I know the line sucks Pach, but did Tua ever have to change the blocking schemes at the line at Bama. Is there anything he could do to help with changing his protection at the line or is it just a lost cause. I know Bama has the best of the best so didnt know if he always had a clean pocket or if he sometimes had to manuever his assignments around to give him protection.
But back to this post, Herbert has special talents BUT he's able to show case them. Hard to say Tua sucks when he's laying on his back. It would be so nice to have pretty things. Other than Herbert has the bigger frame to take the hits...if he was in Miami i think he looks like David Carr. Its just said that might be the route we go with Tua, destroy him before he has a chance to show anything.
Tua was better than Herbert coming out of high school, and for their entire career in college. Tua had better coaches and better surrounding talent than Herbert. But that all flipped the day they were drafted.
For all the talk about Marino, he was drafted by a Super Bowl team that already had 3 pro bowl offensive lineman on it, and a proven legendary head coach. Two of those offensive lineman were Hall of Fame caliber even though Kuechenberg has been snubbed up to this point. Marino was 6’4” passing over 6’2” lineman back then. He went on to have guys like Webb and Sims to protect him. He had Duper, Clayton, Tony Nathan, etc.
As you can clearly see, not quite the same situation a kid like Tua stepped into. Marino ain’t throwing 40 TD’s behind the offensive lineman Miami has currently.
I watched Marino. People forget he routinely had 3.5 to 4 seconds to find somebody. The lineman Miami has now simply can’t block. There’s no RB or running game. No receivers to count on. Look at the coordinators he’s had - a retired guy and a couple of green youngsters.
What you’re seeing is basically the same thing Tannehill went through. Miami is a QB killer just like the Jets. Look at Sam Darnold now in Carolina. Look at Zach Wilson with the Jets.
Miami was a terrible place for Tua and I knew it from the start. Said it many times I hoped he didn’t go there. Tua will have to get a chance somewhere else to play up to his ability.
He has doubters as most QB’s do, but I don’t doubt his ability to play at a high level in the NFL. I just doubt it in Miami for obvious reasons. I know what he can do in the right situation. I just hope for his sake he gets the opportunity somewhere else before the imbeciles the Dolphins keep betting on
ruin him before he has a fair shot.
But it’s happened to many. Some organizations should be banned from drafting quarterbacks. No quarterback is coming in to save the people in Miami from their own incompetence. Watson can’t do it either, not any better than he did in Houston.
The problem i see is that Tua is the only one that ever gets held accountable. Not the offensive lineman, backs, receivers, defensive players, coaches or front office for their job performance.
There is no accountability in the Dolphins organization and it starts at the top. That’s why they’re not any good.