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Evan & Tiki

Hour 1: Would the Jets Eat Tua’s $56M Contract for a 1st Rounder? + Derek Carr Rumors Heat Up

Evan & Tiki

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4.2988 Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Evan and Tiki dig into a major Jets quarterback debate, starting with Evan’s bold idea of taking on Tua Tagovailoa’s massive contract if it means landing a valuable future first-round pick. Is it smart cap strategy or a terrible gamble? The guys break down whether the Jets should focus on winning now, building for the future, or trying to thread the needle. Plus, Evan explains why he thinks Derek Carr keeps signaling interest in the Jets, Tiki pushes back on the risks of another short-term quarterback plan, and the conversation expands to Giants free agency targets, Kenneth Walker talk, and other QB lottery tickets. A loaded football hour centered on big decisions for both the Jets and Giants.

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0:00.0

Yesterday, and I say this with the experience of being a Nets fan, and I know that's weird,

0:05.7

but when the Brooklyn Nets were trying to rebuild and they didn't have any draft picks,

0:09.8

they did something very interesting about a decade ago.

0:12.5

They would absorb bad contracts to get draft picks.

0:15.8

In fact, they're still doing that, where they would take back a bad contract.

0:19.8

They would use their salary cap space as a weapon to add to their draft load.

0:27.1

And yesterday, and it was not my idea, but I was enamored by it.

0:31.1

Uh-oh.

0:31.8

Now I'm worried that Tiki's going to think this is the stupid idea.

0:36.1

Yesterday, over the course of talking about Tua and his untradable contract, Tua, Tegovalia.

0:43.2

All right, you stop right there.

0:45.0

Yeah, but hold on. I'm not even a huge fan of Tua.

0:48.0

Okay.

0:48.6

But an unnamed executive told Jonathan Jones of CBS Sports that for a team to take Tua contract, which is a bad one.

0:57.1

Yes. The dolphins would have to offer a first round pick. And as soon as I saw that, wait, so the

1:02.9

dolphins would get rid of Tua, but then also have to give a first round pick. Correct. They would have to

1:09.4

entice a team to take back a bad contract. And it is. He's not that bad. Well, the contract is, and yes. Oh, got it, got it. Look, he's damaged goods. Let's just have an open conversation about him. He's young, so I had him a little bit higher on my quarterback chart only because when you're young, there's always that chance. But the reality is he's not a healthy player.

1:28.7

And I would be very surprised if Tua turned his career around.

1:31.6

It would not surprise me as much if Kyla Murray turned his career around.

1:34.2

But this is not about Tua.

1:35.8

And that's what I don't want people to get lost in.

1:38.3

As a New York Jet fan with oodles of cap space this year and next year

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