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Tua Tagovailoa
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The Dolphins are one of the fastest teams in the NFL thanks to the addition of Tyreek Hill on offense, adding his presence with Jaylen Waddle and free agent acquisition Ced Wilson. Miami also signed Chase Edmonds and Raheem Mostert at running back and improved the offensive line with the free agent signings of tackle Terron Armstead and Connor Williams.


The Dolphins offensive line was the source of their offensive inconsistency in 2021. Miami was 30th in the league in rushing (92.2 yards per game) and 31st in yards per carry (3.5 yards per carry). The Dolphins had three offensive linemen allow over 45 pressures last year in Liam Eichenberg (62), Jesse Davis (57), and Austin Jackson (49) -- all ranked amongst the top 10 in most pressures allowed in the league.

Tagovailoa completed 67.8% of his passes for 2,653 yards with 16 touchdowns and 10 interceptions despite the constant pressure in his face -- and he's 13-8 as a starting quarterback despite having three offensive coordinators coach him in his two seasons.

The downfalls are over for Tagovailoa, and that's fine with him. Tagovailoa wants an opportunity to win.


"It's exciting times for all of us," Tagovailoa said. "Aside from guys we have acquired, it's going to take work from all of us. We've got to do the most important thing why we're here, which is just win games."


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Tua Tagovailoa embracing pressure of leading Dolphins' revamped offense after team acquires Tyreek Hill, more

Tagovailoa is looking forward to the challenge with Miami
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I've said it before and i'll say it again. WHEN Tua drastically improves accross the board this upcoming season. The narrative surrounding him won't change. It will simply shift.

Instead of "I was wrong about this kid. He's truly talented and has what it takes!" it will shift to"OMG, look at all those weapons he has and the OL protection. I could put up great numbers behind all of that!"
 
andyahs said:
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https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/players/playerpage/2741209/tua-tagovailoa
Tua Tagovailoa
MIA • QB • 1


The Dolphins are one of the fastest teams in the NFL thanks to the addition of Tyreek Hill on offense, adding his presence with Jaylen Waddle and free agent acquisition Ced Wilson. Miami also signed Chase Edmonds and Raheem Mostert at running back and improved the offensive line with the free agent signings of tackle Terron Armstead and Connor Williams.


The Dolphins offensive line was the source of their offensive inconsistency in 2021. Miami was 30th in the league in rushing (92.2 yards per game) and 31st in yards per carry (3.5 yards per carry). The Dolphins had three offensive linemen allow over 45 pressures last year in Liam Eichenberg (62), Jesse Davis (57), and Austin Jackson (49) -- all ranked amongst the top 10 in most pressures allowed in the league.

Tagovailoa completed 67.8% of his passes for 2,653 yards with 16 touchdowns and 10 interceptions despite the constant pressure in his face -- and he's 13-8 as a starting quarterback despite having three offensive coordinators coach him in his two seasons.

The downfalls are over for Tagovailoa, and that's fine with him. Tagovailoa wants an opportunity to win.


"It's exciting times for all of us," Tagovailoa said. "Aside from guys we have acquired, it's going to take work from all of us. We've got to do the most important thing why we're here, which is just win games."


www.cbssports.com

Tua Tagovailoa embracing pressure of leading Dolphins' revamped offense after team acquires Tyreek Hill, more

Tagovailoa is looking forward to the challenge with Miami
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For sake of reference (Duke and Lindsey), Mia averaged over 4ypc and 134ypg the last 4 games. That's with an OL consistently rated cellar-worthy. Yes, Hill will help, but so will an improved run game.
 
ANUFan said:
I've said it before and i'll say it again. WHEN Tua drastically improves accross the board this upcoming season. The narrative surrounding him won't change. It will simply shift.

Instead of "I was wrong about this kid. He's truly talented and has what it takes!" it will shift to"OMG, look at all those weapons he has and the OL protection. I could put up great numbers behind all of that!"
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Truth. Team sports are funny like that. When players play well everyone does well. When they play poorly everyone suffers. But with Tua, that dynamic doesnt seem to apply for people and its going to be hilarious when they try to use that excuse not even understanding the hypocrisy of it.
 
E30M3 said:
Truth. Team sports are funny like that. When players play well everyone does well. When they play poorly everyone suffers. But with Tua, that dynamic doesnt seem to apply for people and its going to be hilarious when they try to use that excuse not even understanding the hypocrisy of it.
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We’ve all said it before. For some reason the kid has people that doesn’t like him. His stature, his personality, his physcial skillset, where and how he was drafted etc.

For those people it will never matter. They will never support or admit they were wrong concerning their negative opinions.
 
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ANUFan said:
I've said it before and i'll say it again. WHEN Tua drastically improves accross the board this upcoming season. The narrative surrounding him won't change. It will simply shift.

Instead of "I was wrong about this kid. He's truly talented and has what it takes!" it will shift to"OMG, look at all those weapons he has and the OL protection. I could put up great numbers behind all of that!"
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And many of the talking heads who spent 2 years trashing him, will say they knew he had “it” all along.
 
I think we are in store for the best offense we’ve had in twenty years, and a top 10 offense — this year.

I’m super objective on Tua, never chimed in on the conversation, not a hater or lover. But he is the sort of high character player with intangibles and accuracy who becomes a superstar with the right coaching and weapons.

Being objective, he performed admirably the last two years and there were glimpses of greatness.

Cutting down on the costly INTs, a bit more competent blocking, and our added vertical/horizontal space threats and scheme are exactly what he needed. Even his INTs to date amazingly all seem to come on completely blown plays or decisions, and not threading the needle or improper placement over the top. His throws are dimes when his reads are on point.

Dude is going to thrive this year.
 
ANUFan said:
I've said it before and i'll say it again. WHEN Tua drastically improves accross the board this upcoming season. The narrative surrounding him won't change. It will simply shift.

Instead of "I was wrong about this kid. He's truly talented and has what it takes!" it will shift to"OMG, look at all those weapons he has and the OL protection. I could put up great numbers behind all of that!"
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What do you mean? Besides it remains to be seen let things play out.
 
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