Key Highlights
- The Dolphins organization does want McDaniel to succeed and believes that he can do it."AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThat support does not extend to Tagovailoa, who was benched earlier this week.
- Rookie Quinn Ewers will start Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals."It is the expectation that Tua has played his final down with the Miami Dolphins," Rapoport said.
- "So the options for how they would move on: they could simply cut him and eat $99 million of dead cap over the next two seasons like the Broncos did with Russell Wilson, they could try to trade him and eat some of that money, that is their preferred option and maybe the most likely, they could keep him as a highly paid likely, although I'd say that is unlikely."Trading Tagovailoa would still mean millions in dead money for the Dolphins over the next few years, but it's by far the most cost-effective way of parting with the quarterback.
- But there won't exactly be suitors lining up to give away assets for an injury prone passer who currently leads the NFL in interceptions. A deal that sends Tagovailoa out of Miami would likely be lopsided in the other team's favor.
- In October, ESPN's Seth Walder suggested the Dolphins trade Tagovailoa along with two second-round picks to the salary cap-rich Las Vegas Raiders in exchange for just a fifth-round pick. This article originally appeared on Dolphins Wire: Dolphins reportedly plan to keep Mike McDaniel, trade Tua Tagovailoa.
