Tua Tagovailoa is pushing the entire discuss surrounding the Miami Dolphins' curiosity in Tom Brady to the aspect.
As his crew practices with Brady's Buccaneers forward of their preseason sport, Tagovailoa famous that he is the crew's beginning quarterback - not Brady.
"Yeah, I imply, I am nonetheless right here," Tagovailoa instructed reporters Wednesday. "To me, that is all noise at this level."
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If the Dolphins had their method, Tagovailoa won't "nonetheless" be their quarterback. Earlier in August, an NFL investigation discovered that the Dolphins had impermissible conversations with Brady in 2019 and 2021. These conversations, plus the impermissible conversations that they had with Sean Payton, induced the Dolphins to lose two draft picks. Proprietor Stephen Ross additionally acquired a $1.5 million effective and is suspended by way of Oct. 17. Dolphins vice chairman and restricted accomplice Bruce Beal acquired a $500,000 effective and will not have the ability to attend league conferences for your complete 2022 season.
Tagovailoa, whom the Dolphins drafted within the first spherical of the 2020 NFL Draft, famous final week that a part of the crew's discussions with Brady occurred earlier than he was even in Miami.
"I am nonetheless right here, and I am blessed to be right here," Tagovailoa stated final week. "If it has to do with help from the crew, I feel the crew's all-in with me and all the fellows that we've now."
Brady hasn't spoken with the media but for the reason that league introduced the findings of its investigation of the Dolphins on Aug. 2. He spoke with Tagovailoa throughout Wednesday's joint apply, although.
"We had been speaking on the aspect for a superb bit,'' Tagovailoa stated. "He requested me how my offseason was. We had been speaking somewhat about golf on the similar time.
"For essentially the most half, 23 years enjoying, that’s a very long time, that’s loads of data, so I used to be asking him some issues and he gave me some good perception. However I’ll maintain that between me and Tom. And if you happen to guys need to ask Tom, go ask him.''
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Like his quarterback, first-year Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel expressed a need to maneuver previous the tampering discuss, too.
"For me, nothing occurred," McDaniel stated. "Everybody else is the one making it awkward. It does not occupy a single iota of area with anyone. It is arduous sufficient to be good on this league."
Brady's Buccaneers will play host to Tagavailoa's Dolphins of their respective preseason openers on Saturday.
