“The door is shut” on Deshaun Watson to the Dolphins, who are instead focused on Tua Tagovailoa as their starting quarterback.
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Tua Tagovailoa will be the starting quarterback for the Miami Dolphins going forward and there will be no trade for Houston Texans star Deshaun Watson, according to general manager Chris Grier.
As Tagovailoa has been inconsistent since the Dolphins selected him with the fifth overall pick in the 2020 draft, there had been talk Miami would be interested in bringing in a different quarterback. Miami did take the first steps towards acquiring Watson last year, with owner Stephen Ross being granted permission to talk to the Texans quarterback. However, no trade was finalised for Watson, who is facing 22 civil lawsuits that remain unresolved as the NFL conducts its own investigation into sexual assault and misconduct allegations against him.
Mike McDaniel was hired as Miami’s new coach early last month after five seasons with the San Francisco 49ers, serving last season as the team’s offensive coordinator.
“I think the door is shut on Deshaun,” Grier said Wednesday at the NFL Scouting Combine. “At the end of the day, Mike and the staff have come to do a lot of work and studied Tua and they feel good about his developmental upside, what he can be and then the fit in the offense. I think we’re good with Tua.”
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