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Hopefully he'll violate another principle and drafts some playmakers this year.
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Hopefully he'll violate another principle and drafts some playmakers this year.
I hope he develops a good Axiom, it is dangerous to go outside it. That old rule of getting proven talent over potential is very sound. It is a good thing he started this year instead of riding the bench or he would still have 19 starts. Sherman was the key to it all anyway. And right or wrong in the T HILL decision, Sherman should not have that much influence on the future of this team in my opinion. So far it is working out though. Philbin giving Sherman so much influence on our future is a question mark for me actually, something I am waiting to see play out in a few different ways.I would hope that Jeff Ireland continues to go outside his "axiom" from time to time.
Wow. Did not realize drafting our first play-maker in years was "Violating Principles." Get that stooge, Ireland, out of here.
The principle he was talking about was that Tannehill didn't have at least 30 college starts, he wasn't talking about drafting playmakers or not.
He seemed to skip principle when he drafted an undersized qb in Pat white also
With the trifecta you just know that he's swinging for the fences... Let's say a prayer of thanks for delivering das wunderkind, JI, to the Dolphins.Axiom, matrix and acorns it's the new trifecta
Pat came to take the Wildcat to the next level (and he is not undersized where it counted)He seemed to skip principle when he drafted an undersized qb in Pat white also
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I certainly understand the principle of experience and learning curve. But, while that improves a prospect, you end up only getting truly talented QB's with the top couple of picks when you wait until they have everything. And, if you don't ever have the top couple picks, you end up sacrificing something more meaningful to even get a starting QB.
It's clear that Tannehill is accurate, smart, hard working, determined, and has the physical attributes you want (good size, speed, arm strength, quick release), so it was a pretty solid gamble. All he needs is experience, and given our roster, we could afford to give it to him. The kid has talent, and we're seeing it develop nicely. He's already thrown for the 3rd most yards in a game in Rookie History (only 2 yards behind Luck's record), he threw for the second most yards by a rookie last season--more than RGIII and Russell Wilson, although had RGIII not been a running QB which led to him getting injured, I suspect RGII would have thrown for more. With poor WR's and no deep threat he really did extremely well. Without speed or deep threats its hard to get those long TD's, and it showed. Without big physical WR's it's hard to get those red zone fades and jump balls. Without scheme it's hard to get those confusion quick slants. When your tallest TE is only 6'4 and can't jump or box out, it's hard to get too many of those kinds of TD's. When your running game can't open the holes to run for TD's, it's hard to throw in the red zone. Yeah, he had poor TD numbers, but I can't really blame that all on him.
Looking at the interceptions, I've been more impressed with Tannehill than any other rookie QB. I know it sounds odd when he has 13 INT's, but very few of those were inaccurate throws. He had blocks, WR's quitting on routes, balls bouncing off TE's chests and WR's hands, and I can only recall once all season that a defender dropped an INT. We dropped 3 of Luck's in one game, LOL. Tannehill made some bad decisions, but I can't recall him making the same bad decision twice. I'm sure if it hasn't happened it will, but that's pretty amazing for a guy coming in with 19 collegiate starts at QB. I can see why Ireland was willing to violate his rule against drafting QB's until they had 30 games under their belts.