Ilovemyfins4eva
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You asked if any of the 12 drops in the first three games would have been TDs or long gains. YOU ASKED. I simply answered the question that you should have already known the answer to. I realize you were simply trying to downplay the drops to keep the blame mostly on the QB. Through the first 3 games, 12 drops is way too many. They may even out over the whole season but not over 3 games.
The bottom line is this.
Ryan Tannehill is every bit as talented as the last two SB winners (Wilson, Flacco), just as good as the two before that were in their first two years (Eli, Ben) and just as good or better as several other young QBs (Foles, Dalton, RGIII, Cousins) are right now.
Last year he put up a solid season behind the league's worst OL supported by one of the worst running games and a bad OC. Those are facts, not excuses. The Jets game is the only game that was a huge disappointment. He didn't play well, no excuses. The first three games this year were not as good as most of the 2nd half of last season. For me, that doesn't erase the solid 7 game stretch pointed out in the Perkins article. Those games still happened. He still played very well in that stretch. He is still the same QB.
Just take a look at this season. In the games that we remain balanced and ran the ball, we blew out the other team. In the games where we didn't, we lost. I put the blame for the KC loss on Lazor the most. 15 rushing attempts in that game for Miller was far too low. We should have dominated with the run in the 4th quarter. KC did and we didn't. That is more responsible for the loss than any other single thing.
The QB is probably the only single player that can undermine the rest of the team by playing poorly but poor performances by other units can inhibit the QB from performing at his highest level. It is a fact that a drop of a perfectly thrown ball is an incomplete pass just like a miss on a poorly thrown ball. Looking at the raw stats in isolation is pointless. 12 drops is only a problem because it is so high in comparison to the other teams. I posted stats that showed that in the first three games, Tannehill was no more inaccurate than any of the other young QBs. So two factors lead to drops. In one, the Dolphins were about normal. For the other, they were worst in the league. Those are simply facts.
just thought you'd be interested, here is a list of all dropped passes in the nfl this year.
http://www.sportingcharts.com/nfl/stats/drops/2014/