Yep.
And like it or not, Gase is all in on Ryan so while the idea of just cutting ties with Ryan and having Gase select one of these young guys sounds enticing to some . . . Gase already has his QB and there is no quarterback out there in his mind that is more capable at running his offense in 2018 than Ryan Tannehill.
If a QB is drafted first round, the knee had a setback.
Making a lateral move like Smith vs Tannehill is stupid anyways. It may benefit Tannehill because often in the NFL after a QB is moved from his first team the second go-around is the better one but for us it would be a wash at best.
I personally don't care if Gase is all in with Tannehill. He'll be attaching his career to Tannehill's success then. Right now Gase is a coach I can pick on the street corner. Tod Bowles with the jets went 10-6 in his first year as well and then followed that up with two 5-11 seasons. Right now Gase is not special. As a matter of fact this year has shown a disturbing trend with him. With last year's excitement I completely overlooked the fact that he went all out with Foster last year. And if not for Foster's injury we would never have seen JTrain. But I could overlook that gaffe. This year though if not for JTrain being traded and Williams getting hurt we would have never seen Drake. For an offensive minded head coach how can you miss throughout training camp, pre-season and literally the entire season a talent like Drake?
Grant? In one of his interviews he stated that they had seen Grant in practice and how fast he is and how he can catch he ball yadayadayada. To the question why Grant hasn't been inserted earlier in the season his answer was: "I don't really know"
You are the frigging headcoach. How do you not know?
Cutler/Moore: I also bought into that "Cutler was the right decision because Gase knew him, Cutler knew the offense" etc. But if you keep Moore why not trust him? There is always a drop off from starter to backup but you must trust Moore to keep us somewhat going otherwise why keep him on the roster. Instead you throw him to the wolves in two of our toughest away games with no practice with the first team and a short week to boot because the $10 Million diva is to fine for these games. I doubt with practice with the first team in preseason and throughout the season that Moore would have done worse than Cutler.
So from here on out I question Gase's talent evaluation especially when it comes to the QB position. This year I have seen some of the worst QBing in a Dolphins uniform since the Ray Lucas days. It made Chad Henne look like a HoF QB.
Let him put all his eggs into the Tannehill basket. Fine. But if Tannehill does not tear it up next year and we do not end up with an 11-5 record or something like that I want them all gone. If Tannehill struggles for whatever reasons incl post injury problems (mentally and/or physically) and he has nobody worth a dime behind Tannehill I want them all to pack their ****: Tannebaum, Grier, Gase, Coordinators, Tannehill and go to hell.
This year Gase looked like Philbin on the sideline: clueless look, empty face.
And I don't want to hear this weekly: "we have to execute better" and "we have to look at the film" anymore.
The kicker was the answer at the end of the season to what his evaluation of the season is: "we have to look at the season as a whole on film". Really you haven't watched film enough yet? Somebody give the guy a movie pass.
In regards to Smith vs Tannehill. I would not trade. It is a lateral move and even if Smith would be slightly better we would pay more (too much) to get Smith and we would not get enough for Tannehill to compensate for the Smith trade. We'd lose out big time.