Where does Mac Jones and Tua play next year?

Some team will come for Mac and offer him a ton of money to be their starting QB. Even if the 49’ers decide to match the offers , Mac may decide to leave.
Darnold has resurrected himself as a starter and Mac probably should take the same route. Pittsburgh perhaps?

Mac is under contract for next year so he really has no choice...it isn't college football lol.

They could trade him, which I'd like to see, but I think they hold on to a quality "cheap" backup unless they get a really good trade offer. Minnesota would be a good spot if it happened...McCarthy ain't it.

Tua...weird situation. I think they end up cutting him after June 1 and just eating that ill advised contract. New coach and GM...Miami is going to want to start fresh.

Tua then can sign with whoever. Someone will offer him an obviously much smaller, 1 year prove it contract. Whatever happens, he got generational wealth already.

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We've all seen what Tua can do when healthy with a supporting cast.

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Yeah and it's exactly what he has done in Miami, right? Tua has never lead an entire season of football from start to finish. Even when we won, he played the second half of the NCG or didn't play the second half of that next year's SEC CG.

I wished Tua would just ride off into the sunset. He was one of my favorite Bama players but injury prone. Some of us are just like that, you can't get back your health, no matter how much money. I would think about how am I going to get out of bed every morning when I'm 50, but in your 20s you feel like that is so far away.

Tua has made 125 million since he entered the NFL
Miami owes him near 100 million guaranteed
I assume if he just retires by his choice then money owed would change.

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Tua isn’t getting cut

Tua also isn’t getting anything close to a one year cheap deal to sit on a bench. He’ll be a starter somewhere else

Also the CTE comments are annoying when you consider guys like Brady, Cutler, and dozens of other multi year starters with a dozen+ concussions in their career.

CTE is a guarantee in the sport, is a bit more driven by subconcussive hits (see CTE rates of linemen) and all players are getting concussed left and right. There is nothing healthy about the sport, if Tua “needs to hang it up” so does 90% of the league.

If he wants to play and keep earnings tens of millions at the risk of dementia by 60, let him. That’s the reality of the sport. Three concussions and everyone calling it lights for a career is wild when Gronk is out there bragging about 20 with other players corroborating it. Stop lying to yourselves about the sport being safe

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Tua-Miami…I honestly think Tua is just gonna exist until the end of his contract and the Retire

Attitudes like mine? The only thing I’m saying is the sport is dangerous and people act like it isn’t. They also tend to be selective on when they apply “the sport is dangerous X should retire”. Mahomes had three concussions in an 18 month period, no one said a word. Puka Nacua had two this year. Nothing. Players left and right have highlighted faking through concussion protocols routinely. Nothing.

Even then, somehow the NFL has popularized the false fact concussions are the only way to get CTE. The leading CTE driver is contact in general. Every snap your O Line and D Line are causing brain damage from short, violent hits. Soccer is having a massive issue right now where CTE is popping up in players due to heading.

Nowhere did I say “keep playing, disregard injuries/concussions”. I’m criticizing the very selective response. If you want to do the responsible thing, the sport shouldn’t be played in general or at least be relegated to higher ages to limit contact. You shouldn’t have tackle at the youth level at all where 7/12/15 year olds are increasing CTE risk. Adults can make that choice, I don’t have a problem treating it like other sports (boxing) where you acknowledge the risk and make the tradeoff for the career.

The reality is that as long as you have a low income population and a pathway to riches, you’ll have more than enough kids willing to sign up to be a gladiator on some NFL or college stadium. But in no way is it “healthy” or “safe”.

The sport needs to find avenues to combat the concerns at the youth level if it wants to survive, but attacking the parents who are consciously seeing issues with lifelong brain injuries and degradation ain’t it. As much as some people love Friday night lights and peewee it’s clear that’s a losing battle and adaptation needs to happen.