For the better part of two decades, watching the Miami Dolphins play football has been like watching old people fuck. But that might have mercifully changed after the Dolphins went and did the most un-Dolphins thing possible: They drafted the best quarterback in the 2020 class: Tua Tagovailoa (HOLY SHITROCKETS, RIGHT?). And now, after waiting a whole week, Tua finally announced that he’ll be wearing No. 1.

So what’s the next move for the Dolphins? Oh, that’s an easy one. What’s next is that they need to make the throwback uniforms a permanent thing. That’s it. That’s all. Bring back the old uniforms and call it a day.

Here are the 10 reasons why the Dolphins need to stop fucking around already and start wearing the throwbacks from now until the sun supernovas:

10. They’re Classic NFL
When you think about NFL teams with rich storied and winning traditions, you immediately think of teams like the Oakland Raiders, Green Bay Packers, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Dallas Cowboys. These teams have been the epitome of greatness, tradition, and winning since the dawn of the league. Each of those teams has its own rich history and has become iconic to the NFL. And yet, for as long as those teams have been around, they’ve never once screwed with their look. The Steelers are known for their gold and black colors and still have that stupid logo that inexplicably appears on only one side of the helmet. The Cowboys have tweaked their look a few times, but never to the point where they’ve completely abandoned it — it’s still the classic royal blue and antebellum white with a big star on a silver helmet. Washington won’t even change their ludicrously racist name, let alone their colors and logo, but for some shit-headed reason, the Dolphins decided to toss their original badass colors and menacing dolphin logo from their greatest years for a weird dolphin and the colors of the swimming pools at a Sandals resort.

 

9. They’re Menacing AF
When you see the Dolphins’ old color scheme, you can’t help but think of the 1972 Dolphins and their dominant, face-obliterating ways. Those old teams would step inside an opposing teams’ asshole and make themselves right at home. It was synonymous with HERE COMES THE PAIN. The classic solid orange stripe going down the center of an eggshell-colored helmet, the white pants with thick stripes, the dark aqua jerseys, the large numbers with orange borders — it all harkens back to the days when Miami was a team to be reckoned with. That tradition was passed down to the Marino Era and again to the bone-crushing Jason Taylor-Zach Thomas years. Those color schemes made other teams hurt and bleed and shit themselves. The current uniforms make other teams confused, wondering if they’re in a generic football commercial where the NFL didn’t allow official licensing to be used.

 

8. They’re the True Colors of the Dolphins
Think back to every amazing memory as a Dolphins fan (or, if you’re too young, YouTube them and then cry into your pants) and they all feature the Fins wearing their old uniforms and colors. The ’72 Perfect Season; the Super Bowl victories, Dan Marino putting a flamethrower to the passing record book, the defeat of the 1985 undefeated Bears on Monday Night Football; the Spike Play; the AFC Championship game against the Steelers in the Orange Bowl; the Clayton-Duper connections; the Hook & Ladder play; the A.J. Duhe game; Leon Lett on Thanksgiving; Jason Taylor removing Tom Brady’s testicles during his Defensive Player of the Year season. All of these moments featured the throwbacks. These uniforms are the Miami Dolphins. The most iconic moment for the recent uniforms is when the long snapper hit Brandon Fields in the face with a football.

 

7. The Old Logo Looks Like an Actual Dolphin
The old logo featured a menacing dolphin wearing a football helmet and jumping through a blazing hoop (or maybe it’s the sun?). Menacing porpoise, football, fire. Simple. The current logo looks like maybe it’s a porpoise, though one can argue it can also be a whale, with dead soulless eyes, sort of, maybe, breaching the water, because it’s probably run out of breath. It also kind of resembles a dildo.

 

6. Because The Memory of Don Shula Deserves Better
It’s a no brainer that the Dolphins are going to have their players wear a patch honoring Don Shula after he passed away earlier this week. But it’ll be an insult to the memory of man who was the paradigm of excellence if that patch is sewed onto those current middling Aquafresh uniforms. For 25 years, Don Shula’s Dolphins made us all feel that ever elusive feeling year after year: Hope. As opposed to the feeling the current Dolphins give us of having a baby raccoon jammed up our collective assholes and telling us we like it. Don Shula deserves better than to have his initials slapped onto these hideous things.

 

5. The Current Uniforms Represent Mediocrity
It’s simple: these current uniforms represent a large steaming pot of broiled ass, which is what the Dolphins have been the entire time they’ve worn these hideous things. These new-look logo and colors were unveiled in 2013, which came right in the midst of the worst era in franchise history. While the throwbacks conjure feelings of a rich winning tradition, these current uniforms conjure feelings of being murdered in the face every year for the rest of your miserable football-watching life until you die utterly alone like the sack of shit your mother always said you’d amount to. These uniforms represent everything that has gone wrong with the Dolphins. They represent a team that can’t score more than ten points a game and can’t finish better than 7-9 year after year after year. These uniforms don’t know what a playoff game is.

 

4. They Don’t Look Like Something SeaWorld Employees Would Wear
The throwback uniform and color scheme look like football. The current uniform and color scheme look like something SeaWorld employees wear while they make enslaved orcas jump through hoops for tourists. The old menacing dark aqua color has been replaced with a crystalline pool-colored aqua scheme that screams OOWWW DON’T HURT ME, FOOTBALL PERSON. What you want in your team colors is something the other team will fear and something fans can embrace and be proud of. Instead, we have guys suiting up like they’re about to go make sea lions ride on skateboards for fish. The current logo looks like an aquarium exploded.

 

3. They Just Feel Right, Aesthetically
Look, we understand that team success has everything to do with talent and zero to do with uniform colors. Still, when you watch this team play in these colors, your asshole automatically puckers up because you just know this team is about to get destroyed by Derek Carr en route to a 7-9 record and zero playoff appearance. You look at any player wearing the old colors, and you KNOW that guy fucks. Look at those three up there. You can’t tell us they didn’t FUCK. Because they did. It’s just the way those old uniforms work. It’s science!

 

2. Look At That Sexy MF Up There
Look at him. Drink him in. You can’t look away, can you? That right there is the living embodiment of a thunder clap from the gods. And that uniform is the armor of an elite gridiron warrior that would go on to shred the NFL record book so badly, they still show his beautiful face on TV every time a current quarterback reaches some kind of milestone — 20-plus years after he retired! That’s the uniform of excellence, of badassery, of a team that was an absolute freight train of devastation, cockpunching opposing teams with their football prowess, littering the field with the decaying corpses of Steelers, Patriots, Bills, and Jets and telling any and all those who opposed them to go and fornicate with farm animals. These current Dolphins have ruined football in this town. Did they have to ruin the way the team looked too? There was simply no reason for the Dolphins to change their uniforms in 2013 outside of wanting to make more money through merchandising. But there are other ways to make money with merchandise that doesn’t include urinating all over the only thing this team has left: tradition.

 

1. Because TUA IS HERE NOW
We have gone from Vegetable Lasagna toe-thumbs to, in all likelihood, Dan Marino’s true heir. And he’s finally chosen his jersey number. Let’s not start this new era of hope by draping these unicorn shit stain-colored middling as fuck uniforms on the new Chosen One. The Miami Dolphins currently have the most badass motherfucker at QB since The Right Arm of God roamed the land wrecking all of the ass. Tua deserves to play in a uniform that screams LOOK UPON MY WORKS AND DESPAIR, and not like he works at the Seaquarium Lolita tank.

 

Chris Joseph (@ByChrisJoseph) is a host of the Five Reasons comedy podcast, Ballscast. He’s written about sports and movies for Deadspin, Miami New Times, CBS Sports, and several other outlets.

There was a time when the scariest situation for a young sports writer in South Florida was to be confronted by The Jaw.

When Don Shula singled you out for his wrath it left an impression. That stalwart chin — often described as chiseled granite — boring in is among the images that stand out about the legendary Miami Dolphins coach who died Monday at age 90.

The first time Shula directed it as me was during the Woodstrock era, that quarterback void after Griese and before Marino when Shula was piecing it together with David Woodley and Don Strock. He heard me asking questions in the locker room aimed at getting an indication of which QB might be starting that week.

“What-a-ya getting at?” he thundered.

Shula exerted total control over his football team and in his view that extended to the media covering it as well.

I reflected on that last December at Hard Rock Stadium during the celebration of the 1972 Perfect Season when Larry Csonka talked about his former coach.

“It was his way or the highway when it came to dealing with other men,” Csonka said. “He’s sort of like a marine drill sergeant. There is no rebuttal. If he didn’t like what I was doing, I would have been blocking for O.J. [Simpson] in Buffalo the next day. We had a clear understanding. There were no ifs or buts. That may be truly missed today.”

Nothing but football

Thus, it could be viewed as a badge of honor to be chewed out by Shula. It was a challenge to cover him, and you had to operate within his parameters. Questions had to be direct, confined to a matter of the moment and by all means never ask him to speculate on anything.

If you met his standards, you could learn a lot from a Shula encounter. I made sure of being prepared once before a rare phone interview that he surprisingly agreed to, arming myself with carefully worded questions. The session proved most enlightening and enjoyable.

But during his coaching days, it had to be all about football. Everything else was outside his narrow tunnel of focus.

That was evident in the classic Shula story about being introduced to “Miami Vice” star Don Johnson during the height of the TV show’s popularity and thinking he was meeting a real detective.

I was stunned when Shula mentioned it during an interview while filming a commercial for a car dealership in 2012.

“I told him, ‘You guys are doing a great job cleaning up Miami. Keep up the good work. If there’s anything we can do, let me know.’ I didn’t know who he was, I was just so consumed with football,” Shula said, his jawing jiggling with laughter at the recollection.

Miami sports world mourns passing of Don Shula

Legacy of Perfect Season

Yes, Shula was a lot more fun to interview in retirement.

While still coaching, he didn’t even like talking about his accomplishments, so focused on adding to them.

But afterward, the legacy of the Perfect Season meant everything to him. And there was no secret how it was attained.

“I worked them four times a day,” he said that day in 2012, of the demands he put on his players through grueling training camps. “They didn’t know what hit them. They complained about it. Then we won our first game. Then we won again, and they started to say maybe there is something to hard work and success.”

In today’s NFL, coaches are greatly limited in practice time on the field.

But it took more than work ethic and pushing players to the max to amass 347 wins and two Super Bowl titles (yes, he also lost four times in the big game).

The times Shula impressed me the most were when he had to adapt in the face of adversity. Get funky outside his comfort zone.

Adapting to win

Most famous was while coaching the Colts in 1965 when he had running back Tom Matte playing quarterback due to injuries to Johnny Unitas and backup Gary Cuozzo.  Shula simplified the offense and had the plays written on Matte’s wrist band. The improvisation worked in a 20-17 win over the Los Angeles Rams to force a playoff.

The situation was similar in 1993 when Shula was seeking his record-breaking 325^th win at Philadelphia. Dan Marino was out for the season with a ruptured Achilles tendon and backup Scott Mitchell left in the third quarter against the Eagles with a shoulder injury. Rookie Doug Pederson came in and made some key third-down completions to seal the historic win.

“It reminded me of the Matte days,” Shula said with a chuckle afterward.

Shula best showed his adaptability in switching to a pass-happy offense with Marino. The Dolphins won their Super Bowls on the ground with Csonka, Mercury Morris and Jim Kiick pounding the ball behind a dominant offensive line.

One more title eluded Shula

Unfortunately, Shula the general manager let down Shula the coach in his later years. He was unable to construct a defense or rushing attack to give Marino the support needed to win.

So the Dolphins wasted the Marino years, and a career-capping championship eluded Shula.

But when you’ve won more games (347) than anyone else and forged the only undefeated run to a Super Bowl title, there isn’t much cause for regret.

My last face-to-face encounter with Shula was at one of his Shula Burger restaurants in the week leading to the Super Bowl in 2014.

It was the end of the Dolphins’ season of Bullygate. In discussing that debacle, Shula was reminded of the 1992 incident in which defensive lineman Alfred Oglesby was taped to a tree outside the Dolphins’ training camp at St. Thomas University by teammates.

Oglesby had missed practice after a night out drinking and fabricated a tale about being kidnapped at gunpoint to cover his tracks. When the truth came out, Shula rescinded the privilege of veterans going home at night instead of staying in the dorms on campus during training camp, prompting retaliation against Oglesby.

In Shula’s recollection, he was the one who cut Oglesby loose, although reports at the time indicated it was another player who did so after 30 minutes. Nonetheless, the incident broke the tension that hung over the team for several days.

“I think anything like this brings the team together. It’s much better than silent resentment. It’s just jock humor,” Shula said.

Shula was a coach for a different time, and in his world the team always came first and all that mattered was what contributed to winning. No one had the formula down better than he did.

Craig Davis has covered South Florida sports and teams, including the Dolphins, for four decades. Follow him on Twitter @CraigDavisRuns

It’s clear that Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores enjoys versatility in his players. Many of the 2020 draft selections made by Miami have the ability to play more than one position. But perhaps no one offers more versatility – and room for creativity – than seventh-round draft pick Malcolm Perry out of Navy. Usually, players would have to serve for a certain amount of time before moving into the NFL. But recent changes have allowed him to pursue his NFL career beforehand.

“It means a lot. It means the world.” Perry said. “As a kid growing up, this is a dream come true for sure, so just choosing that route and then everything unfolding in a very fortunate sequence for me with the rule being changed. It means a lot because I know a lot of guys that I played with in the past who didn’t get the opportunity, but definitely had the talent. It means a lot to be in this position and I’m very fortunate.”

Now all that’s left is to determine what Perry’s role will be with the Miami Dolphins.

How will the #Dolphins use Malcolm Perry? A quarterback inside the #RedZone, WR, RB, punt returner or all of the above? This player is too talented to be sitting on a practice roster. As a QB in the #NFL, he must be able to sell the pass to be successful. But the height…hmm pic.twitter.com/Ss5ECBtoCT

— Devi Rhamesz (@ChrliesWarchest) April 25, 2020

While playing at Navy, Perry quickly turned himself into a jack of all trades. In his four years at Navy, as a rusher, he ran for 4,359 yards and 40 touchdowns on 614 attempts. As a quarterback, his numbers are significantly less impressive. It wasn’t until 2019 when he started throwing the ball on a more regular basis, throwing it 86 times with 48 completions. Those completions resulted in 1,084 yards and seven touchdowns.

Most concerning is his completion percentage. At only 51.3 percent, it’s clear that for one reason or another, Malcolm Perry struggles to find his target on throws. However, in all fairness to him, the Buffalo Bills currently have their franchise QB in Josh Allen, who only had a 56.2 percent completion stat while at Wyoming. So while it is undoubtedly a concern, it should not disqualify him from ever throwing the football.

AFC east QBs ranked:

1. ryan fitzpatrick
2. tua tagovailoa
3. malcolm perry pic.twitter.com/3q5ernY9Ps

— josh houtz (@houtz) April 30, 2020

So as a quarterback, his skills are subpar. As a running back, his production is undeniable. In 2019 he even ran for over 2,000 yards for the Navy Midshipmen. That is not an easy task no matter what level of competition you face.

Then at the combine, Perry decided to make one more change, working out as a wide receiver, where more focus was placed on his ability to catch instead of run.

“I played wide receiver at the combine. That was my main position. That’s what I’ve been training for the whole time, but the willingness and I think I have the ability to go other places if need be.” Perry said. “Going into it, I think my skills kind of translate to that position pretty well. And it was where I was most uncomfortable as a player. I felt pretty natural at running back, if I needed to make that transition. I just wanted to be as good as I could at my weakest position transition that I thought. So, that’s what I’ve been training for, that’s what I was projected to play at the next level; but obviously, like I said, I’m open to anything. I just wanted to practice there and felt like my skills translated there the best.”

As of now, the Dolphins have Malcolm Perry listed as a running back. That puts him in a room that now consists of Jordan Howard, Matt Breida, Kalen Ballage, Patrick Laird, Myles Gaskin, and De’Lance Turner. It’s all but a given that Howard and Breida will be the two main running backs going into the season. As for Laird, he’s quickly become a fan favorite and found ways to produce when others (Ballage) could not. If Perry wants to stick as a running back, he’ll have to show he can contribute in other ways.

Or, he could simply be used in an entirely unique way.

on september 21st, 2008, the miami #dolphins unveiled the wildcat offense. 11 years later, this is what it looked like on sunday vs the buffalo bills. pic.twitter.com/9HZmo5OofA

— josh houtz (@houtz) November 19, 2019

Fans will remember the infamous wildcat offense as the reason the Dolphins managed to bring down the New England Patriots all the way back in 2008. Bill Belichick – for the first time in forever – found himself dumbfounded and helpless to stop Miami as Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams teamed up to embarrass the seemingly invincible Patriots with their gimmick offense.

But as time passed, the wildcat became more and more of a novelty. Teams caught on to the pattern and were able to bring it to a screeching halt. Since then, other teams have only used it sparingly, and rarely with much success. The Dolphins attempted it last season with Kalen Ballage taking snaps with mixed results. However, possibly the biggest reason for its regression is there’s a rarely used element of the wildcat.

Passing.

Undoubtedly, the image of Taysom Hill comes to mind. The New Orleans Saints gadget player recently signed a rather lucrative contract just for his versatility. He’s not a pure quarterback, as much as he may want to be. But during the rare times he gets to throw, teams are seldom expecting it. Hill being on the field usually means a run or a reception. Him throwing it rarely crosses defensive minds.

Is it a completely fair comparison? Most likely not. Hill is quite a bit larger than Malcolm Perry, weighing in over 30 pounds heavier and nearly half a foot taller. However, that just means Perry can’t be used as a power player. He needs to base his game more on speed and agility.

If Malcolm Perry has the potential to become Miami’s own version of Taysom Hill, then all bets are off for the Dolphins offense. Miami can bring back the wildcat properly, run the read option, have an emergency backup quarterback, and even save a roster spot if it’s deemed he’s needed elsewhere. Kalen Ballage’s one niche will no longer be exclusively his.

Perry will never become a franchise quarterback. That much is obvious. But the possibilities with his ability to throw the football are endless. Smart NFL coaches know how to utilize players like Perry. Many analysts and scouts projected him landing in New England. Everyone knows how Bill Belichick likes to sneak in some Julian Edelman passes.

But once again, Brian Flores shows how much he knows thanks to his time under Belichick’s regime. Instead of allowing Perry to fall into Belichick’s hands, he and GM Chris Grier used a late draft pick to ensure his spot on their roster. Now it’s up to Flores and offensive coordinator Chan Gailey to get the most out of Perry’s diverse skillset. If they’re smart, which they seem to be, then Dolphins fans should be very excited for some highlight reel plays. It may take some time, but anyone who’s waited this long can wait a little longer.

Luis Sung has covered the Miami Dolphins for numerous outlets such as Dolphins Wire for seven years. Follow him on Twitter: @LuisDSung

Look beneath the joy of the Miami Dolphins landing Tua Tagovailoa, who they hope finally becomes the franchise quarterback they’ve been seeking, and what stands out from their very active 2020 draft is this:

Winning NFL teams aren’t built in a day. Not in an offseason. Not in a single draft, even when you have an inordinate number of picks as Miami did.

The Dolphins came out of it with an intriguing haul of talent. They made some inspired choices that may provide a foundation for success that has eluded this woebegone franchise for too long.

But don’t expect this crop of rookies to step onto the field as an instant playoff contender.

There has been an expectation evident in fans chatter that because they had amassed so many draft picks, including three in the first round, and had oodles of salary cap space this offseason that winning will come quickly.

That certainly doesn’t appear to be the assumption of coach Brian Flores and GM Chris Grier.

Their approach to the draft said as much.

Beefing up the lines

After picking Tagovailoa, the remainder of their selections — there were 11 total after a couple of trades — were focused on building strength up front, fortifying the offensive and defensive lines.

It was a wise objective because that is the foundation of any winning team, and much needed for units that last season couldn’t open a hole for a running or stop an opponent.

They added three big bodies to each line in the draft. Three of the first seven picks were on the offensive line.

They also added to an already well-stocked defensive secondary, which is primary to Flores’ defensive scheme.

Upside defines the Dolphins’ draft class

The draft strategy suggests that Grier and Flores are viewing this as a two-year process. Next year, when they have two picks in each of the first two rounds, they can prioritize adding playmakers to Tua’s arsenal.

In this draft, the objective was clear and I admire how they stuck to it. They resisted the temptation of trading up for one of the touted running backs, and then landed an established NFL back, Matt Breida, from San Francisco for a fifth-round pick, a reasonable exchange.

Taking a stab at a projected 53-man depth chart for the Dolphins: pic.twitter.com/OpFFc99O9m

— Chris Kouffman (@ckparrot) April 25, 2020

Trades net more help up front

I liked the trades to move up for Georgia guard Solomon Kindley in the fourth round (No. 111 overall) and edge-rusher Curtis Weaver from Boise State in the fifth round.

The latter seems like a steal at No. 164. He had 34 sacks in three years, a Mountain West record. As a matter of comparison, that is 3.5 sacks more than No. 2 pick Chase Young had at Ohio State, though not suggesting Weaver is the player Young is.

Tackle/guard Robert Hunt also seemed like a laudable inspired pick in the second round. Hunt was a mauler for Louisiana and could immediately vie for a starting job in Miami.

Experts differ greatly in their views on USC tackle Austin Jackson, the first lineman the Dolphins took at No. 18. He has great tools, but isn’t yet 21 and seems will require time to develop.

Meanwhile, it made sense to load up on big bodies — and defensive backs too — because not all of these players the Dolphins drafted will make it in the NFL. They never do.

Prior to the draft, Mike Sando of The Athletic presented an analysis showing that since 1993 only two teams have ever had more draft capital (based on a combined numeric value assigned to their picks) than the Dolphins took into this draft: the 2018 Browns and 1994 Colts.

The Browns came out of that draft with quarterback Baker Mayfield and some other productive players, but haven’t had a winning record in the subsequent two seasons. The Colts got Hall of Famer Marshall Faulk but not a lot of other impact from the ’94 draft.

Some choices questionable

Analysts are giving mixed reviews on the Dolphins’ picks. Some decisions were questionable. Such as, they could have had highly rated edge rusher K’Lavon Chaisson when they took Jackson, regarded as a project.

The oddest move was the trade down from 26 to 30 in the first round that netted Noah Igbinoghene, a converted wide receiver but unpolished at cornerback. He’s an impressive athlete but doesn’t seem like a first-round talent. Obviously, Flores has a plan for him.

Georgia tackle Isaiah Wilson, a hulking 6-foot-7, 350-pounder was there for the taking. He went No. 29 to Tennessee.

But through it all, Grier and Flores stuck to their convictions, and they drafted the type of players that fit Flores’ preference.

“I think at the end of the day, we want to bring good players onto this team who will work and compete,” Flores said after the first round. “There is a lot to learn. … let’s just take this one day at a time and hopefully if we can string good days together, we’ll see some of the fruits of that labor.”

Flores gets his kind of players

It is up to Flores to mold the newcomers, including veterans signed in free agency, into a winning combination. Don’t be surprised if there are struggles along the way, and temper expectations for next season.

Even for Tagovailoa, who is expected to spend time as an understudy to Ryan Fitzpatrick.

But given what Flores accomplished in coaxing five wins in the last nine games of 2019 from a threadbare roster, he has earned a vote of confidence. He will certainly have a lot more useful pieces at his command in season two.

Craig Davis has covered South Florida sports and teams, including the Dolphins, for four decades. Follow him on Twitter @CraigDavisRuns

Typically, this column is reserved for words about everybody’s favorite basketball team by the bay. Don’t worry Heat Nation, that is not about to change any time soon.

That said, last night’s Miami Dolphins draft is worth deviating from the normal script just this once.

One of the things that I have always loved about Pat Riley and his team building philosophy is the propensity to think big.

However, thinking big doesn’t always have to amount to big risk.

Flashback (get it) to the 2003 NBA Draft, when the Heat were debating the merits of Chris Kaman and Kirk Hinrich as complimentary players to an already existing max contract shooting guard in town, Eddie Jones. Despite positional needs, injury concerns and advanced metrics, the Heat took a player with the 5^th pick in the draft and it literally changed everything.

It turned out that they got the transcendent player, the star, the franchise cornerstone. They drafted Dwyane Wade. The rest is NBA history.

I’ve been waiting for the Dolphins to go get that player for decades.

In the NBA it can be argued that wings are more important than bigs, that point guards are more important than power forwards, etc.

The reality is, in the NBA you just need stars, regardless of position.

The NFL is not alike in that regard. Position matters, a lot.

So yes, as Dolphins fans, we have talked ourselves into every big acquisition since Dan Marino was sacked off the field in Jacksonville. Yet, deep down inside we always knew that without a top-notch signal caller, the Dolphins were going to need everything to go perfectly for the team to win a Super Bowl. Hell, even to win a playoff game.

Last night felt different. Almost Tua good to be true. (couldn’t resist)

The Dolphins will have the best quarterback in their division before too long

— Five Reasons Sports Network (@5ReasonsSports) April 24, 2020

#TankforTua has been a movement in Miami for almost 2 years. Anybody that knows me, knows that I despise losing on purpose. However when it came to the Dolphins, I was desperate enough to see them try anything at this point.

Tank for Tua was even the name of my office league fantasy football team last season – to which I received messages last night like “Congrats on a well-executed plan”

The Dolphins have a plan? Holy shit. THE DOLPHINS HAVE A PLAN.

I have been a Miami Dolphins fan since as long as i can remember im from Southern california so i been loving a team from across the country , im now 41 lived through alot of missery being a dolphins fan this draft im all in on getting Tua thats my Plan A move i have no plan B

— Socal_dolfan (@SoCal_Dolfan) April 23, 2020

See, that’s the thing, for the ups and downs of Riley’s tenure in Miami, even when the future has looked bleakest, the fan-base always could lean on an intuition that among the mess, Riley had a message. Fans can handle pain if they think there is a plan.

Today, it feels like the Miami Dolphins have a process, a plan and a star at the most important position.

The Miami Dolphins finally have a franchise quarterback. One that essentially fell in their laps at the 5^th pick overall.

The Heat organization carved out quite a spot in the NBA history books from a similar spot back in 2003.

Tua Tagovailoa, it’s your turn. I think I speak for all of us when I say we are happy as hell it’s Tua time.

#NewProfilePic pic.twitter.com/tdayzqUJMM

— The Extra Yard: 5RSN (@5ReasonsFins) April 24, 2020