Its been posted.
Tua Contract Details Discussion Thread
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PappyK
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I actually thought it should have it's own too.. it's kind of a separate discussion with cap impacts and suchThis is separate from the Tua is signed, everyone have a party thread. The intent is to discuss the details of his deal and what they mean, as some of this stuff seems to have been lost and buried in the other thread. If the mods want to delete this, so be it. Here is what I can pull apart, and what I think it means. I am not fully certain, and some of these are questions too. In no particular order:
-Tua's cap hit drops by $13.5mm this season. Why did they structure it this way? Is the intent to sign more players this year (I can't imagine who is out there), or is it to leave room to extend others already on the roster, and take some of the hit this year? I do not fully understand the rationale.
-It actually seems like it is a bit more friendly to the Dolphins than I would have thought. There is actually only $93mm in fully guaranteed money, with only a $42mm signing bonus, compared to the $75mm and $73mm Love and Goff got. $54mm due in 2026 vests in 2025. I am not sure what that means, but it seems possible that if something went really bad this year for example Tua got hurt again, the Dolphins could get out.
-Subsequent to that vesting, people are viewing this as a 3 year deal for $150mm, and the Dolphins could get out cleanly after that with only $3mm more of a hit.
It seems to me that the deal is more Dolphins friendly than it looked on the surface, and gives the Dolphins some outs after a shorter period of time if things do not go well. If they do go well, they keep paying Tua, which is fair for both sides.
Maybe the short term outs and 3 year effective nature of the deal the Dolphins got were the hangup to getting the deal done and Tua and his camp finally knuckled under and accepted this? Did the Dolphins actually hold their ground on something, for once?
Here are two articles to read with the details. I am getting a popsicle headache from this stuff, as it is not very straightforward, and hard to fully understand the rationale for things being set up the way they were:
Inside the Tua Tagovailoa deal
He has a $147 million practical guarantee at signing.www.nbcsports.com
Kelly: Details show Dolphins made Tua Tagovailoa one of NFL’s five highest paid QBs
Tua Tagovailoa’s new deal likely means Dolphins have a three year window to win the Super Bowl before his contract becomes unmanageable.finance.yahoo.com
The full details on Tua's contract..
Inside the Tua Tagovailoa deal
He has a $147 million practical guarantee at signing.
Should this be it's own thread?
PappyK
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Ck is so much better at this then the mainstream.. dude needs more recognition imo
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Grier did well in protecting the franchise given the stupid money in the QB market. Giving us only a two year out on top of the already guaranteed 5th year option (thus 3 years) is impressive.
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More like Brandon Shore.
I don't see what's not to like ... especially for the detractors. He was definitely getting signed ... and he sure as hell wasn't getting less. Lesser quarterbacks got more money very recently. It's only 4 years. There are early outs.
What is the problem, exactly?
What is the problem, exactly?
The problem is this thread is redundant
Mr popsicle head hasn't even responded to all the info thats been out there in actual Tua signing thread that he didn't deem worthy .
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I mean original thread starter needed more info. Its out here everywhere.
Ray R
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At first, I thought you said "derailed discussion thread". I re-read it and found to my great disappointment that that was not actually what you said. - LOL
Ray he needed his own thread. Why? I do have an idea.
phinsforlife
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How many times do u need to say the same thing? Others disagree. Maybe stop lurking here and go back to the other thread that u seem partial to and leave the analytical questions to the adults in the room. Thanks and have a nice night.
Interesting reply and always entertaining . Seems i gave you all the contract info that you needed to form your analytical thoughts. Yet you ghost your own thread.