Earlier this week, Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts became the first quarterback in the 2020 NFL Draft class to receive a contract extension. But it doesn’t sound like the Miami Dolphins will be rushing to give quarterback Tua Tagovailoa a similar deal.
When asked this week if the new contract for Jalen Hurts would affect the team’s negotiations as they try to work out a long-term deal with Tagovailoa in the future, Miami Dolphins general manager Chris Grier really downplayed that notion.
“Happy for [Hurts]. He’s a good kid, I met him years ago,” Grier said according to Pro Football Talk. “For us, at the end of the day, it’s a piece of information. We monitor it. But there’s going to be other quarterbacks coming up still, who knows how soon? So the market will fluctuate based off those.
“So, for us, happy for him and the Eagles getting it done. But at the end of the day, it doesn’t really move our needle until we have to do something.”
The Dolphins recently picked up the fifth-year option for Tagovailoa instead of negotiating a long-term deal.
“[W]e always hope Tua will be here, successful, long-term for us,” Grier said. “And at the end of the day, we made this decision and decided to move forward in the offseason to get going.”
