The team remains deadlocked in negotiations over a new contract extension with their QB, with Miami preferring to pay ‘fair market value’ for Tua’s services as opposed to resetting the market for the third time this offseason. Deals done with QBs Trevor Lawrence and Jared Goff have pushed the going price for a quality signal caller into the stratosphere, and fresh off of a season where he led the league in passing yards (4,541), Tua is looking to cash in with a long-term deal. Whether or not the two sides come to an agreement has almost no ramifications for the 2024 season unless Tua would decide to hold out; he’s under contract via his fifth-year option. However, should Tua not be extended ahead of 2024, he could hit free agency next March and drum up uncertainty for the rest of the Dolphins’ contributors on offense. Whether or not Tua is a top-of-the-market talent in the same world as Patrick Mahomes and Lamar Jackson is certainly debatable, but what can’t be argued is his ability to be productive and support fantasy weapons around him at a very high level. The current sentiment around the league with more than two months to go until kickoff is that a deal will be done at some point, so fantasy managers don’t need to hit the panic button just yet. But if no deal comes to fruition, Miami could be left in search of their next franchise guy come 2025.
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