Defense was the story last week as the Dolphins played their best game of 2020 with a total and complete dismantling of the San Francisco 49ers. QB Jimmy Garoppolo probably wished he waited one more week to come back, and I’d bet HC Kyle Shanahan wishes he didn’t put Jimmy G. in either because he clearly looked like he wasn’t ready to play. The Dolphins defense hounded Jimmy G. and his wobbly ankle yielded wobbly throws and he was unable to escape the rush which was heavy all day. 5 sacks total to boost the yearly total to 14 sacks. Don’t spit on that guys, that’s a legit improvement from last season where we managed a season’s total of 23. Our current pace for sacks put us at 45, which is unlikely, but either way puts us close to doubling last year’s output. The rush came from everywhere, inside with Elandon Roberts, Jerome Baker and Zach Sieler and outside with Van Ginkle and Ogbah. Add in 3 turnovers, 2 INT’s (Xavien Howard) and 1 fumble recovery (Christian Wilkins) and it was great day for the defense.
Now on to the offense which by the way, also came to play. Ryan Fitzpatrick threw for 350 yards with 3 TD’s and zero INT’s. The run game was merely a complement, Myles Gaskin rushed 16 times for 57 yards and 1 TD and they sprinkled in a little of Breida and a rush or two from Bowden and Grant. RB Jordan Howard was healthy scratch. Now there is talk of the possibility of the Dolphins signing former Steeler and Jets RB Le’Veon Bell. At the moment of this writing, Bell has narrowed it down to 3 teams, the Bills, Chiefs and Dolphins. Does adding Le’Veon Bell make us a playoff contender? I suppose it depends on how we use him. The 2 RB’s we acquired in the offseason are basically spectators to the Myles Gaskin show. Breida and Howard have 114 yards rushing combined on 35 caries while Gaskin has 64 carries and 249 yards rushing. Bell looked anything but a top tier back in NY this season and last night but i9njuries have hampered him. He has only 19 carries this season and really is quite far removed from the elite RB he was in Pittsburgh all the way back in 2017. Personally, I’d say he was more of a product of that offense, having a great run blocking O-line, also catching passes from Roethlisberger when plays broke down and having WR’s Antonio Brown (in his prime) along with Martavis Bryant . So many times Big Ben extended the play and found Bell for a hige gain because the field was cleared out by Brown and Bryant and JuJu Smith-Schuster. Is it possible he’s that same player? I wouldn’t bet on it.
The Dolphins will play a late game this week (4PM) due to COVID-19 rescheduling. The Jets come in to Miami at a low point of their season. They are 32nd in scoring at 15 PPG and 32nd in defense allowing 32.2 PPG. Just dreadful. Last week we beat a team not at their best, and we put our foot on their neck. We need to do the same this week. Yes, the Jets cut Le’Veon Bell but may be getting 2 receivers back, Breshad Perriman (ankle) and Denzel Mims (IR hamstring). Both WR’s would be a boost to an anemic Jets offense that has featured Jamison Crowder, Chris Hogan, Braxton Berrios and TE Chris Herndon. Sam darnold has had a difficult season to say the least, the O-line pass protection has been leaky and he doesn’t really have a reliable receiver to throw to. He’s been sacked 12 times and has thrown 3 TD’s against 4 INT’s. HC Adam Gase is beyond dead man walking, yet this is a game if the guy has any juice left that he would try to get his team to compete in. Right now the Jets have to be included as a favorite to land next year’s prized possession in the NFL Draft, QB Trevor Lawrence and a win could put that in jeopardy as the hapless Atlanta falcons share an 0-5 record.
LB Kyle Van Noy is questionable to play this week with a groin injury. He played last week against the Niners but that’s a tough injury to play through. Sam Eguavoen would replace Van Noy if he can’t go. We also lost DT Davon Godchaux with a torn biceps and this should give DT Raekwon Davis a lot more snaps along with Brandon Sieler who has been fantastic in a Dolphins uniform. Sieler has played 38% of the snaps this season already and I expect that will increase significantly this week with Godchaux out. Mike Gesicki finally was more involved in the offense and I hope that continues. He averaged over 18 YPC last week on 5 receptions so we need to keep feeding him the ball. I honestly don’t expect Bell to be a Miami Dolphins, my guess is the Bills. Either way, hope we make the right decision.
GO DOLPHINS!!!
Finsmob Unleashed 
That’s a fricken page turn!!!!!!! 🙂
Tua named starter.
I’m really excited to hear Tua names starter
But let’s be clear, Fitz is perfect for us
He’s a perfect veteran backup in case theirs a setback to Tua’s progression
Let’s make sure we take the time to note how great Fitz has been for this team since he’s been here
I really hope they bring him back as at least a QB assistant, if not QB’s coach. That guy knows football and i think is really going to be great educating new players.
It begins!
Fins just announced that Tua will start the next game !!!!!
I guess it’s new To Me, lol
I don’t believe it. It’s not April yet is it?
Starting with the Rams is going to be interesting with that DL. I guess that says they aren’t worried about his injuries lol.
I expect a lot of roll outs and quick passes due to Tua’s accuracy in those types of plays … at same time limit the ‘hit’ opportunities of Rams DL.
I spent time this morning looking at those second half drives for Fins … only the FG drive had a first down, everything else was 3 and out (or less, with the INT) until Tua’s last drive.
Our Defense was on the field a long time in 2nd half. We need sustained drives to keep defense fresh. Our defense is playing with great energy, but they still need some rest to stay at that level of energy. A better offense would have made this a close game in the second half.
OMG
As well as Fitz has been playing this is a pretty remarkable move, and it makes the “best chance to win” statement coach speak from a couple weeks back. Im glad to see it and im glad Flo did it when he wanted to do it
It’s gets a little harder to make this move if we are 4-4 or 5-5
Or 5-4 or 6-3
If you want to think about your future, now is the time
I hope everyone doesn’t start shitting all over Tua on the outings for the year. We have such a fickle fanbase they get excited one moment and then bail the next.
Rams have 3 plays of NFL Tua film to look at. lol
They should be all over that hand off play.LOL
You joke, but they better be paying attention to that handoff, because the speed he got out of dodge after it is a precursor to a bootleg.
D says:
October 20, 2020 at 12:00 pm (Edit)
I really hope they bring him back as at least a QB assistant, if not QB’s coach. That guy knows football and i think is really going to be great educating new players.
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Let’s assume hypothetically that Tua does everything to keep the job to the extent that the idea that him being named starter for 2021 before the 2021 season is a safe assumption…I.e. we found our franchise QB.
Assuming he’s our future
An ideal situation for me is Fitz still the backup for 2021
And then eventually Fitz becomes a part of our organization in 2021
An experienced QB who happens to be a Harvard grad…that doesn’t sound so bad at all for our front office
I know I’m way ahead on this….I’m just saying, he may have a long term future with this team even if it’s not starter
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I’m not sure he can’t go beyond 2021 as a backup.
I think he thought he was going to retire two years ago….so he’s probably close to seriously contemplating it
But if the Dolphins made a push to sign him through 2021, I think it would be smart
I guess it’s true. Just watched his highlights again. Something everyone seems to miss, or at least I haven’t heard it, on his first pass, he had Bowden wide open with room to run, 10 yards to the side of where the pass was thrown.
I don’t know about 10 yards but no one is covering Bowden underneath
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ca0sIlq_Ytw
He probably would have went for at least “Tua” yards
It’s hyper-analysis (I’m sure you’ll agree)
But we only have Tua passes to analyze for the next Tua weeks
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Bowden was located 10 yards to the side of Laird, not that he had no one within 10 yards.
I thought you meant that he probably would have picked up 10 yards
I don’t agree, he missed the read. Yeah he was pressured, nervous on his first pass…
WOW! Tua Era begins!
Steve – If I recall correctly, Tua was being chased on the throw to Laird, maybe he didn’t want to set his feet to make the throw to Bowden and chose the easier release to Laird.
Maybe, but he won’t make that decision again.
Bottomline is he got the first down on a great throw to Grant.
I think the first pass was possibly designed to just hit Laird on the sideline with no chance for an int, but next time that a play like that develops he gets the read right.
I bet the guys in the film room didn’t miss it and are giving Tua shit right about now.
Baldinger loves the plays though
Hey maybe Tua wanted to stop tech clock with under Tua minutes to play
Shoutout to Hunt and Kindley who won’t let anyone get with Tua yards of Tua
https://twitter.com/baldynfl/status/1318285303069683720?s=21
He just looks the part. I don’t know how it plays out this year, but I’d be shocked, if he doesn’t get us to at least 8-8.
Herbert still looks like his deer eyes are glazed. Burrow to me hasn’t shown the IT factor he had in college, like he can make plays and get big yards at times, but not at winning time.
“Perfect. Gets out of bounds, stops the clock.” LOL
Piggy Prediction
Some of the most amazing plays of the career we are about to watch will happen on
2nd and Tua
We have to come up with a blog catch phrase anytime 2nd down and Tua happens
Any suggestions?
That’s Bacon for Tua!
That’s a good one but it’s very pig-centric
Tua tutu
This screams “this is the right move” to me
Lot of inexperienced QBs ahead
I Guess I should not be referring to Goff as I experienced
But Murray, Herbert, Burrow, Lock and maybe even Darnold and Allen fit that mold
“I like my defensive stops on 2nd and Tua like I like my pork chops….rare”
Why would they announce this now? Do they have to? I’d not say a word til he trots out on the field. I’m stealthy that way. 😉
So we can all get excited for two weeks
I did think of that, you guys are going to need medication by the time game time gets here.
Did you notice I used ‘trots’? I think I picked that up from you! lol
It’s probably more PR than strategy
I do think it’s an announcement for the fans
I don’t know what the rules are, but I agree Herd.
Isn’t there a mandatory 3 days off for bye weeks?
Also…props on the use of “trots”
A+ for context and subtle porcine imagery
Herd — two words on why they announce it now. …. “free advertising.” Gonna be a lot more Dolphin’s stories over the bye week.
I’d take the element of surprise over that.
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My goal is to win games, I hope the teams is also.
I’ve got a CPE webinar from 1 til 4:45, today, tomorrow and Thursday. HELP ME!
It’s on zoom, I hope everyone keeps their clothes on, doesn’t stand up, doesn’t get too excited in there. 😉
As excited as I am to see our new QB toy in action, feel a bit bad for Fitz too. He didn’t deserve to lose his job, but guess he knew this was part of it.
We can start by just saying Tua is starting, the reports say Fitz is being benched, while technically true it’s really not the case here.
Not the case at all. Fitz was playing better than last year.
Tua will be getting all the reps with the starters instead of Fitz, and I don’t think we can hide that.
practice reps
53 players with 53 families and 53 agents plus the front office and the guy who holds the sticks in practice. Would be hard for it not to get out even if you banned reporters.
I’d try
I think it was the right thing to do. Builds further excitement.
Maybe Ross will allow more fans in the stadium next week.
I don’t know if there were 13,000 there this week
I’m gonna do it!
But I threw up a little!
A little?
I think Bowden was lower in the read progression and i think someone higher was open. First game action he took the completion that came first instead of searching out for more yards. Thats a progress thing, so its not like it was a critical error.
Williams was wide open about 10 yards deeper on the same side of the field.
Tua was in his own endzone with Defenders zeroing in on him. I’m not going to pile on about his first throw being a mis read. (it was)
There’s this????????
2 weeks to the trade deadline!!!!!!!
Trade him for Dallas’ first round pick…LOL
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QB Switch: Good Move or Bad Move?
The Miami Dolphins were on a roll heading into their bye week but reportedly decided to make a quarterback change anyway
By Alain Poupart , Oct 20, 2020
Tua Tagovailoa’s time has arrived.
We can now stop wondering when he’ll take over as the Miami Dolphins starting quarterback because news came out Tuesday morning, via an Adam Schefter tweet, that the team has made the switch away from veteran Ryan Fitzpatrick.
It was inevitable it was going to happen at some point, but it’s impossible to look at this move at this time and not ask: Why now?
Yes, there was a school of thought all along that the logical time to make the switch was during the bye week, which is exactly what ended up happening.
Except that the original bye was supposed to come in Week 11 (Nov. 22) before it was moved up because of the reshuffling of the NFL schedule necessitated by positive COVID-19 tests involving the New England Patriots.
Wouldn’t it be something, if we got the last playoff spot over the cheats, because the plan all along was to put Tua in after the bye, that was moves up, because of their covid situation 😏
(last paragraph) LOL, that would be awesome.
Tua time!!!! ESPN says he has been named starter
Hulk, read above……..
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/30154407/source-miami-dolphins-naming-tua-tagovailoa-starting-quarterback
So I am late to the party but I am celebrating anyway
Put your Hulk erection away before you zoom, could be homosexuals present, not that there is anything wrong with that, but they are size queens and you might get raped.
Tge comments below should’ve been here.
Hulk big green angry hands
Great for smashing
Bad for scrolling up
😝
You seem to have more info than you’re letting out🙄
This was for you D. Lucy…
I’d like to hear Flores’ explanation of why now. Does he feel like the D has taken the next step, has Tua looked great in practice, or did he show him something at the end of jets game…
I thought Tua looked great on Sunday, but I wouldn’t just use that to decide to start him.
flores has been saying that tua is ready, and tua got the only third down conversion against the worst team in the NFL
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its as good a time as any, and a bye week is a great time to do it IMO
im EXCITED beyond belief, lol ITS TUA TIME
The Flying Pig says:
October 20, 2020 at 3:59 pm
Hopefully Kindley doesn’t take it easy on him
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A few full weight belly flops on him might re-define the word pancake in the game.
I wonder how Tua changes the affect of the running game? Do we use some RPOs, that will pause the D?
Next Gen Stats
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Which teams average the highest win probability when entering the 4th quarter this season?
Top 5
📈: Ravens, Seahawks, Steelers, Titans, Dolphins
Bottom 5
📉: Jets, Jaguars, Giants, Eagles, Washington
The move hasn’t been officially announced, meaning it was leaked.
Well if it was leaked while they were actually trying to hide it…… didn’t take long. Like said above — too large a circle of folks in the know for it not to get out.
The one nice part about how this unfolded….. they are darn sure Tua is ready. Would be different if we got blown out the last 2 games while Ftiz had 7 INTs.
hey stanger, hows it going buddy, this is our future, and the future franchiseQB
we all know that fitz was just waiting to be benched, i love FItz attitude about it
we may have gotten all there was to get from Fitz, and thankful for it, but if Flores thinks it is TUA time, , i dont have anything to argue against it, lol
Tua is diffferent, we have seen that already from him, we have to get him in there!
In Flores we trust…. and even better when that means watching Tua for the first time. And when he plays we probably have the best #2 QB in the league, which hopefully is just like before cause Tua is that good.
Very excited to hear Tua was named the starter. As for worrying about defenses he’ll be playing and how to keep him healthy, you can’t play football that way. He’s either ready to go or not. Flores and the coaches obviously think he’s ready.
Absolutely right!
It’s nice reading the positive press about our team. Everyone has us trending up. We’re being ranked anywhere from 18-20 from the sites I’ve visited, which is up from around 30 at the start of the season. A number of stories about us being surprise playoff contenders. Just this morning I’ve read a couple of stories talking about what a great job we’ve done so far on our rebuild.
Man I hope Tua is the real deal. If Tua can be a top 10 QB in this league, we’re nearly there. We’ve got another big draft with multiple extra picks. Another year under the system.
I’m just trying to find out if there is anything more I can be doing to help this team. Perhaps sacrifice a live chicken to the football gods or something…
LOL
And get Tua some cool glasses tua. 🙂
More like this:
https://images.app.goo.gl/rUgFTz4jpLstwLNj8
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LOL — that would do it
I am guessing the following reasoning:
1. The OL has taken the next step
2. Flores is comfortable that Tua has enough weapons and
3. As always he is playing the guy that he thinks gives us the best chance to win
I’m gonna take credit even though I didn’t nail it exactly. I said that Tua would be starting by the last week in October. Named starter today so even though he won’t start in October he was NAMED starter so I will go with I was right. LOL
Homeraide?
We’re in trouble now!
Schefter what an asshole. The Dolphins have decided to bench Fitz.
Schifty why you wanna dis Fitz? He doesn’t deserve that. He’s not really being benched, they’re just ready for the future.
Exactly, everybody knows we didn’t draft Tua to look at him on the sidelines
I sure hope Aaron Donald takes it easy on Tua’s HIP!
Donald needs to worry about Mount Kindley first and foremost
Hopefully Kindley doesn’t take it easy on him
I heard Tua might start
I don’t know where you heard that
Sounds like a rumor….
🐖💨
Tanking for Trevor is starting late this season. The Jets already have a 3 game lead on us for the # 1 pick!
This is how it feels to me:
“You are going to have to get surgery on your knee, but the great news is after rehab you should be able to run again and there should be no more or at least less pain.”
So, there is going to be no pain? No, There MAY be less pain, but you have to wait until after rehab to find out.
YEAH!!!! I’m going to have surgery!
^^ How I feel about Tua.
Piggy I just bought you a Tua jersey. The curse doesn’t count if you don’t buy it right?
As far as we know
Maybe Fitzpatrick told the coaches he’s Tua old for this $#!+. Let the kid take some hits
Fitz knew it was only a matter of time. He supports Tua and he’s there just in case Tua struggles or gets hurt.
Met a good man today. He was cleaning up after a day’s condo construction down the street from my vet’s office, which is on Covid lockdown. You sit and wait out side in your car till whatever is done and at that point had been an hour. Needed to piss bad and dude was sweeping up right next to a porta-John on the property.
Walked up and said would give him ten bucks to use it. He said “you gotta piss you gotta piss…. you don’t need to give me anything.”
Man I need to put some pay toilets up in your neighborhood! 😉
LOL
Politicians
I “hate” most politicians, politics.
LOL
That has to be fake twits
For all you FinFans that have been burned before!
Wyo – You call me a curmudgeon, have you seen Rock around lately?
I actually made that Meme for Rock! 😉
Oh and the rest of you “Been burnt to many times” Curmudgeons!
Regardless of how you feel about Tua overall or should he start now, tell me you’re not excited to see him play? 😉
I am, I don’t see what everyone’s worried about. Either he’s the real deal or he’s not. Time to find out now! I’m stoked!! Fitz is not the future of this team and he’s not the guy to take us to the playoffs, but Tua might be
It could be a bumpy road along the way but it needs to start for Phase III in 2021. It’s not a surprise that the decision was made at the bye. That might have been the plan all along.
The future is starting Tua take shape
Tua true
Stop thinking about ordering a Tagovailoa jersey, you know you are. LOL
Oi…test!
Weird, didn’t post my Tua Haikua
FitzMagic’s sun sets
A new sun rises on Tua’s day
Many championships follow
Too many syllables.
5-7-5? Did I miscount?
It’s because Tua is Tua syllables
Tua many syllables you mean TIFI
If it’s not 2-2-2
It’s a fail
There I was…in the jungle….
https://www.nfl.com/news/turning-to-tua-tagovailoa-now-makes-sense-for-dolphins
I don’t see us losing another game……….ever
There you go 💥
That makes Tua of us
The Flying Pig says:
October 20, 2020 at 12:33 pm
We have to come up with a blog catch phrase anytime 2nd down and Tua happens
Any suggestions?
DRINK works 🍻
Terrible Tuas
Happy to see what our new toy looks like after two weeks of polishing
Holy shit Phelon is waxing poetic. I don’t know if I should be scared or impressed 😁
Hey now…creative writing was one of my favorite classes! Had a Smokin’ hot redhead professor. Got an A+ on my final for a poem about why I hated poetry.
What was the extra credit assignment? 😁
Detention
ORob still pissed we didn’t draft Jordan Love 😆
For Tim
FitzMagic’s sun sets
New sun rises in Miami
Tua’s day begins
I feel like I am in a martial arts monastery in the Himalayas
🎼🎼🎼Everybody was Kung Tua fighting🎼🎼🎼
Tua good ones
Tua hold you over for Tua more weeks
Just the Tua us
The Rams are now looking at Alabama tape and what we’ve done all year. There really is nothing on Tua in this offense. LOL
Awesome
2️⃣ 👅🎻
2️⃣🅰️ 👅🎻
Is that a tongue?
And a violin I believe
Tua String Instrument Licker?
It’s a viola you ignorant jock sniffers
Tongue- viola
Lol
🐖💨
🌞💨
Tua we wait for
His presence is the future
The future is him
Time to get started
Playoffs and wins all in view
Tua time is now
Sun rise in the East
While the old warriors take rest
New blood fills the sky
Dammit!
Sun rise in the East
While the old warrior takes rest
New blood fills the sky
Tua Tua Tua Tua Tua
Tua Tua Tua Tua Tua Tua Tua
Tua Tua Tua Tua Tua
Honestly, this stuff is easy…
Plagiary!!!! I was about to post this!!!
remember when this is how sleepy joe talked ?
Come on man, he’s not a racist😏
you have to think these guys have found the perfect time to insert Tua.
1. this team has had 6 weeks to gel in all three phases under fitz.
2. you have a bye week to get him ready, which i thought the bye week came later however the adjusted schedule worked in their favor.
3. The bye week also started a run of the easier part of the schedule. nothing easy about the rams but we have them @ home coming off a bye and they will have a short week and deal with jetlag. then you have @ cards, those should be tough games. then we have denver..chargers..cincy & the jets, 4 very winnable games.
at worst i would hope 4-2 that would leave us at 7-5 with 4 very tough games left and a somewhat experienced Tua.
A pretty damn good time to get Tua rolling, the stars seem to be aligning.
4-2 is a lot more than at worst through that stretch, but its not a killer one either. Depends on how the kid plays.
“i would hope” is the key phrase
packers @ texans….Go Packers!
Tim Knight says:
October 20, 2020 at 11:03 pm
Tua we wait for
His presence is the future
The future is him
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that’s what you said about Henne! also that he’s the next Marino!
Don’t Hex us!
D says:
October 21, 2020 at 1:00 pm
The Flying Pig says:
October 20, 2020 at 3:59 pm
Hopefully Kindley doesn’t take it easy on him
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A few full weight belly flops on him might re-define the word pancake in the game.
Ken says:
October 20, 2020 at 8:42 pm
ORob still pissed we didn’t draft Jordan Love 😆
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I’m still pissed we didn’t sign Peyton Manning who BTW went on to win a SB.
I can’t believe you scared Ross about his neck injury!
What a different world it would have been. Wear my “Manning to Miami” t-shirt regularly. Gets more comments than all my others combined.
I always thought it would be either the game before (the one we just played) or the bye week that they put Tua in, as i said before you couldnt write a story with a better climax point. So we had our BYE adjusted, so its earlier, i mean its not the same perfect write for the time to put hinm in, but its still pretty much the same story. The Rams game was always the one that made me go…mmmmmmmaybe we should put him in just after that if we are going to rush it, but again, its not like several other defenss we will go against dont have good to great DL’s, Chargers do, Broncos do sorta, even with Miller out, the chiefs have been pretty solid up front too. This is a good out of the box test, and im hoping he proves that everythign reads the same no matter the adjustment.
Fitz has been acting like he already had the script before the season started.
He’s how I think it went down. Ryan, we’d like you to mentor and be supportive of Tua, and in return you can start the season, then when we have our bye week Tua will take over. You can stay on as the backup/QB coach as long as you can still play, then we’ll find you a coaching position, after you retire. As long as Tua succeeds we’ll all likely stay employed in Miami.
He just seems more than happy to see Tua succeed, as if there’s an ulterior motive.
I’d love to see Fitz stay here as back-up and then move into coaching, but it might also be that Fitz — especially close to retirement Fitz — is just that guy. He’s been loved by his teammates wherever he went.
He said he wants to stay in football and eventually move into coaching. I remember some interview he did not long after moving to us, where he was talking about his decision not to retire a few years back and he basically said he really loves the sport and even when his time is up he wants to coach. I say give the man his shot. He is great for this team.
Oh and i think before he signed his FA deal they told him he was a transition QB, and i think at that time it was either going to be Rosen or a draft pick. I think that was explained to Rosen as well. It just didn’t work out for Rosen here. Had it worked out for Rosen, we might have Rosen and some other guy drafted later, as our QB group.
Ken,
I wanted Jordan Love because i thought he was adequate and we would not have to spend a #5 overall pick on him. I thought Loves measurables were better than Tua. i thought Tua was a product of his environment and didn’t warrant the pick, strictly seeing it from the limited access i had.
and we could have parlayed that #5 pick into a wealth of future talent.
Tua may be great but at this point the jury hasn’t even been selected yet as to who will turn out better.
I sure hope he lives up to that pick.
Lol at limited access. There’s so many Tua YouTube videos out there you could watch every pass he threw.
it was like watching the 85 bears play against Rutgers.
how could you gain any knowledge from him playing on that alabama team?
Same could be said about Burrows too, and Herbert. Not like their teams didnt have loads of talent around them too. You can read between the lines though when you watch how they play and tell if they are elevating the others or they are elevating him. They also played a helluva lot higher talent than Jodan love, so to me you got to see a lot more watching those games than watching Utah State. I saw enough of Jordan Love to know that he was talented, gifeted athletically, but way way far from a finalized product.
I can only answer what you wrote, but why can’t you compare what he did to Hurts, with the same supporting cast. Dilfer had that high school QB camp that he won, and responded to his criticism to come from back in the pack.
His Alabama tape shows how fast he gets rid of the ball, his progressions, pocket pressence, incredible stats and he wasn’t playing Rutgers when he won the national championship in style.
I hope Ken dismisses you from the jury lol. JK
The NFL game has pretty much become more and more like the college game, so I would expect to Tua to be able to transition fairly well. I’ll be watching to see if he can get the ball out on time. Fitz may not always throw the ball where it needs to go, but he usually gets the ball out on time. Teams are gonna bring the heat, and Tua will need to be ready to make quick reads and get rid of the ball.
Well the NFL is still adapting but it is so at a rapid rate and offensive signal callers are capable of running those systems now as no longer is it a poo pooed on concept, its being embraced. It had to happen eventually since thats whats coming out of CFB these days, and im glad we arent one of the last to embrace it.
i dont think Peyton to Miami would have solved anything. We didnt have the right team then, we were still pretty disfunctional as far has having everything put together correctly to have done what Denver did with him. Im not pissed at it, i didnt really expect it and i certaily think it would have been an expensive mistake for both parties.
Obviously we’ll never know what would have happened in the Peyton Miami era. We do now know that the reason we didn’t sign him (his health) wasn’t a factor in Denver.
https://sports.yahoo.com/acing-test-against-jets-dolphins-114918815.html?src=rss
I’m rooting for Adam Gase this week!
im not, i might root for them to win the game but that guy is a tool and as such deserves nothing but contempt. I think he should quit his job and stick to providing antics to make internet meme’s about.
Until some serious playoff ramifications come into play….. I’m rooting for Gase every week except the game with us.
keep that fool on the jets!
2 prime concerns i have with Tua.
he’s short by NFL standards, hell he’s even shorter than Fitz and Fitz is a runt!
his arm strength is marginal, that first naked bootleg he threw didn’t exactly impress me and those types of passes out to the flat are the ones that expose a marginal arm.
I had a slight problem with who he threw to, but not the 1st throw he made. The second one was his 3rd read and a thing of beauty.
When you have the fastest release, are accurate and read a D like he does his arm is plenty strong enough. He’s got more intangibles than Montana and a stronger arm.
On part two, i think there are enough here with a different evaualtion of that to set you as one of the few that agree with that man, not that i dont give you your respect (especially int he eyeball test, lol i kid i kid) but i think there is just something off about what your seeing. Im an SEC guy, he regularly made deep pass throws on the dot leading the reciever and with plenty of zip on it. LSU would have eaten him alive with that secondary if he had a marginal arm, its to me just isnt a fair eval.
He is shorter than most QB’s but he isnt shorter than a lot of the new kids. Murray, Brees, Mayfield, Wilson, and even Prescott, Jackson, Garopolo, Rodgers, all are only slightly taller at 6’2. Its oly a big deal if you make it a big deal…
Shorter has an advantage in pocket presence, but 6′ isn’t that short and he’s thick, so he can take a hit.