Tua Tagovailoa Is Killing It At Practice

After suffering the “Bo Jackson” hip dislocation most NFL coaches worried about Tua Tagovailoa’s recovery for the NFL. The Miami Dolphins put faith in the quarterback by selecting him fifth overall and according to practice (sorry, Allen Iverson) … it’s about to pay off.

Great day of practice for Tua Tagovailoa, his best yet. He opened it up a bit and threw 3 pretty TDs 👀

– A 69-yard bomb to Malcolm Perry on a go route, best throw of the day.
– A 25-yarder in traffic over the middle of the field to Ricardo Louis
– Short corner to Gary Jennings pic.twitter.com/HsYgriBhFZ

— Cameron Wolfe (@CameronWolfe) August 24, 2020

Hard to believe a player lighting up an NFL defense like this could draw comparisons in any way to Tim Tebow. Reality is that Tua had all the tools to be an elite NFL QB, but the recovery of his hip was the only detail of Tua to question.

Did we forget NFL teams get the opportunity to send their own doctors to evaluate a player? People couldn’t have thought the Dolphins were guessing. Right?

The team understood Bo Jackson’s injury was severe but happened in 1991. That is an era miles behind our current understanding of athletic medicine. 1991 is a long time ago. We are closer to 2050 than 1990. We were wearing fanny packs that year, so it’s understandable why doctors couldn’t save Bo Jackson’s career the way they will for Tua.

Miami Dolphins fans should be elated… they haven’t had anyone worth a damn at quarterback since Dan Marino’s final season in 2000.

Hey guys, so today was #DOlphins QB Tua Tagovailoa’s best day in practice. Tua threw 3 TDs, including a 70-yard bomb down the sideline to Malcolm Perry. He wasn’t afraid to take chances today, and threw the ball away equally when necessary too.

Stock going up!

— Safid Deen 💯💯💯💯 (@Safid_Deen) August 24, 2020

It is also understandable to hit the breaks on Tua being the next coming of Marino, but Tua clearly recovered from his ugly injury at Bama. Projecting dominance from college into the NFL is next to impossible, but let’s acknowledge the rookie is checking every box possible to date and that should scare the piss out of Bill Belichick.

Unless of course it leads to New England grabbing Trevor Lawrence No. 1. Genius.