Tua Tagovailoa’s time with the Miami Dolphins seems to be over.
The Dolphins determined to bench the previous Alabama Crimson Tide star quarterback for the rest of the 2025 NFL season, following Miami’s 28-15 loss in Week 15 to the Pittsburgh Steelers. The loss eradicated Miami from NFL playoff competition and was seemingly the ultimate straw for the Fins on Tagovailoa, who threw his fifteenth interception of the season in that contest.
It is going to be rookie quarterback Quinn Ewers dealing with the QB1 chores for the Dolphins the remainder of the best way, because the crew appears to deal with its state of affairs with Tagovailoa. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the Dolphins “are ready to maneuver on” from Tagovailoa within the coming offseason. Nevertheless, eliminating Tagovailoa goes to be simpler mentioned than finished.
As famous by Schefter, the Dolphins nonetheless owe Tagovailoa $54 million assured within the 2026 NFL season. As well as, $3 million of the signal-caller’s wage in 2026 will turn out to be assured cash on March 15.
If the Dolphins minimize Tagovailoa, that may incur a historic dead-money salary-cap cost of $99 million for the crew. In the meantime, buying and selling Tagovailoa would additionally require Miami to discover a crew prepared to tackle his wage, whereas additionally probably parting methods with vital draft capital. Regardless of the Dolphins find yourself doing with Tagovailoa, it’ll absolutely ship shockwaves throughout the league.
