Tua On NFL.COM List As Potential Year Two MVP.

[Fin-Loco]

NFL MVP award: Nine candidates to follow in footsteps of 'Year 2' winners

www.nfl.com

"Consider the two stat lines from Dolphins rookie quarterbacks below. Which belongs to Tagovailoa, and which belongs to Hall of Famer Dan Marino?

• Quarterback A in 9 starts: 6-3 W-L, 63.9 completion percentage, 200.6 passing yards per game, 11 passing touchdowns and five interceptions.
• Quarterback B in 9 starts: 7-2 W-L, 58.4 completion percentage, 218.9 passing yards per game, 17 passing touchdowns and five interceptions.

If you guessed Quarterback A was Tagovailoa, you're correct. There's been some hand-wringing about a lack of deep completions in 2020 (he had just seven of 20-plus air yards). But Tagovailoa led the NFL with a 47.5 completion percentage on tight-window throws (in which the targeted player has fewer than 1 yard of separation), among those with a minimum of 40 such throws. I will allow that this is an especially bold prediction. And yet, this is his first fully healthy offseason after dealing with rehabilitation from a college hip injury in 2020. The Dolphins have also added track star (and former Alabama teammate) Jaylen Waddle and the explosive Will Fuller to the pass-catching arsenal. So it's plausible to imagine Tagovailoa taking a Marino-like leap as a sophomore."

 

[Rev Kev]

Warranted

Not a for sure thing but could be in the convo of top 5

 

[Phinatic8u]

I doubt we will see a Marino like jump, but we will see a jump and its gonna be glorious.

 

[Fin-Loco]

I doubt we will see a Marino like jump, but we will see a jump and its gonna be glorious.

Who knows? Is a Marino like jump likely? I mean that would be a helluva thing.

 

[juniorseau55]

NFL MVP award: Nine candidates to follow in footsteps of 'Year 2' winners

www.nfl.com

"Consider the two stat lines from Dolphins rookie quarterbacks below. Which belongs to Tagovailoa, and which belongs to Hall of Famer Dan Marino?

• Quarterback A in 9 starts: 6-3 W-L, 63.9 completion percentage, 200.6 passing yards per game, 11 passing touchdowns and five interceptions.
• Quarterback B in 9 starts: 7-2 W-L, 58.4 completion percentage, 218.9 passing yards per game, 17 passing touchdowns and five interceptions.

If you guessed Quarterback A was Tagovailoa, you're correct. There's been some hand-wringing about a lack of deep completions in 2020 (he had just seven of 20-plus air yards). But Tagovailoa led the NFL with a 47.5 completion percentage on tight-window throws (in which the targeted player has fewer than 1 yard of separation), among those with a minimum of 40 such throws. I will allow that this is an especially bold prediction. And yet, this is his first fully healthy offseason after dealing with rehabilitation from a college hip injury in 2020. The Dolphins have also added track star (and former Alabama teammate) Jaylen Waddle and the explosive Will Fuller to the pass-catching arsenal. So it's plausible to imagine Tagovailoa taking a Marino-like leap as a sophomore."

Let's not get ahead please. We need to have 200 + yard games multiple touchdowns and wins on his record to consider him for team mvp at least lol.

 

[gregorygrant83]

Marino's 2nd season was record breaking.
I wouldn't put the cart that far ahead of the horse. I would settle for good season and showing solid growth. For example if he shows the growth we've seen in preseason for 15 of the 17 games I would be more than happy.

 

[Feverdream]

I've got Tua on my radar as a really nice QB2 for fantasy purposes, and it's just because of the fact that he could explode here.

The team will have to pass to set up the run, and our two best RBs are both receiving backs... If Tua can avoid seeing a rise in his interception %, he could manufacture some monster numbers.

Our team is better than the Bengals and the Chargers. Our defense is WAY better... and if Tua can remain healthy and just play smart, he can achieve 300 yards in most of our games. He is set up to succeed... and he is set up to have great FFL stats.

 

[Dan13Forever]

Again, i could care less what the national press thinks.

That said, year two jump is inevitable, as long as the hip is the thing in the past.

 

[Fin-Loco]

Amazing that everyone gravitates to defend Tua but when he gets something positive written about him in any manner, suddenly there is 7 likes in 18 hours...

 

[The Goat]

Who knows? Is a Marino like jump likely? I mean that would be a helluva thing.

I am of the opinion that that jump will occur when he trusts his outside weapons on go routes like he trusts his receivers on crossing and seam routes. He's just gonna have to say "**** it" and let it fly. And yes, I believe that will happen.

 

[Eesti]

Most of the Tua naysayers judge him based off his last performance which was abysmal (Bills). He was way more efficient than that as a whole although not all that dynamic. Most of us realize "why".

He had a hodgepodge group of WR's last year which is night and day from how Miami will start the season. The depth is also better which should help in the long run.

The fact that we added THREE dynamic receivers (Waddle, Wilson & Fuller) will make all the difference in the world. It will also open the field up for players like Gesicki & Parker as well as Gaskin. It's a very diverse group....Big red zone targets as well as explosive YAC guys.

I foresee a very efficient season for Tua combined with many more explosive plays. Realistically, I could see numbers like....

4,200 yards, 32 passing TD, 7 rushing TD, 10 ints (65% comp. %)

Combine all that with a top 5 defense and look out.

 

[bdizzle00]

Please just let the OL be even average. If it is, Tua should ball out.

 

[Beach Bum]

I think Tua will learn and grow as the season unfolds, with our offense peaking late in the season. I see us becoming one of those teams other teams don't want to play when their season is on the line. Woot!

 

[TrogdorTheBurninator]

This is just the beginning...

 

[J. David Wannyheimer]

Amazing that everyone gravitates to defend Tua but when he gets something positive written about him in any manner, suddenly there is 7 likes in 18 hours...

I was a fan of his, advocated drafting him, and have defended him after a rough rookie season. But saying he's a top NFL MVP candidate right now is kind of ridiculous. This article stinks. Garrett Podell is under contract to write articles for NFL.com and is judged based on how many eyeballs his articles can get to the site, so the result is pablum like this.

Your top NFL MVP candidates are guys like Aaron Rodgers and Patrick Mahomes. Tua is a guy who has had one poor season and a couple of nice preseason games. That's, uh, that's not a guy you should expect to have an MVP season. A more reasonable goal for Tua: Hold the starting job for the entire season, be more efficient at creating passing yards, and lead the team to more touchdown drives without becoming turnover prone. That probably doesn't get a lot of clicks at NFL.com, though.