Tua Tagovailoa Gets On the Mic To Tell Fans to "Show Me The Money" After Signing $212M Contract
If you didn’t know, now you know: Tua’s balls have dropped. After signing the largest contract in franchise history, Tua wasted no time telling the fans at training camp to “show me the money.” Some people are going to give Tua shit for this, but, personally, I love it. It’s rare to see Tua show his personality, so the rare times that he does, as a Dolphins fan, you have to enjoy it.
However, I will say that this won’t be the last time I see this clip on Twitter. The second Tua either throws a pick or loses a big game late in the year, the haters are going to be pumping this clip like how Tyreek pumps women. And Tua, I love you, but if you don’t show us a playoff win, I might have to post the clip myself to light a fire under your ass. A lot of weirdos who’ve never played football are screaming from the rooftops that the Dolphins overpaid Tua, but they didn’t. The Dolphins had no choice, and when Tua is healthy and on the field, there is no one better at running Mike McDaniel’s offense than him.
Although the contract is signed and Tua is officially the franchise QB, there was one clip that I found rather odd:
Tua openly admitted to the media that Mike McDaniel went to bat for him with Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross. In my opinion, this means that Tua and Mike McDaniel are a package deal, either winning together or helping each other find new jobs on LinkedIn. Stephen Ross is growing old and is desperate to see this team win. If I’m being honest, I don’t think Mr. Ross believes in Tua half as much as Mike McDaniel does.
Remember, it was Stephen Ross who had a private 1-on-1 meeting with Deshaun Watson to try to get Deshaun to settle his cases so that the Miami Dolphins could trade for him. In hindsight, that was a blessing in disguise, considering that Deshaun Watson hasn’t even come close to living up to that $232M fully guaranteed contract. However, that doesn’t change the fact that the owner himself has tried to replace Tua.
At the end of the day, Stephen Ross had the final say and decided to make Tua the highest-paid player in franchise history, so he must have some faith in the quarterback after all.
It is crazy to think that Tua is going to make more money in one year than Dan Marino did in his entire career, but as I’ve said before, the market is the market.
