I had a similar opinion after that week 17 game but I quickly came back to reality and realized Tua had a decent rookie year considering the following......
His hip
Our dinosaur of an OC
Covid
No training camp
No preseason
The fed-ex guys we had playing WR
Our rookie filled Oline
Rehab preventing him from properly getting in shape.
All rookie QBs dealt with the same thing in terms of COVID, no traning camp, no pre-season, ect... Burrow and Herbert both performed at a higher level while displaying the type of tools that equate to long term success in the NFL.
As for the injuries, why choose the rehabbing QB? Doesn't that just make it a dumb selection? If you are going to choose the rehabbing QB from a major injury, that QB should have some elite elite upside and some elite elite tools, right? That's not Tua. So we got a rehabbing QB that doesn't have elite tools or an elite build. Cool?
I know Galey gets a lot of hate, but I think he played to Tua and the team's strengths. Tua doesn't have the arm for out routes and deeper curls.
For example, a ball that leaves a QB’s hand at 56 MPH will travel 25 yards (a 5-yard out to the sideline) in roughly 0.95 seconds. A ball that leaves Tua’s hand at 53.5 MPH would arrive about 0.05 seconds later. I know that doesn’t sound like much of a difference, but, in that extra time, a defensive back could travel an additional foot in coverage. Tua’s arm effectively shrinks the size of passing window, which will only be smaller against NFL defenses.
I know people like to crap on Grant, but if you look at the first two throws here:
That's 100% on Tua as Grant had his man beat.
Then you have the ball here where again, Tua throws short (Grant had defender beat 100%), and defender caught up and knocked ball out of hands. If Tua hits Grant in stride, it's a TD.
This one however was on Grant:
Tua was also very poor moving/rolling outside the pocket:
....That said, Tua does have an elite release. So I think Galley played to those strengths with quick slants and other quick passes. You are limited as an OC if you don't have a lot of deep threats, can't roll your QB out, and you can't throw out routes/deep curls. The passes are going to be short.