Tua has the 5th best odds to be the MVP next year, which are good odds

Not the best start for the folks who think Tua Tagovailoa will be bad next year. I’m sure they’ll rationalize it and say that Tua having favorable odds 8 months before the season starts has more to do with who his coach is and who he is throwing to. That’s fine. Whatever gets you to sleep at night.

Look, it’s very possible that Tua could be out of the lineup for any number of reasons come week 7 next year. Whether it’s injury or poor play, I can be convinced of anything right now. It’s February 16th and the season just ended. Nothing really matters right and they won’t matter for quite some time.

But Las Vegas, you know Las Vegas, the place that sort of knows a thing or two about making odds for sporting events seems to believe that for right now Tua will have a really good season next year. Could the exact opposite happen? Sure. But Vegas knows what they’re doing with this kind of stuff. They’re Las Vegas, it’s what they do.

It also tells me that it appears that there is no way Tua isn’t the QB for the Dolphins next year. I realize it’s in vogue to say that every potential quarterback that is out there even a little bit should be vetted by the Miami Dolphins. Well, Vegas believes that Tua will not just be the guy next but he will be one of the better quarterbacks of all the NFL.

Personally, I don’t really care who the QB for the Dolphins is as long as they win. I know there are tons of people who live and die with Tua one way or the other. If he’s healthy, I hope he plays well. Why would I want anything besides that? If he gets hurt again or plays poorly, he’ll be replaced because they will not sign him to another contract and that will be that.

But it’s ultimately cool that we have a player that is already drawing odds like this to be crowned MVP. If Tua is in the MVP conversation, like he was this year, it means that the Miami Dolphins are playing well. They wouldn’t put a guy up there with these kinds of odds if they thought his team wasn’t going to be any good.

By the Way- This, once again, will be a very long off-season. I’m already mildly exhausted.

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