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Tua's Growth between the ears is Stunning.

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He is processing data SO FAST in real-time and avoiding those 'vapor-lock' uncertainty moments that led to a lot of his injuries.

The single most impressive moments of the game, to me, was that pull-back of the throw that wouldve been spiked back in his face, or worse and maybe much worse.
99% of the time QBs let it fly for an easy play for the rushing defender. Instead, Tua turns it into a pump-fake hits the check-down that the defense didnt even realize was there and Ingold takes it for 6.

The degree that Tua is 'Master Of His Domain' out there supercedes any projections of who he would be when we drafted him.
For a player once thought to be the best of the 2020 draft class as of early fall 2019, before the emergence of Burrow and before the hip injury...
Tua is still blowing away expectations.

First, it was 'well, it's the Lions...
Then it was ',well, it's the Bears...
Now it's a Browns team with a pretty killer front-4 and badass ground game that beat TF out of a good Bengals team.

Anyway, just 'Wow'.

(Yes, I know I talked **** on the brotha a few weeks ago. That's part of my point. He figuring **** out, and Fast!)
 
I said during the game thread….he’s nailing every decision. It’s awesome to watch. Even something as simple as flopping after the bad snap. His movement in the pocket to avoid taking hits has been stellar. All while still playing in an unbelievably aggressive style.
 
One other things he gotten better at is removing that 1-2 “wtf?” type decisions he was making in almost every game last season and early in this season.

Every QB misses a couple throws, but he was making a couple truly bonehead plays (for example, remember some of those early TOs at beginning of Ravens game).

But not only is he not making the dumb mistakes, he’s not even making ANY mistakes. None. He’s paying nearly perfect.
 
Or maybe he was always pretty smart, like you know all the scouts said for years. But he had coaches that wanted to hit a square peg into a round hole. Just go look at all the routes ran by Waddle last year and you will find your answers.
 
What was he today….25 for 32? And there were at least two drops that I can recall….one was a great throw to Waddle and the other was the throw to Gesicki in the end zone. Perfectly placed but the defender ripped Gesicki’s hand off the ball.
 
Tua is not blowing away expectations he's living up to expectations. There's a reason he was picked 5th overall and was considered the #1 prospect before the hip injury. There's a reason we tanked for Tua. This is what his supporters expected out of him. He just needed a HC who wasn't a dunce and an OL that's wasn't complete garbage water. Mike McDaniel brought out the best in Tua while Aunt Flo plotted his downfall.
 
superphin said:
Tua is not blowing away expectations he's living up to expectations. There's a reason he was picked 5th overall and was considered the #1 prospect before the hip injury. There's a reason we tanked for Tua. This is what his supporters expected out of him. He just needed a HC who wasn't a dunce and an OL that's wasn't complete garbage water. Mike McDaniel brought out the best in Tua while Aunt Flo plotted his downfall.
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Im saying he's even way better than 'that guy' he was projected to be.
 
The 'growth' aspect is the point, too. Nobody comes out of college with the ability he has now. He's earned it through the hardest of 'hard knocks' but, mentally, he's playing in a gear nobody knew he had.

I saw the 'Bama footage. I saw what he did...
He was Nowhere near as good as he is now. He is So Quick now. He is managing the pocket and the pressure in the ways Danny used to. 6th sense. He wasnt doing That at Bama.
 
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