Well, we are almost certainly following the plan of action you'd prefer. Trust me when I say that i hope the guy coming off a career threatening injury, a shaky rookie year, and coming from a school that hasn't produced an even below average NFL QB since Joe Namath 60 years ago turns out to be good if not great, but the odds are against him.
SB ring in next two years, get Rodgers
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Who says Rodgers adjusts to our offense and plays better than Tua this yr. Most qbs not named Brady hit the wall at about Rodgers age. We do not have many large contracts for the next few yrs, and a front office that wants to win now, but is also building something long-term. Rodgers is out running around with his girlfriend, Tua is in the gym working out.
Holy moly. Aaron Rodgers couldn’t adjust to our offense?? We have officially Lost our Tua minds. Good god. Would you like to make a gentleman’s bet that Aaron Rodgers plays better than Tua this year, regardless of what team he is on?
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Hypothetically speaking, Why are you assuming Tua would even be part of a deal?
I’m not assuming that.My point is you’re not just plugging in Rodgers for Tua. There is compensation for Rodgers going to Green Bay, Rodgers’ age, Rodgers’ personality, and salary cap ramifications to consider. It’s not as simple as, Rodgers is better than Tua so Miami would be stupid not to do it.
Obviously the Dolphins front office and coaching staff are following the plan I prefer. I could see a scenario where they decide to trade for Watson if Tua doesn’t improve dramatically in 2021 and the Texans haven’t already traded Watson. I just don’t see them trading for Rogers and based on the reports
in the media attributed to Rogers, he wants to be traded to a team out west.
I think the Dolphins are probably 3 years away from being a legitimate SB team, even with Rogers. I just don’t see them wanting to trade for a QB who will be over 40 before they have the talent to make a run at the SB. In that scenario, Watson would be the much better choice if Tua doesn’t work out.
By the way, how many QB’s from Clemson had any success in the last 60 years before Watson? None, but I guess that doesn’t fit into your belief just because Alabama hasn’t had a successful NFL QB since Namath, Tua will turn out to be a failure too.
It should also be noted that the University of Pittsburg has only had one decent QB to play in the NFL in its entire history and that was Marino. So implying that a QB will not have success in the NFL because of the college he attended makes no sense at all.
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Don't forget those guys were free agents, the new teams kept all their picks and players. Also, for every Manning and Brady there are plenty of Favres and Warners
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Yup, that's such a casual fan argument.
The difference is that Watson has already proven he is an elite QB in the NFL, Tua hasn't (yet). Trust me when Tua earns it in the NFL I will be singing his praises from the rooftops.
It's a casual fan argument that some colleges and their systems produce better NFL players at certain positions than others? Ok.
It's as simple as Rodgers is a top 2 QB in the NFL so Miami would be stupid not to do it for the right price. I'd offer X and a first and see what happens.
Also Brady and Manning both signed with teams that were loaded with talents and ready to win a SB. The fact is that the Broncos didn’t win the SB because they had Manning. They won that SB with defense, with a Manning playing the worst football of his career. During the SB year, he only played in 10 regular season games. He passed for just over 2200 yards in those games and had 9 TD throws and 17 interceptions.
In the SB game, Manning passed for 141 yards with no TD passes and one interception. The Broncos won the SB that year because of their defense and running game and in spite of the fact Manning was awful during the regular season and in the SB. Anyone who believes Manning was in anyway responsible for the Broncos winning that SB obviously doesn’t know much about the game of football.
Gotcha, so Manning deserves no credit for making the Broncos better and for making 2 SBs in 3 years with them including 2013 when he won the NFL MVP award and passed for 55 TDs, but Rodgers deserves the blame for the Packers only making it to the SB once, and Tua deserves credit for the Dolphins being 10-6.
Tom Brady had 3 picks against the Packers in the NFC Championship game last year and benefitted from an Aaron Jones fumble inside his own 10, we should probably put an asterisk besides that as well.
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