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Tannehill opened Sunday's game by completing six consecutive passes and 10 of his first 11, the only miss a drop by running back Lamar Miller. The hot start, which followed two other instances in which he completed 14 consecutive passes earlier this season, helped the Dolphins to a 17-0 lead over the Chargers midway through the second quarter. Tannehill kept the Chargers on their heels throughout, completing 14 of 18 passes on first down -- for an average of 9.3 yards per attempt -- to maintain manageable down-and-distances. During the Dolphins' 4-1 stretch, Tannehill has an 82.9 QBR. (It was 27.2 during their 1-2 start.) What has been the difference? Among the explanations: Opponents have blitzed Tannehill more than twice as often during the winning streak (45 percent of dropbacks) than during the early period (17 percent). In other words, Tannehill's improvement has mirrored an increased blitz frequency. On Sunday, the Chargers blitzed on 49 percent of his dropbacks and did not sack him once. He completed 11 of 17 passes against blitzes for 124 yards and two touchdowns. Finally, Tannehill completed 4 of 5 passes for 58 yards and a touchdown when throwing from outside the pocket and also converted three first downs on his four rushes (totaling 47 yards).

FINAL ANALYSIS


This game put on display everything the Dolphins hope Tannehill will become. He can be an accurate and rhythmic thrower within their scheme, can make throws outside or inside the pocket, and can convert big plays with his feet. The final step in his development is to produce similar games over an extended period of time.
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http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/147953/inside-slant-nfl-week-9-qb-report
 
Tannehill has an 82.9 QBR. (It was 27.2 during their 1-2 start.)
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What do these numbers translate to in a rating system that's not stupid as ****?
 
sm0kinfins said:
What do these numbers translate to in a rating system that's not stupid as ****?
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Nobody knows lol. I think their rating goes from 0 (or Geno Smith as it should be called) to 100. So 82.9 is pretty solid I guess.

I know his QB Rating over that period of time is something like 108.

Edit: Since the 1-2 start Tannehill has a 104.1 QB Rating. Completing 68.8% of his passes, 8.17 ypa, 10 TDs, 4 INTs and 1283 yards passing (256.6 ypg).
 
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Regular season football and playoff football are two different animals. The one thing that I need to see in Ryan is improvement on the deep ball. He can hit some mid range passes that turn into deep passes but he needs to hit a few bombs to prove to defenses that they have to defend it. If he can't do it in good weather he certainly won't be able to do it in bad weather. In the playoffs teams will study us at a whole other level and will be able to take away the short passes if they don't have to worry about the bombs.

If Ryan can hit a few deep bombs our offense will be nearly impossible to stop. Ryan has improved in SO many areas and I have no doubt that Lazor can get him up to speed on his deep ball as well. I am just afraid if he doesn't get it down this year that Lazor might bolt to somewhere else next year, maybe as HC. I would really hate to lose Lazor.
 
datruth55 said:
Nobody knows lol. I think their rating goes from 0 (or Geno Smith as it should be called) to 100. So 82.9 is pretty solid I guess.

I know his QB Rating over that period of time is something like 108.

Edit: Since the 1-2 start Tannehill has a 104.1 QB Rating. Completing 68.8% of his passes, 8.17 ypa, 10 TDs, 4 INTs and 1283 yards passing (256.6 ypg).
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I wish NFL.com would add a "week to week" filter. So you could look at a certain range of weeks. That would make that site a lot better.
 
Still skeptical about a winning season Spurs?
 
KTOWNFINFAN said:
Regular season football and playoff football are two different animals. The one thing that I need to see in Ryan is improvement on the deep ball. He can hit some mid range passes that turn into deep passes but he needs to hit a few bombs to prove to defenses that they have to defend it. If he can't do it in good weather he certainly won't be able to do it in bad weather. In the playoffs teams will study us at a whole other level and will be able to take away the short passes if they don't have to worry about the bombs.

If Ryan can hit a few deep bombs our offense will be nearly impossible to stop. Ryan has improved in SO many areas and I have no doubt that Lazor can get him up to speed on his deep ball as well. I am just afraid if he doesn't get it down this year that Lazor might bolt to somewhere else next year, maybe as HC. I would really hate to lose Lazor.
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It's not that easy. Ryan is hitting receivers down the sidelines (something he's always done) and in the middle of the field...it's not that easy to cover 50 yards across and let's say 30 yards deep with 4 receivers in pass patterns. If it was that easy teams would have shut Alex Smith down a long time ago because he lives on short passes. There won't be one single team, despite Tannehill not having success deep, not play a safety over the top of Mike Wallace either. It only takes one play where it results in a TD and with most playoff games being tight because of defenses (yes, our defense too can study tape more intently) playing tighter, giving up a big TD could be the difference.
 
Where are all the "media hates us, gives us no credit" guys?
I don't wanna read all this garbage, I want my team to just keep winning. Don't give 2 ****s about power rankings or what some jerk off on espn has to say.
It cracks me up, every other week the media is all stupid and full of ****. Now, they say something good about Miami and they are all of the sudden smart.
We need to spend more time on what RT does against running backs with 3 or more children than some ESPN evaluation.
 
slk018 said:
Where are all the "media hates us, gives us no credit" guys?
I don't wanna read all this garbage, I want my team to just keep winning. Don't give 2 ****s about power rankings or what some jerk off on espn has to say.
It cracks me up, every other week the media is all stupid and full of ****. Now, they say something good about Miami and they are all of the sudden smart.
We need to spend more time on what RT does against running backs with 3 or more children than some ESPN evaluation.
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lol
 
I'm surprised team don't try to keep him in the pocket and keep lots of dbs back and make him beat them as a pocket passer.
 
slk018 said:
Where are all the "media hates us, gives us no credit" guys?
I don't wanna read all this garbage, I want my team to just keep winning. Don't give 2 ****s about power rankings or what some jerk off on espn has to say.
It cracks me up, every other week the media is all stupid and full of ****. Now, they say something good about Miami and they are all of the sudden smart.
We need to spend more time on what RT does against running backs with 3 or more children than some ESPN evaluation.
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Then don't.
 
nick1 said:
Still skeptical about a winning season Spurs?
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I am. Lose in Detroit and at home to Buffalo and Miami is 5-5 with Denver looming. That's a scary scenario.

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slk018 said:
Where are all the "media hates us, gives us no credit" guys?
I don't wanna read all this garbage, I want my team to just keep winning. Don't give 2 ****s about power rankings or what some jerk off on espn has to say.
It cracks me up, every other week the media is all stupid and full of ****. Now, they say something good about Miami and they are all of the sudden smart.
We need to spend more time on what RT does against running backs with 3 or more children than some ESPN evaluation.
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Easy to avoid if you really wanted to...
 
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