I’ll say this: Tua Tagovailoa is better than any of us thought.
But comparing him — even his throwing motion — to Dan Marino? Nope. Gonna go ahead and disagree with you there.
That’s what NBC’s Sunday Night Football did toward the end of the first half of their broadcast of Week 2’s Miami Dolphins and New England Patriots tilt.
They did a little side-by-side of Marino and Tagovailoa, showing their throwing motions, and Cris Collinsworth discussed how they kind of look alike. Heck, they even flipped the photos of them since one — Marino — is a righty and Tua is a lefty.
Fans roasted the segment:
more tua right hand talk? pic.twitter.com/frfh0PdM5P
— Mr Matthew CFB (@MrMatthew_CFB) September 18, 2023
Almost turned off the TV when they did the Tua/Marino comparison on Sunday Night Football pic.twitter.com/Pq9KlZB4M9
— Gifdsports (@gifdsports) September 18, 2023
Flipping the picture of Dan Marino to compare him to Tua is top tier ridiculous content
— Talkin’ Jake (@TalkinJake) September 18, 2023
TUA COMPARED TO A HALL OF FAME QB 😳
— NBC Network Team compare Tua’s throwing motion to the great Dan Marino 🤔
— Is this a fair comparison ⬇️👀
— BallTalkSource (@BallTalkSource) September 18, 2023