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Dolphins QB Hierarchy...

For me, as of now ... I would have Jay and Chad ahead of Tanny ..... but only, FOR NOW. Jay doesn't get enough credit for what he did for us. He helped take us to the playoffs a few times, and even won a playoff game (the last one we won). Chad gave us one of the greatest single-season turnarounds in NFL history, and gave us our last division title.

I would have them ahead of Tanny for now, but I can see Ryan EASILY surpassing both of them this year when its all said and done, or next year. He needs to get us to the playoffs first and foremost.
 
To pass Marino Tannyhill will either need to win multiple Super Bowls, be in the Hall of Fame and win 1 Supere Bowl, or be in the Hall of Fame and eclipse Marino's passing records. Just my opinion.
 
How you rank them depends on what your are ranking them on. Talent? Passing stats? SB or playoff victories/appearances? Wins?

SBs/playoffs - Griese, Marino, Woodley/Strock (SB), Fiedler (playoffs), Penny

Talent - Marino, Tannehill, Penny, Griese, Strock, nobody else worth mentioning

Passing stats - Marino, Tannehill, Penny, Fiedler, Griese

Wins - Marino, Griese, Fiedler

IMO, Tannehill will be #2 in most categories before he is done. Griese (IMO) is a little overrated (and I'm old enough to remember him playing). Fiedler is underrated by many (how many of us would take 41 wins in 4 years now). I hated Woodley and wished they would play Strock full time. Never could understand what Shula was doing. IMO, only Marino, Griese, and Fiedler even deserve mentions as all time Dolphin QBs. Nobody else started enough games to matter. Hopefully Tannehill becomes the 4th.
 
Anyone putting Pennington above Fiedler is crazy, Fiedler had three 10 win seasons and a playoff victory. Pennington played one season and went 11-5 and got embarrassed in the playoffs. Maybe I'm biased because I hate the stinkin Jets and I remember Fiedler's amazing performance on Thanksgiving against the Cowboys.
 
susser2000 said:
Anyone putting Pennington above Fiedler is crazy, Fiedler had three 10 win seasons and a playoff victory. Pennington played one season and went 11-5 and got embarrassed in the playoffs. Maybe I'm biased because I hate the stinkin Jets and I remember Fiedler's amazing performance on Thanksgiving against the Cowboys.
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I agree ... while I will always appreciate what Penny did for us in 2008, Jay Fiedler has been given a bad rap over the years. Fiedler did a lot for us ... I remember in 2001 when we were primarly a passing team and he had 5 4th quarter comebacks ... including two epic comebacks against the Raiders (epic final drive), and one against Buffalo (we were down 27-10 going into the 4th). Fiedler helped keep us relevant for a few more years after Marino. He wasn't great by any stretch, and he was frustrating to watch at times ... but he was a scrapper, and tried his damnest to keep us as winners, which for a time he was able to do.

If people want to hate a QB during the 2000-2003 era ... hate on Ray Lucas. I seriously believe the Jets paid him to be a double agent to ruin our 2002 season. That ****-headed meatsack ... I will NEVER forget how he ruined our 2002 season.
 
athrun340 said:
i think at this point, tannehill should still be below pennington. Pennington got us to the playoffs. lets wait until tannehill gets us to the playoffs before we anoint him.
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I liked Penny, but let's not forget that before Miami started using the Willdcat, the Dolphins were playing pretty bad, Tannehill has reached his success the hard way, no running game to keep defenses honest, and no O-line to keep defenses out of his face.

Tannehill deserves to be above Penny on that alone.
 
J. David Wannyheimer said:
Jay Fiedler was not a good quarterback. He shouldn't be above Chad Pennington.

Also... Bob Griese > Dan Marino. In my book, anyway.
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I agree that Jay was below Pennington.

However, in a QB conversation, Griese was not as good as Marino.

EDIT: Actually, Fiedler shouldn't even be top 5.
 
FinfanInBuffalo said:
The lack of a running game had nothing to do with Marino and little to do with the team's failure to win a SB. That failure belongs with the defense. The team scored enough points to win. The defense sucked for more that a decade. Look back at the Dolphins records with and without Arnsparger running the defense.

Don't believe me that the running game woes were not Marino's fault? Find me a single Dolphins RB from 1893 until 1999 that had any success with another team either before or after being a Dolphin. I did the research one time. None of them were any good anywhere they played.
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This may be your best post ever.
 
No way Tannehill over Fielder and Pennington. Not yet.
 
Wildbill3 said:
http://www.pageqsports.com/2013/12/ryan-tannehills-rank-on-the-qb-hierarchy/

Dolphins QB Hierarchy

1. Dan Marino
2. Bob Griese
3. Ryan Tannehill
4. Jay Fiedler
5. Chad Pennington

You’d rather have Tannehill and his future endeavors than Jay Fiedler in his prime. We’re at that point, right?


He’s shown drastic improvement in the second half of 2013, increasing his QB rating from 80.8 (Games 1 – 8) to 93.9 (Games 9 – 15), with eight touchdowns against two interceptions over his last three games — all victories. This is all the while playing behind a line that should have hospitalized him by Week 4. More protection is found inside a hole-punched condom wrapper.
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This is where the writer lost all credibility:
QB’s I’d rather have over Tannehill: Rodgers, P. Manning, Brees, Brady, Wilson, Luck, Roethlisberger, Rivers, Ryan, Stafford, Flacco, Newton, Romo, E. Manning, Kaepernick, and Griffin.
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WVDolphan said:
This may be your best post ever.
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Q. Who is the best Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator of all time?

A. Tom Olivadotti

That SoB should have been mentioned in Thurman's and Kelly's HOF induction speeches. F#ck I hate that guy.
 
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