Miami Herald’s Omar Kelly Talks Tua Expectations & Tyreek’s Commitment to Dolphins | Rich Eisen Show

Miami Herald’s Omar Kelly Talks Tua Expectations & Tyreek’s Commitment to Dolphins | Rich Eisen Show

So, let’s uh let’s talk to us since we just landed on him. There is obviously this is all contingent on him, right? I mean, every move we just discussed, even on defense, we we could talk about how Mink is going to bring a different uh maybe locker room vibe than Jaylen Ramsay, and that might be an addition by subtraction right there, just for Mike McDaniel and and team chemistry and what have you. But um you know I I I can speak from um personal um you know uh viewing as we all could. If Zach Wilson’s in there, it’s a different story, Omar. You know what I mean? So what what is I know Tua was talking about playing with a better sense of uh self-preservation. What does that look like, do you think? Omar,
we we saw it at times in the 2023 season. He saw the pressure coming and he just immediately went to the ground. Um, you know, this is a situation where Tua has to learn how to throw the ball away. Even in practice, that’s just not something that he operates doing. He buys time, he waits, he waits, he waits, and then he throws it. At some point, you got to get you got to start learn how to throw that ball away. Um, I think it’s probably and and stay in the pocket. Um, two is well aware that this Dolphins team only goes as far as he can take them. Um, and and that requires him to stay healthy. Unfortunately, he’s only done that for one of his five NFL seasons.
Yeah. And so, you know, Tyreek Hill is still there, even though it appeared at the end of last season when the season was over. Um, you know, he said something publicly that made it sound like he was going to demand a trade. Chris Greer had a talk about it publicly. It it seems to be back in the bottle right now, but uh is that something that could bubble to the surface once uh once regular season rubber hits the road?
Absolutely. I think if they’re losing uh you’re going to see a disgruntled Tyreek Hill. Uh the people don’t understand in that situation at the end of that Jets game, Tyreek was frustrated by his situation. This is the first time in his 9-year career that he never made it to the postseason. That just was not satisfactory. And then I, as I said, in for two minutes and 20 seconds, he said all the right things that captain should. He talked about, you know, you know, thing things that happened during the season and and and said all the right things. And then like that, a flip, a a switch flip and Tyreek became Tyreek and basically said, “You know what? I if if th this is this is not a situation I want to be part of.” Now, that was speaking from emotion. As time progressed, Tariq realized how well the Dolphins organization has treated him and his family throughout the years. uh he realized he just got a new contract and uh basically you know and basically came said you know what I I I’m really changing my tune in terms of wanting out I’m going to give this one more try but to me I personally believe if they’re not winning you might see Tyreek Hill on the trading block by the trade deadline man that would be something else I mean but you take a look at this team though and in in in Mike McDaniel’s image of wanting to be fast and quick and get a guy who like Tua can get the ball out quickly and accurately. I you know you look at uh Hill Wadd Westbrook and Keen I thought was a terrific pickup from Tennessee right there. Achan, Jaylen Wright. I mean, this is a quick
team and and and the question is is when it all comes down to it, cold weather, what happens? I mean, it’s the age-old question about the Miami Dolphins, right? But
speed is finesse, but it’s not necessarily what they need. They need physicality. They need toughness. And that’s part of what changing the culture of the team has really been about. When adversity hits, they generally buckle to it. And you have to be tough mentally, you have to be tough physically, and you have to play for one another and and care about one another. Um, you know, last uh this during OTAAS, Bradley, you know, I’ve always heard the same thing about changing the culture around here, but Bradley Chub was the first one to admit, hey, when we said it last year, we were probably lying. We we we we didn’t we didn’t work that hard to be a team that’s a collection of we were just a bunch of individuals. And and that comes to Jaylen Ramsay, a mercenary. Everybody was out for themselves. Everybody focused on themselves. Now they have to focus on building a better team, a better unity. A and and and leaders have to step up and that includes Tua. Catch the Rich Eisen Show live weekdays from 12 to 3:00 p.m.

Miami Herald columnist Omar Kelly tells Rich Eisen what Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa must do to take his game to the next level, and discusses how committed Tyreek Hill is to remaining in Miami heading into the new season.

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