The Big Lie started back in February with a subtle chumming of the waters about how the Miami Dolphins didn’t rate Tua Tagovailoa as a high draft pick, and besides, they liked Oregon quarterback Justin Herbert better.
They then put stone on their face and ice in their words to suggest indifference when meeting Tagovailoa, face-to-face, for the requisite interview at the Indianapolis draft combine.
Finally, the final hours before Thursday’s draft were spent dropping bread crumbs about how they could trade up to take an offensive tackle. Not just with Detroit at the third pick. They might even swap picks with the New York Giants, who picked one spot ahead of the Dolphins at No.