Report: Dolphins' offer to Tua not in same ballpark as Lawrence, Goff

The Miami Dolphins and Tua Tagovailoa don't seem to be on the same page as the two sides negotiate a contract extension.

Miami hasn't offered the quarterback a market-value deal, ESPN's Jeff Darlington reported Tuesday on "NFL Live," per Omar Kelly of the Miami Herald.

Tagovailoa is seeking a deal at market price, according to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk.

Quarterbacks Trevor Lawrence and Jared Goff recently signed massive extensions that are presumably affecting the negotiations between the Dolphins and Tagovailoa. The Jacksonville Jaguars signed Lawrence to a five-year, $275-million deal earlier in June, while the Detroit Lions rewarded Goff with a four-year contract worth $212 million in May.

The Dolphins' recent offers "are not in the Jared Goff and Trevor Lawrence ballpark," Darlington reports.

Lawrence tied Cincinnati Bengals star Joe Burrow as the NFL's highest-paid quarterback with a $55-million average annual salary. Goff ranks third on the list ($53 million), according to Spotrac, which projects Tagovailoa's market value at $52.6 million per year.

The Atlanta Falcons also gave free-agent quarterback Kirk Cousins a huge contract in March, signing the 35-year-old to a four-year, $180-million deal.

"I'm not blind to people in my position that are getting paid," Tagovailoa said on June 4.

Tagovailoa - like Lawrence and Goff - isn't on Burrow's level when it comes to quarterback play. But the Dolphins passer is coming off a strong season in which he led the NFL with 4,624 passing yards. The 26-year-old also set career highs in 2023 with 29 touchdown passes and a 69.3% pass completion rate. He topped the league in rating and yards per attempt in 2022.