Threads from the Enemy (Phins)

[CJD]

(09-30-2022, 11:56 AM)MileHighGrowler Wrote: I admittedly don't watch the Phins on a regular basis.  But watching them last night, they'd be a force with Herbert.  Their stats aren't super far apart this year, but that's due to one game, and I'm worried Tua isn't going to be long for the league. 

Yea, I mean, it was objectively a mistake to take Tua over Herbert. As we saw last night, Miami's offense didn't really change when QB changed from Tua to Bridgewater. In some ways, it actually improved (compare Tua's underthrow of Tyreek that resulted in an INT vs Bridgewater's well placed ball to Tyreek that resulted in a huge gain). 

So Tua is, essentially, a game manager. That's not necessarily a bad thing. Some would even call Joe Burrow or even Tom Brady a game manager (although I disagree with them), so it's not like that's a death knell. 

But compared to Herbert who is the defining player on that offense, it's hard to see any justification for taking Tua over Herbert other than "we got swept up in college performance rather than QB traits."