First-year Atlanta Falcons head coach Kevin Stefanski was possible hoping that quarterback Tua Tagovailoa would look higher within the first of two joint practices towards the Indianapolis Colts on Wednesday after Tagovailoa didn’t impress within the Falcons’ preseason opener towards the Denver Broncos on Aug. 14.
As a substitute, Tagovailoa sparked extra considerations along with his efficiency.
Tua Tagovailoa “woeful” towards the Colts?
Per Kevin Bowen of Indianapolis’ 93.5/107.5 The Fan, Tagovailoa had “a woeful day” going up towards the Colts protection. Daniel Flick of The Atlanta Journal-Structure talked about that “a lot of the Falcons’ go sport was fast and beneath with the first-team offense,” which didn’t produce “a lot explosiveness.”
Josh Kendall of The Athletic added extra details about how the Falcons’ first-team offense “nonetheless hasn’t clicked” this summer time.
“Tagovailoa was 8-of-13 passing in 11-on-11 work towards the Colts on Wednesday, and the one ball that traveled farther than 9 yards was a bounce ball landing to London, who did a lot of the work, making the catch over a defender and scampering the ultimate 30 yards to the top zone. Tagovailoa was 3-for-3 in seven-on-seven work,” Kendall wrote. “…Tagovailoa threw a pick-six within the closing crew interval of the day and faulted himself for dangerous ball placement.”
Why Tua Tagovailoa stays on observe to start out for Falcons
2024 first-round draft decide Michael Penix Jr. was alleged to compete with Tagovailoa for the beginning job. Nevertheless, he continues to recuperate from the surgical procedure he wanted final fall to repair {a partially} torn ACL, and he remained sidelined for 11-on-11 work as of Wednesday afternoon.
There is not any indication Penix will probably be cleared to play in preseason video games on the Colts this coming Saturday and on the Miami Dolphins, Tagovailoa’s former crew, on Aug. 28. Until that modifications and Penix exhibits over the following few weeks that he undeniably is the higher choice, Tagovailoa will keep on observe to start out Atlanta’s Week 1 matchup on the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sept. 13. For higher or for worse.
“We’re persevering with to develop, determining how guys run their routes,” Tagovailoa mentioned about constructing chemistry along with his broad receivers. “(I wish to get) them to speak with me and never go to their coach. Like, ‘Hey, let’s speak to one another.’ That’s how we’re going to have the ability to go on the market and really feel snug.”
One can not help however surprise if these receivers will really feel extra snug having Penix function the membership’s QB1 each time he’s bodily in a position to take action.
