What does Ryan Tannehill's 2018 Return Mean?

[tay0365]

It means all the crying fans that just love to make snide remarks about the Dolphins, love to talk about all the players that need to be out the door now, that love to continually tell us we will be lucky to win 4 games...will be pretty much bored, and have little to do.

 

[SF Dolphin Fan]

Great post.

The short answer is that it depends how much the offensive line improved. That is the weak link on this team without question. Assuming the offensive line is league average, I think Ryan Tannehill could put this team is playoff contention. His arrow is still pointing up a bit and I do think he was primed to take off this season.

 

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If folks would like a sampling of the effect of a defensive secondary on opposing passer rating, follow the Seattle Seahawks for the remainder of this season.

Since 2011, Seattle has been one of the best teams in the league against the pass. It's essentially been their calling card. Of course with Richard Sherman, Earl Thomas, and Kam Chancellor, that stands to reason.

Coming into last night's game, Seattle was one of the best teams in the league against the pass this year, surrendering an opposing passer rating in the mid-70s on the season. That's well below the league average. They were 6-3 at that point.

Last night they were beaten 34-31 at home, in large part because they surrendered a passer rating of 115.5 to Matt Ryan. That's the third-highest passer rating they've surrendered at home since 2011. The average passer rating they've surrendered at home since 2011 is an incredible 70.8, which is a huge part of what's made them so difficult to beat in Seattle.

Of course we know they recently lost Richard Sherman and Kam Chancellor for the season. We'll see how Seattle does the rest of the year under those conditions.

After they lost Earl Thomas in early December of last year, they surrendered the following passer ratings:

Aaron Rodgers: 150.8
Jared Goff: 67.9
Carson Palmer: 111.7
Colin Kaepernick: 122.3