I've read a lot of critiques on Tua and most tend to either be mostly positive towards him or mostly negative. This article struck me as a completely unbiased take on him rather then trying to prop him up or cut him down. That's all.
mmm, when he opened with Tua's "underwhelming 2020 season" you kind of knew where this one was going...
Ok, it was not all negative and highlighted some major positives like his performance against the blitz etc, where he rated top or near top in all categories against the 2020 rookies. Let's face it, that's pretty impressive stuff, and already demonstrates his ability to read defenses and audible/move to adjust.
However the reviewer really lost me with his comments about deep balls, or more specifically some of the examples he picked. The long throw downfield against the Cardinals drew a PI flag and a healthy first down. Err, somehow that was a bad throw?
Then the throw to Parker against the Bengals which was purely a dropped catch in the end zone that should have been a sure touchdown - he can argue like hell it was the wrong option, but again the throw was right on the money.
Then there's Jakeem Grant (aka hands of stone / crap himself whenever there is someone near him) who fumbles a perfectly thrown ball in double coverage to gift the Chiefs an INT, and then his continual references to Grant as the free receiver. That's a major problem right there we've been talking about during the season and off-season - if Grant is our best option as a deep threat (especially when both Parker and Williams are injured) our QB is in trouble, period.
I'll take Tony Romo's critique of Tua from his commentary during the Chiefs game, where he was really impressed from what he saw from the rookie. Give him a proper deep threat option and a running game (two major elephants in the room the reviewer conveniently overlooked), and then let's assess where he's at.
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