Watch Colin Cowherd of FS1’s The Herd discuss the apparent weight loss of Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, as Colin believes Tagovailoa’s recent appearance at a promotional event looking noticeably thinner is ‘alarming.’
Check out the segment above as Colin details why ‘skinny’ does not win in the NFL, especially for a player like Tagovailoa who doesn’t have any athletic ability.
Colin Cowherd: “I saw something this weekend where Tua Tagovailoa showed up to a promotional event and looked noticeably thin. He’s listed at 225 and he looked to be about 200 pounds. And this is a pocket quarterback... It is a little alarming. He looked really, really thin. Tom Brady lost weight when he retired, that I get, but I think Tom kept some weight on because he was a quarterback. Aesthetics matter and it worries me. There’s never been a great skinny quarterback in league history. Mannings weren’t, Favre wasn’t, Brady was 230, Big Ben, Elway... You think Aaron Rodgers is thin? I’m 6’1” ½, 195-ish... Aaron Rodgers is 6’1” ½, 225. Aaron is 30 pounds heavier than me and I don’t think I’m that thin. I like my quarterbacks like my furniture – big and hard to move. Tua is not a hyper-athletic quarterback who wants to get faster. He’s not really that mobile, he’s not big, he doesn’t have a power arm.
I love Joe Burrow and Trevor Lawrence but they’re a bit on the thin side. Burrow is hurt often, Trevor Lawrence last year must have had six lower torso injuries. Phillip Rivers, to me, THAT’S the perfect quarterback body. 6’5”, 230. He once played 14 straight seasons of at least 16 games. He once played with a torn ACL. Jared Goff is the only ‘thin’ quarterback in the league that I’ve probably only ever really liked and thought he was a top 10 quarterback. I understand a little with Lamar Jackson losing weight, but he’s hyper-mobile and perhaps wants to get faster; although I don’t see a lot of linebackers and safeties catching him.
I like BIG, I like STURDY, I like ‘can play hurt’... I don’t get it. I cannot believe there wasn’t at least one Miami Dolphin upstairs who said ‘wow, he looks thin.’ He’s already small, he’s already got an average arm... I don’t know, it’s something.”
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