This will go on the whole year. One attacking and the other side defending him. I'll just root for him every week knowing that this is a team sport and it'll take all 22 guys plus ST's doing their job to win.
3 Plays- correctable issues, would have changed the dialogue about Tua today
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The divisional road win to start the year is fantastic! We only scored 17 while winning the turnover battle, which was the fewest points of any team that won yesterday.
Bottomline -- Tua needs to pick up the points production if the Dolphins are going to be an AFC contender.
Bottomline -- Tua needs to pick up the points production if the Dolphins are going to be an AFC contender.
The Dolphins could win every game including the SB and the anti-Tua crowd would still be finding things that Tua does they don’t like and they would still be calling for the Dolphins to trade for a new QB.
Tua obviously didn’t play a perfect game yesterday but no one else on the Dolphins played a perfect game either. Tua needs to improve in areas of his game but the OL is still a major problem and the lack of a running game only puts more pressure on the passing game.
The TE’s and specifically Gesicki were a complete non factor in the game yesterday as far as catching passes. Smythe was the only TE to catch a pass and only Waddle and Parker caught passes by the WR’s.
Without a running game and the inability of the OL to give the QB time in the pocket, there are very few QB’s who would have much success in this offense.
Last year the Dolphins went up to NE to play against a Patriots team that wasn’t nearly as talented as this years Patriots team. The Patriots defense last year was mediocre at best. Yet Fitzpatrick threw for only 191 yards in the game with 3 interceptions and no TD’s and the Dolphins lost that game. Yet some people think the Dolphins should have resigned Fitzpatrick instead of going with Tua as the starting QB.
Tua obviously didn’t play a perfect game yesterday but no one else on the Dolphins played a perfect game either. Tua needs to improve in areas of his game but the OL is still a major problem and the lack of a running game only puts more pressure on the passing game.
The TE’s and specifically Gesicki were a complete non factor in the game yesterday as far as catching passes. Smythe was the only TE to catch a pass and only Waddle and Parker caught passes by the WR’s.
Without a running game and the inability of the OL to give the QB time in the pocket, there are very few QB’s who would have much success in this offense.
Last year the Dolphins went up to NE to play against a Patriots team that wasn’t nearly as talented as this years Patriots team. The Patriots defense last year was mediocre at best. Yet Fitzpatrick threw for only 191 yards in the game with 3 interceptions and no TD’s and the Dolphins lost that game. Yet some people think the Dolphins should have resigned Fitzpatrick instead of going with Tua as the starting QB.
It doesn't invalidate Tua to give other QB's credit where credit is due.Josh Allen was not elite in college in 2 years there. Josh Allen was bad his rookie year and average his 2nd year.He had his 1st elite season in 5 years of playing football. So the 1 year of really good football is who he is? but the other 4 years are the outliers?
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I'll add the free play he should've had when the Pats went offsides. I think Waddle has already streaked past his dude. Easy 40 yard TD.
I said Allen had an elite year...is that not credit? Should I pretend the previous 4 years don't exist? I don't crown people after 1 good game or 1 great season. Lots of players have had 1 great season. Let's see if he can do it more than once.
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He throws to wide open Smythe in the end zone instead of running it and Gisecki drops the throwaway instead of bobbling it and he's got a 107 QB rating.
That's how dumb these discussions are.
That's how dumb these discussions are.
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No doubt it was a great defensive play. Not really blaming him, it was a good throw, but do you think Tua misthrew it a little bit? My reasoning is, if the football was thrown more outside towards the corner, Wilson would have been able to shield the defender with his body and make the catch. Instead, it was thrown inside, on the defender side, and he was able to make a play. Not that it matters today. We won. Just curious, that's all.
"Lots" of QBs have had only 1 great season where it's comparable that they went 13-3, threw for 4500 yards, 37 TDs/10 Ints and made the Championship game? Like who? Scott Mitchell? Steve Beuerlein? Mark Rypien? I'd bet it's less than 1% of all QB seasons in the history of the NFL that there was a one year wonder comparable to Allen's year last year.
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I want to see how Wilson does against Pats next week. If he lights it up, then we have a problem.
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Lol even if he has a great game someone is gonna say he sucked because he didnt turn 3 degrees to the left and calculated his own velocity while throwing the ball and spending a telepathatic message to the receivers while disrupting the 11 defenders brain with voodoo.
he made another bad throw where mcourty almost picked it off.
So if Wilson has a terrible game and the Jets lose the game, I guess that means Tua is a first ballot HOF inductee, Right?
13-3 is team success as is making it to the Championship success. Well if we're using your extremely specific criteria of 4500 yards 37 TD/10 int then not many if that's YOUR standard.
If we're using a more general standard yeah Scott Mitchell, Mark Rypien, RG3, Cam Newton, Derek Anderson, Nick Foles, Don Majkowski, Steve Beuerlein, Elvis Grbac.
Aaron Rogers, Matt Ryan, and Ben Roethlisberger all had much worse games than Tua did yesterday and they all have played more than 10 games in the NFL. Rogers and Roethlisberger will eventually be members of the HOF.
Perhaps recognizing that the issues on the offense is more an OL issue than a QB issue would make some people realize that it’s not always the QB which is the problem with an offense.
Perhaps recognizing that the issues on the offense is more an OL issue than a QB issue would make some people realize that it’s not always the QB which is the problem with an offense.
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