What a job these 4 guys have this weekend. Our X-Men, led by Xavien Howard, along with Byron Jones, Eric Rowe and Bobby McCain. This game goes way beyond just these 4 players but they will have their hands full this week with Patrick Mahomes throwing to WR Tyreek Hill, TE Travis Kelce, and to a lesser extent, WR’s Mecole Hardman and Sammy Watkins, as well as RB’s Clyde Edwards-Helaire and Le’Veon Bell. It’s going to take a monumental effort to keep this offense in check. The Chiefs come in as the 2nd ranked scoring offense at 30.8 PPG and #6 in scoring defense allowing only 21.2 PPG. The Chiefs have a +116 point differential. The teams that gave the Chiefs the most trouble were the Chargers, Bills, Bucs and Broncos, and of course their lone loss in a shootout with the LV Raiders. I consider that game the anomaly, and I think if we have a course to victory, it’s closer to the way the other teams played them.
This Week 14 game is one of the most exciting times for Dolphins fans in recent history. Yes, in 2016 were 7-5 coming off a demoralizing loss to the Baltimore Ravens (38-6) and we defeated the Arizona Cardinals 28-25 led by Carson Palmer. This is different, way different. I didn’t feel anything like I do now, having a legitimate confidence in our team. We relied on a strong running game with Jay Ajayi and play action from Ryan Tannehill (sound’s like Tennessee eh?) Both our offense and defense were less than midpack. This 2020 team is different. We have a young exciting defense who happens to be #2 in the NFL in points allowed at 17.7 PPG. Our offense is exactly 16th but I have more confidence in this group because it’s a more well rounded offense. If anything, our run game has been a supplement to our passing game. This is Tua’s biggest game as a starter and I feel like he will rise to the occasion. What a game this is, the excitement is tenable. Too bad we couldn’t fill up Hard Rock for this one, I would love to see a raucous stadium pulling for our guys.
This KC offense which is #1 in the NFL in yardage has evolved as most teams do during a season. In the first 6 games they really featured RB CEH (Clyde Edwards-Helaire), but more recently, his role has really been reduced. CEH has an average of 37.4 yards rushing and only 11.4 yards receiving over his last 5 games. For some contrast, CEH averaged 84.1 yards rushing and 29.5 yards receiving in the first 6 games. The one player who has benefited most from this is WR Tyreek Hill. Hill has seen high double digit targets most of the last 5 games and his numbers are astronomical. Hill has 640 yards receiving in the last 5 games which is good for 128 yards per game and he has 8 TD’s. That’s just outrageous. If only Tyreek Hill was all we had to worry about. Travis Kelce also has surged during the last 5 games while CEH has been scaled back. Kelce is right behind Tyreek Hill with 613 yards receiving over the last 5 which is good for 122.6 yards per game. Now as we know, things evolve, and if we look to just shut down Hill and Kelce, another person will emerge, and with CEH, Sammy Watkins, Mecole Hardman and even Le’Veon Bell, there are many candidates.
On defense, the Chiefs don’t excel in any one area but they do have a couple of very good players to watch out for. On the DL, Chris Jones is still getting it done with 5.5 sacks and in their secondary, the Honey Badger SS Tyrann Mathieu lurks with 5 INT’s along with FS Daniel Sorensen who has 3 INT’s. Mathieu plays very smart and Tua will have to be careful of him. The starting corners are Bashaud Breeland and Charvarius Ward.
I don’t have an injury report yet for Sunday other than a lot of our guys were limited in practice. Key guys to keep an eye on are LG Ereck Flowers who went out with an ankle sprain. Also, LB Kyle Van Noy has that bad hip along with LB Elandon Roberts who came out with a chest injury last week. Jesse Davis will likely fill in at LG and Solomon Kindley will man the RG spot next to RT Robert Hunt. Sam Eguavoen, Calvin Munson and Kamu Grugier-Hill will fill in for Roberts and Van Noy if they are unable to go. Tua is a go for this one and has apparently ditched the thumb brace. Matt Breida is on COVID-19 but still might be available, and Salvon Ahmed is still dealing with a bad shoulder. I’m not sure where DeAndre Washington is at with his hamstring, he did practice on a limited basis which is a good sign. Myles Gaskin appears to be 100% but he will need help in the backfield other than just Patrick Laird who garnered only 5 touches.
I think this is such an interesting game and my perspective on it changes often. Sometimes I think like we’re playing with house money in this one, we’re not expected to win by any of the experts so if we lose like 10 of the other 11 teams that played them did there’s no shame in that. Part of me wants to think that enough of that loser mentality, we belong here at 8-4 and they play in our house and you know what, our defense is the kind of defense that can match up well against them because we have the talent in the secondary to defend their guys. Our X-Men back there might just give Patrick Mahomes a tough day and if we can find a way to turn him over a couple of times and turn those into scores we can upset the Chiefs. It’s not silly talk either, it’s possible. If I’m being honest, the one thing that worries me is our offense. Will we be able to run the ball effectively and will Tua be up to the task of giant slaying on Sunday. He did it against Arizona which to me is the closest equivalent. He led the team back for the win in that game and maybe has to do that against the Chiefs. All I know is, I haven’t looked forward to a Week 14 Miami Dolphins game with such excitement and happiness since, well, I have no idea really . . .
GO DOLPHINS!!!
Finsmob Unleashed 
First!
2nd, 3rd and 4th! Losers! LOL
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Posted in wrong spot, guess I’m a loser also. lol
that will show up as an incompletion on his stats
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I will also show up as a drop in Grant’s stats
2nd, 3rd and 4th! Losers! LOL
Cut from an article:
Remaining schedule: vs. Chiefs, vs. Patriots, at Raiders (Saturday), at Bills
Miami makes the playoffs in 56.8 percent of simulations as the seventh and final addition to the playoffs with 9.4 total wins projected. The Dolphins have the least-favorable schedule of any team within striking distance of the postseason. In the next four weeks, they’ll face a pretty daunting group of quarterbacks: Patrick Mahomes, Cam Newton, Derek Carr and Josh Allen. The good news: Miami makes opposing signal-callers work, thanks to sticky coverage. Using eight seasons of passing data, I trained a model to detect when a quarterback’s first read isn’t available. Applying this to the 2020 season’s output, the Fins’ defense — and particularly the cornerbacks — makes opposing QBs skip the first read and go through their progressions at the fifth-highest rate in the league. Also, Next Gen Stats show that Miami allows just a 35.8 completion percentage on passes to wide receivers of 10-plus air yards, the second-lowest rate in the NFL. In order to net the two more regular-season wins that seem necessary for a playoff bid, rookie QB Tua Tagovailoa will have to stay efficient using quick passes (under 2.5 seconds), something he does on 55.9 percent of attempts. His average time to throw is 2.54 seconds. He’s also going to have to stay efficient against the blitz, an area in which he’s completed 23 of his 42 throws for 210 yards and two touchdowns.
The Miami Dolphins placed cornerback Jamal Perry on the reserve/COVID-19 list and elevated safety Nate Holley to the active roster as a COVID-19 replacement for Sunday’s game against the Chiefs.
Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill was held out of practice due to an illness. Hill’s absence is not COVID-19 related, per the Chiefs.
I agree with the last point Mike. If we look at the Arizona game then we can draw a parallel.
I just want to see a competent team. If we lose in a close contest then I understand, but dont look like trash like we did against the Broncos.
BBM takeover! Boy OWNS the blog! WTG Mike!
lol
Anyone think X-Men deserves any traction?
My first reaction was maybe not name a unit after one guy, but there was Dwight Hicks and the Hot Licks…….and it is catchy.
https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
Oh yeah, there’s one guy I know that blames the QB. Tee hee!
Can’t get the pic to show, that’s frustrating . . .
Give it this – 🖕
You da man Rock!!
LOL Sonny – I think we’re gonna have to call that a Van Noy from now on. lol
Mike E — that’s beat writer quality…. really well done.
And I’m with sb7 on this one — just want a competitive game. My worst nightmare is it looks like a house of cards falling.
Thanks Stanger – I would definitely hate to look completely outclassed in this one, that would be very disheartening. If we’re in a competitive game I want to win it!
He old timer! I posted that pick for you up above.
I know this new fangled technology is scary and confusing
It is often frightening and frustrating for me, no joke!
Hey Rock – The pic is now showing on my post as well. Could have been a problem with WordPress.
how to get me to do a pull up
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Everyone else in the World is wrong. ORob is correct. It was a horrible pass and we should have drafted Jordan Love instead 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Cult thinking….you only believe what you want to believe with blinders on.
Everyone has an opinion, and in today’s world they are called alternative facts. It must be true. LMAO!
Now that I’ve seen the 3-panel pics of the catch twice….. one thing can guarantee is that Grant did have his eyes on the ball. To me leaves the drop all on him.
But it counts against the QB or so I was told by someone
You guys have fun…… and you know he’s just being a picador to all the bulls on this board.
I don’t catch everything on this board, but missed how your test results came out. OK?
Yes came out good but my wife went back to work and was just told yesterday that she has to quarantine again because of another exposure in her cohort. I go for another test on Sunday my wife is going tomorrow
Man — bad luck comes in threes….. and believe that the 3rd time for you folks. So should be all over after this one.
It’s probably not WordPress
It’s probably the form you post it in
For stuff like something not shown and then shown… put it down to blips in the power of my internet stream. But then Mike E does have the power of the correct.
Great Mike E., again. Thank you.
I’m with you. I want us to a good, smart game to see if we match up and our progress against the best teams.
That’s what December is for. Time to hone your craft and step up.
Thanks Krish, appreciate that.
The ‘ol alligator gar, I mean alligator arms.
Yep. I think pp said he short armed it. Do the bent elbows give you a clue?
Yep, Phel called it. We’ll see what others think. I know when I have my arms fully extended they form a straight line, but who knows, maybe some people have their arms put on differently? 🤷
LOL
Even apes know what full extension means. LOL!
Sometimes those blondes are hard to reach, lol.
THE GOOD NEWS
Flores ran the New England Patriots’ defense in 2018 when they beat the Chiefs twice, including in the AFC championship game.
THE BAD NEWS
Chiefs scored 40 and 31 points despite losing.
Yea, Tua is not Brady.
Piggy – I just embedded the tweet which is the way I always do it. So it was either wordpress or my own PC that wasn’t showing the pic.
sunspots
That’s weird
Lately everytime I close the site from my phone or wherever I have to log back on, it doesn’t remember me like it used to
So I don’t know what the weirdness is with the site lately, I’m just a piggy with clumsy trotters, in a tech world that I can’t always figure out…maybe we should ask twice?
I still have issues with my orange indicator light too. Annoying as hell to have to check back up the board constantly.
Some receivers just aren’t great at tracking the ball in the air and I believe that Grant just might be one of those. All I can say is Tua gave the receiver an opportunity to make a huge play and it just didn’t happen. I’ll take that throw any day of the week, it was pretty impressive.
He can’t track punts well either. He scares the shit out me every time….
I call him an excellent return man, but he scares me back there too. He was a fumble machine back there his first year, and still has the occasional fumble. And after last week, I’m worried he might get a bit gun shy, lol.
Grant is just not a very good receiver. He’s short, has a small catch radius, doesn’t track the ball well (that’s hard to know for sure since he doesn’t get a lot of deep balls so we don’t have much data, but I think it’s true), and doesn’t have good hands.
He’s just a very fast dude. Excellent return man, meh receiver.
Then he needs to JUGs machine every day before and after practice.
Kong – Who started the Ol alligator gar? I know it was from the SS, could have even been before I joined that blog.
Well, I believe that is up for debate. when it started a lot of people used multiple screen names, and it was one of those random names that would throw it out at first. I personally always attributed it to Son, but I have no idea if he actually started it.
Let’s see if ‘Ol Sonny owns up to it.
Mike E:
Very nice write up
Thanks Hulk!
Good write, Mike! Like I’ve been saying, this game will be a good test for this young team.
Thanks Tim!
BTW I do like X-Men
I kinda like it, but not sure the guys back there would want X getting all the cred.
Kong – The orange indicator light shows up a lot of times for me when there is no reason for it. Can’t count on it being right
I just can’t even use the bell anymore. it just spins when I click on it, so I can’t see any replies to my posts without scrolling back through. It really sucks.
And, just to be exact, alligator armed v short armed are not the same. Lol
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Both are missed catches just missed differently. Lol…
No they are both incompletions by the QB because only the QB stats matter
Ok, you need to stop! You keep egging me on….lol.
Krishna I can’t help it I have been drawn into ORob’s delusions
In my best Mr. Bill voice, Oh noooooo!
🤣
I’m with Mike E. It’s not X-Men, man.
It’s really the entire defense as the unit plays together, imo. Everyone does their job and good things happen.
Did someone say No Name Defense?
All the players reiterate that too. It’s a selfless approach.
Oh crap, I just figured it out. It’s a browser issue. The site doesn’t like Chrome. I can use my bell with explorer or edge (whatever it’s called now). Woohoo!
Go ahead, someone reply to me. I dare you! I’ll see it at the speed of an orange light.
I have no idea what you are talking but I replied to you 😁
Ha, I responded like lightning. No stopping me now
Cheers, Ken. It’s the bell in the upper right corner of the screen. a little orange light appears when someone responds to one of your comments. It has been broken for me for months, but it turns out to be a browser issue.
I am on and off so sporadically, I always used it rather than scrolling through the posts.
I am on my phone. I don’t see a bell
Follow the orange bell….. it is the door to enlightenment. 🙂
I never use my phone for this stuff, so I’m not sure, but if you don’t see it, it probably isn’t a function for a mobile app.
Think the Jets have won the Lawrence Lottery.
And the Jags have one win…… makes you wonder about the last second loss to the Raiders.
@ Seattle
@ Los Angeles
vs Cleveland
@ New England
No other reason to blitz with man coverage in a Hail Mary situation imo
Then they fire their DC to make it look like they were pissed off with the loss. Yeah right!!! LOL
Gregg knew he wouldn’t be there next year anyhow. Maybe they upped his severance pay.
Krishna – I only like X-Men because I made it up. lol
It was really only the secondary that I was calling X-Men, not the whole defense. Still, I don’t think it fits the theme of our team which is no one person is bigger than the team, and it really works that way.
Yep
WOW!
You made it up!? Man who knew? You must be rich. 😉
Sonny – To answer your question for earlier, I believe in our D, but in FF if the offense you play against puts up 25-30 points, you kinda end up with very little points. Unless I believe we’re going to turn the Chiefs over a few times and maybe score a defensive or ST’s TD, which is possible or maybe get a bunch of sacks, it’s tough to play any FF DEF against the Chiefs. If they score over 30 points you actually could end up losing points which could be a really bad situation. You need points wherever you can get them, so INDY would be a safer play, but not necessarily the right choice. I haven’t yet made up my mind.
I didn’t make the playoffs in FF this year, I won my last game but it wasn’t enough. I also had the Dolphins and Colts defense. I agree it’s tough to start a defense against the Chiefs.
Stanger, that Cover 0 that Williams called was just weird on so many levels. That’s how you lose a game you didn’t want to win for reasons we all know. Then they fire him as if he gave the organization the finger but it accomplished their ultimate goal. Still not sure why Gase is still there.
Gase remains to ensure they get the #1 pick
Regardless of how you feel about him, it’s kind of cruel. LOL
Cruel for who? Jets or Gase?
Gase. Unless they’re keeping him.
I actually think it is more cruel for the Jets and their fans lol
The NYJ are still paying for ex head coaches and general managers and Gase has 2 years left on his contract, I think Woody has resigned himself to get a high pick until he is only paying the salaries of 2 coaching staffs.
If he fired Gase now he would be paying for 3 head coaches. Although I think Bowles contract finishes paying out this season…
An interim HC is not a long term deal.
Happy Hanukkah my friends
Thanks Rock!
🤣😬
LOL
Happy Hanukkah everyone
Thanks Ken!
Happy Hanukkah!
Thanks Tim, Happy Hanukkah to you bud!
Heck of a write up Mike E!
Thank you and great job!
GO FINS
Thanks ER! Appreciate it!
Happy Hanukkah everyone.. great job as usghe Mike E…
Go Rams !!! 7-0
Thanks Toba!
I have to log into WordPress in order to post..it does not have the reply bell
That is what happens to me
Akers is scorching the Pats, 8-9 yds a pop
Rams with a pick 6 16-0
Woohoo Rams
I just read the post for the first time today
Nice write up Mike
I like the X-men thing. But I think, if we are talking original X-men, we can’t start calling one of them Jean grey
We have to go with
Howard = Beast
Jones = Iceman
Rowe = Cyclops
Bobby McCain = Angel
Also I totally concur about the feeling of playing with house money. I feel like “why not” all the time this year
And this weekend – Why freaking Not!
Dolphins 20
Chiefs 19
Balls out D if that score comes in.
If they go with my plan and nix the pants, it will be a balls out D…
Also, I am aware that Angel for a character that we all love to sing along with 🎶🎶🎶dooo dooo dooo🎶🎶🎶🎶
Is kind of lame
But Angel was part of the original X-men
He actually gets much cooler later in the comic books when he is transformed into Archangel
Think of that transformation as what good ole Bobby went through when he was asked to play safety
🎶🎶🎶doooo dooo doo🎶🎶🎶🎶
Did you hear Van Noy busting (he calls him Bob not Bobby), Bob’s balls about not blocking on turnovers. Says how many turnovers do we have Bob says X gets a pick a game so 22, Van Noy says yeah and you haven’t blocked on any of them.
It was Van Noy Mike Dupp.
Cav, not me on ‘ol alligator gar, I never did find out who did that. Also don’t know who did Ghey? And that was it, lol
Stuffed
Love those 11 minute drives for zero points when you are down 17
I thought I was catching that snap there for a second
Lol Son I didn’t hear Van Noy said that
Here it is, it’s funny. “I didn’t say a word” lol
That’s awesome!
Leader by example and words of encouragement. Oh and some ball busting. LOL
Thanks Piggy – Like Sonny said, if we hold the Chiefs under 20, we killed it on D, and most likely on O as well because we had to have a lot more possessions than them and were successful with them. I mean they can score so fast, so if we hold them under 20 there would likely be a few turnovers involved.
We will use our mutant powers and be fine
It’s a game plan teams used against Marino. The issue is can you do it? Shorten the game with time of possession and don’t give up too many big plays.
I wonder if our offense has a big game under their belt that is ready to be unleashed?
The Rams are killing the 3rd quarter on this drive. But they’ll kick the FG.
Wow!!!
TD Rams weeeeeee!
NE should have banked some of the points from the Chargers game 🤡
But I thought Herbert was lighting it up
Pats with a 3 & out
Willie McGinest said he expects the Pats to finish 10-6. Hmmm….
Hold that thought Willie
Teddy Bruscino came close to predicting the same a few weeks back basically predicting they would turn the season around
This is the problem with hiring so many ex-patriots to be talking heads
Man Newton blows. He is a shadow of his former self
Rams just want to grind this game out. They’re taking no chances – playing very conservative. Maybe too much. That was a bad possession and punt.
Yeah but I too would be terrified of putting the game in Goff’s hands. He can be turnover prone
That’s what we’re seeing. They don’t have a lot of confidence in Goff.
Goff is having quite an underwhelming career so far
Cam benched
In all fairness Belicheat is doing a great job coaching
That roster is atrocious
Belicheat GM skills are lacking
The Rams with a nice lead are playing very conservative. I don’t see anything Belichick in this game.
Overall I mean
The patriots really lack talent. Take a look at their roster
They are hovering around .500
I think that’s good coaching
It’s just bad GMing
Goff held the ball too long. He blows too
How did we lose to the Patriots?
Game one.
I know but just irks me because if had won that one we would be on cruise control right now but instead we are in a dog fight for the playoffs. In hindsight we are much better and more talented team than the Pets
That game pissed me off too because we just couldn’t figure it out. But we’re a different team now.
Weak 1 is always full of anomalies
Cam Newton was the number 1 pick in the 2011 draft
Bad as he looks now he was a good pick
3 other QBs went in the top 12 picks that year
-Name them-
* no cheating no googling
Was Jake Locker one of them?
Yes….I actually really liked Locker….oopsie
He got hurt I liked him too
Drawing a blank on the other QB
Gabbert ?
Good week for me to play Rams D in fantasy
No doubt !!
^
Yes Gabbert was one
One more
If you guess it without googling, it means we beat the chiefs this weekend
I want to say Bortles but I think gabbert was Jags pick too so not same year 🤔… prolly a Brown ?
Colt McCoy ?
It was not bortles
It’s true both bortles and gabbert were early jags selections
But gannet went in 2014
Gabbert was actually expected to go #1 overall days before draft
😂
Not colt mccoy
Here’s a hint:
His wife is smoking hot
Cutler
You always had a woody for her
Not cutler
FYI cutler isn’t married to her anymore!
Wasn’t RT. Or Wilson
So your saying there’s a chance ?!🤡
RT and Wilson were 2012 picks
Hint #2
This hot wife is still married to the former NFL QB
Hint #3
His hot wife was replaced by the Erin Andrew’s (who’s hotter) on football broadcast you may have just watched
Getting more lost by the post 😊
Hint # 4
If you reflect, or think about a synonym for reflect, you might remember this QB
E Vince Young ? lol. I have 4 clues and no idea
Hint #5
He went to FSU
Mark Sanchez?
No!
I know now (the FSU hint). @#$% that was an atrocious pick by that team….not that I’m complaining at all.
You are allowed to give the answer 😁
But what would be the fun in that??
I can’t think of any FSU QBs in the last decade that were any good.
Yup – hence the atrocious pick comment lol
Hint #6
He was drafted by the Vikings
Bridge water ?
Nah
Was he the guy that was like 25+ years old when he graduated?
Weeedon ? Weldon?
That was another from Oklahoma State
He was old…
Old guy
Chris Weinke or something like that
Too far back. Weinke was the FSU QB in 2000
This guy was FSU QB 10 years later
Hint #8 by the way
Toba
You are so close
Hint #7
He was replaced by Bridgewater
Bridgewater > this QB
Erin Andrews > the QBs wife
They were both replaced
Jamie’s Winston ?
Too recent
Is Jamie’s Winston’s wife hot?
That seems unlikely given he’s not married
Was Winston FSU at least ?
Yeah he went to FSU but he was the 1st overall pick of the bucs years later
Ah , I cheated , after I looked into the small lake er sumthing like that
Hint #9
His first name is also the same name as one of the worlds largest religions
I don’t recall an Islam or Bhuda playing QB so I am guessing first name was Christian and it rings a partial bell but still not putting it together
getting warmer now
He’s that memorable apparently…
I’m running out of hints
Christian Bale I am Batman damn it
Lol.
Hint #10
His last name begins with a P and ends with an R
Pecker lol
Christian Peter
Dont you mean starts with a P ond ends with an er
That will probably still lead this bunch to pecker
Close LOL
Hint #11
His last name is not a synonym for a dick
I was close with Pecker
He did play like like a stiff
Christian Ponder?
That’s a bingo
Piggy, what was the point of this? Who cares?!!!
Tim
You won a prize. I give you three guess to guess the prize right so you can claim it.
Christian Peter was a DT
Wow that was a bad QB draft class
I believe THAT was his point 🤔<< that’s me Pondering
That is okay I am still on dick jokes
Yes
Christina Fucking Ponder!
Wow! That was like pulling teeth
He was the 12 picks by the Vikings
11 picks after Newton
He is married to Samantha Ponder….they are still married
I guess her hotness is subjective
Ponder is a synonym of reflect
He was the FSU QB in 2010
I thought you guys were about to guess Burt Reynolds the way you were guessing
Burt Reynolds had more talent even if it just was in acting
Ponder wasn’t even really good while at FSU
I recall him now. He was horrible. I didn’t think he was a first round talent. I guess I was right
I’m more interested in Tua. 🙂
He throws a terrible deep pass so I hear
Yes I know right on the hands is a conundrum. I give up!
Never heard of Samantha ponder
Cute but No Suzy Kolber
Samantha Pound her. Sorry mind is still in the gutter
The Vikings were really desperate for a QB that year
The first three were considered top QB prospects that year
And all 3 went top 10
So the Vikings reached on Ponder
He actually got off to a decent start with the Vikings
But that faded fast
I should probably try to get some sleep. Peace
Night green man … me too.
If the first two “highlights” of your ultimate highlight film are clips of you avoiding a sack, it probably wasn’t a great career….
It’s a funny thing about QBs. Look at Drew Brees in SD to start his career, and what he did in New Orleans. He went from questionable starter to future HOF QB.
Tua is going through the learning curve and just getting started. I won’t be surprised if he plays this KC game like a college championship game. I think it’s in his makeup. That’s why we drafted him.
Tua’s not the perfect QB specimen. But he knows how to play the game. If he can hold up physically, he will excel and win in the NFL.