Dig I think Tua is a classic rhythm passer, he thrives in the action of 1,2,3 find the open target and release..Kudos to you for owning up to that brother.
Tua has shown ability to throw to size mismatches and that's definitely who Gesicki is. Where Tua has not excelled as a rookie is intermediate throws and throws over the middle. IMHO, a large part of that is him recovering from his hip injury and being a bit scared to make those difficult throws on seam routes, etc. But, with Tua fully healed and having a full offseason to get his rythem right, I think he'll throw more of those intermediate routes and we'll see him able to take advantage of Gesicki's exceptional seam route ability like Fitzmagic did. Tua makes good decisions, so throws that require extreme precision and lots of velocity weren't good decisions in his rehabbing state as a rookie. But I expect that to level out this year.
Deep throws you can wind up and overthrow with a margin of safety. Likewise, those short throws limit the INT exposure as well. The outside throws can be shaded out of bounds to provide that margin of safety. But those intermediate throws in the middle of the field ... there's very little margin for error. Too flat and they'll get tipped by LB's, too high and they'll get INT by FS's, too much anticipation and you risk firing blind into a sagging DL/LB or gambling CB like Xavien Howard. A smidgeon behind and the WR/TE can't quite reach back and get it, leading to tipped balls and INT's. Those middle intermediate throws are deceptively hard, and DC's feast on rookie QB's with baiting them into throwing those routes. So, Tua correctly didn't throw them very often. It's safer ... but those routes are needed to make a passing offense productive, so we'll need to see a lot more this year from Tua. I think he can make the adjustment.
Im very confident in how Gesicki wins on his catches and its not about route running or seperation, it’s all about catch radius..so while I know Tua with his innate accuracy traits can get him the ball in rhythm and in tight windows, I don’t believe that’s what your looking for in his receivers..
Gesicki is a classic jump ball 50/50 catcher.Tua needs twitchy receivers who can separate at The line and cut the field up into angles..
I mean I agree that Gesicki can run a route down the seam and all you got to do is throw it high and no one else in football is going to beat him to that catch point, and yes he can catch the fade route, but to me that’s a receiver in the rotation..
its Pitts vrs Smith, Chase, Waddle.etc..
Pitts and Smith are the best separators in that group.one of those two I think is the call with the first pick, hopefully we can trade down a bit.