Everyone sits around and waits for some definitive answer on Tannehill, the exact moment when its indisputable that he's a bust, and its just not going to come. There is always going to be debate on what else they could have done to get more out of him. He's had 4 years and you've pretty much seen what he is, there is no miracle transformation on the way folks. Is he good enough to get you a championship(s)? He is provided the rest of the team improves dramatically. With an elite defense and good running game, Tannehill can probably be a 'good enough' player at his position. If you're looking for him to take over games, make guys around him better and win games on sheer force of will, that isn't him. Coach Gase doesn't have enough fairy dust to turn Tannehill into Big Ben or Peyton.
So, what do we do? Keep Tannehill and focus on rebuilding the defense and o-line, and you better hope you hit on a bunch of draft picks because there's tons of holes on D, and probably need another RB to replace Miller if he leaves. Or let Gase go out and find his QB that he can groom and start their careers together and we can watch a new rookie mature properly this time, hopefully.
See...here's the thing:
In three years, there are going to be one, two, MAYBE three elite QBs in the league.
Rodgers.
Luck
Roethlisberger (?)
Newton (?)
Who else ya got? Brady? In three years, Brady's going to be 41.
Manning's going to be 42.
Brees is going to be 40.
i am so sick and freaking tired of everyone saying that they know what Ryan Tannehill can be.
Really?
You know who the fifth ranked QB was in 2015? Andy Goddamn Dalton. Sixth was Kirk Bleeping Cousins. Seventh was Tyrod Taylor. I ran out of cute expletives.
If you told me you would have traded any of those three straight up for Tanny last offseason, you're a goddamn liar.
For everyone who said they know what Tannehill is going to do next year? This is for you. I play this clip a lot, but it needs to be said again.
[video=youtube;LugIVfL6FbU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LugIVfL6FbU[/video]
You DON'T know. You don't.