It's wasn't an *** kicking from the Bengals. Got to remember we had to play that game after watching Tua getting taken away in an ambulance and even then still had a chance to win it. Also, stone hands Edmunds dropped a TD that most of this forum would have caught. I think it's obvious we would have beaten Buffalo in the playoffs with Tua if the game played out how it did with the defence scoring and having those interceptions. Skylar went 18/45 for 1 TD and 2 INT's yet Tua posted a rating of 123.8 and 104.0 against the Bills this year. We all saw the open guys Skylar missed and I'm sure Tua would have seen them too. I don't think we would have beaten the Bengals at their place in the playoffs with Tua. They are just a more complete team at this point, Miami had too many injuries.
Homers have the memory of a goldfish. They will be declaring us super bowl contenders again this offseason and completely forget about what happened the year before. Same thing that has happened every year for the las 20 years.
I remember Tua came back against the Steelers from a concussion and played HORRIBLY. I think the Steelers had like 5 dropped INTs. I wouldn't be surprised if he played worse than Skylar.
I preface this post with the statement that I am currently Tua NEUTRAL... but this is a good point. It's a fools game to assume what would have happened had Tua played against the Bills. Especially since the last time we saw him in action on Christmas day, he single handedly lost the team the game with some of the worst interceptions I have ever seen. You could argue it was the concussion, and it probably was. But he would have been rusty, maybe still suffering the affects from said concussionS, and who knows where he would have been at mentally even if fully healthy.
