One of the more stunning results of this extremely young NFL season was the Dolphins’ ridiculous 21-point fourth-quarter comeback to beat the Ravens (-3.5) on Sunday. Not only did Miami score four touchdowns in the final 12 minutes to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat, they did it thanks to the show that Tyreek Hill, Jaylen Waddle, and, of course, Tua Tagovailoa put on through the air.
Now, you might think that a quarterback like Tagovailoa — who threw for six touchdowns and almost 470 yards against Baltimore — doesn’t have much else to prove. But the NFL community has long questioned whether the lefty Tagovailoa has the requisite arm strength to be a viable difference-maker under center.
A new video on Twitter — where the footage is flipped, so it looks like Tagovailoa is launching dimes to Hill and Waddle with his right arm — might make you reconsider some quarterback biases:
I flipped this video so Tua is a right handed QB, and it really changed the way I view his throw pic.twitter.com/c8tBH5TKU2
— Finsports Football (@FinsportsF) September 19, 2022
That is positively wild! Watch a standard Tagovailoa pass, and it does, indeed, look like the ball comes out with an awkward release. Watch this flipped video, and it looks like he’s got a cannon!
Now, what this actually means for the Dolphins (or any professional quarterback evaluators) is probably nothing. Unless I’m mistaken, NFL teams can’t figuratively flip reality on its head. But this clip sure will make you think about how you view a left-handed quarterback versus a righty.