I'll make this prediction, if/when Tua sees the field, he won't be a turnover machine. I know that noboby is alleging this to be the case, but the assumption is we'll have a bunch more INTs if he's the qb.
He's had 1 INT in 53 passing attempts. The UT linebacker made a great play to deflect and intercept what was likely a TD.
Even if Jalen is your preferred QB, you'd have to turn a blind eye to the fact that the reason he only has one INT in 222 attempts is because he doesn't throw many balls into tight spaces, which is part of the problem we've been discussing. In those situations he tends to tuck and run or when the play breaks down he throws it out of bounds.
So might Tua throw a few more INTs? Considering his attempts/INT ratio right now. Would you take 32 tds and 4 ints if he had 212 attempts on the year??? For comparision, Jalen has 222 attempts and 15 tds and 1 int.
Now imagine this, add all the passes Jalen hasn't throw that were likely called and imagine how much better Tua's numbers could be than the ratio currently projected. Tua throws a TD pass every 7 times he throws it.
There's no way to know how many times Jalen has run or thrown a ball out of bounds when he might could have passed, but if it's just 50 attempts, if Tua had been playing and he actually throws the ball and we add those attempts to his attempts/td/int ration how would these numbers looks right now?
262 attempts - 36 tds - 5 ints
These are just projections but just with Tua's current ball protection stats, we are not talking about catastrophic turnover problems at all.
He's had 1 INT in 53 passing attempts. The UT linebacker made a great play to deflect and intercept what was likely a TD.
Even if Jalen is your preferred QB, you'd have to turn a blind eye to the fact that the reason he only has one INT in 222 attempts is because he doesn't throw many balls into tight spaces, which is part of the problem we've been discussing. In those situations he tends to tuck and run or when the play breaks down he throws it out of bounds.
So might Tua throw a few more INTs? Considering his attempts/INT ratio right now. Would you take 32 tds and 4 ints if he had 212 attempts on the year??? For comparision, Jalen has 222 attempts and 15 tds and 1 int.
Now imagine this, add all the passes Jalen hasn't throw that were likely called and imagine how much better Tua's numbers could be than the ratio currently projected. Tua throws a TD pass every 7 times he throws it.
There's no way to know how many times Jalen has run or thrown a ball out of bounds when he might could have passed, but if it's just 50 attempts, if Tua had been playing and he actually throws the ball and we add those attempts to his attempts/td/int ration how would these numbers looks right now?
262 attempts - 36 tds - 5 ints
These are just projections but just with Tua's current ball protection stats, we are not talking about catastrophic turnover problems at all.