Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has another season remaining on his rookie deal and is but to signal an extension. That mentioned, the Dolphins haven’t got to fret about their signal-caller holding out for a brand new deal.
“Simply letting my agent cope with that and speak to the crew about that,” Tagovailoa mentioned Thursday about his contract state of affairs. “My focus is when OTAs come … you understand, go to OTAs, present up, and be the perfect teammate that I may be.”
Ought to the Dolphins transfer on from Tua Tagovailoa?
Tagovailoa, 26, totaled an NFL-high 4,624 passing yards, 29 passing scores, 14 interceptions and a 101.1 passer score final season, whereas finishing a career-best 69.3% of his passes. He led the league with a 105.5 passer score in 2022.
Tagovailoa has been Miami’s beginning quarterback for the higher a part of his 4 seasons within the NFL after the Dolphins chosen him with the fifth general choose in 2020 out of Alabama. Accidents have stunted his progress, nonetheless, as he has missed a great deal of time lately (ribs in 2021 and concussion in 2022).
The Dolphins are 32-19 in regular-season video games that Tagovailoa has began and 0-1 beneath him within the postseason. Final season, the Dolphins misplaced three of their final 5 video games, dropping the AFC East title to the Buffalo Payments in Week 18. Miami went on to lose to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs within the AFC wild-card spherical.
As for Tagovailoa’s subsequent contract, a handful of younger quarterbacks have cashed in on record-shattering offers of late: Joe Burrow (five-year, $275 million cope with the Cincinnati Bengals), Justin Herbert (five-year, $262.5 million cope with the Los Angeles Chargers), Lamar Jackson (five-year, $260 million cope with the Baltimore Ravens) and Jalen Hurts (five-year, $255 million cope with the Philadelphia Eagles).
May an extension of comparable magnitude be on the horizon for Tagovailoa?
Solely time will inform.
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