Tua: Dolphins' Tua Tagovailoa Says He Expected Transition to NFL to Be 'A Lot Harder

[Dthrill_08]

"I expected it to be a lot harder," he said of playing in the NFL, per Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk.

"Not that it's not hard," he added.


Not sure if it was posted before.

 

[OmegaPhinsFan]

Seems to express his feelings, honestly. He also said last week he was not sure if he would ever be the same - post injury. If you take his words, he never said it was easy. It is hard, he just thought it would be harder. Coming from a program with an ex NFL head coach, a pro style offense, and semi-pro players will always help over someone from a smaller college

 

[GUH-sick-EE]

Sounds like Flo and his defense had Tua very well prepared. I'd expect nothing less from this coaching staff.

 

[Dthrill_08]

Yea. I agree. I think Tua is humble and people are over thinking it. The kid just said he thought it would be harder. he is playing pretty good.

 

[FanMarino]

I think it's a positive. Much rather hear that than him saying hes finding it harder than he thought. Tua comes across as well grounded and eager to become better. It didnt come across as a brag or him being complacent.

 

[greasyObnoxious]

processing information was on a top 5 level for NFL QB's as soon as he was drafted.

 

[spiral]

But...but...the Wonderlic score?!

 

[The Bopkin]

He also said, by harder, he was expecting to see more exotic defensive looks and schemes thrown at him, but he hasn't seen anything that complicated.
I believe that is, in part, what he meant.

 

[PokerBrian]

The more important thing he said at the same time as that comment is that things are already starting to slow down for him. That's great to hear after only 3 starts.

One other thing I've noticed about him vs the other young qbs we've had including Tannehill, Henne, Beck, etc... Is that he's using the entire field. If I recall correctly all other young qbs we've had basically only used half the field per play until they got more comfortable.

 

[mrbunglez]

At least he’s not saying he’s “seeing ghosts”

 

[lynx]

I watched a whole segment on these comments, Skip Bayless tried to tear into Tua but in the end had to admit he's good

 

[NYPhinzFan]

I watched a whole segment on these comments, Skip Bayless tried to tear into Tua but in the end had to admit he's good

Me too. I hadn't seen or read Tua's quote and was surprised but the actual quote in context is pretty harmless.

 

[Finsational]

I watched a whole segment on these comments, Skip Bayless tried to tear into Tua but in the end had to admit he's good

Oh my.....Bayless. Everyone on this board has more knowledge than that clown.

 

[hoops]

Need to start seeing it more consistently on the field...it’s early I know but I wasn’t expecting 150 yard passing games. Not from a talent like this.

feels like the offense is a little limited gameplan wise...or maybe a little safe is more accurate a word

 

[RobertHorry]

Need to start seeing it more consistently on the field...it’s early I know but I wasn’t expecting 150 yard passing games. Not from a talent like this.

feels like the offense is a little limited gameplan wise...or maybe a little safe is more accurate a word

I don’t think we need more than 150 yards per game if we are winning. It’s usually when rookies start throwing for 250+ that the game isn’t balanced and you are usually losing.

Gailey doesn’t want any of his rookie QBs throwing 30+ times if he doesn’t have to. Look at most of the sets and personnel we ran last game. I haven’t seen so many run based packages in a while.

look at brady and Big Ben when they first played. Pretty similar style to the T