Local Orlando radio honk Mike Bianchi is ever trying to stir up shit and today itâs âlet Tua have Marinoâs #13.â The number isnât retired but a lot of Dolphins faithful feel it should be so thereâs some silly controversy brewing down here over it rolleyes dot jiff.
I donât care, if Tua wants the number (he wore it in college) give it to him I say. Marino didnât RANG anyway.
I think the fact that they made sure he was under contract in 2021 means that theyâre willing to let him start, if Brees retires and Winston doesnât turn into Superman (and they donât, say, collapse and draft Trevor Lawrence or Justin Fields). Iâm skeptical myself, but I think the money indicates they do believe itâs viable to roll with him if they have to.
The Saints already donât have much cap space so itâs very unclear how this is going to be structured. (Spotrac doesnât have the information yet, either.) I wouldnât be surprised if itâs a smaller hit this year, with the free agents the Saints have next season coming off the cap (and with Breesâ likely retirement creating a dead-cap situation thatâs still smaller than his actual cap hit). Larry Warford, Demario Davis, and Jared Cook are $32 million of cap for 2020 that wonât be on it in 2021.
Winston at $1 million (plus incentives) is an amazing contract. Mariota got $17 million for 2 years, despite being far worse last year and having lost his job. Seems like even if it doesnât work out, he likely leaves and makes more next year and they get comp pick.
I guess the idea is Winston and Hill will compete in practice so that Saints can decide which of the two they want to be starter next year?
It doesnât matter even if they truly believe T. Hill is the next Steve Young, paying him 10 million is still insane, when you could have him for 5. No one else would pay him more. And I canât imagine Hill saying no to that.
If he cut down on turnovers, wouldnât he still lead the league in turnovers?
How easy is it for guys to really cut down on turnovers after staring 30 plus games? It is an honest question, I donât know the answer to.
If I had to guess, qbâs rarely go from turnover machines for multiple years to bank vaults. But even getting down to average. I am sure it might have happened when combining a major system change with a major play style change.
Oh lolme I did not realize it was actually retired my bad. He said that Marino should give Tua the number, I guess maybe he was speaking in good faith for a change. If so I agree.
Well one thing that the stats wonât pick up is the fact that Jameis was blind. Adding sight to the skill set of a serviceable starting NFL QB has got to be a huge gamechanger for which there arenât any historical comps available.