First off, he went 6-9, not 2-9, secondly, you are going to knock him for beating teams that he should've beaten? Ok. Thirdly, Herbert played 2 teams in his last 4 games that Tua played against, and Tua was benched against both those common teams while Herbert played great against both. Additionally, LA had the 23rd ranked scoring D and only forced 17 turnovers, which needs to take some responsibility for a few of their losses. Miami conversely had the 6th ranked scoring D and forced 30 turnovers, giving Tua much more support than Herbert.That's a lot of pretty stats for someone who was 2-9 with wins coming against the Jags and Jets.
What I'm saying is that despite the pretty numbers, it didn't translate into wins because he's a front running QB and was a front running QB since college. He's the NBA player who scores 25, but in a close game in the 4th quarter he's throwing up bricks and turning the ball over. Sure, you can point to his 25 points and say he wasn't a big reason for the loss, but the difference between pretenders and contenders are the guys like Brady who finish the job.
Tua needs to play better in general and Herbert needs to play better when it actually matters so his team can win. He's the prototypical underachiever and that's the type of guy who gets coaches fired fyi.
"Why can't he put it all together?"
Have you even looked at Herbert's performance in his last 4 games after his poor performance against the Patriots? 4-0, 8 TDs, 1 INT, and a passer rating of 112. Seriously, your love of Tua is skewing your perception. You talk about how Herbert finishes games? How about how he finished the season? Does that not show improvement in the "finishing" area? Is that not "putting it all together"?
"Herbert ends the season with NFL rookie records for most passing touchdowns (31), most total touchdowns (36), most completions (396), most 300-yard games (eight) and most games with multiple passing touchdowns (10). He was also 39 yards shy of setting the single-season record for most passing yards by a rookie" . BEST. ROOKIE. QB. SEASON. EVER. You cannot take that away from him.
Haters gonna Hate I guess.