{"id":68489,"date":"2026-03-09T09:05:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/09\/dolphins-to-release-tua-tagovailoa-and-take-record-99m-salary-cap-hit\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T09:05:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:05:26","slug":"dolphins-to-release-tua-tagovailoa-and-take-record-99m-salary-cap-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/09\/dolphins-to-release-tua-tagovailoa-and-take-record-99m-salary-cap-hit\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolphins to release Tua Tagovailoa and take record $99m salary cap hit"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<p>QB <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/article\/2024\/jul\/26\/tua-tagovailoa-agrees-to-team-record-212m-contract-extension-with-dolphins\">signed $212.4m extension<\/a> with team in 2024<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Hit will be spread over two seasons<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Miami Dolphins are moving on from Tua Tagovailoa, the quarterback they drafted with the fifth overall pick in 2020 in hopes of turning the franchise\u2019s fortunes around.<\/p>\n<p>The move will cost the Dolphins an NFL record $99m in dead money against the salary cap. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/48151647\/dolphins-release-tua-tagovailoa-take-record-cap-hit\">ESPN reported<\/a> that the move will be designated after 1 June, meaning the Dolphins will spread the hit to their salary cap across two years ($67.4m in 2026, $31.8m in 2027).<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2026\/mar\/09\/tua-tagovailoa-miami-dolphins-release-nfl-salary-cap\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QB signed $212.4m extension with team in 2024 Hit will be spread over two seasons The Miami Dolphins are moving on from Tua Tagovailoa, the quarterback they drafted with the fifth overall pick in 2020 in hopes of turning the franchise\u2019s fortunes around. The move will cost the Dolphins an NFL record $99m in dead &#8230; <a title=\"Dolphins to release Tua Tagovailoa and take record $99m salary cap hit\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/09\/dolphins-to-release-tua-tagovailoa-and-take-record-99m-salary-cap-hit\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Dolphins to release Tua Tagovailoa and take record $99m salary cap hit\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68489\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}