As stated already, Simms was not a fan of Tua, so this is not surprising, and he is well entitled to his opinion.
Thing is though, like most so called experts in the NFL, he made statements that shows he did not do much work, just went with the general thoughts.
He is injury prone:
No, if he had done some work, he would have seen that it was more bad luck with a sense of not quiting on plays
If Simms had said, Tua has a dangerous mentality of never, ever quiting on a play, and that is going to get him killed, then OK, that is very true, and he is going to have to learn, sometimes there is nothing to be gained by trying to keep a play alive...Throw it away.
He had great talent around him:
This is just a lazy comment, did Simms watch ball placement? Did he not see many of his passes lead the receivers perfectly to make bigger plays? Did he not see Tua more then a few times throw the ball almost blindly as he turned while scrambling or a defensive player was in his face.
I know that most here don't need to look at this video, as I am sure most here have watched these videos of him countless times, but watch some of the TDs this guy throws...Tua is not just accurate, he's precise.
Totally agree with you. And No one ever credits Tua throwing dimes to smaller targets. Jeudy was the tallest at 6'1, other than that the tallest were his TE's . Not an easy task if you ask me, so saying he was accurate is an understatement imo. He didnt have the comfort of throwing jump balls to 6'4 WRs.
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