Colin Cowherd: “Before the season I said that I was ‘worried’ about Tua. I watched Herbert’s size, arm, and mobility, and I see Burrow’s ‘flexible’, Tony Romo-ad libbing, and ‘make it up’ coolness, and Tua is very ‘system’ and very ‘safe.’ Yes, he will be accurate but I worry about him. He had 5.7 yards per attempt yesterday – that’s playing it SAFE. A lot of young quarterbacks are hard to evaluate because they go to bad teams, but with Tua, it’s different because the coach appears to be great, the GM aced the Draft and free agency, the culture, the momentum, the defense, and the special teams are all excellent. The offensive line and the weapons are not great but they seemed to work for Ryan Fitzpatrick, whose yards per attempt is 8th in the league, where Tua's is 30th. Josh Allen and Tua were on the same field yesterday and when you look at the quantifiable ‘IT’ stuff like size, mobility, confidence, arm, and swagger, it’s a 4.0 student and a 2.8 student. It’s ‘B-‘ to ‘A+.’” (Full Video Above)
Listen to Colin Cowherd explain why he doesn’t think rookie Tua Tagovailoa has that same ‘WOW’ factor as fellow rookies Justin Herbert and Joe Burrow, as Tagovailoa finished up a rather underwhelming rookie season that saw him finish 26th in QBR, 30th in yards per attempt, and second to last in the NFL in yards per game.
Check out the video above as Colin details why he believes Tua resembles a ‘system quarterback’ who is scared to take shots down the field.
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