Should Tua stay or should he go?

[CF DolFan]

I see fans arguing this all over the place. In my opinion, we have to get rid of him and start anew. He would be too much of a distraction so even if we have to pay most of his salary, we need to ship him off or cut him outright. Maybe not on purpose but players choose sides, as well as fans and coaches. We don't need any more drama on this team for quite a while.

[Downunder Dolphan]

I see fans arguing this all over the place. In my opinion, we have to get rid of him and start anew. He would be too much of a distraction so even if we have to pay most of his salary, we need to ship him off or cut him outright. Maybe not on purpose but players choose sides, as well as fans and coaches. We don't need any more drama on this team for quite a while.

This may sound cold, but on the monetary side it's probably best that Miami keeps him for the 2026 season and never lets him see the field (so if there is something like a rumored $20M injury clause, it's never triggered). Then cut him before the 2027 season.

Tua's going to get paid regardless, but if the team is better off to the tune of something like $45M keeping him on the list, it's better than letting him go.

He gamed us and got overpaid. Everyone knows the score. If Tua doesn't like it and tries to be a distraction, he can be locked out of the building, told to piss off and count his money. If that means his career is effectively over, too bad.

[Sibster]

This may sound cold, but on the monetary side it's probably best that Miami keeps him for the 2026 season and never lets him see the field (so if there is something like a rumored $20M injury clause, it's never triggered). Then cut him before the 2027 season.

Tua's going to get paid regardless, but if the team is better off to the tune of something like $45M keeping him on the list, it's better than letting him go.

He gamed us and got overpaid. Everyone knows the score. If Tua doesn't like it and tries to be a distraction, he can be locked out of the building, told to piss off and count his money. If that means his career is effectively over, too bad.

Tua is not the type of guy who would become a locker room cancer if something like that were to happen.   Making him the #2 QB is probably the smart thing to do.

[CF DolFan]

Tua is not the type of guy who would become a locker room cancer if something like that were to happen.   Making him the #2 QB is probably the smart thing to do.

I don't think he would either, but I think it is natural for people to pick sides. If he is not there, that doesn't ever become an issue. He is a polarizing person in general. Just read any fan site's Facebook posts and you will see people who still think he was given a raw deal fighting against people who have given up on him. The same thing would most likely happen in the locker room.

[Dave Gray]

I think that if you can unload him, you do.  I don't think it's good for a team to have the previous star QB riding the bench until he is eventually cut.  It keeps everyone from moving on.  It might be a financial impossibility, but if you can find someone who can use him more than we can, you facilitate that.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

I think that if you can unload him, you do.  I don't think it's good for a team to have the previous star QB riding the bench until he is eventually cut.  It keeps everyone from moving on.  It might be a financial impossibility, but if you can find someone who can use him more than we can, you facilitate that.

I think the only way a team trades for Tua is: Tua + 1st round pick for a 7th round pick to a team with a shitload of cap space.  I don't recall who but there was a trade like that a few years ago. 

[Dave Gray]

I wouldn't want to trade a pick (and I don't think we'd need to) but I think we can offer to pay part of the salary.

Some team will lose their QB in the first 4 weeks of the season and a 2 year Tua contract will work for them.

[Spider-Dan]

I think the only way a team trades for Tua is: Tua + 1st round pick for a 7th round pick to a team with a shitload of cap space.  I don't recall who but there was a trade like that a few years ago.

HOU traded Brock Osweiler + 2nd + 6th to CLE for a 4th.  CLE cut him before the start of the season.

[Downunder Dolphan]

HOU traded Brock Osweiler + 2nd + 6th to CLE for a 4th.  CLE cut him before the start of the season.

The Jared Goff trade to the Lions by the Rams along with multiple #1 picks for Stafford was at the time seen as a massive salary dump, as much as play to get Stafford.

As it turned out, it was a great move for both teams... although the Rams already had a lot of other key game-changers already in place, and the team was kept relatively intact by the move. They also had a pretty good recent history of drafting talent.

Miami doesn't have that luxury - we are looking at a larger rebuild, and need every quality draft pick we can get our hands on. The full $99M dead cap hit for Tua - over 1 or 2 years, it doesn't really matter - paired with the additional hit we will cop from cutting Tyreek (and what we're already carrying from Ramsey) is going to be a recipe for disaster. There will be no money to keep anyone, let alone sign anyone else.