gofins60
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I'm not even a big Tua fan, but IMO Grier and McDaniel are stunting his growth as a QB. The two of them are responsible for Tua not having a strong o-line to protect him and give him time to go through his reads. And, even in 2022 Tua spread the ball around more, but this past season McDaniel went way overboard in targeting Hill and occasionally Waddle while mostly ignoring other receivers. Yes, the play of the o-line had a little something to do with it, but it seemed to me that maybe McDaniel was trying to help Hill get his 2K yards, to the detriment of the rest of the offense. It also didn't help that McDaniel kept going for it on 4th down even when it made no sense to do so, especially with a decimated o-line.I'll cut TT some slack. If he didn't have time (and often didn't) to find the #3, he HAD to throw to the 1st/2nd read. One of my annoyances with Mcd is, we all know he has multiple guys in the booth feeding him - 'that LCB is 3rd string,' or 'the secondary is letting Berrios run free.' Either Mcd ignores them or needs to fire them and find competence.
But I'll get back to topic. I'd like a minimum of one taller good-hands receiver. EZ is about it. TBF, there are quite a few big TEs on the roster, but they weren't targeted in the RZ/EZ. I expect those bottom 1-2 receivers to make it on blocking/ST. I'll not pretend to know who he/they will be. The good news is at some positions, Miami has enough talent they will be cutting good players.
And, fans of McDaniel are going to point out how his offense had stellar stats and was highly ranked, but those stats didn't help them beat good teams. The only "slightly-good" team that they beat was Dallas, and Miami was lucky to win that; one more penalty in the last possession could have lost the game for them. Even so, McDaniel's so-called #1 offense scored just one TD in that game... pathetic, just like the one TD they scored when they lost to KC in the playoffs.
As I said, I'm not a huge Tua fan, but I can imagine how successful he could be if he had even just an average o-line over the course of the season. And, he would have won more games if he had an experienced playcaller who knew how to make effective adjustments to counter the defense and knew how to take advantage of the strengths of his players, unlike the person who thought it was better to use Gesicki as a blocker instead of a receiver.
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