I’ve read a lot of posters hating on TVD for months. Some saying he’s trash and shouldn’t be playing at this level, that’s from a person who supposedly saw him in HS. You know who you are lol. We all know why too, folks had already crowned the prodigal son. I always preached I won’t crown players anymore until I see it on the field, and I won’t be crowning TVD in this thread. But I will say I saw some things today that I haven’t seen from many qb’s starting their careers. I‘m not even talking stats, I noticed small things that blew me away.
1. Tvd goes through all his reads and takes what the defense gives him, he reads coverage very well especially for his amount of starts.
2. He uses his eyes like a four year starter , moving Lb’s db’s out of their coverages. One simple play was around 9:30-9:40 in the fourth , he looked to a flat route , moved his eyes to the middle of the field and the lb backed out of the zone. Then he came back to the original read . It was a 4-5 yard gain but still. It’s the small things.
3. He’s always in control , never shaken, he’s body language always remains the same . He’s a cool cat and that matters especially for his teammates. They want leaders who have shall I say “ swag “not fake confidence.
4. We know he has unreal physical talent and makes nfl throws. But it’s looking obvious he has the “ it“ factor you want in a qb , making the play regardless of it’s a scramble , check down or running down a fumble trying to knock it out of bounds to save the possession / game.
The play That blew me away the most was a turnover lol. First it was a great play call by RL. We rolled the pocket right , it was pretty much a one man route to the sticks. Harley cleared the zone out and Rambo was wide open for the first down but he fell down. TVD rightly started to throw the ball away then he saw the post cut open behind the secondary, the secondary collapsed on the wide open Rambo. We all know Harley fell too but it was an easy big play or even a td if he doesn’t. I know the cardinal rule is not to throw back across the middle of the field late but that was a big big playmaker type play . To attempt that is beyond crazy , but having the eyes to see that is even crazier. That’s something you have or you don’t.
As I said I’m not crowning him but we might have something here we haven’t had in awhile. There’s definitely something here to work with.
Tvd and Garcia make the job little more **** for the next guy.
