MIAMI GARDENS — From all appearances, and what coach Mike McDaniel said during the first few days of camp and what his players echoed, Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was able to separate business from football.

But now that Team Tua and the Miami Dolphins have agreed on a deal, the fifth-year quarterback solely can concentrate on what is important … winning football games as the face of the franchise.

"Part of this game is the business," receiver Braxton Berrios said. "When you can deal that side away and take care of things, pressure's off and now you can just go play football. It's no longer about business. It's about football. If you only have that to think about you're at your best."

The Dolphins need Tua at his best after handing their quarterback the keys to the franchise. He signed for four years and $212.4 million, with $147.2 million guaranteed, making him the fourth-highest paid player and quarterback in the NFL based on average annual value.

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"From his standpoint it's probably amazing," offensive tackle Kendall Lamm said. "Having someone tell you here's $53 million, here's the keys to our organization, that's a beautiful thing from a quarterback perspective.

"At the same time knowing you're the guy, knowing that organization believes in you, that's probably one of the best feelings in the world and at the same time having generational wealth for your family."

Berrios was asked what this says about Tua.

"Just how great of a player he is," he said. "How much of a team guy he is. How much of a leader and how much he means to this organization. When you have everybody on the same train going the same way it can be big."

Running back Jeff Wilson could see how the joy has filtered through Tua's family. His two children attended Sunday's practice and were with their dad during his news conference following practice.

"I seen his son, I seen his baby boy, so dapped him," Wilson said about 2-year-old Ace. "You can feel the energy from your parents so he could tell his dad was happy and it was running through him as soon as I seen him. He's smiling, laughing."

Now the big question for some of Tua's teammates: What would you do if you just signed a contract that averages $53.1 million a year?

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"A whole lot, whatever I wanted, really," offensive tackle Kendall Lamm said. "I'd make sure my family was good. Put some into investments, buy a car or two, buy a boat maybe two."

Lamm, a 10-year veteran, then broke down the advantages of being handed generational wealth and living in Florida.

"When you look at taxes here, especially no state income tax probably getting 45, 40 (million) off the top, so you're getting a lot," he said. "You spend $5 to $10 you got $30 left over, so what you going to do with it?"

Berrios was a bit more conservative.

"I'd invest it," he said. "That's the first thing I would do."

As for Tua, he sounds like money is not going to change him.

"I'm not going to go and just, hey I got this much money now, let me just go … buy a private jet and let's go fly to Vegas and just go use all that money," he said Sunday. "I grew up … working as hard as I possibly can to be in the position that I wanted to be. I grew up in a middle class family. My dad did whatever it took to take care of our family and I'm just very, very blessed and very fortunate that I've been able to use football as my career path to help my family generationally with the kind of money that I've been given."

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Ok, but Berrios and Wilson still are expecting some of that wealth to trickle down.

Wilson said he's waiting to see what kind of gift he receives from Tua. And Berrios is hoping to infiltrate the offensive line group. Both spoke with a smile.

"The QBs give the linemen presents every year," Barrios said. "I'm going to slowly somehow try to make my way into the lineman group, get my presents there."

Berrios might want a Plan B. Somehow the 5-foot-9, 185-pound Berrios might stand out among a group of men who average more than 6-4 and well over 300 pounds.

Tom D'Angelo is a senior sports columnist and golf reporter for The Palm Beach Post. He can be reached at tdangelo@pbpost.com.

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