I'm not an NFL finance guy, so I was wondering what would happen if we went into the next pre-season with the intention of trading Tua, there was zero interest, and he ultimately decided to retire? What happens with his contract at that point? I'm convinced that he's done with football due to the hip (or something similar limiting his movements). He could ride the bench for two seasons to collect almost $100M...which would be great reason to stay. But I have a feeling that he's not the type of person to milk a franchise to the point of setting them back years. Could there be a retirement settlement or something? I'm genuinely curious how that works. I do remember with the Colts and Manning, they continued to pay him after he retired with the neck injury...but it seems like they did that voluntarily.
Yeah, there is zero way, imo, that Tua signed that contract thinking he was physically in great shape.
Tua would never retire with that amount of money owed. His agent has already had all the conversations with him since the benching. Theyre going to ride it out and get every guaranteed dollar owed. The reality is, there is two options available right now. either Tua is going to be an expensive backup for one more season like Kirk Cousins was for the Falcons… that way the dolphins can cut Chubb, Tyreek and move on.. Or the dolphins give tyreek and chubb one more season and proceed with moving on from Tua. i have huge doubts they move on from all 3. That would be the biggest dead cap bill in history by lightyears regardless of which way they go, tua most likely has at most a single season left on the dolphins
