Pretty sure he was head of our scouting department before that correct? I could be wrong here. Minkah still counts.
Want is irrelevant because it's not happening. Guaranteed. You don't fire a guy who was told to tear down a roster entirely after he's done nothing but significantly better the teams record. It's just not even a remote possibility. I will say I would like to see more play makers drafted (Minkah and Tunsil made the PB though were of course traded for differing reasons). But overall the drafts are solid. His future will depend mostly on Tua and what he (Grier) does this offseason. FA misses and draft busts with team regression? The seat heats. FA scores with a dynamic rookie class and playoff berth? Cold as ice.
I'm not trying to predict the future, but you clearly have a crystal ball Zoltar. Plus my comment makes perfect sense. How dare you. Seriously though, at the end of the day what Tua does going forward is anybody's guess. I believe, like others who have made the Manning comparison. One bad rookie year isn't indicative of a players career.
Josh Allen was the worst QB in the NFL. What happened? Oh you get him an elite receiver and he turns into a stud. Tua will never be successful throwing the ball to practice squad rejects.
We were one game away from the playoffs. Only blowout of the season. The team is way beyond my expectations
I didn't think he would do it, but damn if he's not doing it. And yeah, his growth would probably be a model. On the minus side, he's got a cannon that Tua doesn't, but he was never anywhere near the accuracy marks Tua posted - different players, but could be similar trajectories. Personally I don't think I'd be upset at a QB unless we really reach for a Trask or Jones, but I also think that it's a perfectly valid option to actually get some offensive talent, and give your young QB a full offseason of coaching and practice reps. Either way it's intriguing and exciting to me trying to suss out the direction we may take.
They weren’t wrong, they had their guy right in front of them, and now he’s playing lights out in Tennessee. They were stupid, not wrong.
Too many upgrades to select at that spot to waste a pick on "competition" which might be marginally better than what we already have. If we drafted a QB with #3, he could be Tua 2.0. I'm all for competition but if you think Tua is not the guy, you have roughly the same chance that the next guy isn't either. I'm okay with drafting a QB (the way WFT did with Kirk Cousins and RGIII) to spur competition and provide insurance, but not with the #3.
Comparing Tua to Burrow or Hebert is a bit unfair due to limited college experience. Hebert: 1293 attempts Burrow: 945 Tua: 684 Mahomes: 1349. Wilson: 1489. Tua is raw, very raw. I thought he performed well enough give the difficulty our OL had in pass protect. And the limited skill players around him. Flores decided to start him because we needed to know how he would perform and physically hold up. Winning was not the sole goal, finding out what we had was far more important. Did he show enough? Fitz thinks he has "it". We will find out in April if Flores does too.
Man it's crazy around here... There's people saying Fiedler is better then Tua, really?! The Tannehill thread still keeps popping up, even though the guy is gone and some people put him in the class of Rodgers/Brady/Montana/Mahomes + some of them seem more interested in the Titans for that matter... I thought this is a Dolphins Forum... For the draft it's still early so I didn't make up my mind of what I want them to do, but as of now I'm quite positive that our regime won't stink it up, especially after last draft where I only had one question mark which was Iggy with one of our firsts. If the draft was today, I would want us to trade out of the 3rd pick to acquire more picks, if they didn't do that and Sewell would be there I would take him.
Van Ginkel has played very well but he's not a pro bowl player yet. One of the few bright spots from this season. Sanders is not a pro bowl player.
Minkah, Tunsil. I also think that Van Ginkel and Gesicki have the potential. And honestly, I’m with whatever coach that said, “I’d rather have a team of Super Bowlers vs Pro Bowlers.”
Allen always had a strong arm and good mobility, even when his passes were being dropped. Tua has neither.
What do you mean raw?He was supposed to be the most polished Qb coming out of last years draft playing at the biggest school in colege football. This guy is to small,average mobility,average arm,injury prone,panics in the pocket when his first read is covered,and can't read a defence. and causes his own sacks because he can't see the field.I said it last year how can this guy be a top 5 pick espeically coming off that hip injury.The front office **** the bed with the most important pick in recent memory. Brian flores is a great coach but without the Qb they will never win this division as long as allen is healthy.If they don't find one this will 2000-2003 all over again.
Josh Allen is 6'5 240lbs with a cannon for an arm. Tua is 5'11 with a piece of over cooked fettuccine for an arm. You could have left it at "Tua will never be successful"
Exactly. Tua was not supposed to be a raw project. He was supposed to be smart, accurate, etc, which was supposed to offset his lack of arm strength, short height, and pretty average mobility.
I thought coming out he is a 6th or 7th rd talent.Bama didn't miss a beat when he left.Its all about the Wrs,line,and Rb.
That's one of the things that worries me about taking QBs from big-time, perennial-contender schools. They're used to having the best talent in the country around them and it can make them look a lot better than they are. Look at the best QBs in the league right now. Did ANY of them come from a team that was contending for the National Championship? Aaron Rogers was Cal, IIRC. Drew Brees was Purdue. Russel Wilson was Wisconsin. Mahomes was Texas Tech, Josh Allen was Wyoming. The only ones I can think of off the top of my head that were a National Champion contender are Burrow, who is a rookie, and Mayfield, who has had his ups and downs but looks very good this year.
Must admit I loved Burrow coming out and still do.But yea for the most part you are right. If I was front office I would sure being doing my homework on Wilson from Byu.
I said people and the there is really nothing in Tua that reminds me or is comparable of/to Fiedler and if that was the case I don't think we (Grier) would have drafted him at all.
Not intending to be an ***, but based on the mindset you posted, the Browns should have crucified Baker Mayfield his rookie season. I’m not defending Tagovailoa...I somehow feel I have to keep reiterating this but I also know that our offense at the skill positions SUCKED save for Gisecki. I also know that Gailey called a much different game with Fitzpatrick under center than he did with Tagovailoa under center. Gailey was much more conservative with Tua than he was with Fitz. We can all be upset and point fingers, screaming and yelling but we also have to be objectively honest. ONE player isn’t going to make a difference with an offense so void of talent
I thought he showed a lot of promise his rookie season. It was last season, his second, that he sucked.
We are not talking about wins. Tua did not look good. The teams with Herbert and Burrow are excited about those two moving forward, because they showed much more than Tua.
To add to your point, we’re a playoff team with Herbert this year. Even with the lack of weapons. After this years draft, with upgrades at OL, RB, WR, we’re a super bowl contender with Herbert. Our defense was able to mask how dysfunctional our offense was most of the season. You can’t rely on that in the playoffs.
Exactly.The wins. were because of Great coaching Tua on chargers or bengals he would not have won a game.
Yeah man. I went through this with Tannehill...I'm at the point that I just want the Dolphins to draft a QB that has physical abilities to deal with a bad oline, or whatever. Tua absolutely, to me, did not display anything to warrant being the 5th pick. Even if he ends up being a decent QB (I compared him to Ginn recently), you don't use a top 5 pick on an undersized, weak armed, timid game manager QB. I just don't see superstar when I watch him, ands I never saw it when I watched him at Alabama.
Scary part why did our front office? We wasted a 2nd rd pick on Rosen and now 5th overall on Tua. Do we have a guy that can Identify QB talent?
WHAT?????? You say Sanders is Pro Bowl caliber??? The man missed only 3 FG attempts all season long; 2 from 40-49 yards and 1 from 50+. The man is virtually Mr Automatic!!
That’s exactly my sentiment. I felt like he was a 2nd round talent hyped up to #1 pick before his hip injury.
Raw as in inexperienced. Compared to those others mentioned in this thread, he is, just like the rest of the 2020 first round class, a project. That's the reality.
