March 6, 2026, 10:31 a.m. ET

The Miami Dolphins are almost certainly ending the Tua Tagovailoa Era this offseason after he completed 67.7% of his passes for 2,660 yards, 20 touchdowns and a career-high 15 interceptions and sat for the final three games of the year while Quinn Ewers led the offense.

While moving on from Tagovailoa will be costly, the Dolphins seemed primed to make it happen, and if they do, they’ll likely have to roll with a cheaper option for 2026 while they deal with the cap ramifications of Tagovailoa’s departure.

If Miami does want a veteran, Kyler Murray is hitting the market, and the MMQB’s Albert Breer is already connecting the dots between the team and the player for this offseason.

“Well, the Jets could potentially give him a shot to start, and the Dolphins might be interested,” Breer wrote. “Getting him at the minimum for a year would make sense for a team carrying all the Tua Tagovailoa money into 2026 (after presumably cutting him).”

Murray, 28, played collegiately at Texas A&M and Oklahoma, earning All-American honors and winning the Heisman Trophy in 2018 before the Arizona Cardinals took him with the first-overall pick in the 2019 NFL draft.

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Over the last seven years, Murray has started 87 games and has led Arizona to a 38-48-1 record. He’s completed 67.1% of his passes for 20,460 yards, 121 touchdowns and 60 interceptions while rushing for an additional 3,193 yards and 32 touchdowns on 6.0 yards per attempt.

Two 2019 Offensive Rookie of the Year and two-time Pro Bowler returned from a torn ACL this year and wasn’t horrible, but with the Cardinals changing out their head coach and Murray set to have a $54 million cap hit, they’re reportedly moving on from the quarterback.

Murray will likely be an inexpensive option for the Dolphins this offseason, and if offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik can get the most out of him, they could turn things around quicker than expected in South Florida.

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