If so... I'm curious how our resident Phins Phans would pheel about it. From everything I've read in the Tua thread, it seems like he (Tua) is doing everything that the staff would want. Would bringing in Watson hurt more than it would help?
Dolphins fan here, and I don't get it.
Miami grabbed their guy (Tua) with the 5th overall pick in '20, and he's now "looking the part," following adequate time removed from a catastrophic hip injury. His game/style in college was always going to be game/style in the pros, and the offense has been devised with these strengths in consideration. What's changed?
1) Watson becoming available. Okay, I get this … when it was just about Deshaun wanting out of a poor situation. Because, shit, if a top 5-7 25-year-old QB comes available, that should change most teams' plans. But now that it's become apparent that he's a serial masseuse assaulter?
2) Tua was "ownership's pick." Some are reporting this. But, really? Flores and Grier let Ross pick their guy? If that's true, why is Ross is letting them move off "his" guy so quickly?
For me, this would only make sense if the following were true:
1) Flores and Grier are unsure about Tua.
2) Watson can be had at a significant discount.
3) The plan is to sit Watson for the year.
If Tua flourishes this season, you can get "your money back" on Watson in a trade elsewhere next offseason. The legal shit will be settled, and a handful of teams will want him. Conversely, if Tua disappoints, you deal him for the best you can get back, and roll with Watson.