Breaking Down the Best Tua Backing Yet

Tyreek Hill has been essentially the most vocal supporter of Tua Tagovailoa — and by far — for the reason that offseason, nevertheless it’s what Jevon Holland did Saturday that has spoken the loudest in regards to the Miami Dolphins gamers’ help for his or her quarterback.

Holland did not have a press convention after the observe open to followers Saturday, the one the place Tagovailoa shined, and however he posted a easy, but highly effective message on Twitter.

It was simply 4 phrases lengthy.

“In Tua we belief.”

Fellow security Brandon Jones doubled up on Holland’s message together with his reply to the tweet with this:

Once more, this was manner highly effective than something Tyreek Hill has stated about Tua since he was acquired within the mega commerce with the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs in March, and there are a number of causes.

HILL AND HYPERBOLE

First off, Hill is essentially the most dynamic participant on the roster and arguably additionally the most effective — although there may very well be a debate the place Xavien Howard is a part of the dialogue — so from that sense perhaps his phrases carry extra weight.

But it surely needs to be clear by now that Hill is not afraid of hyperbole and generally goes excessive together with his feedback, resembling suggesting that Tua is essentially the most correct within the NFL. Sure, Tua is correct, however all superior metrics from 2021 point out he wasn’t essentially the most correct that season.

One other instance of Hill’s hyperbole is his suggestion that he and Jaylen Waddle will kind the quickest huge receiver duo in NFL historical past. Whereas there isn’t a questioning these two are quick — very quick really — Hill apparently already has forgotten his time in Kansas Metropolis.

Simply Google Waddle’s 40-yard sprint time and it comes up at 4.37, which really is a hair slowed than that of Mecole Hardman, who is available in at 4.33 and who — oh, by the best way — performed with Hill simply final season.

The purpose right here is that Hill, by his podcast or throughout press conferences, is not afraid to make daring statements — even when the reality generally get stretched.

TUA’S TEAMMATE SUPPORT IN DIFFERENT WAYS

And one of many causes, as Hill himself has stated, is that he needs to inject confidence in his quarterback, so he’ll speak him up each likelihood he will get.

It isn’t simply Hill who’s had nice issues to say about Tagovailoa in media periods, one latest instance being new huge receiver Cedrick Wilson Jr. on Friday.

However here is the purpose right here, and one thing we have talked about earlier than: Teammate compliments in press conferences are to be anticipated and needs to be considered within the correct context.

Significantly, how would you count on a participant to reply when particularly requested about their quarterback?

Does anyone actually assume for a second anyone like Wilson could be like, “Yeah, I do not know. He is all proper, I assume”?

Now, THAT could be a narrative.

However Holland wasn’t requested about Tua on Saturday. He went out and printed the put up on his personal.

That is a younger heading into his second season and with a future that appears as vibrant as any participant on the group going out of his method to publicly help his quarterback, and one other gifted younger security doubling up.

And it additionally needs to be famous that Holland, whereas very open with the media, hasn’t proven in his younger Dolphins profession to make daring or outlandish statements.

The present of help won’t imply something within the grand scheme of issues or within the remaining evaluation, however that may have been essentially the most important Tagovailoa improvement Saturday, even greater than his excellent bomb to Hill in group drills.

It is what profitable your teammates over — if it already hadn’t been performed — or confirming their perception in you appears to be like like.

And, sure, that is perhaps Tyreek-like hyperbole. Or it won’t.