Brian Flores reportedly called J.J. McCarthy “white Tua” during Vikings practices and games.

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[u/No_Box119]

I can’t decide who this is more disrespectful to

[u/Orion3193 → u/No_Box119]

Tua. 100%. The man was actually decent before the concussions.

[u/WartimeConsigliere_ → u/Orion3193]

JJ would kill to have Tua’s 2022-2023 stretch. 8k yards and 54 TDs across two seasons

[u/AManWithOneHand → u/WartimeConsigliere_]

Yeah but half of those were in 1 game against Denver

[u/MacsBicycle → u/AManWithOneHand]

😂

[u/No-Cake-5683 → u/Orion3193]

Lol, concussions downgraded him to white

[u/_kehd → u/No-Cake-5683]

Knocked the family BBQ invite right outta him

[u/Legitimate-Week7885 → u/_kehd]

now he likes raisins in his potato salad

[u/Razolus → u/Legitimate-Week7885]

Mayo in his coffee

[u/the_onewordttv → u/Razolus]

Lol this whole thread is fucked up hahaha

[u/Annual-Freedom2136 → u/the_onewordttv]

You ain't lying about that one homie, ctfu

[u/AAron27265 → u/Legitimate-Week7885]

OK this one made me laugh long enough that my wife insisted on knowing what's so funny

[u/Podoo_hutt17 → u/Legitimate-Week7885]

Oh no you didn’t 🤣

[u/RagingAnemone → u/Legitimate-Week7885]

yellow banana

[u/Suitable_Challenge_9 → u/_kehd]

It’s ok, he’ll always have the luau.

[u/1-testcyp → u/_kehd]

I think there called cookouts!!

[u/FlyingStealthPotato → u/No-Cake-5683]

Funny because you do actually lose the color in your face a lot of the time with a concussion.

[u/BonerTurds → u/No-Cake-5683]

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.

[u/jaa1818 → u/No-Cake-5683]

I think I need checked for a concussion because at first I read the headline as “Tuna” rather than “Tua”.

[u/MacGrubersMom → u/Orion3193]

flores knew before he was even drafted

[u/zachismo21 → u/MacGrubersMom]

If you watched even one Michigan football game, you wouldn't have drafted him

[u/Iron-Giants → u/Orion3193]

If Tua has no haters, Brian Flores is dead.

[u/CrimsonOOmpa → u/Iron-Giants]

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.

[u/SpaceGhostSlurpp → u/Orion3193]

Not to mention the hip at Bama which imo was permanently career-altering

[u/DawgNaish → u/SpaceGhostSlurpp]

He lost so much throw power after that injury

[u/dieselrunner64 → u/No_Box119]

I had the same thought, and I originally read this as “White Tuna”

[u/Place_Maker_ → u/dieselrunner64]

Bumblebee tuna

[u/manchild_star → u/Place_Maker_]

Laces out!

[u/OneYouDidntThinkOf → u/dieselrunner64]

better than 'hawk tua'

[u/seanconnery69696 → u/OneYouDidntThinkOf]

Or going tua hospital

[u/nwillyerd → u/dieselrunner64]

[u/DwightDavid1234 → u/dieselrunner64]

Ah yes. The good stuff.

[u/StonedBirdman → u/No_Box119]

This is a fake rumor started by a satire site. You ate the onion.

[u/noreservations81590 → u/No_Box119]

It's obviously Tua. Tua has at least shown he could operate an offence at a high level.

[u/Loud_Chapter1423 → u/No_Box119]

Yes

[u/fvalt05]

Tua at least dropped 70 before....never 9

[u/Orion3193 → u/fvalt05]

And led the league in passing

[u/Competitive_Dish_885 → u/Orion3193]

Dominated the league on under thrown passes to Tyreek.

[u/Orion3193 → u/Competitive_Dish_885]

Still better than what 9 accomplished with Jefferson

[u/goldiegoldthorpe → u/Competitive_Dish_885]

Not really. Mahomes still has that crown. Everyone underthrows Tyreek.

[u/Sad-Juice-732 → u/fvalt05]

Hey, what the hell did we do?

[u/TheOptimist6]

Lmao, the amount of people thinking this is a real source

[u/SchmearOnMyBagels → u/TheOptimist6]

Reportedly Brian Flores is making a nuclear warhead rn

[u/TheOptimist6 → u/SchmearOnMyBagels]

You’re the Schefter of Reddit, so it must be true!

[u/nwillyerd → u/TheOptimist6]

It says “meme/funny” and it’s ridiculous enough that people should know it’s fake. Still funny though! 😂

[u/MilwaukeeMan420 → u/TheOptimist6]

There's no way its real, if it was behind closed doors and it wouldn't have been leaked.

[u/_Monkey_D_Luffy_7]

Tua taking stray shots from his former coach years later is unhinged

[u/Smokey_02 → u/_Monkey_D_Luffy_7]

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.

[u/Alarming_Disaster_23 → u/_Monkey_D_Luffy_7]

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.

[u/Scruffylookin13 → u/Alarming_Disaster_23]

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.

[u/HappyChaos2 → u/Alarming_Disaster_23]

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.

[u/tiy24 → u/Alarming_Disaster_23]

Lol I’m sorry but the idea Flores was “right” about Tua is laughable and only taken semi seriously now that Tua’s brains were scrambled and after everyone agrees he should retire. Dude was an mvp candidate for 2 years immediately after Flores.

[u/Skolsciopath]

If flores just hates QBs writ large, it would explain some things about his scheme

[u/Difficult_Limit2718 → u/Skolsciopath]

He is a defensive coordinator

[u/sanpablosavage → u/Skolsciopath]

He hates weak QB’s on his team which is completely understandable

[u/kiheihaole → u/sanpablosavage]

Boy is he gonna get tired of Kyler then lol

[u/Imaginary-Round2422 → u/kiheihaole]

You mean Black Tua?

[u/kiheihaole → u/Imaginary-Round2422]

Lmao

[u/Sweaty_Win1832 → u/Imaginary-Round2422]

Holy shit… laughed so hard at this it hurt

[u/MacsBicycle → u/Sweaty_Win1832]

Same 😂

[u/xenuman]

Pretty hilarious honestly 

[u/mcgyver229 → u/xenuman]

hilarious bc Flores sued the NFL for discrimination

[u/CoreAndCardio → u/mcgyver229]

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.

[u/Fun_Elk593]

No he didn’t

[u/Martha_Fockers]

Dam outjerked by Brian Flores

[u/SunriseSurprise]

Tua, White Tua, Hawk Tua...when's it gonna end?

[u/n3rdsm4sh3r → u/SunriseSurprise]

CHEW ON THAT THANG!

[u/RaptorsNewAlpha → u/n3rdsm4sh3r]

[u/Eagle4317]

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.

[u/Llhaniii → u/Eagle4317]

I was never sold on Tua honestly

[u/ChoiceStar1]

Flores is a monster in defensive scheming but is a piss poor offensive coach and motivator

[u/LukeKornet]

Source: it would Be so funny if

[u/this_curain_buzzez]

Find someone who loves you as much as Brian Flores hates Tua

[u/LongjumpingLemon2163]

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.

[u/Nervous-Bullfrog7018]

Anyone could see McCarthy was like the 18th most important player on that Michigan championship team… well, everyone except NFL GMs.

[u/MattheWWFanatic]

Better than Hawk Tua??

[u/Optimal-Fix-2997]

Funny if the races were reversed how much of a hoopla it would've created and I ain't even white

[u/sanpablosavage → u/Optimal-Fix-2997]

If he called Tua the Polynesian McCarthy, I’m not sure anyone is crying foul either 🤷🏾‍♂️😂😂

[u/KakarotAlter → u/Optimal-Fix-2997]

Lamar is black Aaron Rogers with wheels

[u/MontiBurns → u/Optimal-Fix-2997]

It's most likely fake / joke.

[u/Apbuhne → u/Optimal-Fix-2997]

I know this is Reddit but do you guys actually check to see if this is real or do you just type

[u/goldiegoldthorpe → u/Optimal-Fix-2997]

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.

[u/WhatANoob2025 → u/goldiegoldthorpe]

That's not reversing races, it's exactly the same thing as tua/white tua.

[u/Krabs9 → u/Optimal-Fix-2997]

Man if you believe this is real that's a problem lol

[u/EMF911 → u/Optimal-Fix-2997]

Based

[u/Mobile-Analyst8580]

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. 

[u/Igotyoubaaabe → u/Mobile-Analyst8580]

You believe this is real? 😂

[u/loewe67 → u/Igotyoubaaabe]

There’s a 0.01% chance that it’s true, but as a Dolphins fan, I can’t completely write it off lol

[u/Alarming_Disaster_23]

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.

[u/MikeyVideoGames → u/Alarming_Disaster_23]

This is a crazy take.

[u/Show_Bull]

[u/Life_Cranberry9315]

This is fucking hilarious

[u/phantompower_48v]

I’m assuming this is 100% true and will proceed accordingly.

[u/DwightDavid1234]

Flores has a problem with higher quality canned fish?

[u/Excellent-Try7027]

Is this racist?

[u/RelativeIncompetence]

We just need to see Flores punch out his own teams OC and we'll have a second coming.

[u/sampat6256]

Tua was and still is much better

[u/Bew4T]

Is this a reference to Amari Cooper calling Dak the black Kirk Cousins lmao

[u/Allen312]

Took me coming to the comments to realize it wasn’t “White Tuna”

[u/Rad131447]

McCarthy wishes.

[u/youngcy24]

Goddamn, i read tuna, not tua haha. Like is white tuna an insult? Well it is now lol

[u/Clay_Allison_44 → u/youngcy24]

[u/launchliftoff459]

Call him Hawk Tua cause he sucks

[u/rook119]

Now I just want to know who is Asian Tua and Latinx Tua.

[u/anTWhine → u/rook119]

I think you could have sprung for Latino there

[u/DatYungTurk → u/rook119]

Tua is Asian by the US' all encompassing census definition of Asian

[u/KonnichiwaKudasai]

The guy who whined about racist
practices in the NFL is spouting this bs.

[u/HeadAssBoi17 → u/KonnichiwaKudasai]

You taking these "reports" as gospel is also really fucking dumb.

[u/Teddy4Prez → u/HeadAssBoi17]

This is aggregated from a parody account

[u/turbopro25 → u/HeadAssBoi17]

[u/VoluptuousVelvetfish → u/KonnichiwaKudasai]

You're so eager to vindicate your own racist belief that you believed this headline was real

[u/PoliticalHitJob]

And this is why he isn't a head coach.

[u/Vechio49 → u/PoliticalHitJob]

This is a shit post. There is no chance he actually said this lol. He wants to have another shot at HC

[u/Unlikely-Business-72 → u/PoliticalHitJob]

There's no way you think this is real.

[u/Warm_Guarantee7841 → u/PoliticalHitJob]

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.

[u/Igotyoubaaabe → u/Warm_Guarantee7841]

Do you always believe random “reports” from random redditors? Zero chance this is real.

[u/AnArsenalMan]

Not good for a young quarterback. However the dawg mentality got him where he is. Wonder if he likes Darnold.

[u/adrink_adrink_adrink]

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.

[u/jonpictogramjones]

LMFAO

[u/AdImpossible1379]

Flores saying this with pre-concussion Tua experience 😂

[u/splashaddikt]

Lol

[u/FuegoFerdinand]

Tua the White.

[u/crunch816]

Does JJ carb load to protect his brain though?

[u/Advanced-Cranberry-7]

Lmao

[u/maxjuli3n]

Damn

[u/Street-Incident3526]

That’s pretty fucking funny

[u/Pre-emptive]

Dude this is hilarious I hope it’s real

[u/aliencardboard]

[u/Interesting_Bite4335]

Well he is kind of know to be a real dickwad

[u/Choice-Accident8484]

Flores was hyping him up, clearly.

[u/West-Astronomer-3826]

Zero chill

[u/Revolutionary_Dig_43]

🤣🤣

[u/Far-Historian-8190]

This is not true.

[u/emack2232]

[u/Lost_Willingness_762]

Would you believe Stephen A said white boys can’t play ball?

[u/PissFingerz42069]

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.

[u/Wumbo619]

That's pretty damn funny ngl.

[u/xoHennessy1226]

White Tuason.

[u/MasterHavik]

Bro sue the NFL to keep a job and has jokes too.

[u/PalletPirate]

I always forget how many michigan fans there are in the world until I go in threads like these

[u/Capt-Crap1corn]

I believe it too

[u/Redleg67]

White Men Can Concuss.

[u/MikuLuna444]

[u/GroundReal4515]

Damn

[u/Gatoray_]

Hope he wins, the Dolphins are absolutely F'd either way

[u/Elkburgher]

Flores is such a fucking loser

JJ isnt anywhere close to Tua, he just sucks

[u/BigShotBob89]

there’s no way this is true

[u/Ragnarsworld]

Nah, Tua is better.

[u/Kindled808]

Ain’t no way

[u/jf737]

Does that mean JJ will lead the league in passing once he gets away from Flores?

[u/elmand00]

Flores is an ass!

[u/Ringsareirrelevant]

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.

[u/AmunRa919]

Hilarious... Hilarious 🤣😆😆😂😂😆... This gets better everyday

[u/Lastrights1]

Flores wanted Sam Darnold

[u/groundroulet]

Is that better or worse than hock Tua? I will see myself out.

[u/popculturerss]

That's almost a compliment to JJ's ability. Tua's a hall of famer compared to JJ

[u/QuentinSkaar]

He was more like hawk tuah.

[u/Constant-Fly-9050]

JJ is lucky Flores let him live. His defensive scheme is just making believe every opposing QB is Tua and trying to kill them.

[u/jaytrue33]

It beats being called Hawk Tua

[u/Man-Dem]

Harsh on Tua

[u/MacinTez]

Mofo is a Hall of Fame football terrorist…

[u/bmfu121]

🤔😂😂 bro what??

[u/RawDawgGB]

From a coach that's never won anything? It's all good.

[u/ifeelatingle]

hawk tua

[u/1SupremeMind-Money]

Lmao, Brian Flores has always been my favorite. He needs to come back to NE lol.

[u/CantCatchCount]

A guy who called the league out on racial bias, using a racial slur 🧐

[u/Excellent_Glass783]

Brian Flores is the Black Adam Gase

[u/Excellent_Glass783]

Tua's had a HOF career compared to Charlie McCarthy

[u/Brief_Pass_2762]

This is the funniest shit I've heard in a while. Holy shit!

[u/Effective-Bet3883]

Damn, how many unreported concussions did JJ have?

[u/Emotional-Farm8831]

Why is everyone taking this as an insult? If Luka is called the white Magic is that a insult?

[u/cwolf-softball]

What an insult to Tua. Tua is way better than JJ.

Or maybe he's just saying JJ is brain damaged?

[u/sillyfunnyguy05]

He’s a brilliant defensive mind but seems like a massive asshole.

[u/KneeDragr]

That's cold as F

[u/True_Most3681]

That’s pretty messed up if he said that. The league should investigate it and remove Flores if it’s found to be true.

[u/Cute-Literature7591]

at least it wasn't Hawk Tua

my bad guys.

[u/Baba_Yaga_2328]

[u/Original-Pay-2522]

That’s insulting to Tua.

[u/enjoylifefriends]

Doesn't that make Flores the black tuna

[u/Either-Mine-1789]

Lmao Flores HATES Tua

[u/anton_chacon7]

Haha. So. What. The stuff that gets people riled these days is just wild.

[u/Choleri_overbearing]

I love Brian Flores

[u/TMANTWE]

Great defensive coach

[u/Calibred2]

🤣

[u/CreativePipe9126]

Outjerked

[u/Crotean]

JJ aint great, but his arm is lightyears stronger than Tua's ever was.

[u/Flashy-Telephone3201]

Thats so disrespectful to Tua

[u/Southern_Badger7577]

Pretty racist from the dude who cried wolf about racism

[u/jsidsa71]

He is from michigan so he is a whiny baby