Tua Tagovailoa is just beginning his NFL career but that hasn’t stopped people from rushing to judgment on whether or not he will be an “elite” quarterback. Tua has had to overcome a lack of weapons due to injuries this season and he has still managed to lead this team to wins and now has them on the verge of a playoff berth. Michael Lombardi joined The Joe Rose Show on Tuesday morning and offered up his thoughts on Tua.
Lombardi said, “What I see with Tua is what I thought I saw at Alabama, I worry about having elite skills. I don’t see elite skills, I don’t see an elite arm, and I don’t see an elite athlete. I see an elite instinctive player, I see somebody who’s accurate on a lot of short throws. I see somebody that can operate within a read-option offense effectively but I think if it becomes a drop-back pass game and he has to stay back in the pocket I see a small player who plays smaller when he has to play behind the center.”
A strong take here from Lombardi for a guy who has an extremely small sample size with a lack of weapons around him. Tua will have his next chance to become “elite” when the Dolphins take on the Raiders on Saturday night.
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