Could Tua Tagovailoa still be a top-10 pick? NFL scouts weigh in

[mrbunglez]

Three longtime NFL personnel guys told AL.com that if they had to bet on it, Tagovailoa would still go somewhere in the first half of the first round even after suffering the hip injury. Possibly even still in the top-10.

“Before Saturday, I would have said top-five for him with a good chance at going No. 1 overall,” one scout said. “Right now, I’d still say top-15 for him. Every year, you have 15 blue-chip players, and he’s one of them. … So assuming that it goes great with his rehab, yes, he has a chance of going high still because he’s so talented. He’s a really, really, highly talented guy who teams are going to want to give every benefit of the doubt to try and get.”

Could Tua Tagovailoa still be a top-10 pick? NFL scouts weigh in

"Assuming that it goes great with his rehab, yes, he has a chance of going high still."

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[Birdmond]

I hope he goes #1 overall.

 

[rickd13]

I hope he goes #1 overall.

Me too. To Miami.

 

[Danny]

Part of me really wants for a team to draft him ahead of us. The drama on this board will be crazy if we either draft him or if he's there and we pass on him. It's going to be like a bunch on 5 year olds here after they had candy all day long.

 

[Birdmond]

Part of me really wants for a team to draft him ahead of us. The drama on this board will be crazy if we either draft him or if he's there and we pass on him. It's going to be like a bunch on 5 year olds here after they had candy all day long.

I’m the same way. I’d really like Tua to be a Bengal. I mean, if he’s that great he should elevate any franchise.

 

[mrbunglez]

I as well hope he does get drafted by someone else so all the nay sayers in here, if he does come back strong and ready, lights up this team for decades. That way I can see those said posters crying about how this team is mediocre all the time and have 8-8 records every year because they picked the wrong guy to play behind center.

Can go both ways guys.

 

[Danny]

I as well hope he does get drafted by someone else so all the nay sayers in here, if he does come back strong and ready, lights up this team for decades. That way I can see those said posters crying about how this team is mediocre all the time and have 8-8 records every year because they picked the wrong guy to play behind center.

Can go both ways guys.

Can go both ways guys.

That's my point. It doesn't matter what we do it's going to be the wrong thing according to half the posters here. If he's gone before our pick of course people will still complain that we didn't move up for him. Our FO/HC can't please everyone no matter what they do and people here will complain regardless and at the end of the day, we'll have nothing to do with the decision the team makes.

 

[Phinatic8u]

He's going to be our pick.

 

[SF Dolphin Fan]

He's going to be our pick.

I think so too. One thing Miami has going for it is a slew of picks. The team could conceivably take Tua and draft another quarterback.

It will depend on rehab, but I think the Dolphins most likely take the chance.

 

[Rev Kev]

He's going to be our pick.

The planets are all lining up that way and we can keep our stable of picks too
Fitz can start next year and our Oline can start to gel

 

[Awsi Dooger]

New England is easily the most interesting destination. Brady is starting to look his age more frequently. I'd like to see Belichick stick around after Brady is gone. I have a feeling Slimm wouldn't mind Tua to New England, and prefer it to the Dolphins.

It would have some similarities to Oakland and Al Davis having the patience to rehab Jim Plunkett for 2 years when the rest of the league thought he was mentally and physically shot. Fans who supported Plunkett at that point were being treated like the ones who give benefit of the doubt to Tua now.

I am always amazed that situational realities like that get lost to time.

 

[meatpardle]

Nobody will know until the time, but I say if he looks like he can come back then have some balls and take the guy this whole process was designed around. And no ****ing around taking someone else and hoping Tua's there with the Steelers pick. We've caught a rare break that we've lost the #1 pick but the #1 guy is also dropping, let's not look that gift horse in the mouth.

 

[Joeb9]

:funny:

 

[The Goat]

New England is easily the most interesting destination. Brady is starting to look his age more frequently. I'd like to see Belichick stick around after Brady is gone. I have a feeling Slimm wouldn't mind Tua to New England, and prefer it to the Dolphins.

It would have some similarities to Oakland and Al Davis having the patience to rehab Jim Plunkett for 2 years when the rest of the league thought he was mentally and physically shot. Fans who supported Plunkett at that point were being treated like the ones who give benefit of the doubt to Tua now.

I am always amazed that situational realities like that get lost to time.

I don't think that Tua makes it down to New England.

The guy that would scare the bejeezus out of me in New England is Fromm.

 

[Michael Scott]

Would be the ultimate dream scenario if we draft Chase Young (Andrew Thomas if he's gone) with our pick then move up with the Steelers pick for Tua.