Tua is Broken and The Franchise Can’t Move Forward With Him

Miami has Jaylen Waddle, Tyreek Hill, De’Von Achane, heck, even Malik Washington looks really good this season.

But Tua can’t get the ball to them to make explosive plays.

Dolphins wide receiver coach Robert Prince must be pulling his hair out watching this offense and how his talented receivers are underused.

The majority of the passes are sideways or behind the line of scrimmage, and we are asking our guys to break multiple tackles to make a play.

Tyreek Hill, one of the fastest men in the sport, is averaging under 10 yards per reception in two games this year.

Can’t win that way.

They aren’t winning this way.

They won’t win this way.

Joe Rose had more to say on his WQAM morning show.

“We can’t throw the ball down the field. I don’t know what happened to Tua.”

Rose also said,

“Some of it is the offensive line, don’t get me wrong. Some of it. But anybody, it’s just a cop-out if you just come out and say, “it’s the offensive line, not Tua.” You’re not watching the game.” 

With Tua in Year 6 and suffering many concussions, you have to wonder if this is who he is at this point in his career.

Have the injuries caught up with him?

Has he taken one too many hits, and has it hampered his play and caused him to regress?

Does he have a dead arm, and this is the best it gets when throwing it deep?

These are fair questions to ask at this point in time.

We saw some of the regression last year; we are seeing much more of it now.

And this isn’t a case of “picking on Tua” or the media attacking Tua for no reason.

Tua isn’t the only reason Miami is 0-3, but he is a big part of it, and to ignore that or twist yourself in a pretzel and blame others is being disengenuous.

Then you factor in the money he is making, and it is alarming.

Mike McDaniel is going to lose his job either in-season or right after the season.

Chris Grier is going to lose his job in that same time frame as well.

And it is in large part because they have invested in Tua, and Tua is letting them both down.

Tua isn’t the only reason they will be getting fired, but he is a large part of it.

And if you are Stephen Ross and Tom Garfinkel and the Miami Dolphins front office, this is a big issue.

You can’t let Tua be an anchor on this organization.

He has killed this 2025 season; you can’t let him destroy the 2026 and 2027 seasons as well.

You can’t keep Tua around and “hope he figures it out” because, to me and many others smarter than me, there is nothing to figure out; he is declining physically or mentally or both.

And Father Time is undefeated.

And yes, if you look at the stat sheet, it doesn’t look awful, and for the Cult of Tua members who will defend him no matter what, well, at this point, find a new hobby; your opinions are falling on deaf ears.

Suppose this level of play continues and the losses continue to mount. In that case, we will reach a point in October or November where it is in the best interest of the Dolphins, and probably in the best interest of Tua, to sit him down and give someone else a chance to play quarterback.

How they move on from Tua in the offseason with a new general manager and new head coach will be the hot topic of January and February, but the lackluster play right now can’t be ignored.

Tua can’t make all of the throws.

Tua can’t scramble consistently to pick up yards with his legs.

Tua can rarely extend plays with his legs

Tua’s decision-making and propensity for turnarounds are declining at a rapid rate.

Tua Time is over in Miami. It’s a matter of WHEN and not IF.