Is Mac Jones 2 wins from becoming a better Alabama quarterback than Tua Tagovailoa?
When Tua Tagovailoa announced that he was off to the NFL, he addressed the new elephant in the room.
Arguably the best quarterback in program history was off to the NFL, and now, another heated competition was set to take place.
“It’ll be good, I’m looking forward it,” Tagovailoa said of the Alabama quarterback competition back in January. “They got another guy coming in, Bryce Young, he looked good at his All-American Game. If you love competition, now’s the best time for it, for Mac Jones, for my little brother (Taulia Tagovailoa) and for Bryce Young as an incoming freshman.”
Little did Tagovailoa know that there wasn’t much of a competition at all. His brother, Taulia, transferred to Maryland months later. COVID hit, which meant Young was out of a spring game, as well as valuable reps heading into his true freshman season. Meanwhile, Jones left fall camp as the no-brainer starter and never looked back.
It’s strange to think that the big question in Tuscaloosa when Tagovailoa left was, well, who will replace him? Now, there’s a question worth asking that nobody could’ve seen coming.
Is Jones 2 wins way from becoming a better Alabama quarterback than Tagovailoa?
Stunning, I know.
You would’ve been laughed out of the room if you asked that last January. A straw poll probably would’ve favored Young being Alabama’s starter instead of Jones becoming an All-SEC quarterback, much less Jones becoming a legitimate Heisman Trophy candidate.
But here we are in late December. Alabama, with Jones as its starter, is the biggest favorite in Playoff history against Notre Dame having rolled to an 11-0 record against all-SEC competition with just 1 game decided by less than 15 points. Jones fueled the nation’s best Power 5 offense by a whopping 5 points per game. Florida is the only Power 5 team that averages more passing yards per game, though Jones is No. 1 among all FBS players in quarterback rating.
His legacy could come down to how these next 2 games go. If he wins them both, he’ll have put together the greatest single-season in Alabama quarterback history.
Yes, that includes Tagovailoa’s 2018 season. As memorable as it was in those first 2 months, getting bailed out by Jalen Hurts after going down in the SEC Championship has to matter, as does the Clemson disaster. Of course, that was an all-time Clemson team. Still, though. Go back to Jones’ start in the 2019 Iron Bowl and compare it to Tagovailoa’s 2018:
And again, that’s Jones against all Power 5 competition. How much of that is Steve Sarkisian? I’d say it’s certainly part of that. But then on the flip side, Tagovailoa’s numbers came with Jerry Jeudy, Henry Ruggs, DeVonta Smith and Jaylen Waddle. Half of Jones’ games have only been with Smith, albeit a superhuman version of Smith.
You can’t make the case that “Tagovailoa never played in the 4th quarter” when all but 1 of Jones’ post-Iron Bowl games were decided by at least 15 points.
So add 2 more wins, a Heisman finalist nod and a national championship to Jones’ résumé and what does it look like? Remarkable. Historically efficient, historically productive and perhaps historically better than any Alabama quarterback so far.
I know. It’s only 1 season. If Jones doesn’t return in 2021, it complicates this discussion. Tagovailoa’s 2nd-and-26 will always complicate the discussion. How do you quantify not just that play, but that relief work on that stage? But then how do you also quantify the frustrating ends to Tagovailoa’s 2 seasons as a starter? It’s murky.
And for what it’s worth, this isn’t necessarily a question about who has more talent or who will be the better NFL player. Tagovailoa is more talented, and he certainly had a better flair for the dramatics. No matter what happens in this Playoff, Jones won’t surpass his predecessor in that department.
Tagovailoa did things that Jones could never do, and I’m not sure you could say the opposite was true. Part of that is the talent. Still, the production will tell the tale.
What happens if Jones gets a date with Clemson in the national championship and he puts up a casual 45-point effort against Brent Venables’ defense? Will that be the sign that Jones surpassed Tagovailoa? Or will it instead be pointed out that Tagovailoa was coming off ankle surgery and the offensive coaching staff was in flux? Both can be true at the same time.
That conversation isn’t very far off these days. Jones has been asked to do things that AJ McCarron, Jake Coker and Greg McElroy never had to do when they won their titles. Jones averaged 30 pass attempts per game so far. That’s essentially 5 more pass attempts per game than McCarron during his most pass-heavy season, it’s 7 more than McElroy’s 23 attempts per game in 2009 and it’s 4 more than Coker in 2015.
Jones trumps them even more in the efficiency department. None of those previous Alabama signal-callers were tasked with pushing the ball downfield like Jones, either.
Here’s the crazy thing. Jones actually averaged nearly 7 more attempts per game than Tagovailoa did in 2018 … yet Jones and Tagovailoa were nearly identical in terms of efficiency. Jones actually had the better quarterback rating, and he did that against all-SEC competition.
According to Pro Football Focus, Tagovailoa’s career college grade was 92.2. That’s outstanding.
What’s even more outstanding? Jones currently has PFF’s highest-graded season by any Power 5 quarterback, including Joe Burrow:
Highest-graded season by a P5 QB
1. Mac Jones (2020) – 95.3
2. Joe Burrow (‘19) – 94.9🏆
3. Kyler Murray (‘18) – 94.6🏆
3. Baker Mayfield (‘17) – 94.6🏆 pic.twitter.com/yrXHOgF4xi— PFF College (@PFF_College) December 22, 2020
Starting to get it?
History probably won’t appreciate Jones in the same way as Tagovailoa, especially if it is only 1 season as the starter. You could argue that what Tagovailoa did over the course of his 3 seasons in Tuscaloosa was more noteworthy, and that it set a new standard for the quarterback position in Tuscaloosa. You can argue that Tagovailoa blew us away more times with his deep passes that floated into the arms of his receivers like pillows. You can say that Tagovailoa evaded pressure like Steve Young and he had instincts that couldn’t be taught.
But by no means should Jones be remembered as in a different class of Alabama quarterback.
We often say in sports that one of the most challenging things to do is to replace a legend. Coaches never want to do it, and it often turns about to be an uphill climb for high-profile quarterbacks in that spot, too.
You’d never know it by looking at Jones. Somewhere between Tagovailoa’s NFL announcement and those regular post-touchdown struts to the end zone, Jones became a legend in his own right. That is, for those of us who have been paying attention. He’s got 2 more games to make his legend status a unanimous opinion.
As for whether a 2020 title will make Jones a better college player than Tagovailoa, well, there’s a quarterback debate Alabama fans would welcome with open arms.
Mac has already performed better than Tua… Tua was excellent but he always took more chances with the ball then Mac..
Both played excellent for Bama
Dude Tua won a national title coming back from double digits down against a top 5 defense. Tua beat a UGA team led by Fromm who played his best game EVER in the 2018 SECCG. Tua is a much better thrower of the football and more explosive. 2 wins against a weak playoff field doesnt make Mac better than Tua. Yall got some real recency bias.
Tua > Trask > Mac > Lawrence = Fields
You can add every college QB ahead of Guaratano as well
Just get outta here and keep jacking it to a picture of Mac Jones since you love him so much
Tua was garbage against UGA in the 2018 SECCG. He is as less than 50% passing for 160 yards and two interceptions with a QBR of 29…. Hurts came in and won that game..
Tua also only played a half against UGA in the NC game… The entire rest of that season was Hurts..
You should STFU when it comes to Bama because you dumba$& has no clue when it comes to Bama…
Ignorant fu(k..
And you’re so bad at debate you gotta call people names
You just post nonsense.. There is nothing to debate.. I just showed you Tua was terrible in the SECCG yet you thought you knew what you were talking about..
You’re a dumba$$
If you dont like my opinion then keep scrolling *sshole
BS… This article is on the Bama page.. I’m going to tell you your a dumba$$.. If you don’t like it stop bashing Mac.
Also posting wrong information isn’t an opinion. It’s just wrong… Ignorant fu(k…
Go jack to a picture of Mac Jones since you’re SO in love with him
You’re such a dumba$$.. I’m posting about a player that plays for Bama.. You’re constantly fluffing a Florida player….
Go fu(k yourself you ignorant bastar$
How many times do I have to tell you that I havent posted about Trask in 3 weeks
So Trask isn’t a Florida player? Learn to read dumba$$
Trask is a player I like. Florida is a TEAM. Very different
DieselNova, why don’t you humor me just once and let someone else have the last word. You don’t have to steal the show on every article that you’re on.
I see where you’re coming from with that, but just as far as Lawrence goes, the talent is undeniable.if he was at Alabama this year he would probably deserve two heisman trophies this year. I would take Mac over Trask any day though
It depends on the offense tbh. In a system like UFs or Oklahoma’s you gotta have an explosive guy like Trask, you can have an efficient guy like Mac in Alabama’s offense and you really dont need the explosion because everyone else is so good.
dude just shut up you make real Bama fans scratch their heads because you sound so dumb because you don’t have a clue what your talking about yes both are great historic players for Bama but TUA is on a diffrent Level Tua is quite honestly the most gifted QB to ever play @ Bama Mac Jones has done great so far but he’s not in Tua’s class if not for coach Saban taking Tua out of games the record books wouldnt even be close !
You literally make no sense if if tua was this all time great Qb what happened to him in 2018 SECCG? What happened to him in the NCG? He makes a lot of mistakes because of his gunslinger mentality
Exactly
I’d say Mac is definitely a better quarterback, but I’d say Tua was a better play maker. Sometimes that didn’t always workout because he took more risks. Looking at it just from a pure quarterback perspective though Mac is better.
Agreed: Tua was more capable of doing “the thing” to win a game, but ultimately Mac is better at being reliably awesome.
Lmao how is Mac a better QB?? The recency bias is ridiculous
Mac isn’t always hurt.
Tua got hurt twice, and barely missed any games
Alright lets compare Tua’s best season with Mac Jones this season.
Tua: 69% completion rating, 3966 yards, 11.2 Y/A, 43 TD, 6 INT (7.17 ratio), 199.4 QBR
Mac: 76.5% completion rating, 3,739 yards, 11.4 Y/A, 32 TD, 4 INT (8 ration), 202.3 QBR.
All this in 5 less games at this point, and he still has better QB stats than Tua. Pretty clear cut.
CLVOL… Dieseldumba$& has made it clear and admitted he puts Mac down to try and Make Trask look better…
He is a dumba$$.
Not really
Wow and actual Vols fan don’t agree with you dieseldumba$$…
If not really is your counter argument, then continuing this conversation is pretty pointless.
You could argue the season Tua got hurt was better, so for fairness here is that season:
71.4% completion rating, 2840 yards, 11.3 Y/A, 33 TDs, 3 INTs (11 ratio), 206.9 QBR.
This season compares better with Mac Jones in that each one has some stats they were better in. I’d still argue Mac was the better QB playing an all SEC schedule where as Tua had some non SEC teams to beat up on, but the start to that season at least they are comparable.
Either way it’s not laughable to think Mac is the better pure QB.
Tough to argue with the results; I think they were both great players. Both had great supporting casts.
Yeah. It is a good thing that Mac did not have the worthless supporting cast that Trask had.
It makes me laugh seeing dumba$$ Florida fans and one stupid Vols fan continue to try and out Mac down… The guy just did something that has never been done, beating 11 SEC teams in on season.
He put up his number leading Bama to an undefeated season in supposedly the best Conference in CFB. He is also playing in the best division. Florida lost to three teams out of the west yet Mac gets bashed after going 11-0…
You’re just salty your mediocre QB isnt the best
In actuality, Mac is #2 and Trask is #4 in the latest Heisman Watch:
1. Devonta Smith, 59 points, 8 of 14 first place votes
2. Mac Jones, 45 points, 4 of 14 first place votes
3. Trevor Lawrence, 44 points, 1 first place vote
4. Kyle Trask, 28 points, 0 first place votes
You don’t even have a QB in the conversation… You’re crying about a Florida QBs stats….
That’s what sad…
You defensive clown…who said anything about Trask. Of course he had a great supporting cast. Just not a good defense.
Well as good as they both are/were at Bama is there really a point in saying who’s better? It’s like looking at your CD collection and trying to decide between listening to The Clash or Social Distortion, just pick one you can’t really go wrong either way.
Exactly Boo. Which hound dog do i like best? I love Duke but Ike is cool, too.
What’s a CD collection?
lol
Leave it to a Missouri fan to compare football to The Clash and Social Distortion…
You obviously like good football so I just assumed you’d like good music too. I guess you don’t, but that’s ok.
This got a chuckle out of me not gonna lie.
I see I am still not making my point. It is like going to a fine, upscale restaurant with a Michelin-starred chef and ordering a corn dog. Or conversely, like going to the Varsity and ordering steak tartare with caviar. It does not fit. You don’t do it. People stop to stare. When you talk about SEC football, think Skynyrd – maybe even REM if you are in Athens and have no other choice (never been a fan…). You might go ZZ Topp, even play some rap if the kids are around and your street cred is on the line. The Clash and Social Distortion just don’t fit the tailgate scene. Hope this helps.
Short answer: YES
No
Watching tua play vs the raiders I realized just how overrated he is and how he will be a bust in the nfl… to think the slogan tank for tua ever existed is hilarious… would have been the worst number 1 overall pick since jawackus.
He may well end up being a bust, but declaring it in his first season when they didn’t have a preseason and everything else that’s been going on this year is a bit premature. Peyton Manning went 3-13 and threw more INTs than TDs in his rookie season during a normal year where they actually had a preseason, so I tend to recommend avoiding labeling people busts before they’ve even been in the league for a full contract.
Agree CLVOL, good call. 2 years ago Josh Allen was a bust, now he’s a legit all pro. QB needs to age a little in the NFL sometimes.
All this talk about Tua being a bust is just fans desperately wanting Tua to be a bust. They just want him to not succeed because he went to Bama and he had success in college. They’re tired of hearing about him. I’m tired of hearing how bad Tua is doing when his pass catchers are getting hurt left and right and also have had so many drops this season. The OLine also can’t block for anything. Tua could play better, but he is not playing “bad” like most are saying.
Tua is too short for the NFL game.
Tua is too slow for the NFL game.
He had succes in college because he was at bama…
He will not have succes in the NFL. BOOK IT!
Fantasy football, you don’t think you could say the same thing about Joe Burrow? He had one good year in college, when he had a good scheme, good offensive coordinator, and good wide receivers and OLine. I feel like it’s unfair to say that Tua’s success is because of Bama when Burrow literally had one good year, and it might have been because of the talent around him.
Yes he will be the greatest both statistically and in accomplishment.
He’s not better statistically or achievements wise than Tua, and 2 more wins against a weak playoff field when this Alabama team is clearly the best team in the nation by ALOT wont change that.
You are not just an idiot, you are an uninformed idiot. educate our self. Jones’s QBR, completion %, and passer efficiency rating will be better than Tua’s. Plus he will have won a national championship as a starter and gone undefeated. Weak playoff field? No wonder UT is such a sh!t hole with uninformed fans like you.
*yourself*
The playoff field is terrible this year. OSU is the worst playoff team of all time besides 2020 ND. Clemson is the only real challenge and Florida/TAMU are all better than any of these teams. Yall are only saying Mac because of his recent efficiency #s when he has a likely Heisman WR and a RB with 24 TDs plus an elite OL. What’s with you Alabama fans and the name calling?
OSU is not a bad team, they are a good team. I will agree that their resume is not large enough, in my opinion, to be in the playoffs but that is different from being a bad team. ND is also a good team and their resume is better than TAMU’s. Tua had more excellent receivers than Jones. 2 of them went in the first round with him last year. Jones also is just 200 yards passing from breaking Tua’s yardage from his best season and 6 TDs from Tuas best season. Both may be broken and the yardage is assured. Maybe Bama fans just do not have any patience for ignorant people that run their mouth.
What’s with Bama fans name calling? We call a dumba$$ a dumba&&… It’s just so happens it’s you…
Mac has played 4 less games and all Conference opponents and almost past TUA in every category but TDs…
ND & OSUs resume may be enough to get them into the playoffs over TAMU but they’re not better than them.
I havent seen you call anyone else any names besides The Scribe. F*ck you. You are a terrible person and have no business on the internet. You’re a f*cking 8 year old child that is a bandwagon Alabama fan. You cant accept the f*cking truth and you clearly have a low IQ
You’re an ignorant fu(k… You have to be the worst Vols fan on the site with the way you’re constantly drooling over Florida..
Go be a dumba$$ on a Vols article.
You’re such a dumb*ss you cant even tell I havent posted about Florida in 3 weeks! Gtfoh
You do know that posting about Trask is posting about Florida right?
It’s not the same thing. Trask is a player I like i didnt post about the team in 3 weeks
Trask did nothing without Florida.. The two are linked…
So chevynova you are such a snowflake that you think you can decide who should and should not be posting on the internet. Might I suggest you rush to our safe place.
No BT is such a snowflake he cant stand other opinions without getting mad and name calling instead of debating like normal people. Must be a liberal.
Liberal.. LMAO what a dumba$$..
You sure are acting like one
Every post you make just proves you’re a dumba&&..
This is a pretty ridiculous take. Mac is nowhere near the QB Tua was. Tua would not have lost that Auburn game last year. Tua is much more explosive and a better thrower of the football.
You posting your dumba$$ comments over and over doesn’t make you right..
What it does show it that you continue to talk out your a$&… Go be a dumb fu(k on a Vols article. They don’t care that you have no clue about what you’re posting..
Instead of telling me that I’m a dumb*as how about telling me why?
I have been telling you but you are too stupid to comprehend.
Wow you’re stupid… My very first reply to you late out how your take was wrong and you try to ignore it and continue to talk out your ass…
You do your best to constantly put down Mac.
Just look at your first post. You talk about the 2018 SECCG as good for Tua. He played like garbage that game so you have no idea what you’re talking about..
You talk about Tua winning a NC.. He played a half of meaningful football that entire season as hurts played the rest..
I’ve been telling you why you’re a dumba$$ this entire time… You don’t know what you’re talking about… dumba&&
Here you are with the name calling f*cking morons
I never said Tua had a good game in the SECCG I said he won the SECCG idiot. What has Mac done thats better than Tua? He won a weak SEC the only good teams he beat were A&M and a UF team with no defense. Tua beat OU in 2018 who were 2x as good as any team Mac’s ever played.
The thing is Tua didn’t actually won’t the SECCG in 2018 you ignorant Fu(k. If Hurts didn’t go in Bama would have lost that game…
You tried to give Tua credit for winning a NC game in which he played a half. Then tried to give him credit for winning the SECCG in a game he had to be replaced. You just posted BS trying to put Mac down and prop up your ignorant take..
Everything you say is one big excuse. Mac just beat 11 SEC teams posting a QBR over 95… It’s never been done before…
You’re just a dumb fu(k…
You telling me Hurts wouldve won that national title game if he stayed in? Hell no! Kirby had him bottled TF up
I’m telling you the only meaningful time he played that year was one half of play… He played like $hit against UGA and was losing that game without hurts…
You’re doing nothing but making $hit up…
2018 SECCG
Chevynova the AU game last year was Mac’s first road start in the SEC. He made some mistakes but he had a great statistical game. In addition to the 8 other games this season, Mac beat 3 top 10 teams, as ranked at season’s end, some higher that that when he played them. Bama beat UGA, TAMU, and UF. I am sick of posting the stats that Jones has about performed Tua in. You do not appear to have the ability to read nor comprehend.
Or are you just too stupid for that?
Diesel and bamatime get a room.
I wish this f*cling clown would leave me tf alone. If he doesnt like my opinion then keep f*cling scrolling
You replied to my original post you ignorant fu(k..
You dont like my opinion on your mediocre QB but yet you keep replying. You’re not gonna change my mind moron
I’m not trying to change your mind… I’m just fine pointing out you’re a dumba$$…
If you weren’t trying to change my mind you wouldn’t be insulting my pride me by calling me names
It’s not about changing your mind… What you think doesn’t matter.. I just call out you completely wrong information and point out you’re a dumba$&..
It’s easy..
JONES
1st in QB Rating
1st in Completion %
1st in YPA
8.0 TD-INT Ratio
TRASK
1st in Total Touchdowns (46)
1st in Touchdown Passes (43) (Leads by 11)
1st in Total Passing Yards (4,125)
1st in Passing Yards per Game (375)
8.6 TD-INT Ratio
Some Florida fans really want Trask to be considered better than Jones it seems
He is
How so? He lost 3 of 11…he had a chance and he blew it 27% of the opportunities
So did Tebow. And the bowl game too. That makes 4. Bwahahahaha.
Trask is the reason his team lost 3 games. He played well enough to win all 11.
*isnt
Jones is the reason Alabama lost to Ole Miss…oh wait, they’re 11 and 0? Really! Never mind…
Tebow won the Heisman because no one wanted to upset God. Trask has not made enough signs of the cross to win
Both are pretty awesome. Jones simply doesn’t make mistakes though while Trask pushes and forces the ball sometimes. Lack of a running game doesn’t help, but hard to argue with how Jones is just dominating defenses
1. Jones sure made a mistake in the SEC Championship Game with that forced-pass INT, didn’t he?
2. Trask has a better TD-INT ratio (8.6) than Jones (8.0), so how does Trask force the ball again?
Other than being an Alabama homer website, why does SDS keep harping on QBR when QBR (and PER – Passer Efficiency Rating) have never been determinative factors in Heisman voting? If they were, Burrow would not have won the Heisman in 2019, as he had the 2nd highest QBR. And Grossman would have easily won over Crouch (see below).
2001
Rex Grossman 170.8 PER
Eric Crouch 124.3 PER (Heisman Trophy)
LMAO… You still can’t figure out that QBR and PER isn’t the same thing…
QBR wasn’t even a thing when Grossman played and Burrow had the highest QBr last year at 94.9… You constantly post dumb, incorrect information…
Facts
He didn’t actually post a single fact…
Burrow was first in QBR.. PER is not QBR..
It’s funny you agree with someone that posts incorrect information because you do the exact same thing..
2001
Rex Grossman 170.8 PER
Eric Crouch 124.3 PER (Heisman Trophy)
So what? PER is not QBR.. Nobody cares what anyone PER is..
As a matter of fact you’re the only one even listing PER.. LMAO
Because PER is what was used in 2001. What a f’n moron.
He said that SDS is an Alabama homer website, which is true, he also says that the Heisman has never been an award based on QBR. Both are facts
LMAO.. Both aren’t facts at all… Actually do a little research and look at the QBRs of the QBs that has won the Heisman. Remember QBR didn’t start till 2011..
This also isn’t a Bama site. That majority of the contributors are Associated with Florida…
You two idiots may be the biggest fools posting on SDS..
Nobody in CFB has ever cared about PER. You posting Grossman having a better PER doesn’t mean anything..
The PER is not important to anyone.. QBR is completely different though… There is a reason you see QBR listed all the time
Going back to 2011 when QBR started there has been 8 QBs win the Heisman…. 6 of them were #1 in QBR..
The two that weren’t first had their teams playing in the NCG…..
So let’s see… Trask isn’t first or playing for a NC… LMAO.
Every other article is about Alabama or mentions Alabama and how “great” Jones is lmao
Trask should honestly be in the playoffs because UF is better than OSU and ND
No they shouldn’t… TAMU has a better argument than Florida…
“Every other article is about Alabama or mentions Alabama and how “great” Jones is lmao”
Then don’t click on them.. You’re not a Bama fan..
Yes, TAMU has a better case than UF, its also true that UF is a better team than OSU and ND. And the idiots on this site only feel the need to write about Alabama when there are 13 other teams in the conference. The only reason I click on half these articles is because I like to read comments
There is plenty of articles about things other than Bama… I do enjoy seeing you cry articles being written about Bama… That’s just one more thing showing how big of a crying b!tch you truly are…
Oh and you don’t know if Florida is better than OSU or ND…. One persons opinion doesn’t make it a fact..
Anyone with a brain and eyesight can tell that Florida and A&M are better than definitely ND and probably OSU. If ND gets killed by Alabama we can tell that Florida is better because Florida actually put up a fight. A&M just looks better on film against better teams than ND. Against both good teams they played OSU looked like sh*t
Florida is not in the conversation.. The loss to TAMU takes them out of the Playoff conversation.. well that and losing to a $hitty LSU team…
I realize Florida was eliminated from the conversation after the LSU loss, BUT I still think they’re better than ND and OSU, but they wont have a shot to prove it, however they were the only team to scare Alabama all year, and TAMU just got robbed from the playoffs.
Trask is really lighting it up… I think he has a higher YPA to the OU players than his own WRs…
I don’t personally see Tua doing well in the NFL. QBs like him are hard to keep. RGIII being a good example. Once he got injured playing the way he played to win games, it was over. Jackson, Mahomes, and Wilson are the best mobile QBs in the NFL. Tua is already banged up. He’s hesitant at times to just take off. I wish him nothing but the best because he’s had a tough go with the injuries. Guys like Trask, Jones, and Lawrence are what most NFL teams look for these days. Tua reminds me of Tebow. Phenomenal college quarterback but just couldn’t make that transition. I wouldn’t be surprised if Tua is being traded at the end of his rookie contract. As far as the Jones/Tua comparison, that’s hard to do because those QBs play so differently and had different weapons. a Jalen/Tua comparison is more fair due to the overall similarities. I also think that if JG could throw to somebody like Devonta Smith, UT would be instantly better (and getting rid of Chaney would help too). Devonta Smith is the best player at Alabama right now and it’s not even close.