The drumbeat around Mike McDaniel’s future has grown louder after Miami’s 2-7 start, but one factor could buy him time. As discussed on The Rich Eisen Show, Tua Tagovailoa’s four-year, $212.4 million extension , with more than 50 million fully guaranteed in 2026, makes the job far less attractive to outside candidates, which creates a plausible scenario where the Dolphins keep McDaniel and run it back with Tua for one more season while a new front office reshapes the roster.

From there, Ian Rapoport outlined on NFL.com how Miami could navigate a “viable” path on Tua if performance does not rebound. Tagovailoa leads the league with 11 interceptions, and although he found his highest ceiling under McDaniel, the team is on the hook for 57 million next year.

Rapoport detailed three optio

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