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Daily Focus: Does Ryan Tannehill have an accuracy issue?

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Reports out of the Miami Dolphins offseason program are that QB Ryan Tannehill is struggling with his accuracy. New head coach Adam Gase affirmed this saying that while Tannehill has made some “impressive” throws, he’s been inconsistent with his ball placement and he hasn’t been on the same page as his receivers as they learn a new offense.

Since being drafted in the first round by the Dolphins, Tannehill has been middle-of-the-road in terms of his adjusted completion percentage – 17[SUP]th[/SUP] in 2012, 26[SUP]th[/SUP] in 2013, 7[SUP]th[/SUP] in 2014, and 19[SUP]th[/SUP] in 2015. His 2014 season leap was a big reason the Dolphins were a popular pick to make the playoffs in 2015, but the team as a whole struggled and that led to coaching turnover.
Looking a little further at the numbers, perhaps Tannehill’s perceived improvement in 2014 came because he was throwing fewer passes downfield and more passes short. With an average depth of target of 8.8 in 2012, 9.6 in 2013, 8.2 in 2014, and 8.9 in 2015, you can see that his 2014 jump was a product of capitalizing on connecting on easy, short throws that every NFL QB makes.




So does Tannehill have an accuracy problem? Not really. He struggles with the deep ball and that shows up in both his deep passing adjusted completion percentage (averages about 37.5 percent for 22[SUP]nd[/SUP] in the league) but he has good ball placement on short throws. Gase would be wise to tailor a system for Tannehill to take advantage of his strengths and limit his weaknesses. That seems like such a simple concept but NFL coaches tend to be a bit stubborn in terms of making their players fit their system instead of making their system fit their players. When viewing Tannehill’s career grades, perhaps a coaching change will be able to reverse the downward trend and with Jay Cutler’s notable improvement under Gase’s tutelage that Dolphins’ fans can look towards for hope.
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There is more to accuracy than throwing a catchable pass. There is the ability to lead receivers so they don't break stride and better chance of making big plays. Tannehill has been below average in that department.
 
Nope. He is quite accurate


The deep ball stuff is really overstated... Last year he looked just fine throwing it deep.
 
I was high on Tannehill through his first three seasons, was a bit disappointed last season. I'm definitely critical of the guy at times, and have been very disappointed in his lack of growth specifically in the pocket, for being able to "feel" the pocket, but more than his insane level of toughness, I have always admired that he has improved some part of his game every season. Last season, even with the struggles of the team, he showed a real and significant improvement with the deep ball. He was making those throws a lot more consistently, and I believe he ranked somewhere in the middle to upper middle with deep ball accuracy.

The guy is smart (he doesn't make a lot of stupid throws), has good accuracy, arm strength, and toughness. He checks a lot of boxes. We need to see him become a better leader, a better overall clutch performer, give us a little of "it". Hopefully he continues to improve next year, he has in each of his past 4 years, regardless of his stats.
 
AdamC13 said:
There is more to accuracy than throwing a catchable pass. There is the ability to lead receivers so they don't break stride and better chance of making big plays. Tannehill has been below average in that department.
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Without actually knowing the routes and where the throw should be going it's hard to judge whether the QB has lead the receiver or not. It's been well documented that the QB throws to a spot on the field and any miscommunications or mistimed or incorrect routes run eg too shallow, too deep, can look like an inaccurate pass when the ball has been thrown to the correct spot. If Tannehill is below average you may want to look around the league at other QBs as even the elites have their fair share of errant throws. You only have to look at the last Super Bowl to see some wildly inaccurate throws at a far higher rate than we'd usuaslly see from Tannehill.
 
Lol, Soooo what every other QB in the league doesn't have some "accuracy" issues? Including the GREAT Tom Brady?
 
Check out the stats for last years Houston game. 18 of 19, 4 TDs, no Ints.

Yeah, he has an accuracy issue. :rolleyes2:
 
I'll tell you what...lets give Tannehill a full season without at least 1-3 glaring holes in his O-line where he isn't getting the snot knocked out of him every game....a full season with a decent scheme and cast....a full season where he can audible out of bad play calls..........then we can start picking him apart.

For me....he has done a decent job all things considered.
 
With jason fox and Dallas Thomas protecting you anybody will have issues
 
BlueFin said:
I'll tell you what...lets give Tannehill a full season without at least 1-3 glaring holes in his O-line where he isn't getting the snot knocked out of him every game....a full season with a decent scheme and cast....a full season where he can audible out of bad play calls..........then we can start picking him apart.

For me....he has done a decent job all things considered.
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I was gonna post the same exact thing.

It looks like this year will be the year when we can finally tell if there's an issue with him or not.....he will have a very good O Line and that won't be a reason to blame for any poor performance on his part (as long as they stay healthy...crosses fingers).

One thing we don't have to be worried about is his toughness....we've seen him take some really hard hits and get right back up from them.....many of which would sideline a large number of NFL Qb's . I was at the Eagles/Fins game last year and saw him up close take that hellacious blindside hit in the back in the end zone (safety).....it looked like it nearly bent him in half backwards. My thought then was "well.....no way he gets up from that!... now he's out for who knows how long" but that tough SOB got right back up and walked off field......that seriously impressed me.
 
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AdamC13 said:
There is more to accuracy than throwing a catchable pass. There is the ability to lead receivers so they don't break stride and better chance of making big plays. Tannehill has been below average in that department.
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Of course you can back that up, right?
 
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