While Chris Grier announced Miami will continue with Tua Tagovailoa at the helm next season, Mike Florio and Chris Simms explain the risks of investing in the QB long term. #NBCSports #ProFootballTalk #TuaTagovailoa
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Tua has to learn how to fall. Someone needs to teach him. I've seen his head flop backwards and hit the ground from a simple shove. lt is as if he has no neck muscles. When he has hit his head it wasn't from being picked up and body-slammed. He just gets pushed, goes backwards, hits his butt first, and for some reason he just flops on his back and his head hits the ground. He goes down light a fighter who has been hit right on the chin and his already unconscious before he hits the ground. It's weird. No one hits Tua on the chin. He didn't take a helmet to helmet hit. He is simply shoved backwards—and there he goes like a ragdoll. It is a more serious issue than his size. He needs to learn how to fall backwards. There is a technique to it so you don't let your head flop backwards like a rag doll.
Any QB will have injuries if their line does not protect them. The 1st concussion that was not called a concussion, was when Matt Milano caught Tua with his body squared up to him and Tua thinking that the play was over wasn’t prepared to be shoved after the play ended. If you know self defense you can push over a 300lb guy with just us push to the chest if they are square to you because they are not set correctly. Anyhow, Tua went backwards and the whiplash is what did the damage followed by the hit to the back of his head. Miami left him vulnerable as once you get concussed you are more vulnerable to subsequent concussions. Personally I hope for his sake that he hangs it up. If they start him in 2023, Tua needs to learn to protect himself as in sliding, throwing the ball away, not trying to extend a play that is not there. Also, plays will need to be schemed up for quick releases and they must run more and throw screens. Just my opinion.
It's all smokescreen so the media get off their backs for a few weeks.
Come late February, the official narrative will be fed to the media:
"The latest monitoring and neurological results show that Tua has not yet reached full recovery. Since his health (not his bank account) and peace of (or what's left of his) mind remain our primary concerns, we have reluctantly reached the decision to relieve him from the momentous pressure his eagerly expected return by the team subjects him to. Therefore, we will not retain Tua for the oncoming season, and we release him from all contractual obligations and considerations, so that he can devote his entire focus and time to a full recovery."
Wanna bet, guys ?
Hate to be pessimistic here but the doctors may tell Tua to not play next season. Tua has taken A LOT of hits and has had A LOT of concussions, some of which may have not even been diagnosed yet. I think he's out as Dolphins QB. This means Brady or Carr will be coming in next season.
Tom Brady as the backup in Miami
The O line needs to get better. The beginning of the year he was getting rid of the ball fast. If Tua is going to sit back in the pocket, he needs to just tuck and roll when the defense is on him. Maybe get a new helmet? Also, they should get rid of Teddy B. That guy is injury prone also.
Why invest in a “big time” backup QB when you can invest in a big time starting QB. Let’s not act like he just lit it up all year. He had spurts where he performed well against trash defenses and he lost his last 4 games…then there’s the injuries.
Chris Simms is so right. Yeah he can make some throws when he’s healthy, when. But yeah will just waste more time until we have a crap team again and then will finally get a good quarterback and no team.
How tf is he more prone due to his size due to how he falls.
You people are ridiculous.
Now Mike after the daniel jones situation this u dnt understand the value in making him prove it by at least getting a playoff win? 05:18
Everyone stop being so sensitive. You’re not doctors. You’re not the player. Let THEM decide. It’s THEIR life. That’s the whole point. You can’t say leave it to the experts and then contradict what they tell you. Ten years ago they had the same conversations about Rodgers. C’mon man
Tua is the number 1 passer rating in the NFL check the stats why would dolphins get rid of QB they have been looking for since Marino MF forget he retired in 99 it’s 2023
Lord Jesus we cover Tua in the Blood of Jesus protect him from all concussion we pray he never ever received one again in his carear….keep your son safe Lord Jesus from all evil and harm in Jesus name we pray …and let the saints say amen
I am a long time Buffalo Bills fan and I am concerned with Tua's situation with the concussions. (See O.J. Simpson; Aaron Hernandez). I had a concussion in the back of my hear in September 2019 and even with the one, I saw a small personality change in myself, namely in my stress tolerance ability. That one small change alone freaked me out. I am not trying to suggest that Tua will become a murderer or abuser, but those examples just offer insight into what concussions can do to a person over time.
That said, as a Bills fan, I do hope he can come back next year and change his game a bit to avoid more concussions. The Dolphins were competitive this year with both Tua and Skylar at the helm and if he can play, the Rivalry will continue to get better. But as we all learned with Damar Hamlin, football needs to "take a back seat" to the players health.
Does anyone find these guys incredibly annoying lmao
I believe Tua will make a decision to retire from football on the advice of his doctors.
yall sound like haters
Derek Carr please perfect for Miami chip on his shoulder something to prove can stay upright pretty durable bring him to the Dolphins
This guy is trying so hard to get clicks by mentioning Tua it’s sad
Simms is such a bozo. Those were not “average hits”. First of all, Doctors, Independent Neurologists, and NFLPA investigators stated that he did not have a concussion during the bills game. So he had 2 concussions (Higgins and Pickett among many suffered 2
Concussions this season). The Bengals game, he got wrap and slammed the the ground. Didnt even get flagged for it. If its Brady thats a flag and suspension. Brady would get knockout too. Packers game he whiplashed on the ground as well. Biggest Tua hating duo in the sports world. At least research before you just spew bs out.