Colin Cowherd: “I’m gonna throw a scenario at you. Buffalo hosts Miami on Sunday, Buffalo is a better team. What if Tua struggles, gets benched a third time, Miami misses the playoffs, and tomorrow’s headline is ‘NOT TUA IMPRESSIVE.’ What does Miami do with the number three pick from Houston? Think about this – their defense is GREAT, the number one scoring defense in the NFL. Their special teams are FANTASTIC, how many blocked punts? Excellent kicker, we know the head coach is great, and the development on the offensive line – Austin Jackson, I never thought he’d be this good as a rookie out of USC. The defense, coaching, and special teams is great and all that’s missing is a quarterback and it ain’t Ryan Fitzpatrick as the answer. You have the number three pick – Justin Fields and Zach Wilson are available. They’re bigger, look like they’re stronger than Tua, more athletic than Tua… Miami under Brian Flores will never have a top 3 pick again, he’s just too good. They have two firsts and two seconds and can roll the dice on one of these picks… Tua has not been a disaster and somebody would absolutely trade for Tua. Justin Herbert and Joe Burrow were asked to carry bad teams; Tua has been asked to manage what appears to be a very good team. Look at Tua’s yards per game, it’s LAST in the NFL among qualified starters. Herbert averages almost 300, Burrow almost 270, and Tua is at 160. He's done fine at managing a game, but every time he’s been asked to do more and WIN a game that’s not really what he can do.” (Full Video Above)
Listen to Colin Cowherd explain why he thinks the Miami Dolphins should seriously consider drafting a quarterback in next year’s NFL Draft with one of their two first-round picks, and move on from rookie Tua Tagovailoa should he continue his struggles in Week 17 vs. Buffalo and ruin Miami’s playoff hopes.
The Dolphins will not only have their early-20’s first-round pick depending on where they finish, but they also have the 4-11 Houston Texans’ first-round draft pick because of the Laremy Tunsil trade, which if the season ended now would be the no. 3 overall pick behind the Jaguars and Jets.
Tagovailoa threw 10 touchdowns in his 8 starts and averaged 180.5 yards passing. He was benched in two of his starts and was relieved by Ryan Fitzpatrick who instantaneously energized the offense in both affairs, including their miracle comeback victory last week in Vegas.
Check out the segment above as Colin details why he thinks the Dolphins could trade Tua in the off-season and take Ohio State’s Justin Fields, or BYU’s Zach Wilson in the upcoming Draft as their new quarterback project.
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