Even though the Dolphins were on a BYE week this Sunday there was a heated debate on ESPN Sunday NFL Countdown regarding the Dolphins decision this past week to bench Ryan Fitzpatrick and start Tua Tagovailoa. Rex Ryan was totally in favor of the decision saying Miami made the right call. While Matt Hasselbeck, Sam Ponder, and Tedy Bruschi criticized the Dolphins’ decision and said they didn’t understand it at all. They also wondered if Brian Flores actually made the decision or if it came from someone above him and they are forcing this change at quarterback on him. Watch the video clips below if you missed it as this discussion got very spirited and each side was very passionate in their opinions.
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Tedy Bruschi should focus his WHHIINNIINNGG on his Shitty Patriots wahhhhhhh.
Even though I didn’t like the dolphins drafting him in the first place I would have took Herbert I think they need to play him and see what he can do. If they ride Fitzpatrick all year and don’t see if Tua can handle the hits or be successful in the NFL then what? I think there looking to the future of the team and the franchise and if he goes out there and lays an egg and sucks it up they can always go back to Fitzpatrick just like they did last year when Flo named Rosen the starter for the remainder of the year but he pulled the plug on that and went back to Fitzpatrick. So by playing him there thinking about the future and next’s years draft.
Rex is an idiot. He got benched for his 16 years in the league not the last 3 weeks?? Well let’s look at that career. As a rookie, in just a half a game brought a Rams team that was down 24-3 back to win in OT in his first game ever. He also owns the Jets single season passing TD record. He owns the Texans single game passing TD record, throwing 6 against the Titans. He’s the only QB to ever be down 17 and comeback to win by 18 points. He has the longest TD pass in Bills history 98 yards to TO. Only QB in history to throw for 400+ yards 3 games in a row. He beat Brady and the Patriots with all 3 teams in the division. Only QB to beat a single team(Jags) 6 times each time with a different team. 220 career passing TDs, 168 INTs and 34421 passing yards, as well as 2605 rushing yards and 21 rushing TDs. BTW, Mark Sanchez has 86 Passing TDs and 89 INTs for his career. That’s the QB you thought would win you the AFC so your opinion on QBs holds no weight.
I can’t understand why there is a pile on about this decision. People would bitch if he sat and others will bitch that he plays. It is a lot of unnecessary pressure from these lame glory days announcers to be hateful towards Tua and undermine the coach. The kid has been to hell and back and these clowns put even more pressure on his debut. Of course he will make mistakes. He is a rookie. And I dont think the media would be going this hard if Fitz didn’t come out so whiney and heart hurt. Of course it hurts when you are fazed out, but a 37 yr old milking his pain nationally did his protégé, tua, and the team no favors.
I think Fitz should have remained the starter. He could keep teaching Tua for the remainder of the season. Fitz was playing well and he deserved better. The team was playing well with Fitz and now the offense will have to change without Fitz. Football is crazy in the management areas. Player’s like Fitz give everything they’ve got to win. I know Fitz does, he did it for the Jets, and gave them hope his first year with them.
Lol typical espn. Scared to blame a minority for a bad call so they say it must have come from higher up. The evil white people did it!