Hey, I'm not saying Tua had a great game. But he's a rookie and he's going to have some ups and some downs, the key is whether he learns from his mistakes or repeats those mistakes. Just saying that if he has a down night and still doesn't throw an INT, that's a silver lining.
Vic had a game plan for Tua and his team played their game well.
...and Tua couldn't do a thing about it. He tried, but he wasn't up to the moment.
I agree brother. It was one of those games I am sure he wants back.
I understand why people feel that way. I'd just feel better if thus guy were challenging coverage and at times going too far and learning to reel back in the future. As it is I think it might be evidence he's looking for too perfect of a passing window than he's going to get regularly in the NFL. You draft a franchise passer so he can throw guys open and make them better, so he can display the timing to hit receivers at the right moment. O find it dismayinh he hasn't made those mistakes finding thr boundary yet.
I haven't see it yet. I've been open about this the past couple of weeks. I have not seen this vaunted accuracy that we were assured that he has. ...and while I have seen him look good on the 'quick take' and immediate throw, he's yet to do anything deep, or manage to hit a deep receiver while moving... and we were assured by the Alabama fans that he'd do this from the drop.
I don't believe he's ****y, from what I've seen he's always been humble. I don't think he meant it, the way it sounded. He just might need to think through something on how it may sound before he says it next time.
I really hope Flores or someone used or will use it as a teaching moment.
I think the problem is that Herbert is having a strong season. Often, qbs have ups and downs. If not for that, people would be less upset about Tua's up and downs. Burrow has been good, but then look what happened today with his acl injury. It's tough drafting qbs with tua's injury and that risk. But it also shows how a qb any play could have their career over or risk it with one bad hit. Burrow I don't think every had injury issues in college and look what happened today? I hope he has a full speedy recovery, but man, you never know in the nfl. We don't like it, but unfortunately it's normal for rookie qbs to have awful games. We all know Peyton Manning's rookie season or Troy Aikman;s first season. Don't forget I think Mahomes not playing his rookie season helped him watch Alex smith. I watched Aaron rodgers as a rookie under Brett Favre in pre season games and he did not look to great. After fine tuning and learning the game, you saw his real potential show. But some qbs are lucky and fly out of the gates like Herbert has, other qbs who may be good have that Peyton manning type of rookie season. I'm not saying Tua will be anything like Peyton, but I still think he has intangibles and skillset to be a very good qb
He does... my concern was always twofold. Will he be sturdy enough to avoid injuries and is he big enough? Small QBs are good on occasion, but it isn't the rule. Most fail.
I am not losing the faith brother.
Nor should you. It's way too early for that.
