fin415
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No body outside of this fan base thinks he's good because he's not good, but when you've had Jay Fiedler and Sage Rosenfells and what not, you start to think any qb that can throw a few tds is good.
Jimmy frickin Garapolo has passed Tannehill. Watson had passed him as well, as has Wentz as has Goff. Tannehill is below average when you line up all the starters in the league but this fan base loves going 8-8 so we will probably keep him a few more years and then find another scrub to start after that.
Garapolo has won 4 games. Deshaunn Watson was 3-4 before getting hurt. If you think that's enough to judge a QB, then your opinion is suspect or biased in order to make your point.
In fairness, we've had 4 years to pass judgement on RT and under some pretty difficult circumstances, all we've seen has been significant improvement -- at least to the above average, possibly to well above average starting QB.
As for going 8-8, no one here is happy with that. But, you can't get better if all you do is churn players and coaches who are at the very least good (but possibly not great) at the first sign of adversity. After the first 2 or 3 QBs in the draft each year, the talent levels drop off A LOT.
Even our beloved Shula didn't win the big game with Marino slinging a football in ways not seen before. That's pretty damning evidence that even the best QBs aren't enough -- you need functional team across offense, defense, and special teams. While one of the units can get away with just ok, the team as a whole has to be functional and play to their strengths.