Not to belittle Tannehill cuz I'm a big fan of his. But Cutler has far better pocket awareness. Just comes naturally to Cutler, so if Gase limits his turnovers. He will have a good season
That is one enormous "if" though. Even Cutler's "good" year with Gase had a ton of dropped interceptions.
Alex Smith is another quarterback with whom Tannehill is virtually interchangeable in my opinion. They both play at the average level, both are game managers who take care of the ball very well, and neither offers the sort of QB play that can surmount weaknesses elsewhere on a roster or regularly win quarterback shootouts against the elites of the league.
Notice that the Chiefs' 12-4 record in 2016 was generated largely by its very good pass defense, while Smith played at Tannehill's level, and that wasn't enough to win a home playoff game after a bye in which the Chiefs' defense played well, and Smith had a pedestrian performance.
He had 3 dropped interceptions in 2015. Tannehill had 5.
http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stat-analysis/2016/adjusted-interceptions-2015
LMAO at the common comparison to Smith by some of the TanneH8 Myopians. Smith has reached his ceiling, Tannehill, when left reasonably upright, has shown top 10 potential.
Even if that could somehow be demonstrated as true and not a mere opinion, the problem there, again, as I mentioned earlier in the thread, is that "top 10" isn't significantly different from "middle 10 or 12" (where Alex Smith lies) until you get to about top 7.
In your opinion. I love it when pure speculation is presented as cold hard fact, especially in a sentence admonishing people for expressing an opinion.
Too funny.
Fanahills: All I'm saying is Wilson, and even Brady would not have fared any better under Philbin. And Brees, him and Tannehill have a similar record since 2012. And when the o-line was just mediocre he put up elite type of performances. And he's one tier above most of the second tier guys. So, if it looks like a duck and sounds like a duck...
Me: so you are saying he's elite
Fanahills: WHOA, WHOA, WHOA!!! Nobody EVER said he's elite!!! But he does deserve a good 10-15 years under center before we even THINK about using a draft pick on another QB.
Fanahills: All I'm saying is Wilson, and even Brady would not have fared any better under Philbin.
The odd thing is that you actually think are contradicting themselves. You simply cannot comprehend that a QB that is running for his life isn't likely to do well for long regardless of their ability. Wilson has his lowest QB rating of his career last season. Do you honestly think it was a coincidence? Cam Newton's play dropped off dramatically last season, why?
Do you think they are just inconsistent players or is it just possible that their performance is affected by the team that surrounds them? Seattle dropped to 25th in the league in rushing offense, despite a career high rushing yards for Wilson. He had career highs in attempts and yards and career lows in YPA and QB rating. That is exactly what many told you would happen. As the offense became more dependent on Wilson, his efficiency would drop. When the Dolphins run game began to approach (but certainly didn't reach) what Wilson enjoyed for his first 4 years, Tannehill's QB rating passed the 100 point barrier.
Any time any Tannehill supporter ranks QBs, they put Tannehill below the elite QBs and above the THIRD TIER QBs.