What am I missing here Kev? Burrow was 10-3 last season with a bunch of metrics that were comparable to less impressive performers who never showed the improvement like he is - well Big Ben did. I think you are so invested in Tua that you when it comes to Burrow, you may not be seeing the forest for the trees
Oh and I didn't include Favre who's win/loss record and metrics were inferior to Burrow's 2 years at LSU when he finally got the chance.
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I will not be the told you so guy ~ I am telling ya all now ~ that I see what most of America sees ~ I will not be I told you so guy
Let's put our intellectual honesty cap on... Can we see Brees, Ben, or Rivers in the same vein as Burrow even before he steps into the biggest game of his career to date? Burrows could win tomorrow without throwing a TD, but can he play under pressure and duress in the NFL? He goes down under pressure against light-weight Defenses. IMHO He gets flustered far too easily.
Now I understand that our chances of hitting on a top ten QB in the draft is very slim and I need only to point to history as my teacher
Look at all the QB selected in the first 2 rounds over the past 20 years. A lot of great stats like Paxton Lynch and it didnt translate to the NFL where the D coordinators gun for the QB
IMHO Burrow has done nothing exceptional that warrants an early pick to date, until he puts the team on his shoulder and carries them through the POs. I am projecting that this crop of QBs will see what can't miss Mayfield, cant miss Darnold, strong arm Allen, and Rosen have seen in their starts since joining the NFL. College Ball doesn't generate pressuer and problem D like the Pros. Can this years crop take it to the next level?
Remains to be seen?
Tua wins nearly effortlessly because his intangibles are just that good I believe he will play Hero-ball in the NFL where he will be running for his life on every play where D coordinators will take away what he does best. He will have to create and recreate himself?
Yes Tua has intangibles others fail to see, he can take a hit, he can hold onto the football with those massive hands (The BIG one he has had to learn #3 Offensive Systems in 3 years ~ that in itself is simply amazing) Tua wins Big at every level. And he is still growing into his body like the others, just like Burrow , Tua has not reached his ceiling Just scary for the AFCE if MIA drafts him
Bama wins with such ease that Tua gets pulled so he doesn't get to pad his stats ~ not that he appears to care ~ stats I am sure you will agree are totally are over-rated.
But killer instinct to put away your opponent that is not taught that is a desire that burns within to score a TD every time you have the ball regardless of run pass stats.
Tua looks to barely break a sweat he commands that huddle. The players aren't playing for him because he is or isn't an outspoken Christian they look past that. He plays for Bama
But here is the thing for a few of you Tua needs to go all Hero for a few you ~ But he doesn't need to be all Hero to succeed with his team at the College level and yet he shown the flashes. Tua has already shown his ability to raise his game. So yes I believe he plays within himself as well as I have seen in years
I could write about his footwork over the past 3 years, his balance is on par with Brees, Steve Young, & Russell Wilson
His footwork set up his throws and he can throw in motion and from different angles similar to A Rodgers that is a necessity in the NFL and I think it important
He can throw in the pocket and out of the pocket
I am old and getting greyer I have watched a lot of ball, a lot QBs ~ and I detest Bama ~ I dont like that they have the one who is so good but I can also see that because of the way the team is organized with the 4 horsemen WRs that Tua won't have to go all Hero
When a team is in a position like the Dolphins to move up and down and take their "shot" then I expect them to do nothing less ~ then look every rock but the guy who can do it without breaking a sweat will always get my vote
And when I say looks like he diesnt break a sweat that is because he has put the work in already, he is over-prepared because he is not overly confident.
If they like Eason, Love, Herbert, Fromm, Burrow then so be it but none of them have the resume of Tua to date, and i for one wouldn't spend my FIRST of three First rds picks on any of them although I like some more than others ~ and I cannot dismiss Tua's intangibles ~ and I apologize in advance that he is such an ongoing Christian that it grates against the nerve of many people. I have been apologizing for guys like this for 30 years i won't stop now.
IMHO every so often in sports the pack leader is just that the pack leader ~ and then there are the P Mahomes, T Brady or M Trout stories where a player comes from out of nowhere. And a team says how did we miss. But every so often the Cream is already at the top.
And yes Brees was an animal at Purdue ~ he was getting it done ~ that miss for Jamar Fletcher set this franchise back -> he can get it done in many ways because he is creative
Ben was mobile and creative in College and has thrown in motion his entire career
Rivers is a statue but can evade the rush in the pocket ~ much like Marino but far less intelligent and skilled, he is over confident with his arm and makes mental lapses
And if we miss or can't select Tua I do take a QB later, I select Young with my pick if Tua is gone and then I like the Intangibles of Eason and Love (taken in the second round) who can be part of a longer rebuild while TUA is NFL game ready. I build depending on the strength of the QB selected.
