Tua Tagovailoa's practice status 'fluid' amid contract talks - ESPN

MIAMI — Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa will practice Wednesday as the team opens training camp but will not participate in 11-on-11 drills.

Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel on Wednesday acknowledged Tagovailoa's ongoing contract negotiations with the team since the start of the offseason. The former No. 5 overall pick attended mandatory minicamp in its entirety in June but was absent for at least a portion of the team's offseason program before that.

When he was present during organized team activities, he did not participate in team drills; it's a format McDaniel expects the Dolphins to follow for at least the foreseeable future.

«It's very fluid,» McDaniel said. «We're taking it day by day, today I expect it to be kind of like OTAs and we'll move on from there.»

Tagovailoa led the NFL in passing yards in 2023 with a career-high 4,624 yards and 29 touchdowns, while quelling concerns about his durability by playing all 18 of the Dolphins' games. He and the team have been negotiating a new contract extension since the beginning of the offseason with both sides publicly stating their desire to get a deal done.

Nothing has come to fruition as of late July, however, despite Tagovailoa's visible agitation with the lack of a resolution during minicamp.

The price to reach said resolution may be climbing.

This offseason, Jared Goff and Trevor Lawrence signed extensions with the Detroit Lions and Jacksonville Jaguars worth $212 million and $275 million, respectively. Both deals are among the three most-expensive contracts in the NFL in terms of average annual value.

«I mean, I'm not blind to people that are in my position that are getting paid,» Tagovailoa said in June. «Am I concerned about it? I'm not concerned about it, but