Tua's 12.2 average yards per completion is pretty good.

[NBP81]

I never said that. Whats funny is you deciding to jump in a conversation that wasnt directed to you.

But since you want to….

YAC/YPA has zero to do with arm strength if the pass plays are all short plays that break open. The OP stated this observation of high YPA like it clears tua from being “weak armed”. Anything else you want to comment on?

Actually, OP doesnt even talk about YPA, he's reffering to Y/C...

 

[Maybe Memories]

I sure as hell hope Tua isnt out there trying to prove people he has a stronger than average arm... I hope he's out there trying to improve his efficiency, which is measured in YPA, which was very nice last night and a good clip better this season...

Be grumpy all you want but dont throw out this false narrative that Tua's numbers overall are a result of YAC... Its weird.

Yet again, another poster wants to be in the mix with knowing the flavor.

Tua had an efficient game. But to state that YPA/YC clears the tua “weak arm” argument is a little early. Its one game and lots of his yards came from one play.

Regardless i am not discrediting what he did. The initial poster made a comment like this changes tuas arm strength narrative.

Far from grumpy, just realistic. Sorry if that bothers some of you.

 

[Maybe Memories]

Actually, OP doesnt even talk about YPA, he's reffering to Y/C...

And that changes what exactly? That tua has a rocket arm?

Im js, dont throw comments like this as it clears tua from being weak armed.

Again this wasnt direct towards you. People love to compare when it’s convenient.

 

[NBP81]

And that changes what exactly? That tua has a rocket arm?

Im js, dont throw comments like this as it clears tua from being weak armed.

Again this wasnt direct towards you. People love to compare when it’s convenient.

I think the original post is trying to convey that you dont need to have a "rocket arm" to be an efficient QB in the NFL. And you're seeing this as a direct attack to your opinion that he has a weak arm. No biggie. No need to get all worked up...

 

[Maybe Memories]

I think the original post is trying to convey that you dont need to have a "rocket arm" to be an efficient QB in the NFL. And you're seeing this as a direct attack to your opinion that he has a weak arm. No biggie. No need to get all worked up...

What a stupid thing to say if you arent trying convey otherwise. Then again he could have said many other things instead referenced Y/C and arm strength. Oh well.

Respect tho, gotta have cooler heads on finheaven. lol

 

[McDolphins]

All the people saying this is stupid because it’s just one week, etc. are right. But I hope they realize that it’s equally stupid to criticize Tua’s season YPA when he’s throwing behind the worst pass blocking line in football. We can’t give him time to sit in the pocket and throw deep. It’s not apples to apples with a functional offense with a functional offensive line.

Hell, last night we managed to block a flea flicker worse than any team in NFL history to the point that Tua had to improvise it into a screen pass.

That may have been the shortest flea flicker attempt in the history of the play. It’s not often that the original flicker turns out to be the receiver as well.

 

[NBP81]

What a stupid thing to say if you arent trying convey otherwise. Then again he could have said many other things instead referenced Y/C and arm strength. Oh well.

Respect tho, gotta have cooler heads on finheaven. lol

TBH, I think OP was badly worded and was sort of all over the map... But we dont need to follow suit. A more realistic comparison would be 21 Tua compared to 20 Tua without even bringing up how strong of an arm he has...

Tua's Y/C is 1 full yard better this year, and his receivers arent getting more YAC, so he's absolutely completing passes deeper this time around. While throwing the ball deeper, he's also improved his efficiency, which is at 7 yards per attempt compared to 6.3 last year.

Now the supporting cast last year was bad, its even worst this year. The OL is historically bad compared to bad for the year in 20. His receivers are at the top of the league at drops, which wasnt the case last year. They're also bottom 3 of the league at getting YAC.

 

[gregorygrant83]

Just looked over some of the other qb stats from week 9 and Tua's average completion yardage (12.2 yards per completion) is better than Baker Mayfield, Burrow, and Herbert. Not too bad for a guy with a weak arm that can't throw downfield.

Likely it's been mentioned, but just wanted to point out Tua didn't play in week 9, the Ravens game was the openning game of the week 10 schedule.

As for the weak arm that people knock him for, his arm is good enough to make 80% or 90% of the throws Herbert makes. Can't wait tillthe staff opens the playbook and lets him play loose.

 

[KBEE]

That may have been the shortest flea flicker attempt in the history of the play. It’s not often that the original flicker turns out to be the receiver as well.

Was that designed to go back to Gaskin....or was Tua under duress and that was his only option?

 

[Rev Kev]

Well lets start by not overstating this YPA thing like tua was slinging it down field. You wanna say he had a good game cool.. dont try and dispel the observations of tua having a weak arm by claiming the high YPA were gained by throwing “DEEP”.

Celebrate all you want but dont throw out these false narratives like he proved he has a strong arm. Its weird.

We don’t count Herberts and Burrows YAC?? - Ridonkulous!!

 

[DuderinoN703]

Actually, everyone else but 2 other teams get better YAC out of their receivers, and on top of it, only one team drops more balls than Fins receivers... If anything, Fins QBs YPA should be adjusted up, not down.

You sure the other teams don’t just throw 80 yard passes all day?

 

[eMCee85]

Is it just me or did it look like Tua had to put every single once of oompf in that throw to waddle. And it was only 35 yards. I dunno, maybe it was just me

 

[BahamaFinFan78]

Tua's yard per attempt this season is 7.0, tied for 21st overall, interestingly he is tied with Allen AND Mahomes

 

[McDolphins]

Was that designed to go back to Gaskin....or was Tua under duress and that was his only option?

Oh that was absolutely not the way the play was designed I have no doubt of that at all. I just laugh at how it panned out. It definitely helps that we got a first down on it.

 

[Rev Kev]

Is it just me or did it look like Tua had to put every single once of oompf in that throw to waddle. And it was only 35 yards. I dunno, maybe it was just me

It was anyone named Richard