The Return of Chunky Tua Tagovailoa!

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Chunky Tua Tagovailoa returns! Photos released showing Tua being a little more "portly" than he was last year. The guys quibble over Tua's health and fragility. Does a skinny Tua mean an injured Tua?

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00:00To his fat now, huh? Oh, yeah. Yeah, he is. I love it. Hey, let me tell you something

00:15First of all, it's offseason

00:20When football starts he'll be right I

00:23Don't want I think this is right to be honest with you. No, I hated the idea of fin tour

00:28I never liked the idea of fin tour. I think it's a terrible decision

00:33He needs more cushion for the pushing throws downfield and I think that to a tongue-of-eye loa should first of all

00:44I hate having these conversations with you

00:48Because you sound ridiculous why?

00:51Bigger doesn't always mean stronger

00:54It's not about stronger

00:55It's a little bit of a little bit of beef on his bones to think again

00:59Just because you're bigger

01:02Doesn't mean you can throw the ball better or harder. Not what I said. Not what I said you did

01:08What I want has nothing to do with arm strength has nothing to do with arm strength one of his problems last year

01:13He got a little too cute. Okay, he had a first full season and he thought now it's on my terms

01:20I don't like being portly. I want to be thin to her. I want to be what does he want to be Marcos?

01:27What in your words?

01:29Mobile terrible decision. No way terrible decision

01:34Chunky to her was a healthy to her. All right, and and and everybody was out here saying nah, nah, nah

01:41Nah, nah, let's get a more agile. Let's have him the wiggle room that he used to have. No stupid

01:48You need to have him sit in his portly ass

01:52Right there in the pocket zinging darts all over the field. I for one I'm happy to see you know, you can give you can get bigger

02:01without

02:02Having a beer belly

02:04Yeah, I don't like it. Just have him be him. You know, you know what?

02:10You know who was who had a terrible body Peyton Manning didn't run a lick sat there in the pocket

02:16alright body of an accountant and

02:19We we never had to see him with his shirt off. Not a problem

02:22This whole getting ripped as a quarterback terrible idea

02:27What does Patrick my homes look like?

02:31He's dad bod extraordinary he's proud of his dad bod

02:34And now to uh, look at this

02:37Partying on a boat this weekend. He's got the beer belly. I love it. Keep him healthy, dude

02:43That is the most important thing this whole running around and scrambling. I mean

02:49Even looking like that. What is your way to 15? Oh

02:52Yeah, he's still not a big boy looks like at least 15 games. That's what that looks like. It looks like a freshman 15

03:01I can't get in these conversations. Why dude because you don't make any damn sense. How does it not make sense?

03:08I told you last year. All right

03:10I'm not doing revisionist history. Like you are doing well you like you're doing with Bob. I said from the jump last year

03:16I hate the idea of a thin Tua because he's gonna get out there and run in the pocket and he's gonna get hurt

03:22So the decision is not his size

03:26The decision is a the the problem is with his decisions. Yeah, but here's the problem. No

03:32No, but here's the problem his size his size played into his decisions. You want to know why because

03:40He felt froggy because he's like, I'm thin now. This means I can go out there and scramble. Hey

03:47Hey, you know Peyton had to get his neck fused, right?

03:52Yeah, but not till the end

03:54So so here's the deal

03:59You can get bigger and

04:03Stronger and gain weight without getting a beer belly

04:10so

04:11to

04:13associate

04:19To us size

04:22With all the things you're associated with is not real accurate. You don't need to get

04:29Well, it is a dead bod

04:32It is that all pounds I have the last two years. I got fat Tua

04:36I got thin Tua thin Tua sucked and always got hurt, but it was

04:40Decisions is not the size of Tua

04:43But here's the thing when you're that size

04:46You don't think I gotta go here and run cuz you can't because you'll run like an armadillo

04:51So he's gonna be sitting there in the pocket just be like, well, I can't run

04:57Let's pause for a brief a brief station identification

05:02because

05:03We gonna let everybody out there

05:07The picture

05:10Because wait Marcos tell me that's not what you did I immediately

05:20So we go pause

05:22Let the fact that you said you want your starting quarterback to run like an armadillo

05:29Which has never been said on radio before I don't want him to run

05:34I never wanted him to run. Hey, I mean runs bad things happen. So the problem is

05:40Not with his body. The problem is with his decision-making, right?

05:47What's out there, but it's a false sense of security when he's thin

05:54Well your sports logic I think my sports logic is sound

05:59Okay, they were I said this last year I'm not I'm not doing the thing where it's like you're changing you you always loved Bob

06:05It was all about gambling. I am out here telling you

06:09Marcos was sitting here like a buffoon. Nope on our radio show sitting

06:16Mobile, I wanted to be

06:18mobile and I said

06:21Stupid because he's gonna get hurt because you want to know why in the history of Tua anytime he was

06:28Mobile he got hurt

06:32Again

06:33Again, you're putting it all on the size of Tua it is and I'm putting it on to his decision-making like really

06:43Really

06:44that's

06:45They're not very elusive. They're hit by cars all the time

06:48I mean, it's basically a big caterpillar or a big snail. What do you call those things?

06:54right

06:56Look at that. So that's what you want to it and run like I don't want him to run

07:00Or do you want to it have the armor of an armadillo? I want him to do that, too

07:03I want him to get back into the jiu-jitsu dojo and I want him to get back on his own

07:07And so can I just point out something?

07:12If he goes back to jiu-jitsu, yep, you do realize he's gonna get small

07:18No, you know, he's gonna be working out. No, he just has to work on first of all, look

07:26We already have the evidence in front of us. He went to jiu-jitsu once a week. Okay, you're not gonna become a black belt

07:32He needs to work on Falls and lands and that's it

07:36alright

07:37immense cardio

07:3930 minutes a week of doing Falls and then I want him to open up the bag of chips

07:45So he slows down and he just stays in the pocket

07:50Okay, you might be the first person in the history of sports talk

07:56that would say I

07:59Want my quarterback to look more like me? Yeah

08:02Yeah, I want him on the field

08:06zinging darts

08:07Throwing babies. He needs to make better decisions and here's the first one. Don't get thin

08:14keep partying on the boat one, two, three Cancun I

08:19Want I want to uh on the pontoon boat all offseason by the way, hey

08:25Let me correct you right there

08:27That boat he's on ain't no pontoon boat upon tune, but I think got steps

08:35And a

08:36Pontoon boat if you dare with friends y'all could all be in the same picture. He is a solo artist on that boat

08:46cheering other people and

08:48They can't be seen. That's a big boat

08:52Yeah, that's good. I

08:54like your logic

08:56You know, I don't sound no. My logic is sound

09:00It's sound. No, it's not it all came down to availability. So so

09:05You're saying that the reason why he was making bad decisions running the football. Mm-hmm

09:13Is because he was too thin

09:15Because it was it was not only that he was too thin

09:18He had this false sense that now that I am thin I can move in the pocket and I can get out and make plays

09:25and extend plays when he can't

09:28Okay, and anytime that he does let me hurt. Let me throw this at you

09:34Don't get more mobile. Here's the the part of sports

09:38that is

09:40hard for people to grasp

09:43That dude's a competitor

09:46Mm-hmm if it's third and two and he's scrambling

09:49He go and try to get the first cool. If he doesn't people gonna have more of a problem with that

09:55Counterpoint. Yeah, if you love competing so much, I'd love you to be available for games to compete

10:00agree

10:02But you also want him to try to get that first

10:04No, not really

10:06Okay. Okay

10:08Marcos Marcos

10:10listen, I'm

10:12Not really, oh if it's third and two and two a scrambling throw

10:16Possibly get that first or give it to a running back any no, and we're past of throwing it to somebody

10:22It's just to a rolling up look

10:26And he has a chance to get the first and he just throws the ball into the dirt

10:32Are you gonna be fine with that? Yes

10:34I

10:41Hate it. Why are you guys? I haven't had these takes you still gotta play football though. He can't he can't do it

10:49He can't hold up. He's got a baby bird brain

10:55That's what happens every single time

10:57Why do we have to act like we haven't watched this guy play football and get hurt like that many many times

11:03Not for nothing

11:06Leroy if we have this conversation

11:08Another segment you're gonna go through all the farm animals because you call him a baby bird in the armadillo

11:15He is

11:16The facts are he's fragile and the you need to keep that fragility in a place that is safe

11:22And where is it safe in the pocket and roll it out and make it plays is not good for business and not good for Tua

11:29And I would I would run I would say to you

11:35That the first time is third and two at a pivotal point in the game if he doesn't try to get that first

11:42Then everybody's gonna be on to about that. Well, dude, hey, guess what?

11:47The good thing is he's dealt with people being on him the entirety of his career. So the damage is done on that already

11:54Why don't we keep him healthy for 1617 games damage is done

11:58You still gotta play football

12:01He's got him. He's gotta make he's got to make better decisions and how he goes about it, but you still got to compete

12:08Okay, but because at any point in time

12:11If he doesn't try to get a first or try to get a touchdown or whatever

12:17That comes across as this and here's what we're gonna hear. Oh, he got that money. He don't care no more

12:23Okay, but we know that's not the case because you want

12:26We know this anybody who says that would be stupid because he got the money last year and he made two terrible decisions last year

12:33Where he threw his neck into Damar Hamlin? Okay, he almost did it three times by the way on a pick

12:40He tried to do it again. That was stupid. And then the other one against the Texans where he got crunched by that 300 fella

12:47Cuz he was trying to get a first down. Okay, I'm just trying to I'm just trying to bring real to this conversation

12:55Because I've been in that environment

12:58I've I've seen how people react to things like this and I'm telling you if it's third and two and

13:06Two it throws it away

13:08To protect himself or to not make a bad decision that he's gonna get heat for that. Who's he gonna get heat from his teammates?

13:17Because if anybody gives him heat while they do the meetings that week and they show that highlight the next one should be Skylar Thompson

13:23Highlights and then everybody remember, you know what to it. That was the right call

13:30Make them think like that. All right. All right. I'm just look again

13:36Soft I'm telling you it's as banged up as I've ever been

13:42and

13:44Going on to a football field

13:46When a situation presents itself, I'm trying to compete dude

13:52Even if physically I

13:54Can't believe it. Why would you get caught up in the game? You ain't thinking like that

13:59Well, he needs to be thinking like that because you want to know something that but here's the facts you can't

14:04Treat him like other quarterbacks because he can't hold up like other quarterbacks, but that's I'm not I

14:13Understand it. I listen I get what you're trying to do

14:19But what I'm saying is this

14:22When you get in that competitive environment

14:27You sometimes forget what you can and can't do and you're just trying to win and

14:33When you don't make those decisions, I give you a perfect example

14:39We still talking about Cam Newton not diving for that ball

14:42Yeah in the Super Bowl

14:44Well, why not? Why why?

14:47Because it was at the Super Bowl and it was one of those things where you're like he's going after it

14:51But Cam Newton did not have a huge history of head injuries. Yeah, but

14:56Again, now we're now we're picking and choosing what situations look right?

15:00Choosing it's the Leroy. He said last year. I no longer want to be the face of concussions because the facts are he is

15:07Correct. I agree

15:09Every time to it gets hit. Everybody goes start type of ventilating in Miami

15:13So why are we acting like this? This guy doesn't have to be treated different and think think different on the field

15:19He should he tried to do it your way last year didn't work. What do you mean? Tried to do it my way?

15:24He did Leroy what you're saying right now competing being a football correct getting the extra yard

15:31It is the thing that cost him two stints of the season last year doing that, right?

15:36Two stints of the season last year doing that, right, correct, correct

15:41um, I

15:43Don't I can't say I know don't know what the answer is because I'm gonna tell you from an athlete's perspective

15:52If you ever get the if you ever give the appearance

15:56That you are not competing or trying to win

16:01Fans will turn on you

16:04That's a fact all I'm saying for him more brewskis less kale this offseason I

16:10Don't think he was ever eating the kale brother

16:15To it does not look like a kale eater. What about arugula?

16:20It's kale family

16:22Right, dude. I got

16:26Somebody told me they had a salad with

16:28Arugula and kale in it and I'm like listen instead of spending $12 for that salad come over to my house

16:35I got some grown in my backyard

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