Ryan Tannehill

[stinkfish]

Anybody happen to see Tannehill’s stats from the Titans game today. Somebody please tell me that his performance today was just an anomaly.

[dolphins4life]

He must have felt like he all day to pass

[David Fulcher]

Anybody happen to see Tannehill’s stats from the Titans game today. Somebody please tell me that his performance today was just an anomaly.

Had to chime in here--watched pretty much the whole game, after ours, since it was a late afternoon kick, and for the most part (he had a few sacks, but for the most part, I thought Bosa and/or Square/other D-linemen were right on him pretty quickly and wasn't nec. his fault for not getting it out of there on time), he looked great.  He really did.

I mean, Fouts (not a fan of his, but he is sometimes on point--sometimes!) stated it, given enough time, Tannehill can basically be deadly accurate, and also pointed out how he is a great passer on the run/on the move.  All of those things showed today.

Like you said, stink, it is just one game, so certainly possible he might have some bad games going forward now, but I always really thought and felt that Ryan had a lot of talent, with my biggest gripe with the guy being that sometimes he didn't get the ball out/thrown away, or even take off and run, when things broke down.  I still think he was feeling his way back most of the season last year after the 2nd knee injury in the camp of '17, and then when he suffered the shoulder injury against Cincy 5th game in or whatever it was, that really just threw things off the rails.  But ultimately, he's always had talent, and at his worst, I typically felt like Ryan was a middle tier QB in this league, and had the ceiling of a top 8-12 (Not saying better than top 7-8 QB's, just saying he could be and sometimes was in that tier right below them, with more consistent play), and I think with solid enough O-line play, he'll be able to show that.  Of course, Tennessee fans claim their O-line is real spotty and even shitty at times, but not sure how much Miami Dolphins' football they've really watched over the past 7-8 years, besides the games they played against us!!   

Regardless, I really do wish Ryan only the best.  Guy was a damn trooper for us all 7 seasons (well, 6 really, since didn't get to play at all in '17 with the recurrent knee injury, but still), and gave it his all, and really seemed like a stand up guy as well.  It was his time to move on, and the way the season has turned out for us, too, was probably for the best for all parties that he was moved on, but still doesn't mean I wouldn't like to see him succeed.  Just sucks that the dominoes couldn't fall together earlier in his career for it to have worked out with the 'Phins!!

[Dolphster]

I definitely wish him well.  Saw most of the TN game and he looked okay.  I think a fair assessment would be that with any kind of decent O-Line at all, he is probably a middle of the pack QB in the NFL.  He had zero chance to succeed in Miami because he was running for his life on most plays.  To his credit, he was a stand up guy and you never heard him bad mouth the Fins O-Line or make excuses while he was here. 

[MaineDolFan]

Ryan had two 4,000 yard seasons and one 3,900 season.  When healthy he was in the "sold / okay" category of the QB range. 

I mean if I were to tell you a QB had the following stats -

4,045 passing yards, 27 TD / 12 picks, 93 QB rating.  Not terrible.  Right?  He also had 311 yards rushing in this season (2014).

When healthy, he was okay.

Tannehill never had a over average line and good coaching staff. 

Don't get me wrong, I don't think he will ever be more than a average type QB.  But he isn't the scourge of the planet fans around here made him out to be.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

Tannehill is a decent QB.  He isn’t top tier and he isn’t the type of QB that can carry a team to the playoffs.  But he is a good enough QB to be a part of a championship team.  He is closer to Eli Manning than Peyton.  Problem is Miami fans won’t accept anything less than the glory days of Marino. 

[CF DolFan]

Great evaluations of Tannehill. I hope things work out for him in Tennessee because he really did give us everything he had. It wasn't his fault we were as bad as we have been. 

[EDGECRUSHER]

Tannehill is a decent QB.  He isn’t top tier and he isn’t the type of QB that can carry a team to the playoffs.  But he is a good enough QB to be a part of a championship team.  He is closer to Eli Manning than Peyton.  Problem is Miami fans won’t accept anything less than the glory days of Marino. 

I think we would've been fine with consistently solid but he had lots of ups and downs, mainly due to terrible coaching, development and our O-Line. I wish him nothing but the best and it wouldn't surprise me if he has a few Top 10 QB seasons in this league. He almost did with us.

[MaineDolFan]

Ryan looked good again this week.

[CF DolFan]

Ryan looked good again this week.

He has 5TDs, 1 interception, and 2 wins in his 2 starts. I think his qb rating is about 115 over those two games. Not bad for a washed up backup.

[Pappy13]

The grass is always greener on the other side. Which is why I have a HUGE fear of the fallout from this year's rebuild. We are putting ourselves in such a HUGE hole that it may take years or even decades to ever crawl out of it. I know people weren't happy about having 7 or 8 wins every year, let's see how they enjoy having 3 or 4 year after year. There are worse things then being mediocre.

[MaineDolFan]

To be fair, of all the major sports, the NFL is probably the easiest to climb out of that hole (NFL 1, MLB 1a).  Zero today, hero tomorrow; if done correctly (and with a little luck). 

2016 San Fran was 2-16.  The next year 6-10, last year 4-12.  They've gone from a four win season to one of the favorites in the West. 

The NFL is full of "worst to first" stories - mostly due to how horrific the majority of the league is (we are one of those teams now).  A little luck on draft day, the coaching staff is actually better than the one who tossed a house blitz on 3rd and 22 last night...and we will see.

[EDGECRUSHER]

To be fair, of all the major sports, the NFL is probably the easiest to climb out of that hole (NFL 1, MLB 1a).  Zero today, hero tomorrow; if done correctly (and with a little luck). 

2016 San Fran was 2-16.  The next year 6-10, last year 4-12.  They've gone from a four win season to one of the favorites in the West. 

The NFL is full of "worst to first" stories - mostly due to how horrific the majority of the league is (we are one of those teams now).  A little luck on draft day, the coaching staff is actually better than the one who tossed a house blitz on 3rd and 22 last night...and we will see.

I've been saying this for awhile. Niners got Bosa who is a beast and their QB back and are now 8-0. I don't think we will be 8-0 next year, but if we draft a QB who is legit, paired with our huge draft haul and league high cap space, I can see a dramatic turnaround in one season.

Or we screw it all up and go 5-11 the next decade.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

IIRC the greatest single season NFL improvement occurred with the signing of Chad Pennington.

[masterfins]

I'm happy for Tannehill, it was time for him to get a fresh start on a new team; and seeing this shit show in Miami I'm sure Tannehill thinks it was the best career move ever.