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The Miami Dolphins are in trouble.
Tua Tagovailoa was supposed to be their franchise quarterback. Instead, his contract is beginning to look like an absolute albatross.
Can the Dolphins get out from under it? That's a question that'll be asked plenty going forward.
Needing a big win to keep realistic playoff dreams alive on Monday night, Tua spent the night throwing the ball to the other team.
The Pittsburgh Steelers played a bunch of zone, and it's like Tagovailoa couldn't see what was going on. A bunch of his throws were into clear danger.
If the Dolphins want to move on from this, it's going to be very pricey.
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Tua Tagovailoa contract details
Tagovailoa signed a four-year, $212 million contract extension in the summer of 2024.
He's in the first of the four years of that actual extension, and he's earning $25 million in base salary for the 2025 season.
Tua is due to make $39 million in base salary in 2026, then $31 million in 2027 and $41.4 million in 2028.
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Can the Dolphins cut Tua?
It'd cost the Dolphins $79.2 million in dead cap space to cut Tagovailoa right now, wrote ESPN's Matt Miller on X.
There's an out in his contract before the 2027 season that would result in $34.8 million in dead money, which is really the first realistic time something like that could happen. But that's two years down the road.
Before then, the Dolphins would have to do something drastic.
It's getting closer to a move like that, otherwise the next couple seasons could be rough in Miami.
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