Just because it is an opinion piece is a poor excuse for it being poorly done. Have an opinion, but back it up with something.
Could Ryan Tannehill be headed down same road as Alex Smith?
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Just because it is an opinion piece is a poor excuse for it being poorly done. Have an opinion, but back it up with something.
He didn't have an elite team around him in 2016 and he was good enough to be the major part of getting this team to the playoffs.
Smith was on a team that was much, much, much better than the 2016 Dolphins. He had also had multiple seasons in a good situation.
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Exactly lol no one should be all riled up with this guy writing articles.
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Well, he isn't wrong about Tannehill. The anti Tannehill fans have been saying the same things for the last few years now. As have the media, "experts", and other NFL fans. But of course our staff has faith in him, they wouldn't come out and say otherwise. Most coaches don't throw specific players under the bus like that.
Hard to throw stats and numbers out when all we do is keep waiting and waiting and waiting for Tannehill to do something more than just meh. And all the Pro Tannehill fans just blame others. I see the same thing in 2018. Rinse and repeat like clockwork.
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1 in 5 years would be a 20% success rate. If he's able to do that more frequently, great!
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I don’t read anywhere in the article that RT sucks. The point of contention is whether RT is a decent QB or a QB that can win playoff games and hopefully a SB. After 6 yrs, he hasn’t shown either ability as he’s been too inconsistent. It’s unfortunate, because the 2016 season was his chance to prove something, but the knee injury derailed that.
I’ve always stated that RT wasn’t the problem, but he also isn’t the solution.
Yes, Philbin didn’t do him any favors, but at the same time he hasn’t exactly distinguished himself in big games.
3 seasons ago the Phins needed 1 win in the final 2 games to secure a playoff spot against 2 teams with losing records (bills, jets). RT was horrible in both games to end the season. The entire team played poorly, but RT didn’t stand out like you would expect a leader of the team should.
Bottom line, if Allen or Mayfield are sitting there at 11, you have to take them. RT hasn’t earned the benefit of doubt.
I’ve always stated that RT wasn’t the problem, but he also isn’t the solution.
Yes, Philbin didn’t do him any favors, but at the same time he hasn’t exactly distinguished himself in big games.
3 seasons ago the Phins needed 1 win in the final 2 games to secure a playoff spot against 2 teams with losing records (bills, jets). RT was horrible in both games to end the season. The entire team played poorly, but RT didn’t stand out like you would expect a leader of the team should.
Bottom line, if Allen or Mayfield are sitting there at 11, you have to take them. RT hasn’t earned the benefit of doubt.
The guy concluded that Alex Smith is way better than RT, I think RT is better than Smith. He will prove that on the field this coming season. BTW, being better than Smith is far from good enough to win Super Bowls. The question coming up in 2018 is do we have our QB? RT was kicking butt in Gase's system before he went down. I want to see what a continuation of that looks like. In the meantime, get a QB in round one if the guy we like is there. With RT we're not going to finish so badly. We have our chance now to snag RT's back up in a QB heavy draft, get Mayfield, Allen or whoever Gase rates the highest.
If by "he" you mean the "GM" and by "success" you mean "put together a team that doesn't suck", we can agree.
Do we give the next guy till the end of their second season tp prove it too?
No, the anti Tannehill fans haven' been saying the same thing for years. They've been saying:
- He is a converted WR, he'll never be any good
- All he does is get passes batted down
- He locks on his primary receiver for too long
- He immediately checks down to his option instead of staying on his primary receiver
- He'll prove he's good enough when he reaches 90 QB rating
- He can't throw the deep ball
- He certainly can't throw the deep ball and have above a 90 rating at the same time
- He is at fault for the sacks
- He can't beat NE
- He'll never lead the team to the playoffs
He was the 12th ranked passer in 2016. Why do you keep ignoring that? He wasn't "meh" in 2016 or 2014. Make your case without leaving out facts. Seems like a common tactic among the haters, along with moving the goal posts.
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Look at the Eagles as an example. They stepped up and made a deal happen for their QB of the future. Wentz would be in the Super Bowl if he didn't get injured. The Eagles look very smart for securing Wentz. If we get a great QB in this draft we'll look smart down the road also. Maybe, we could use Landry as a bargaining chip to land a big time QB like Josh Allen, he's going to be special, he can make every throw. If Tannenbaum gets us Josh Allen I might even give him a break in my constant critical remarks regarding his over all lack of intellectual prowess.
