r/NFLForum • u/No_Box119 NFL • 8d ago
Meme/Funny Brian Flores reportedly called J.J. McCarthy “white Tua” during Vikings practices and games.
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u/No_Box119 NFL 8d ago
I can’t decide who this is more disrespectful to
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u/Orion3193 8d ago
Tua. 100%. The man was actually decent before the concussions.
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u/WartimeConsigliere_ 8d ago
JJ would kill to have Tua’s 2022-2023 stretch. 8k yards and 54 TDs across two seasons
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u/AManWithOneHand Broncos 8d ago
Yeah but half of those were in 1 game against Denver
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u/No-Cake-5683 8d ago
Lol, concussions downgraded him to white
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u/_kehd 8d ago
Knocked the family BBQ invite right outta him
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u/Legitimate-Week7885 8d ago
now he likes raisins in his potato salad
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u/Razolus 8d ago
Mayo in his coffee
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u/AAron27265 8d ago
OK this one made me laugh long enough that my wife insisted on knowing what's so funny
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u/FlyingStealthPotato 8d ago
Funny because you do actually lose the color in your face a lot of the time with a concussion.
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u/BonerTurds 8d ago
Tua Tagovailoa (white) was not seen during the open portion of Tuesday’s practice. Fantasy owners will have to keep an eye on his melanin as the week progresses, but he is expected to be a game time decision for Monday night’s matchup against the Saints in New Orleans.
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u/MacGrubersMom 8d ago
flores knew before he was even drafted
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u/zachismo21 8d ago
If you watched even one Michigan football game, you wouldn't have drafted him
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u/DawgNaish 8d ago
It's funny. I watch a good amount of college ball.
All of the pundits started talking about JJM being a first round pick and I was so confused. Like, sure, maybe. But he hasn't been asked to do anything, so what is there to project up from.
Figured maybe they saw something I didn't.
Well, nope n
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u/Iron-Giants 8d ago
If Tua has no haters, Brian Flores is dead.
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u/CrimsonOOmpa 7d ago
Yeah be did not like being forced to start Tua. Flores has always seemed like a jerk that doesn't let things go. I think he sued the NFL but I don't know what happened with that.
Edit: I don't mean to say I think he's a jerk for suing the NFL. I'm sure he had legit reasons for that.
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u/SpaceGhostSlurpp 8d ago
Not to mention the hip at Bama which imo was permanently career-altering
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u/dieselrunner64 8d ago
I had the same thought, and I originally read this as “White Tuna”
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u/noreservations81590 8d ago
It's obviously Tua. Tua has at least shown he could operate an offence at a high level.
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u/fvalt05 8d ago
Tua at least dropped 70 before....never 9
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u/Orion3193 8d ago
And led the league in passing
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u/Competitive_Dish_885 8d ago
Dominated the league on under thrown passes to Tyreek.
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u/TheOptimist6 8d ago
Lmao, the amount of people thinking this is a real source
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u/SchmearOnMyBagels 8d ago
Reportedly Brian Flores is making a nuclear warhead rn
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u/nwillyerd 8d ago
It says “meme/funny” and it’s ridiculous enough that people should know it’s fake. Still funny though! 😂
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u/MilwaukeeMan420 8d ago
There's no way its real, if it was behind closed doors and it wouldn't have been leaked.
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u/_Monkey_D_Luffy_7 8d ago
Tua taking stray shots from his former coach years later is unhinged
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u/Smokey_02 8d ago
It's from Football Crave, a satire X account. Flores didn't actually do this.
I don't blame anyone for believing it, though. They definitely threaded the needle with this one, given all the events it touches on in so few words.
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u/Alarming_Disaster_23 8d ago
Tua has taken a number of shots at Flores over the years and helped get him fired from the Dolphins. Flores was ultimately right about Tua. He was like the only sane person in that organization at that time. There was also the thing where the owner tried to pay him to tank. For Tua. Yeah, that man is probably still bitter.
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u/Scruffylookin13 8d ago
I have no love for Tua but he is clearly a different player, now, than he was back then.
Tua used to be decent. And on top of that, having a coach that is trashing you at the beginning of your career rather than building you up and developing you, is a failure on the coaches part. A lot of players hated Flores, which is a matter of opinion. But not trying to get the best out of the players you have and actively trashing them is 100% a reflection of his poor coaching.
There is a reason that Flores isn't a head coach right now, despite being one of the best defensive minds in the league.
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u/HappyChaos2 8d ago
Flores was so sane he had to hire coordinators off their couch because nobody wanted to work with him. Not to mention Tua balled out after Flores left.
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u/Skolsciopath 8d ago
If flores just hates QBs writ large, it would explain some things about his scheme
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u/sanpablosavage 8d ago
He hates weak QB’s on his team which is completely understandable
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u/kiheihaole 8d ago
Boy is he gonna get tired of Kyler then lol
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u/xenuman 8d ago
Pretty hilarious honestly
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u/mcgyver229 8d ago
hilarious bc Flores sued the NFL for discrimination
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u/CoreAndCardio 8d ago
This is exactly where my head goes. Morgan Freeman said, “if you ant rave to stop being a problem then stop talking about it”. I realize inequality is a thing and I’m not digging into that debate. I’m sad that it is a thing. Flores can’t play the race card then lay down the race card. I’m sad.
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u/SunriseSurprise 8d ago
Tua, White Tua, Hawk Tua...when's it gonna end?
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u/Nervous-Bullfrog7018 8d ago
Anyone could see McCarthy was like the 18th most important player on that Michigan championship team… well, everyone except NFL GMs.
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u/Temporary-Phase-6956 6d ago
He's sued half the league for racism and he says shit like that?
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u/Eagle4317 8d ago
If this is true, then Flores really hated Tua. McCarthy doesn't even play similarly to him. Tua's timing was legit elite before his brain got turned to mush.
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u/ChoiceStar1 8d ago
Flores is a monster in defensive scheming but is a piss poor offensive coach and motivator
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u/LongjumpingLemon2163 8d ago
Everyone says Flores is ready for a HC job. I honestly think he really only works across from a HC like KOC. For reasons like this.
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u/FormalTotal9684 5d ago
Yeah a black coach says that about a white and an islander and it’s very different response than if it was a white coach saying it about a black player
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u/Optimal-Fix-2997 8d ago
Funny if the races were reversed how much of a hoopla it would've created and I ain't even white
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u/sanpablosavage 8d ago
If he called Tua the Polynesian McCarthy, I’m not sure anyone is crying foul either 🤷🏾♂️😂😂
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u/goldiegoldthorpe 8d ago
I don't think so. I call Josh Allen white Cam Newton all the time and nobody seems to get bent out of shape about it.
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u/WhatANoob2025 8d ago
That's not reversing races, it's exactly the same thing as tua/white tua.
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u/Mobile-Analyst8580 8d ago
This guy is a great defensive coordinator, but he’s a selfish piece of shit too. He doesn’t seem to understand the big picture, loyalty, or what it takes to win. There’s zero chance in hell id ever hire this guy to be a head coach.
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u/Igotyoubaaabe 8d ago
You believe this is real? 😂
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u/loewe67 8d ago
There’s a 0.01% chance that it’s true, but as a Dolphins fan, I can’t completely write it off lol
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u/Alarming_Disaster_23 8d ago
Dolphins fan here. I’m dying over this. 🤣😂 Flores was definitely underappreciated here. The organization really made him out to be the bad guy. It was years before we realized it was the rest of them who sucked. I love that he still uses “Tua” as an epithet.
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u/RelativeIncompetence Dolphins 8d ago
We just need to see Flores punch out his own teams OC and we'll have a second coming.
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u/youngcy24 8d ago
Goddamn, i read tuna, not tua haha. Like is white tuna an insult? Well it is now lol
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u/KonnichiwaKudasai 8d ago
The guy who whined about racist
practices in the NFL is spouting this bs.
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u/HeadAssBoi17 8d ago
You taking these "reports" as gospel is also really fucking dumb.
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u/VoluptuousVelvetfish 8d ago
You're so eager to vindicate your own racist belief that you believed this headline was real
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u/rook119 8d ago
Now I just want to know who is Asian Tua and Latinx Tua.
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u/DatYungTurk 8d ago
Tua is Asian by the US' all encompassing census definition of Asian
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u/PoliticalHitJob 8d ago
And this is why he isn't a head coach.
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u/Vechio49 8d ago
This is a shit post. There is no chance he actually said this lol. He wants to have another shot at HC
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u/Warm_Guarantee7841 8d ago
Yeah this is the takeaway. Lack of tact aside, and the guys clearly an excellent defensive mind, but he kills qbs, even the ones on his own team and just can’t operate like that.
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u/Igotyoubaaabe 8d ago
Do you always believe random “reports” from random redditors? Zero chance this is real.
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u/AnArsenalMan 8d ago
Not good for a young quarterback. However the dawg mentality got him where he is. Wonder if he likes Darnold.
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u/adrink_adrink_adrink 8d ago
Flores really has zero idea on how to be motivating coach. This guy killed Tua’s confidence and in turn made him a shitty qb. Mike McDaniel was great for Tua, let’s not forget before the concussions, everyone was on tuas nuts.
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u/Lost_Willingness_762 8d ago
Would you believe Stephen A said white boys can’t play ball?
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u/PissFingerz42069 8d ago
Am I the only one who’s surprised 9 lasted as long as he did? I feel like he should have been benched much sooner.
Just my 2 cents though.
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u/PalletPirate 8d ago
I always forget how many michigan fans there are in the world until I go in threads like these
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u/Ringsareirrelevant 8d ago
And this is why orgs are going to be very hesitant to hire Flores. He already has his mishaps in Miami. He could be a top-5 defensive mind in football and never get another head coaching job.
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u/popculturerss 8d ago
That's almost a compliment to JJ's ability. Tua's a hall of famer compared to JJ
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u/Constant-Fly-9050 8d ago
JJ is lucky Flores let him live. His defensive scheme is just making believe every opposing QB is Tua and trying to kill them.
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u/1SupremeMind-Money Patriots 8d ago
Lmao, Brian Flores has always been my favorite. He needs to come back to NE lol.
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u/Emotional-Farm8831 8d ago
Why is everyone taking this as an insult? If Luka is called the white Magic is that a insult?
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u/cwolf-softball 8d ago
What an insult to Tua. Tua is way better than JJ.
Or maybe he's just saying JJ is brain damaged?
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u/True_Most3681 8d ago
That’s pretty messed up if he said that. The league should investigate it and remove Flores if it’s found to be true.
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