Tua got a little aggressive there, but I think it was set for a jump ball which Wr was in front and could have jumped up for. It looked like a defensive pass interference imo with push off as wr was trying to get in position but falls forward. Either way Tua is HIM
He also threw one horrible pass to Smythe with 3 defenders around him. I would give Tua a “B+”
Tua tends to throw a couple head scratchers a game, but hard to argue with the overall performance. More than made up for it with absolute crucial dimes in clutch situations. Man deserves an A at least IMO.
I loved that perfect throw to Tyreek in the back of the end zone. I thought the ball literally went through the defender. Lol.
Same here!
Yeah, I’m not going to knock a 466 yard opening week performance capped off with a touchdown throw into a window basically the size of the football based on a few bad throws or decisions. We carved through that defense pretty much all day mostly riding his arm. An errant throw would’ve had to start a wild fire to bring that down from an A.
I think the big thing is they said as a game plan "Herbert will not beat us over the top" no matter what and they stuck to their game plan. That meant keeping Long on the bench and having Gink out there in nickel and dime situations.
That makes sense. And yea those turnovers certainly made the game closer than it should have been.
That time-out, with the clock running out on the first half, was absolutely brilliant. That call doesn't get enough credit. As soon as he called it I'm like, "oh ****...McD has an idea." Absolutely incredible call.
Exactly - that's like them shooting 2's, while we're shooting (and making) 3's.Beautiful assessment.
This front 4 didn't catch me by surprise. In the thread that called for the 2 areas with the most cause for concern, I called out both lines. The OL was a breath of fresh air but the DL went off just as expected. Maybe not JUST as expected, I didn't know we were that susceptible to the run game (except for that last preseason game) but I had an idea our DL was not spectacular. Fangio has got to do a much better job with his play designs & calls because the talent we have requires said talent being put in advantageous situations. We're not strong enough to stay in a base defense all game long.
The good news is that if the trend of this game continues, it works in our favor. Let teams out-punch themselves trying to put in 15 play drives running the ball while we get the ball down to the red zone in 3 pass plays. Your 6 points on an exhausting drive does not equate to my 6 point quick strike. You have the pressure of having to maintain drives. We'll put points on you from wherever whenever in the blink of an eye.
There's much- much, much- to improve but we have an offense that compensates for everything we are lacking & its good to be a Dolfan today.
