Dave Hyde: Now That Tua Tagovailoa Is Paid Like A Franchise Quarterback, Time To Take The Next Winning Step To Become One

Tua Tagovailoa got the money of a franchise quarterback. He got the contract of an elite quarterback. He got his future married to the Miami Dolphins for the next four years, through good times and bad times, sickness and in Buffalo. Now is it fair to expect him to become that elite, franchise guy? There’s ample room to be happy for Tagovailoa that his life’s work and career’s sweat has paid off with a four-year, $212 million contract extension and at the same time to say he’s being paid for the next step he still has to take. This isn’t him, alone.