Post 3

Back to back days of posting wow who would’ve thought but quarantine has me thinking of a lot of things to write about.

Today we look at the potential draft landing spots for the Alabama legend Tua Tagovailoa. The former national champion is coming off a gruesome hip injury from last season.

Tua has been working out and looking right on track for being a impact player for next season. Experts are projecting him to be the 3rd overall pick in the draft and currently the Detroit Lions have this spot. The Lions have Matthew Stafford who they seem to be set on after all these years of him being there. Which is kind of a shocker to me after never making the playoffs but that’s an issue for another time.

So I’ll be looking at some potential trade options here for the Lions and evaluating which team Tua would be best suited on.

First off we have the Miami Dolphins which are only a few spots behind the Lions so this makes a ton of sense for the Lions to likely still get who they want two picks later. The Dolphins are a bit of a train wreck and I think having a guy with the work ethic of Tua come in may be able to turn this franchise around a little. With no Tom Brady in that division it really is anyone’s division to win it feels like.

Next, there is the Los Angelos Chargers who trades away Phillip Rivers who I talked about in Post 1. Now they are in a place where they are desperate for a QB so they potentially may be willing to sell the farm so to speak to get Tua. I think Tua would succeed here with weapons like Keenan Allen and Austin Ekeler so this may be a fun offense to watch if he ends up here.

Finally, there’s rumors of those Las Vegas Raiders wanting him. Now you may think did I just read that right but yes they are officially the Las Vegas Raiders for next season. The Raiders aren’t quite as desperate because they have Derek Carr but after releasing some big players last season they have the cap space for a player like Tua. I doubt Tua will end up here but what better way to rebrand your moved franchise then a big star like Tua coming to town.

So there’s the three likely landing places for Tua Tagovailoa. My prediction is the Chargers mostly because I would just like to see him there I think that it would be very entertaining. Again though who knows what will happen draft day maybe some team comes out of nowhere to get him at the last minute that’s the beauty of the NFL draft.