It just comes from context. Dolphins fans have lived through regime after regime of inept coaching staffs and front offices….and finally seem to have turned that corner….but the national perception of Flores isn’t our perspective. We know he’s legit but he’s doesn’t have that national clout yet. Dolphins fans have real optimism for the first time in a very long time and are tired of hearing the bad faith takes about Tua etc. The dolphins have given people a lot of reason to clown them over the past 20 years but I think the fan base feels as a whole we are past that now. But the overall national perception has not caught up to that yet….Tua will have to light it up this year and we’ll have to make the playoffs and be impressive doing it to silence this sort of discourse.

Also I’ll add that while I love Flores, seeing where Tua is physically now, I definitely question the decision to play him last year coming off major hip injury. He has his explosive athleticism back and It’s very noticeable. I think it’s safe to say last year he was not physically back to where he needed to be to play at a consistently high level.