NFL Community’s Mike Garafolo reported Friday the Dolphins knowledgeable quarterback Tua Tagovailoa they’re selecting up the fifth-year possibility connected to his rookie contract that ensures him roughly $23.2 million for the 2024 season.
Miami head coach Mike McDaniel raised eyebrows all through the NFL group when he mentioned throughout the mix that the membership hadn’t but determined what it might do about Tagovailoa’s possibility, and common supervisor Chris Grier acknowledged he has some considerations concerning the 25-year-old’s sturdiness.
Tagovailoa loved a profession season in his first 12 months taking part in below McDaniel however generated headlines as a result of bodily setbacks he endured throughout the marketing campaign. Most notably, he suffered a minimal of two concussions and missed the membership’s remaining two regular-season video games and the playoff loss to the Buffalo Payments as a result of he was within the concussion protocol for over a month.
A number of insiders linked Lamar Jackson with the Dolphins each earlier than and after the Ravens used the non-exclusive franchise tag to retain his rights for 2023. Miami reportedly just lately created over $40 million in wage cap area, and a few assumed the group was making ready to provide the one-time NFL Most Priceless Participant the kind of totally assured contract he has allegedly desired since final 12 months.
In the meantime, NFL Community’s Wealthy Eisen made information Monday when he mentioned that he heard throughout the mix to “preserve a watch out” for the Dolphins probably contacting Tom Brady about ending his newest retirement in the event that they “someway or a way get a health care provider’s report or piece of knowledge from a medical analysis of Tua that he is probably not able to go.”
It is broadly believed Brady needed to affix the Dolphins final winter, and his ex-wife, Gisele Bündchen, owns a house in Miami.
Earlier this week, New England Patriots broadcaster Scott Zolak mentioned he thought “the opportunity of (Brady) popping out of retirement (to play in Miami) is unquestionably 100% in play.”
Nothing about Friday’s developments will ease the concerns many have about Tagovailoa probably experiencing future head accidents. It appears, for higher or for worse, that the Dolphins have causes to suppose the 2020 first-round draft decide can be simply positive for Week 1 of the 2023 season and past.
