(12-03-2019, 12:53 PM)Kane Wrote:

(12-03-2019, 09:35 AM)Cleatwood Wrote: Good grief.

Why weren't you posting all these amazing Minshew thoughts last year when he was coming out? Tua does things that Minshew can't. His arm strength, accuracy, touch and ball positioning are pretty elite for college.

I love Minshew but you're acting like he's the next great QB. He has A LOT to prove and I would hate for you to see here in 2 years saying "Man. Jags passed on Tua because they thought Minshew was the next great thing"

You're both right.
Tua is far better an athlete and his arm strength is far superior.
Tua is also awful under pressure. (Our OL isn't great so...) When Bama's OL broke down VS Clemsons DL, Tua looked lost, awful, and scared. There have been a handful of games vs the better teams with good DLs that Tua didn't look unstoppable as he has for most of his collegiate career. I was super big on Tua... but...
He is racking up an injury history that would make me weary of using a first round pick on him.
Though I'd be hard pressed to find myself saying Minshew > Tua in any argument.

Love me some Minshew and definitely want this team to build up around the QB room we currently have and address QB in 2021. But if somehow we get a chance to get Burrow (not likely) or Tua slides to the 2nd (also not likely) kinda gotta pull the trigger there.

But really, Tua has had an all star cast at WR his entire tenure at Bama. And his OL during his first starting season kept him super clean for the most part.
Something we don't have either of here, so I doubt his ability to come in and be a franchise savior, with the state of our franchise.

Well said. Pretty much sums up how I feel about this year's QB class. You're not landing Burrow unless you hand over an arsenal of draft picks to the Bengals for him. And there's a good chance the Bengals are already eyeing the Ohio native as their guy to begin with so any trades are probably off the table. 

Tagovailoa has been fun to watch. But over the last two years his inability to stay healthy is concerning. Especially considering he'll be facing much faster and heavier defenses at the next level. Any team eyeing him early better have their horses up front dialed in and ready to protect him as well. Which most teams that high rarely do. 

Virtually his entire WR group are pegged as 1st to early 2nd RD picks. All that said. If he slides to us in RD2. I'll be screaming for his selection. If not? 2021 has a promising class already between Lawrence and Fields.

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