Should Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa Be Paid as Much as Jared Goff? | The Rich Eisen Show 

Shout out to Omar for egging him on.

I appreciate Tua trying to be mindful of what word(s) he chooses. I think “antsy” was the most accurate.

They can pay him 50 this year or wait a year and pay him 60. The QB market is not going to go down in the next 12 months

The only person that deserves the highest paid QB trophy is Mahomes.

"Do it in the playoffs". I wonder if Brockman feels the same way about Herbert? Who has gone much longer with playmakers than Tua has.

As a dolphins fan I like Tua. Do I think he deserves 50 million? Big no but I want him to get extended. But that’s how the market is and it’s 50 million plus.

Here is the list of the super bowl winning QBs who were top 5 highest paid in the league.... Payton Manning End list

He’s showing restraint and he is being a leader. Careful to not cross he line. Really like this guy.

What QB are they gonna get if Tua walks? When you have a guy that leads the league in passing yards, you pay them. Plus, Mike Mcdaniel LOVES Tua. He's not going anywhere.

The answer to the question is no, hell no. Goff has been to a SB, 2 NFC championship games and has the city of eternal losing on the brink of going to their 1st SB in history. Tua, has the best receiving corps and has done nothing. Burrow, only has 2 healthy seasons and has 1 SB appereance and 2 AFC championship appereance. Tua is a mid $40 million QB, because of the inflated salaries, that's all.

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Ehhh... Idk about "should". He "could" be paid that much. But does he deserve it? That's for the Dolphins to decide. On the other hand, it'll make things interesting for Jacksonville and Trevor Lawrence

No way Tua should be paid as much as Jared Geoff. Tua has not won a playoff game.

When the play goes as planned Tua is a top 5 QB in the league. When things break down around him, like vs good teams, he’s below average. But he’s still improving as a player.

Jared Goff ahs won multiple playoff games for multiple teams something Tua hasnt done. He should be paid not sure how much

Brockman’s Tua hate is insufferable. Are we going to say Daniel Jones is better because he has 1 playoff win? Tua has only had a single playoff opportunity and lost to the SB Champs in obscene road conditions. Tua’s money is due. He’s shutdown every other rumor about his health and arm by lighting the league on fire last year with a healthy roster.

love rich...Tua is getting a big bag.

What happened to Tua getting too many concussions and was gonna sue the Dolphins or forced to retire? Was that last year or the year before when his fingers crinkled up?

Pay him the highest for any QB right now and move on to the next press question.

May not agree where he went to college but this guy is a helluva quarterback. Miami needs to trust in him and pay him.

How many games has Goff missed due to injury in his career? How many has Tua? Pay Peanut Brittle Body as much or more than Goff? 😂🤣😸😹👻

If Miami wants to be back in quarterback purgatory and irrelevancy within the league, then sure go ahead let Tua walk.

Tua is not worth $50 Mill.

He has no playoff wins and disappears in big games. As a Dolphins fan I just don't feel like he is ever gonna take them to the next level.

You can say Goff has had some stacked offenses around him over the years but he has 5 playoff wins. Tua has the big goose-egg and he has had as stacked an offense the last 2 years as you could ever hope for. Go back a few years to that rams-chiefs game where Goff out-dueled Mahomes 54-51 and ask yourself if you think there’s any way Tua wins that game?

There’s exactly one person who can answer that question, and it’s nobody in this audience. It’s the owner. So stop this nonsense and let the man make his decision.

Why does brockman not complain about Herbert’s deals or any other QB who is 0-1 in the playoffs? Drives me crazy. Just be consistent. And by not being consistent, if that is your reasoning for giving QBs money - playoff success- then be critical of every QB with a bad playoff record. And 0-1 is not bad.

Tua is not someone anyteam should invest more than 2 years into

Tua plays in Miami which is in Florida which is a tax-free State and golf plays in Detroit that's all I have say

I love you Rich - Tuajitsu - genius!

"It is not in my control". lol

“Market is the market” well ever heard of a bad market?

Tua is a good quarterback but he is not worth $50M a year.

Fins are going to have to pay him. I dont think hes worth the money he'll get, but they wont get anyone better and the core of that organization is tied to him. Their entire offensive system revolves around his unique skill set.

I know this is a Capt. Obvious statement, but Jared shouldn’t be paid what he’s being paid. And yea, I think it’s a disgrace that teachers/police/nurses etc. are paid so woefully.

Yes

What Tua should have said was, “I’m not talking about my contract, and I’m not commenting on anyone else’s contract.”

Tua deserves the money and security coming his way,and if the fins pay him and believein him and make him feel supported,Tua will win you a championship,believe that

"The market is the Market". Its not about comparing to Goff or Mahomes. If you wanted to pay Tua differently then Dolphins should have set the market themselves two years ago. Just like they did with Waddle, now they aren't being compared to Jefferson. It's ironic that Dolphins are paying top dollar to Waddle buf doesn't want to do so for the QB that threw Waddle those passes. Just like Rich said earlier, keep on delaying and letting the cost gets higher. Ironic that both Rich and Chris root for teams that are both in QB purgatory. They are both laughing at Dolphin fans. Has Aaron Rodgers shown you he deserves his massive contract? Especially since he is dealing with another injury. Scabs? Tbh, we have seen this show before. Grier wil get contracts quickly. Once he doesn't and allow this past 1 week, feelings get hurt. Then, he says blank bet on himself but couldn't get the numbers to work out. Welcome to QB purgatory.

5:36 "You're saying that, but your team hasn't beaten him yet. " Brockman's face says it all 😂😂

Thought he was about to say "pissed"

Omar been in Miami forever, they know exactly who he is

Anxious

3/4 of the way of last year we had home field locked up everything fell into place all we had to do was keep winning guys got hurt and we kept losing

My answer to the question in the title is, NO. But if the Dolphins and agents come to the table with the msrket prices for franchise QBs will ask for the same amount as the others.

i like Tua but idk if i’d pay him - Goff has at least been to multiple Super Bowls & NFC championship last year. very underrated QB

Speaking of salty That patriots fan has zero leverage to speak negative speculation about tua😂😂

The fact that Tua is No.1 in 3 important QB stats is pretty cool, you got Hurts, Jackson, Burrow, Mahomes, Allen, Stroud, Love, Cousins, Goff, Stafford, and so on... they all 2nd, come on that's amazing.

The fact that there's even a conversation at all whether he should get paid or not at this point in his career should tell you all you need to know.

Every team goes to injuries. Last year Miami's injuries were just extreme. way too much. They were really banged up more than averagely

Tua seems like he's nice. It's not about* being nice. But, because he is, I'll add "sorry".

If I'm Miami, I'm tagging Tua if a deal can't get done and then draft a Quinn Ewers or that Sanders kid and then ship him off to the Jets

Looks to me Dolphins are not comfortable extending Tua. They played the "show us you can play a full season" card to activate his 5th y option. He proved he could stay healthy for 18 games, but no, there seem to be more snags... and Tua is "pissed off". Looks to me Dolphins are currently pursuing other venues, like trading him. Now there is another team famously holding out on its QB extension. Would they be talking, and discretely working out some contract-plus-picks deal behind the scenes?

For you rocket scientist the word is" Unappreciated"

Tua looks about 5 years younger with growing out his hair…lol.

Rich: Your team have yet to beat Tua. Brockman: that has nothing to do with anything.😂😂 The hypocrisy from Brockman is insane.

We’re dissecting pauses now lol

Should've paid him last year.

No way should any player contract start at 50m let alone Tua. What does Brou say he's crap against anything but tomato cans?

“The salt is on the table “ 😂

whether ppl think hes worth it or not is irrelevant. Tua is right, there's a market and it now starts with a 5. If they don't pay him, some other team will

Everyone saying goff>tua like goff hasn’t also played in a great scheme all of his career (mcvay and Johnson) with a top 5 oline two great running backs and st brown and company as well as kupp and gurly on the rams he also got embarrassed in the superbowl against the least talented Brady team to win

As a Dolphins fan, just let him ride out his 5th year, we haven't even seen a playoff win with probably the best roster in Dolphins history.

Goff with that dolphins offense probably ends up in superbowl

The worst part of the NFL is you get hurt for drafting or development a great QB then resigning him. It destroys your salary cap which is bad for the game. Its an awful system. You should be able to sign your own players that you drafted or traded for without fear that your team will now be dismantled or that theres some arbitrary clock ticking against your competitiveness. Free agent signings are different as thats rewarding teams that cant draft good.

Tua Turn the ball ova

If I'm tua I'm taking 40 milly mostly guaranteed for 4 5 years with a clause an extra 15-20 mill goes to the wr room. These receivers are gonna be the ones that keeps him competitive.

With Tua it’s a catch 22 situation! Without Tua the Dolphins are no where! Without McDaniel where is Tua? How many QB’s in the NFL are worth what they are getting paid? Right now only 2 comes to mind! But the rest of the league is trying to find/create one of these 2 guys (Mahomes, Allen)! Burrow would be there if he were not so injury prone!

Well Goff is a great qb. When Tua is on he is elite. They are comparable market wise. I hope Miami pays him he’s proven himself in my eyes.

Tua should be paid more than Lawrence, remember, if tua didn’t get hurt, he would have been ranked as number one on the draft chart, but, after the injury, his still rated number 5 ? That tells as how good he still is

Does Chris also believe Justin Herbert didn’t deserve his contract because he hasn’t won a playoff game?

The fact that Tua will get paid more than Mahomes is BS!

Goff has led 2 teams to a Super Bowl. Tua hasn't appeared in one afc championship game. "Show me the wins afore I show you the money" should be the statement.

I think if you think he's your guy you need to pay the man. You can argue that he's not at the same level as Goff who has taken one team to the Super Bowl and another to the NFC championship. So is Tua at that level, maybe not, but can he be, if you think so then you have to pay him. You can't just say well he hasn't do it in the playoffs since the sample size for the post season is smaller than all of the time played and stats racked up in the reg season. If that's the case then lots of QBs would get their walking papers. You'd only reward players deep runs. Doesn't matter what was in your control or not in those playoff games? You gotta pay him or get a new QB if you have doubts.

As a fan. I don't want to see the team spend the CAP money too out of balance. Pay the QB #1 in league. Pay LT #1 in league. Pay WR1 #2 in league. Pay TE #1 in league. Pay RB1 . . . . Well . . . . We all know RB's are paid very little. They are lucky to be paid bonus in S&H Green Stamps. Perhaps dual threat RB can also get an A card so he can go to the store and turn in his Green Stamps for a meager portion of bread with just a pat of butter. Poor RBs. You see what happens to running backs in this system. Will we ever have an Emmitt Smith or Walter Payton again?

What’s Geno gunna want next year 😬

If you PROGRESS EVERY YR YOU DESERVE 💰 LIMPED INTO PLAYOFFS B2Byrs is only thing that stopped SB Run

Pay Tua, maybe he'll learn to play in cold weather.

Inflation, market cap is rising. Tua needs to get extended

I’m pretty sure Tua beat Jared golf when he was with the Rams and another time with the new Lions team 🤔🤔

Bro we won’t stop hearing about this until Tua gets paid smh We get it guys

The 9th OLman played 50% of the snaps at his position and needing a real 3rd WR and now they have one. So there is no dearth of help if Waddle or Hill are out for a bit or you sell out to stop Waddle and Hill OBJ gonna eat your face

What is his market if he was on the market who wants him at What cost

As a Bills fan I want Tua on a 10 year $250 mil contract

I'd say matching Goff is his high end but not out of the question. Also. I'm no Phins fan, but the way you guys infantilise this dude with the Salty Tua crap is cringe-worthy. Hope we can let that one rest this year

No tua isn’t in the same class as mahomes Allen burrow lamar Goff etc tua hasn’t won a playoff game or his division etc all these other QB’s have

Lifelong Dolphins fan here. You can’t pay a spot thrower that kind of money

Who rates a QB number 5 after knowing that his injured?

The market is the market and in this market Tua isn’t worth what Jared Goff is.

The hoops Rich jumps through for Tua is laughable. “He’s undefeated against the patriots”. So QB contracts should be based on how well they do against one team in their division? “Goff gets to play indoors, Tua plays in cold weather in Buffalo” Goff plays in Green Bay and Chicago? What a joke

No

I think the contract should be based on the individual players contributions to the Team and previous performance not just the market. It should be on an individual basis. If the dolphins don’t want to pay him, he’ll go somewhere else .

Ah yes, the part of the offseason where we spend 10mins dissecting the adjectives a player uses to describe how he wants to get paid...yay offseason...

Searching for an adjectives for Tua. Trade him.

Of course Tua should get paid better than Goff. Why are games played against winning teams all his fault? What share of fault should the coaches be responsible for against these teams with winning records? For all the hype with McDaniels being head coach I still see the coaches choking calling plays on both sides of the ball. And has Goff ever had a 4,000+ yard season? The Gate receipts and Phin fever ever since Tua has become QB should suffice.

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As a Bills fan, I firmly believe the Dolphins should pay Tua 100m a year

Tua is better than Goff, but they are both still 2nd tier QBs. Tua's worst is horribly bad. He needs to raise his floor. His ceiling would be unlimited if he could consistently bomb it 80 yards.

Jared Goff should not be paid as much as Jared Goff, nor Joe Burrow as much as Joe Burrow, nor Herbert as much as Herbert etc. Primadonna contracts tarnish the game.

This man had 1 full season out of 4-5 years. How is he worth 200m??? Dude can’t stay on the field and then last year 3 straight loses in the worst time of the year last season! Buddy out his mind