Tua Tagovailoa's offense is still very gimmicky, but at least the second-year quarterback made some impressive, high-degree-of-difficulty throws in the Dolphins narrow defeat at the hands of the Falcons in Week 7. A step in the right direction for the young quarterback.
Despite convincing victories over divisional opponents in which they had monster stat lines, Joe Burrow and Mac Jones weren't asked to do much above the beyond the normal call of duty.
A grand total of seven quarterbacks selected in the past two NFL draft classes saw considerable playing time -- more than 10 pass attempts -- during a wild Week 7.
Let's dive deep into the individual efforts of each quarterback and assign a grade on a per-snap basis, taking every individual aspect of their performance into account.
Best Throws:
- Burrow's second throw of the game was awesome. On an out-route to Tee Higgins, he threw with anticipation a split second before he was hit by a blitzing linebacker up the middle.
- After an amazing in-and-out move made a defender miss in the pocket, he found Samaje Perine open over the middle with tons of green grass around him.
- Late in the second, Burrow had awesome placement on a back-shoulder toss to Ja'Marr Chase for a first down.
- Late in the third, he threw with perfect timing and accuracy on a tightly covered out to Higgins.
- On the next play, Burrow couldn't have walked and placed the ball better to Chase on a back shoulder.
Worst Throws:
- In the first, Burrow threw high and wide on a back-shoulder attempt to Higgins.
- Also in the first quarter, he drifted right but sailed a pass to Higgins that fell incomplete.
- His interception in the end zone was a fadeaway throw into double coverage. Brutal decision.
Summary: Burrow was good against the Ravens, but individually, not as impressive as the 400-yard outing would indicate. He's definitely throwing with anticipation more frequently and has done a fine job limiting mistakes in his second season.
Grade: B+
Season Grade: B-
Best Throws:
- His second throw of the game was nicely fit into Jaylen Waddle near the sideline for nine yards on what was a long throw.
- Early in the second, Tagovailoa pieced together a nifty scramble, eluding defenders in the pocket and shaking a defender at the second level for eight yards.
- Midway through the third, Tagovailoa got the football to Waddle near the sideline for 14 yards, right before two defenders converged on the rookie receiver.
- From deep in his own end in the fourth, Tagovailoa located Durham Smythe running down the right sideline. He lofted the ball with perfect trajectory over a defender for 18 yards.
- On the next play, Tagovailoa threw with requisite anticipation on a deep over to Mike Gesicki for 27 yards.
- Late in the fourth, Tagovailoa looked right before ripping a seam throw to Gesicki down the middle for 16 yards.
Worst Throws:
- Midway through the first quarter, Tagovailoa was late on an in-breaking route to Mack Hollins.
- The fourth-quarter interception likely had some miscommunication involved, but Tagovailoa simply cannot try to make that throw over the middle while being taken to the ground.
Summary: This was, easily, Tagovailoa's most encouraging performance of the 2021 season. Despite the Dolphins still giving him a litany of RPO slants, screens, and swing passes, the second-year quarterback put a collection of high-level throws on film against the Falcons.
Grade: B+
Season Grade: B-
Best Throws:
- Hurts' second throw of the contest was a gorgeously placed corner route to Dallas Goedert that fit over underneath defenders and in front of the safety for 24 yards.
- In the second, he threw with good timing and ball placement on a deep out to Zach Ertz.
- While on the run in the third quarter, Hurts threw with zip and perfect ball placement to a crossing Quez Watkins for 27 yards.
- In the fourth, Hurts connected with Goedert on a long throw across the field on a deep out for 24 yards.
Worst Throws:
- Late in the first quarter, Hurts missed a wide open Devonta Smith over the middle. The throw was far too low. Hurts was clean in the pocket too.
- Hurts missed Smith again on a slant, this time the throw was behind the rookie receiver.
- Late in the game, Smith misfired on a dump off over the middle.
- With under two minutes to go, Hurts sailed a pass on the run over Goedert's head.
- Hurts drifted directly into pressure late in the game to take an unnecessary hit.
Summary: Hurts is a playmaker. He's constantly moving around behind the line to buy more time for himself, and every outing consists of two or three impressive throws down the field. But he leaves a lot of yards on the field when he's kept inside the pocket. He's still very raw in that area relative to other top quarterbacks in the NFL.
Grade: C+
Season Grade: C+
Best Throws:
- In the first, Fields ripped a rifle shot into Cole Kmet on an out-breaking route between two defenders that was dropped.
- He threw with requisite timing and accuracy on a long 17-yard out-route to Darnell Mooney in the second.
- Fields put it on Jesper Horsted in the end zone in the second quarter that hit the turf after the tight end was able to reel it in.
- In the fourth, Fields threw a strike to Kmet over the middle, and the ball arrived a split second before the safety was able to fly downhill and make a play on it.
Worst Throws:
- Midway through the first, Fields predetermined an out-breaker to Mooney and the throw was late and too far outside.
- The interception in the first was a fine display of Fields' supreme athleticism, but he simply tried to do too much and airmailed the pass as he was on the run.
- The fourth-quarter interception on a go ball to Allen Robinson was well underthrown.
- Late in the game, Fields threw high on a seam throw to Marquise Goodwin.
Summary: I've watched significantly worse outings from rookie quarterbacks in 38-3 type beatdowns on the road. Fields was by not stretch great, or even good, but he was able to make some impressive throws when he wasn't getting hit in the pocket or checking it down. And while he did miss a few open receivers, the harassment he took was mostly due to outstanding coverage by the Buccaneers. Two of the interceptions were borderline ghastly.
Grade: D+
Season Grade: C+
Best Throws:
- Jones last throw of the game was a gorgeously accurate go route down the sideline to Kendrick Bourne for 46 yards.
Worst Throws:
- His second throw of the game was an off-target toss down the field to Jonnu Smith.
- Late in the first, Jones tried to squeeze shorter throw into his tight end, but the throw was late and nearly intercepted.
- In the second, he pumped, the got to the next read on an out-breaking route but missed wide of his target.
- Later in the second, Jones didn't quite get a downfield route over the trailing cornerback, and it was knocked away.
Summary: Talk about a game in which the quarterback's individual performance was not indicative of the score. The Patriots dominated the Jets from start to finish, but Jones was simply not asked to make any throws that wouldn't be considered completely customary for any NFL quarterback to make, until his last throw of the game. Also, believe it or not, he was more inaccurate against New York that he'd been in his other games to date this season.
Grade: C
Season Grade: C+
Best Throws:
- With a defender bearing down on him, Mills threw with perfect timing and ball placement on a deep out to Brandin Cooks for 18 yards.
Worst Throws:
- He showed bad pocket awareness on a sack fumble in the first half.
- In the fourth, Mills threw considerably behind Nico Collins on a sideline back-shoulder attempt.
- In garbage time, Mills didn't have enough air under a deep over route to Cooks.
- A few plays later, he made a dangerous throw on a flag route to Collins that sailed out of bounds but was nearly intercepted.
Summary: This game was simply a demonstration of a good team dominating an inferior opponent. Mills wasn't atrocious. Really wasn't. He wasn't great either and almost exclusively checked it down or threw easy, first-read out-breaking routes. Can't move the ball consistently like that in the NFL.
Grade: D+
Season Grade: C
Best Throws:
- Wilson's shovel pass to Ty Johnson for 12 yards while under pressure was a thing of improvisational beauty.
- On the play in which Wilson was hurt, he created to his left and found Ryan Griffin running toward the sideline for 15 yards with a defender in tight.
Worst Throws:
- While he was being chased, and was hit low as he threw the ball, Wilson was able to get a clean delivery on a ball that skipped into Jamison Crowder on a short throw.
Summary: This shortened contest from Wilson had a few impressive moments but he was, as usual, dealing with severe pressure early on in the contest.
Grade: C+
Season Grade: C-
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