Tua is not the Problem

Damn I wanted to see him finish the season. I guess it's Skylar time.

 

Teddy Bridgewater likely to start at Foxboro.

 

You do know the play call doesn’t tell him where to throw right? Just a reminder, because apparently you don’t know based on this comment. Fact of the matter is the defense baited tua into that throw and he took the bait all while tyreek hill is wide open. Fact of the matter is the quarterback failed to read the defense and make the right throw. That’s the QB. Not the coach. Sure Tua stinks but Get a grip.

 

Sad to say, but his career might be over.

 

honestly for his sake and for the sake of his long term health this should be the end of the road for him. Go enjoy life outside of football while you still can Tua

 

Sadly I think you're right. It gets easier and easier to get more concussions after what he went through this year.

 

Wonder what kind of penalties the nfl tries to give us for this one now too. Who they going to fire this time? Spotter? Doctor? Simply remove the franchise from the league? What do you have for us to cover up your leagues own screw ups this time Roger???

we get penalized for “tampering” and tanking yet it’s ok for Indy to hire Saturday who had no experience. Now Denver hires the “clock management specialist” from the head coach they just fired. I mean, if that doesn’t scream tanking I don’t know what does anymore. This league gets more and more corrupt each week it feels like. Every team has their own set of rules to play by in Rogers world.

 

What the heck!?! How does Tua get two concussions in one season without anyone realizing it? They changed the darn concussion rules over Tua...yet they miss it again?!? That's infuriating.

However, it does explain the three interceptions at the end of the game. If the NFL did it's job, Skylar probably wins that game for us.

 

Spot on.

 

There was a late hit that shouldve been roughing the passer, he landed hard on the ground.. may have been then

 

Espn just showed a play whwre tuas head bounced hard off the ground.

 

Hope we don't see him playing again this season. He has proven what he can do healthy, now we need to see if he can get healthy.

 

We didn’t do Tua any favors by fielding such a sh*** OL the last years. If you’re going to draft a small injury prone QB, you better put a wall in front of him and Grier failed miserably.

 

What was the cause?

 

Correct me if I’m wrong but you don’t even have to have a concussion to be in the protocol. You just have to show something in the game that could lead to be or is a symptom of a concussion. I don’t think it’s confirmed he had one yet.,

 

That’s the play where it might have happened. Would explain the marked difference in how he played in the second half. Hope the dude is ok. He’s had a rough year with head injuries.

 

That would explain a lot.

 

This right here!!! After Tua’s concussion earlier in the year, how many times did our defense get flagged for roughing the passer…with nothing more than a love tap?

This should have been a roughing the passer and the damned spotters whose only job it is to watch the quarterback should have called down and had him checked out. If he cleared, he cleared. If he doesn’t, then you’re protecting your player. But because Tua is a Dolphin…

I hope his career isn’t over be cause of this. He’s a damned good quarterback

 

Somewhere, out there, Jaelen Phillips is having a fit.

 

Yeah it's a better explanation than some kind of mental issue. It's not like the pressure level suddenly rose way beyond what it was before, or beyond conditions he's played well in before.

Of course, durability is equally serious to choking. Whatever the reason, if you can't rely on a QB to perform well when it counts you need a better QB. Still hope Tua can play at least the Jets game and do well there because if the GB game is how he ends the season then I'm not confident in him either.

 

Pretty routine tackle and yet his head ended up bouncing off the turf. Jesus.

 

100%

 

One article I read mentioned Tua admitted on Monday to the coaches he had concussion symptoms. Maybe he felt fine during the game and woke up Monday with some symptoms.

 

only 3 out of the last 4, but there is hope

 

Maybe he has had them since the Texas second half and just refused to admit it?

 

no, the defenders know what Tua is doing. TE was wide open, it was a bad throw. Your comment proves the point, Tua is throwing the ball hoping the receiver is open and not seeing the defense.

 

That was the game he almost got broken in half.

 

I personally think he has had one for a while and is just now admitting it.

 

When was that play and yeah, that was a late hit on the QB

 

That was not roughing the passer, the defender made contact and initiated the tackle while Tua still had the ball in his hand, and it was a routine tackle. Tua is just made of glass. He also needs to learn how to break fall better without banging his head or he is going to have to retire. That type of tackle is very common if he is going to concuss any time he is tackled like that he might as well call it quits.

God I hate Grier for picking Tua over Herbert.

 

Definition of a spot thrower. Tua has been throwing to the same spots anticipating an open reciever to be there all season. Defenses have just gotten better at anticipating his anticipation and filling those spots with defenders. Tua needs to learn adjust and go off script somwtimes which he has not been able to do.

 

Oh c'mon, that was not a late hit. Tua was attempting to run with the ball in his hands as the defender initiated the tackle. Tua just needs to learn how to break fall better or get a harder head.

 

I miss the good old days when Tua's hip was our biggest concern. The concussions are ultimately going to end this guy's career before his rookie contract is over. It's a shame.

 

This was a very distinct possibility when you have two concussions in quick succession. You are much more likely to get that third. And now he's gotten it.

Tough business but the Dolphins need to move on. They absolutely cannot rely on him to stay healthy if they want to be serious about this team.

 

He's in the protocol, doesn't mean he suffered a concussion. It's not a good look either way.

I agree he can't keep missing games though.

 

Oh please! Tom Brady received a roughing the passer call for scrambling out of a pass rush and was tackled no harder than I tackle my granddaughter. The league selectively enforces rules based on the team and the Dolphins are mostly on the short end of the stick.

And I bet your melon is no tougher than Tua’s melon.

 

Just because there are a lot of BS roughing the passer penalties being called, doesn't mean that was roughing the passer. And yeah, after years of doing Judo, Kickboxing, and playing football without any serious concussion, I'm pretty sure I have a harder head than Tua.

 

That's true, and that would explain a lot...if he's been somewhat concussed the past several weeks. Maybe he was finally recovering and that hit rattled him once again.

I'm sorry guys, but I'm sort of hoping that Tua retires. Love the kid, think he's a stud QB, but life is more important than football.