Following the decision by the Miami Dolphins to bench longtime starting quarterback Tua Tagovailoa earlier this week, some have made the suggestion that the Minnesota Vikings could be an ideal landing spot for him during the upcoming offseason.
For those who believe this is a possibility, go right ahead and look up who the current defensive coordinator of the Vikings is. Ah, yes, that's right, it's Brian Flores. The same guy that Tagovailoa went out of his way to bash three years after Flores' final season as the head coach of the Miami Dolphins.
If Flores is still running Minnesota's defense in 2026, one of the easiest bets to make in the history of human civilization would be that Tagovailoa's "ideal landing spot" next year won't be anywhere near the Vikings' locker room.
Miami Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa makes zero sense for the Minnesota Vikings
Even beyond the Flores of it all, Minnesota bringing in Tagovailoa in the upcoming offseason makes no sense at all.
First off, the Vikings are currently projected to be over the 2026 salary cap by more than $35 million, so they wouldn't even be able to afford the absurdly expensive contract that the Dolphins agreed to give the veteran quarterback in 2024 even if Miami accepted a trade offer that sent him to Minnesota in exchange for a Juicy Lucy.
The other part of this, and it may seem silly to some, but Tagovailoa is a left-handed quarterback. The football spins off his fingers in a different direction, and his arm angles are much different than anything that any Vikings receivers are used to. The offensive line would also flip with him under center, meaning Minnesota right tackle Brian O'Neill would be blocking his blindside.
It just wouldn't make a ton of sense for the Vikings to have a No. 2 quarterback who doesn't throw with the same arm as the team's starter. It makes things much more complicated than if Minnesota were to have two right-handed signal-callers at the top of its quarterback depth chart.
And lastly, Tagovailoa wouldn't fit the culture that Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell has built within the organization since he arrived in 2022.
During the last few months, Tagovailoa has been quick to point fingers at his teammates for Miami's struggles, he's incapable of accepting criticism that's backed up by actual facts, and he's failed to read the room on multiple occasions.
There are probably even more reasons, but that seems like enough to make it very clear that Tagovailoa won't be suiting up in a Minnesota uniform next season.