The Miami Dolphins suffered their worst loss of the season on Sunday … a 31-6 beatdown from the Cleveland Browns (of all teams). This one surely stung for Dolphins fans, even more than the 33-8 blowout in Week 1 against the Colts.
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Star quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was the biggest culprit in the Week 7 disaster, who threw three interceptions and completed just 12 of 23 passes for 100 yards. His performance was so rough that rookie QB Quinn Ewers had to come in and take over during the fourth quarter.
That’s not something you expect from a $53.1-million-per-year quarterback, yet that’s exactly what fans have been seeing week after week as the team sits at 1-6. And if things couldn’t get any worse for Tua, he now has 12 games with two or more interceptions since 2022.
All of this prompted LeSean McCoy to share his thoughts on how the Tua experiment has gone wrong in Miami. The former running back turned analyst pointed out that without his star weapons like Tyreek Hill, Tua is showing his true colors. McCoy also said that this was obvious from the start.
When Mike McDaniel took over as head coach, some of Tua’s struggles were masked, but even the Dolphins knew that their QB wasn’t quite at that elite level. That’s probably why, according to McCoy, the team once tried to trade for Deshaun Watson and even tried to snag Tom Brady along the way.
“It’s been time,” McCoy said when asked if it’s time to bench Tua for good.
“Tua, man, he stinks. I’ve been saying this… It’s over with. The gig’s up, bro. The coach and coaching same for you. You don’t got your superstar weapons no more. This is what he looks like. This is the same Tua that before McDaniel got there we thought of him [as]. It was so bad that the Dolphins got in troubke for tampering with trying to get Tom Brady, trying to get all those quarterbacks, trying to get Deshaun Watson,” the analyst added.
Despite all the factors, the Dolphins still gave the QB a four-year, $212.4 million extension in 2024, including $167 million of that money being guaranteed. McCoy found that pretty baffling.
“He gets concussions. He’s always injured, and you can’t play that well. It’s like, dude, and then they pay you? When they paid him, I couldn’t believe. I’m like, ‘Why are you paying him?'”
McCoy might be harsh, but he’s not wrong. And Quinn Ewers, who was picked in the seventh round by the Dolphins, should get the start next week. He’s had some injury issues, sure, but with the team likely targeting a QB in the next NFL draft, putting Ewers on the field is the smartest move. That way, the club can at least see what they got from their 231st pick investment.
