Lets talk Tannehill

[Pappy13]

^^Everyone knows he's raw, but he's an exceptionally talented player. You don't often find the kind of size, strength, arm strength, mobility, versatility, intangibles etc in one package that Tannehill has. That's why he's being considered in the first round, because of his potential. He's only been playing QB in college for a year and half and before that he was one of the best WR's on the team which he took on because he wanted to play. I like that about him. Seems like he would be someone a team could rally around and in fact I think he's shown that to some degree. There's a certain amount of risk in taking him in the first round there's no question, but that's true with anyone.

Anyone that believes that Luck and RGIII are sure things are fooling themself, there's no guarantee that any of them will end up being starters in the NFL much less franchise QB's, but one thing is clear, to BECOME a franchise QB, you have to be given a CHANCE. We aren't going to solve our QB problem without bringing in a QB to compete and see what he's got. A QB is NOT just gonna fall into our laps. There's nothing preventing Miami from taking Tannehill this year and see how he works out and if he doesn't, taking a run at another one of the top QB's again next year.

That's just my opinion, I could be wrong.

[Phishfan]

That's why he's being considered in the first round, because of his potential. That's just my opinion, I could be wrong.

To be perfectly honest, he's being considered for the first round only because Barkley & Jones went back to school.

[Pappy13]

To be perfectly honest, he's being considered for the first round only because Barkley & Jones went back to school.

That's true of EVERY single player in the draft.  If you took all the greatest athletes that ever came out of college and put them in the draft this year, pretty much every last one of the players being considered in the first round would move out of the first round. What exactly does that prove?

Everyone's draft potential is based upon the others in the draft. That's a given for every player in the draft, not just Tannehill.

[Diehard_Dolfan]

If we move on Tannehill ... that means Sherman has seen enough to tell Philbin to pull the trigger!   I know the consensus here is against it but, Sherman being a NFL coach should know if he's worth the pick.   I think the one thing we have is Philbin and his staff have a lot of experience in the NFL... that doesn't always prove good though.

[Pappy13]

I guess the biggest reason why I want to take a chance on Tannehill is that he has all the physical tools you want in a franchise QB. If your coaching staff is any good they should be able to teach him the rest of what he needs to know. You can't teach a kid how to be taller, faster, more agile etc, but you can teach him how to read a defense, look off players etc. Maybe I'm putting too much faith in Philbin and Sherman, but the alternative is to make another "safe" pick. I'm tired of "safe". We've been doing that for years now. Yes, I know the last gamble that we took was on Ginn Jr and it didn't work out, but that doesn't mean we should quit trying to find a diamond in the rough.

[Spider-Dan]

That's true of EVERY single player in the draft.  If you took all the greatest athletes that ever came out of college and put them in the draft this year, pretty much every last one of the players being considered in the first round would move out of the first round. What exactly does that prove?

Um, based on their rating at the time they were drafted, 2012 Andrew Luck would be going in the top 3 in any draft you can name.

Furthermore, no one is comparing Tannehill to "the greatest athletes that ever came out of college"; they are comparing him to other college athletes that were playing at the same time as he was.  Barkley and Jones are hardly the Mount Rushmore of college football, but had they declared, they would have been slotted ahead of Tannehill.

[MikeO]

Um, based on their rating at the time they were drafted, 2012 Andrew Luck would be going in the top 3 in any draft you can name.

Furthermore, no one is comparing Tannehill to "the greatest athletes that ever came out of college"; they are comparing him to other college athletes that were playing at the same time as he was.  Barkley and Jones are hardly the Mount Rushmore of college football, but had they declared, they would have been slotted ahead of Tannehill.

True about Jones and Barkley being ahead of him, but on the other hand if Tannehill was in LAST years draft he would have been the 2nd QB taken LAST year according to the experts.

[suck for luck]

And if the Yugo was being made in 1914 it would have outsold the Model T.

[Pappy13]

I just thought of something that no one here has mentioned I don't believe and I hadn't really seen anyone else mention is that Thomas played some QB in college, if you were to put him in the wildcat and split Tannehill out wide, he would be a threat to go downfield. Not just catch a pass, but perhaps make a big gain out of it. You could also put him in motion and get him the ball for a pass. Just a couple more wrinkles to keep the defense off balance? I wonder if A&M did that at all? I know the wildcat is a probably a dirty word around here now, but just throwing that out there.

[EKnight]

No. Please. No more wildcat. Haven't we already run that into the ground? -EK

[tepop84]

I just thought of something that no one here has mentioned I don't believe and I hadn't really seen anyone else mention is that Thomas played some QB in college, if you were to put him in the wildcat and split Tannehill out wide, he would be a threat to go downfield. Not just catch a pass, but perhaps make a big gain out of it. You could also put him in motion and get him the ball for a pass. Just a couple more wrinkles to keep the defense off balance? I wonder if A&M did that at all? I know the wildcat is a probably a dirty word around here now, but just throwing that out there.

Thomas sucks and will probably be cut soon.  I wouldn't expect anything good out of him.

[Cathal]

If Tannehill is our guy moving forward, I don't know how I'd feel about the potential of him getting demolished as a WR.

[Spider-Dan]

If we're lucky, CLE will bite on Tannehill and Blackmon will fall to us.  Then I can sort of justify this debacle of an offseason by imagining that we traded Marshall and our 1st for two 3rds and the #2 overall (which is where Blackmon was slotted if STL had kept their pick).

That would have been an awesome deal.

[Dolphster]

Tannehill is going to be the lucky recipient of the cash cow known as supply and demand.  A guy with 2nd or 3rd round talent has been elevated to what will probably be a top 6 overall pick simply because so many teams need a QB.  Taking a "desperation" pick or a "panic" pick hardly ever works out.  I know that the Fins are in a really bad way at the QB position, but the market price for Tannehill far exceeds his abilities.  Not saying he can't be a decent QB, but he is not a top 6 pick and it would even be a bit of a stretch to take him in the first round at all.

[EKnight]

I'm not convinced that Miami is "in a really bad way" at QB. The guy under center right now finished 6-3 last year and is entering a system that doesn't need Brady's arm to win. I'd rather have Blackmon in a heartbeat than any QB we've chased or looked at in the offseason, including Manning and Flynn. Off field or personal issues aside, Brandon Marshall's 1200+ yards and 75 receptions- plus the double coverage he demanded- is more important to replace than a serviceable Matt Moore in my opinion. -EK