{"id":719608,"date":"2026-01-31T18:05:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T18:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/719608\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T18:05:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T18:05:38","slug":"cbs-writer-believes-record-setting-decision-on-dolphins-tua-tagovailoa-is-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/719608\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS writer believes record-setting decision on Dolphins’ Tua Tagovailoa is coming"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross can at least take comfort in knowing that whether or not Tua Tagovailoa is on the sidelines<\/a>, on the field, or somewhere else, the money will all be the same out-of-pocket expense. Over the course of the next two seasons, the Dolphins will eat $99 million.<\/p>\n

For most, the question of money boils down to whether or not Jon-Eric Sullivan and Jeff Hafley believe they can get something out of the quarterback. It is starting to lean toward a clean break. Something that isn’t lost on CBC Sports journalist <\/a>and former agent, Joel Corry. <\/p>\n

Corry recently listed 15 players that could be traded or released by the start of the 2026 new year. Tagovailoa was at the very top.<\/p>\n

Miami Dolphins don’t care about the Tua Tagovailoa contract, they just want him gone<\/p>\n

With a cap hit of over $56 million in 2026, Tagovailoa has been the talk of the offseason so far. Since his benching with three games left in the 2025 season, the once-promising QB has been the biggest question for the media and fans alike. <\/p>\n

Tagovailoa’s contract is so bad that if Miami releases him, he will immediately count another $11 million against the cap. That doesn’t seem to be enough to warrant the discussion of his remaining.<\/p>\n

Over the course of the last week, both Jeff Hafley and Jon-Eric Sullivan have danced around the subject of Tagovailoa’s retention. It’s not surprising that Corry is jumping on the raft as well; it’s crowded.<\/p>\n

“Since there will be $99.2 million of dead money for releasing Tagovailoa, using a post-June 1 designation will be required to let him go in 2026. “<\/p>\n

Joel Corry<\/p>\n

Unless the Dolphins opt to keep the QB for another season, their decision with Tagovailoa will be record-setting dead money. Getting rid of him now may cost more, but it’s a move that needs to be made. At this point, seeing how he handled the demotion last year, it would be difficult to see him handling a similar one this year.<\/p>\n

Trading Tagovailoa will always be a possibility,<\/a> but Miami is still going to eat a lot of the contract to facilitate a trade or entice a buyer. That too isn’t likely to happen either. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross can at least take comfort in knowing that whether or not Tua Tagovailoa…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":719609,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2049],"tags":[217,7,216,251,2087,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-719608","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami-dolphins","8":"tag-dolphins","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-miami","11":"tag-miami-dolphins","12":"tag-miamidolphins","13":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115991040676885462","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=719608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/719609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=719608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=719608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=719608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}