Omar Kelly comes out with new evidence between Tua Tagovailoa and Brian Flores not being fully behind tua from day 1 the real story
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00:00Brian Flores not being 100% behind it to a from very much day one.
00:05Our dude dude from Miami Herald Omar Kelly recently tweeted the real story.
00:12I'm told never fully confirmed is that Flores wanted to draft an offensive
00:17tackle not sure which one and then come back with Jordan love with the 18th pick.
00:22Flores was never fully on board with two of our various reasons and
00:26Sapa Dean story about how he roughed to up at the combine verifies this.
00:31Flores clearly sought a quarterback who can endure the abuse.
00:35He saw Brady take from Belichick, not healthy, but it's what it is.
00:41Again, here's what you have to understand about how that situation was toxic.
00:49Tua did not ask to be drafted by the Dolphins.
00:56You drafted him.
00:59He did come out and say that he would love to play for the Dolphins his family.
01:02Remember they were out there like we'd love to be in Miami.
01:04You say that when you think that's where you're going to be drafted.
01:07Okay, but I'm just saying still you drafted him.
01:12Right?
01:13Why on earth would you not give him all the support as a top five pick, right?
01:21Like, do you do people understand how messed up that is?
01:26Do you know that the injustice that was that that that is to any player.
01:35If a coach says a top five pick, I don't like him.
01:38I'm gonna do everything I can to make sure because I wanted somebody else.
01:42Do you understand the problems that could cause?
01:47And he got, and guess what?
01:49Tua told the line the whole time.
01:54I don't know what his career is gonna be from here on out.
01:56I don't.
01:58But I tell you what, after those first two years and
02:00having him bounce back the last two years, I respect the hell out of him.
02:05Because I know a whole bunch of players that would have lost their damn mind.
02:09Yeah.
02:10And I'm sure that if any of us were in that position,
02:15where somebody brought us in and our manager didn't want us there and
02:20he played defense against everything you did, you'd lose your mind.
02:26So think about this, Tua didn't sign as a free agent.
02:30He was drafted by the Dolphins.
02:32So you come to the Dolphins, you make an assumption.
02:35Everybody wants you to play well.
02:36Yeah, it's an assumption.
02:38Right.
02:41I would just say, just out of honest, being honest with yourself.
02:46How many of us could play under those conditions?
02:49The circumstances of knowing you got drafted somewhere and
02:52the coach that is your head coach doesn't want you there.
02:57We've seen men of the same stature crumble under something like that, and
03:00rightfully so.
03:01I mean, it's gotta be demoralizing that every step-
03:03Sure, absolutely.
03:05But you're the guy to ask for this other part of the statement where possibly
03:10maybe Brian Flores had learned under Bill Belichick and
03:12Bill Belichick was kind of hard on Tom Brady.
03:15You play for Bill Belichick.
03:16Was he hard on quarterbacks?
03:21Here's the kicker.
03:23It's a different age.
03:24Here's what you have to understand about Bill Belichick.
03:30Tom Brady could take it.
03:33And so he used Tom Brady as an example, and everybody else followed.
03:40Because if you're doing that to Tom Brady,
03:42I know I better keep my belief together, right?
03:46That was the whole thing, okay?
03:50Tom, listen, Tom Brady was not soft.
03:54He was a tough dude, and it showed with how he played,
03:59how he went about his work.
04:02So basically, Bill used that, knowing that one way or
04:08another, it ain't gonna mess with Tom Brady.
04:14And that's how you get a team to follow.
04:17Now, the one thing that I would say about the Brian Flores tour thing,
04:23at some point, tour had to earn Brian Flores' respect.
04:26Because you were hard on him.
04:33You didn't want him.
04:36You put him through the ringer.
04:38You did all this stuff to him, and still he went out and played.
04:42He did play.
04:44Right?
04:45And he still told the company line.
04:49There's a lot of players nowadays that would look for the excuse, the way out.
04:55Maybe demand a trade?
04:57Right, he didn't do that.
05:00So, I don't understand why I get if people don't wanna re-sign tour.
05:09But at least acknowledge the full story of tour before you come to that conclusion.
05:15Don't just come at me and say, he's been here four years and
05:18haven't won a playoff game.
05:20Yeah, well, that's-
05:22Right, that's the easy way out.
05:25Right?
05:26Because guess what?
05:29Can we say that for Deshaun Watson?
05:30They won a playoff game.
05:32He wasn't the quarterback, but he was on the team.
05:35So now you can't say, they haven't had a playoff win since whenever.
05:40They got rid of Baker Mayfield.
05:41He won a playoff game.
05:42Mm-hm.
05:43They just use a different reason.
05:45Yeah, so you go after Josh Allen and say you can't beat Patrick Mahomes in the playoffs.
05:49You get beat every year by him.
05:50Right, what do you say about Josh?
05:52See, the thing that I say about Josh Allen is, Josh Allen's the new Brett Favre.
05:57Mm-hm.
05:58Right?
05:59100%, not 100, but very accurate.
06:02He is gonna be the guy that's gonna make some incredible plays.
06:06But at crunch time, he's gonna be the guy to throw that pick.
06:11And you live or die with Josh Allen, so be it.
06:16I get it, I understand it, right?
06:20They support him.
06:21They backed him up.
06:23He had, what, till his third year before he was anything?
06:27Mm-hm.
06:29Right.
06:31Now, think of all the quarterbacks.
06:33Now, keep in mind, let's go through the list.
06:37You would take Jordan Love before tour.
06:40A lot of people say that.
06:41Sounds like Brian Flores wanted that.
06:43Right, but here's the deal.
06:46Jordan Love sat for, what, three years?
06:48Yeah, Jordan Love sat for a while.
06:50Everyone's like, he's a rookie quarterback.
06:51I'm like, he's not a rookie.
06:52Padgham Mahomes.
06:54Padgham Mahomes sat for how long, one year?
06:56He sat for a year, yeah.
06:57And he received a 13-3 team.
07:03Let's not forget that.
07:04And Andy Reid.
07:05And Andy Reid, right?
07:08That helps.
07:08Right, so let's look at these situations.
07:13Oh, let's look at Justin Herbert.
07:16Okay, how's that working out?
07:20He ended up the biggest lead in the history of damn near the playoffs, right?
07:25Trevor Lawrence got a win.
07:26You sold on Trevor Lawrence?
07:29Trevor Lawrence fell apart last season at the end of the year.
07:31Right.
07:31So these teams are riding with their guys, at least, and signing the contracts.
07:35You know why?
07:36Because they made an investment of type 5 pick.
07:39Yeah.
07:41We're the only team kind of waiting and seeing.
07:44Because, listen, we can justify in life everything that we do or don't do.
07:49Mm-hmm.
07:50Right?
07:51But don't come here and tell me you support your guys.
07:56Don't tell me, oh, you have a lot of respect for your guy.
07:59Because, again, if there's one organization that should have all the faith in the world
08:07as what kind of warrior 2 is, look at what you did to him his first two years.
08:13Look what he's been through and come back from and done.
08:16And also, like we said, the bar keeps raising.
08:18He keeps answering the call.
08:20I'm guessing the Dolphins think, you know, ask him to win a Super Bowl.
08:22Eventually, he'll do that.
08:23And I guess we'll pay him then.
08:25Right.
08:26It's weird.
08:29It's a weird situation that we take one snippet out of those first four years of touring
08:41and not include the whole story.
08:44If you tell me the whole story and then say, you know what?
08:49We're two years behind tour because we didn't support him right away.
08:52I respect that.
08:53And that's why you don't know.
08:55Right.
08:57But if two had these first two years, the first two years, guess what?
09:04He would have already been resigned.
09:05Mm-hmm.
09:06See, think of it that way.
09:08If two had done that, his rookie year and his second year led the league in passing,
09:13he would have already been resigned and then had the next two years that he had the first years,
09:19we'd have a new coach and he'd be banged up.
09:22But two would be signed.
09:23And think about how crazy that sounds.
09:25Right.
09:25Timing.
09:26Timing is everything.
09:27Might cost the Dolphins a lot of money.
09:29We'll wait and see.
09:30Ooh, Capital Life said, worst collapse in franchise history last year.
09:34Last time I checked, Floyd was not our head coach.
09:36Okay.
09:37And this is not to defend tour.
09:41But why was it the worst?
09:46Collapse in franchise history?
09:49No, no, it wasn't.
09:50Believe me, it wasn't.
09:51Right.
09:52But I hear him out.
09:55It can, like, the defense kept you in the game.
10:02Even with all the injuries that they had.
10:05Right.
10:06Tyreek was banged up.
10:08Was Waddle out?
10:09Yeah, he was banged up.
10:11Waddle was banged up.
10:12You had a lot of injuries.
10:14Right.
10:14I'm not going to just sit here and say, you got to find a way to do it.
10:17You got to find a way to win.
10:20But to just put it all on one guy.
10:24Yeah.
10:25Right.
10:26So that's tough.
10:27All right.