QB Depth Around The League - (Dolphins Dilemma?)

Tua is also extremely unlucky then most other mobile QB's who looked outstanding for several seasons and helped their teams win until injuries that werent concussions but knee, leg or ACL injuries forced them to alter their playing style to a more pocket-passing oriented system. Past QB's who fit this mold were Randall Cunningham, especially Michael Vick post-Falcons, Eagles tenure from 2009-2013, Steve Young was essentially forced into retirement due to concussions suffered from late hits, including one that knocked him out on the field vs. Cardinals in a early 1999 MNF game. Their are some, albeit relatively few, mobile QB's that do defy the law of averages and manage to avoid serious injuries, or at least, career-threatening ones.

Those above-mentioned guys either played in an era where they were lucky or fortunate enough not to receive as many concussions in a short period of time like Tua or more accurately, 20-25 years ago, NFL's concern for player safety as it related to effects of concussions wasnt a high priority and most trainers just made concussed players sit on the bench for a quarter or two "until the cobwebs cleared up" and then sent back out again.
They simply didn’t care about concussions. I remember watching Joe Montana when he was playing and a couple of times laughing how he walked over to the opposing teams bench area because he was suffering from concussions yet still played. In the old days it was called shaking off the cobwebs and get back to it. You laughed as a fan that he got his bell rung so bad he didn’t know where he was sort of thing.

But part of it is also QBs need to learn to get down. Watching Tua drop his head to bowl over Hamlin was showing how incredibly stupid of a game time player he is. The slide rule is there for a reason. If he would’ve slid we wouldn’t be having this conversation. Players in general, and QBs in particular need to realize that not every play is 4th quarter in the Super Bowl and self preservation is important. Slide, get out of bounds, live for another day.