It's difficult to argue against that. The regular season is always a huge cloud. It's easy to totally lose perspective and place too much value on meaningless crap. That's how the Chiefs are deemed overrated. But once the playoffs begin there are a handful of games minimum in which it's one quarterback dueling with the other quarterback, rescuing plays with arm and feet. Nothing else matters much. At that point it's a jolt of reality that Tua simply doesn't project well into that setting.After watching playoff last 2 weeks. Tua is not good enough
I don't know how Josh Allen is being criticized for that game, especially the nonsense about throwing short. He hit receivers in the hands with 3 deep balls that were dropped. For the vast majority of the game all I could think about was substitute Tua for Allen and the game would not be competitive. Per norm, Kansas City is simply a better team than Buffalo. They have greater toughness on both sides of the ball. It always seemed inevitable that unless Buffalo could get lucky and forge a double digit lead it would reach a point in which Kansas City's defense could clamp down while Buffalo would be forced to resort to desperate blitzing.
There were a couple of Canes titles especially 1983 in which I knew darn well it was a very talented team but not a complete team. They could get away with an extremely favorable 1-game postseason playing at home. But stick that team in an open playoff amidst multiple games and the weaknesses are destined to show up. That' how I look at the Dolphins under Tua. They would need an incredibly favorable draw. That's not impossible. The Lions are a flawed team and nearly got lucky with 3 straight home games, if Green Bay had held on at San Francisco.
Realistically it's not going to happen. Tua's lack of athletic ability and arm strength are likely to play a key role in the playoffs year after year, if we advance. That's the type of reality you deal with when it's your turn to pick a quarterback early. What are his qualities?
I see posters here belittling Jordan Love. Meanwhile it was glaring at Utah State and from Thanksgiving Day 2023 forth that he does project into those playoff games against the likes of Mahomes and Allen. Love often has poor judgment and obviously he needs to clean up the back footed tendency. He also needs to fix his accuracy, as Allen has done. But there's no question Jordan Love fits those playoff games. It's exactly the opposite of the Dolphins with Tua. Green Bay can win from any seeding and setting. Love's problem will be advancing the Packers into the playoffs, more than capability once he's there.