Tua Tagovailoa is shedding some weight to become more mobile as he looks for a new contract with the Dolphins.
After a bounce-back season, Tua Tagovailoa is still looking to prove that he can be the Miami Dolphins’ long-term option at quarterback.
This upcoming season will be the last of Tagovailoa’s rookie contract. He led the NFL in passing yards last season with a career-high 69.3 completion percentage and 29 passing touchdowns (though he also had a career-high 14 interceptions). The Fins have a window of playoff contention open but will have to decide if they want to hitch the future of that to their 26-year-old QB.
According to Cameron Wolfe of NFL Network, contract negotiations between Tagovailoa and the Dolphins are ongoing and the young quarterback has put in a good amount of work this offseason. Even though much of it was his own individual workouts away from the team, he has still stayed active and even lost a good amount of weight in the hopes of becoming more dynamic.
He’s down to 220 pounds, from what I understand. He dropped 10 to 15 pounds this offseason already from the 230s, where he was last year,” Wolfe said. “He wants to be agile, a little bit more escapability from the bulked-up version that was in the 230s year. Talking with people close to Tua and with the Dolphins, I still anticipate they get a deal done before the start of the regular season. And, yes, I anticipate it being over $50 million a year like Jared Goff got.”
Tagovailoa’s past injury history might lead to some concerns about Tagovailia getting lighter. Wolfe said that, after seeing him play 17 games last season and learn ways to decrease his odds of sustaining a concussion, Miami’s concerns are lessened.
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