{"id":17613,"date":"2025-01-08T03:05:12","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T03:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=17613"},"modified":"2025-01-08T03:05:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T03:05:12","slug":"breaking-dolphins-gm-sends-blunt-5-word-message-to-tua-tagovailoa-about-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=17613","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING : Dolphins GM Sends Blunt 5-Word Message to Tua Tagovailoa About Future ."},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"l-article__header\"><\/header>\n<div class=\"l-article__meta\">\n<div class=\"l-article__meta-item l-article__meta-item--dates\">\n<ul class=\"c-meta c-meta--post c-meta--list c-meta--dates\">\n<li class=\"c-meta__item c-meta__item--updated\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__content\">\n<div class=\"c-content entry-content\">\n<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2171604874-e1736278986730.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2171604874-e1736278986730.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2171604874-e1736278986730.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2171604874-e1736278986730.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Tua Tagovailoa\" width=\"780\" height=\"437\" data-img-load-time=\"5744\" data-dom-ready-time=\"12595\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">Tua Tagovailoa Miami Dolphins<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The yearly NFL post mortems are well and truly upon us!<\/p>\n<p>Although the\u00a0Miami Dolphins\u00a0season did not end how they would have wanted; given their 2-6 start to the year, the team actually rallied fairly impressively to get to the final week of the season and still be in playoff contention.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst that reality never came through, as the\u00a0Denver Broncos\u00a0demolished the\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\u2018 backups in a\u00a038-0 rout, and the\u00a0New York Jets\u00a0beat the Dolphins\u00a032-20, head coach Mike McDaniel\u2019s\u00a0job was secured\u00a0as the team finished 8-9.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_1_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-1 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_1\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Tua Tagovailoa Has Struggled To Consistently Stay On The Field<\/h2>\n<p>However, the main concern of the season was the status of franchise quarterback,\u00a0Tua Tagovailoa, who signed a 4 year, $214 million ($53.5 million APY) deal this past offseason. Tua played only 11 games this past season, missing over a month with his\u00a0third concussion in 4 years\u00a0during a Thursday night September game at Hard Rock Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>And this was not the first time that the former FBS National Champion has missed significant time; Tua has missed at least 4 games in each of his 5 seasons in the league outside of the 2023 season, where the team went 11-6, including a total of 20 games in the past 5 years.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_2_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-2 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_2\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>With the concussions and other physical injuries adding up, general manager, Chris Grier, had some strong words for his franchise QB, per\u00a0Dolphins insider Marcel Louis \u2013 Jacques.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe needs to be available. He needs to know how to protect himself \u2026 He understands that not being available after taking chances is not acceptable to us,\u201d Grier said during his press conference on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_3_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-3 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_3\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Dolphins GM Makes Clear Statement On Tua\u2019s Availability<\/h2>\n<p>Grier is making a clear allusion to this season\u2019s concussion during Week 2 against the Bills, where Tagovailoa seemingly charged head first into \u2013 somewhat ironically \u2013 Buffalo safety,\u00a0Damar Hamlin\u00a0\u2013 who survived one of the\u00a0scariest on-field incidents ever see<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/damar-hamlin-update-buffalo-bills-injury-nfl-condition-news\/\">n<\/a>\u00a0in the NFL back in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The Dolphins QB was subsequently carted off and did not return until Week 8 against the Arizona Cardinals, where they went on to lose 28-27 in a nail-biter of a game. And, as is well documented, this is not exactly the first time the former Alabama star has had issues regarding brain injuries<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_4_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-4 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_4\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Two horrific concussions over the span of just five days kept Tagovailoa out for a month in 2022, and started to raise questions of retirement \u2013 questions that became far more serious this season after his latest injury.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly it is difficult to attribute sole blame to a player for their physical injuries and ailments \u2013 especially something as brutal and difficult-to-control in the case of concussions, it is hard not to grasp where Grier is coming from, having seen his quarterback make little to no effort to protect himself from injury during the outing against Buffalo \u2013 particularly given his history.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_5_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-5 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_5\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>When healthy, Tua has a strong record as a starter, going 38-24 in the regular season with a 97.9 passer rating and a better than 2:1 TD to INT ratio (100:44) \u2013 yet, the team is not built to withstand weeks or months at a time without their starting quarterback, even if many believe that he has physical and technical limitations playing the position.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Tua Tagovailoa Miami Dolphins The yearly NFL post mortems are well and truly upon us! 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