This NFL offseason saw a few star WRs get traded to new teams and it made those QBs very happy.
One of those QBs is Tua Tagovailoa who is getting acquainted with his new prime target Tyreek Hill.
The two have been getting to know each other at OTAs and the Dolphins decided to show how it looked and it probably didn’t give fans any hope. In a video posted to the team’s Twitter account, Tua is seen dropping back and throwing a ball that looked great…until the camera pans to Tyreek.
It showed Tyreek basically waiting for the ball to come to him because it was underthrown.
Two seasons into his career, Tagovailoa has not performed like Mahomes, to say the least. It remains to be seen if he really is the quarterback for Miami to build around, which the team would certainly like him to be considering they took him over 2020 Offensive Rookie of the Year and 2021 Pro Bowler Justin Herbert..
So you can almost feel the sweaty yearning with which the Dolphins posted a close-up, slow-motion video of Tagovailoa hitting Hill with a deep pass, in practice, without pads. And “hitting” might be too generous a term, considering Hill seemingly had to slow down and turn around to haul in the wobbling ball.
Look, if this is the “underthrow a deep ball so the wide receiver gets an easy pass interference flag” play, then Tagovailoa and Hill are season-ready. If that was supposed to be a legit deep ball, and the best play the Dolphins social media team could find to promote Tagovailoa … that is less good.
Tagovailoa’s arm strength at least got a vote of confidence from offensive coordinator Frank Smith the next day, though it still cements that the quarterback is facing questions about his arm strength.
Twitter reacted as you would expect them to react.
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