Jerrysanders
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Interesting points about how Gailey's offense was tailored for Fitz not Tua and how Tua's strengths at Alabama were his weaknesses in the NFL.
The REAL reason why Tua Tagovailoa struggled in his rookie year
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Interesting points about how Gailey's offense was tailored for Fitz not Tua and how Tua's strengths at Alabama were his weaknesses in the NFL.
I haven't watched the video but imagine if his weaknesses became his strengths?
Nah it was definitely because he couldn't see over the lineman. Are there any rules against having one of these on the field?
This stuff has ALL been discussed numerous times before...if you avoid the "TUA SUCKS" and "TUA IS GOD" BS, there are reasonable arguments and conversations.
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JMHO, but most NFL teams/analysts/writers do deep analysis on EVERY QB projected to go top 10. I remember reading no concerns about intellect. That doesn't mean he'll be GREAT this year nor does it guarantee THIS YEAR he'll have the playbook down cold. I'm FAR more concerned about in-game intellect - recognizing Ds/audibles/mismatches . . . that type of stuff. Many more QBs fail because of poor in-game intellect than speed of memorizing plays.
Saban drew the plays in the sand on the sidelines.
Nah can't use that as an excuse because he's suppose to lift up his teammates. Much like Swayze in that movie about dirt.
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Kidding brother. You restate it as much as you like. It's the same arguements repeated. Might as well restate positions.
My English Lit professor called it "recurrent motif", and was featured by many of the great novelists.
Besides, not much else to do this time of year......lol
Well as long as these deja vu threads keep coming, all I can do is post deja vue stuff... Never seen a rookie QB get destroyed as much nationally as this for having an average rookie season...
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Why grossly overcomplicate things?
The #1 reason he had a bad rookie season is that he was a rookie. Pretty rare for quarterbacks to light the world on fire out of the gate.
The #1 reason he had a bad rookie season is that he was a rookie. Pretty rare for quarterbacks to light the world on fire out of the gate.
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I'm with you on this. I don't want to over complicate the issue.
He was a rookie. He had a reduced opportunity to practice and play before the season started. He was coming off a major injury.
I think all those factors contributed to his play and comfort with the offensive design.
All that said, I wonder if others saw this too? It seemed like Tua really struggled to control the LOS. His cadence wasn't the best, and combined with that, I saw a couple of really important plays where he called for the snap as the blitzer was just about to hit the line, basically maximizing chances for the D.
He didn't do the fake hard counts and have the D expose themselves, which forces them to back off a bit, which is one reason that Fitzy was great.
To me this is a very underappreciated aspect of the game. I liked hearing his stronger cadence in the OTA vids, though I'm not going to make much of it, because game days are the real test.
This is an area where I really think he can improve, or hope at least!
FINS!