Guess where Tua ranks…
I’ll give ya a hint: it’s ahead of Hurts + Mahomes + Burrow + Allen.
So much for the ‘can’t throw deep’ narrative!
https://www.nfl.com/news/next-gen-s...ers-of-2022-geno-smith-tua-tagovailoa-excel-a
I’ll give ya a hint: it’s ahead of Hurts + Mahomes + Burrow + Allen.
So much for the ‘can’t throw deep’ narrative!
The first half of Tagovailoa's season sure was special. In Weeks 1-9, Tagovailoa completed 15-of-25 deep attempts for 480 yards, a 5:2 TD-to-INT ratio, a 110.4 passer rating, a 97 passing score and a CPOE of +14.7%. His EPA per deep-pass dropback was an eye-popping +1.27.
This is where you're expecting me to tell you everything fell apart, given the additional time Tagovailoa missed with concussion issues and Miami's reduced output over a 3-5 stretch to finish the season. But the QB's numbers don't quite fit that narrative: It turns out his performance didn't vary significantly when comparing the two halves of 2022. The biggest difference in his deep-passing stats the rest of the way ended up being in CPOE, in which Tagovailoa dropped by more than eight percentage points. Otherwise, he posted a perfect 5:0 TD-to-INT ratio from Week 10 on. In other words, he was good -- really good -- at throwing deep throughout the season, finishing as the only qualifying quarterback in the entire NFL with a deep passing EPA per dropback over 1.
If not for the spectacular year of the top QB on this list, Tagovailoa would have been No. 1. Second place isn't too bad, either.
https://www.nfl.com/news/next-gen-s...ers-of-2022-geno-smith-tua-tagovailoa-excel-a