good and Tua plays like he is 54 years old.

 

[tusks_n_raider]

He is a shell of what he was as a freshman/sophomore at Alabama, and junior prior to the hip injury.

I believe he needs to retire. Probably should have retired after the first massive concussion. I worry about what life is going to be like for him in a decade.

I’m worried too and wish he would retire.

His 1st three seasons for us he was one of the Best CFB QBs I have ever seen.

He could anticipate and throw guys open in a way that was almost supernatural.

Unbelievable accuracy too and could thread a keyhole.

I think he could have been a Great NFL QB too but his injury history in general plus the numerous bad concussions have robbed him of his gifts.

I just do not want him to end up like Muhammad Ali.

 

[mikeua69]

Between the hip injury his last year at Bama and all the concussions, he's just not the same generational QB he once was. Time to retire.

 

[Cruloc]

Tagovailoa has $54 million in fully guaranteed compensation in 2026. That breaks down as a $39 million salary and a $15 million option bonus that needs to be exercised between the first and third days of the 2026 league year in March. Additionally, on the third day of the 2026 league year, $3 million of his $31 million 2027 salary becomes fully guaranteed. So if he's on Miami's roster as of 4 p.m. ET on March 13, the Dolphins will be on the hook for $57 million guaranteed.

If they were to release him prior to that date, they'd still have to pay him the $54 million in 2026 cash and would absorb $99.2 million in dead salary cap charges. (They could spread that out over two years if they designated him a post-June 1 release, but they'd still take $67.4 million in dead money charges on their 2026 cap and the remaining $31.8 million in 2027.) If they were to find a way to trade Tagovailoa before March 13, the acquiring team would become responsible for the $54 million in 2026 salary and bonuses, and the Dolphins' dead-money charge would drop to $45.2 million. If they traded him after March 13, presumably they'd be on the hook for the $15 million option bonus, while the new team would take the $39 million salary; the Dolphins' dead-money charge would be $60.2 million.