Really good read and film work. I'd say this is a must read and watch for Dolphin fans.
One of the things I soapbox about is how often Tannehill has been sacked and hit. You can look at the number of sacks and add maybe 6-10 times as many hits. It is amazing he is still playing football. Over the years we have seen good QBs come out of college and get drafted high by poor teams with poor OLs. And most do not last 3 seasons. Tannehill is not only still playing, he has never missed a start and is still stepping into his passes and taking the big hits.
How many NFL QBs could of made that play and pass to Kenny Stills? 3 maybe? How many QBs run and throw the ball better then he does?
And yet for years he has been let down by his OL AND his WRs. Some of these stats boggle the mind.
"With improved play around him, the Tannehill criticism has all but disappeared over the last month. He hasn't changed much, if at all. Tannehill has always been a good quarterback, but he has never had the supporting cast to show it off consistently. Last year he had an accuracy rate of 80.8 percent, but his receivers cost him 63 completions on accurate passes for at least 717 yards and six touchdowns. Only Aaron Rodgers lost more completions to wide receiver error; only Cam Newton lost more yards to wide receiver error. Rodgers, Newton, and Andrew Luck were the only quarterbacks to lose more touchdowns. Tannehill lost a completion on an accurate pass once every 9.3 attempts. For comparison, Marcus Mariota lost a completion every 9.0 attempts -- more often than anyone -- whereas Andy Dalton lost one every 21.4 attempts, less often than any other quarterback. Tannehill dealt with this incompetence at wide receiver while also playing behind one of the worst offensive lines in the league.
One of the widely-accepted criticisms of Tannehill has been that he can't throw the ball deep. In 2015, he was one of the league's best deep passers. Receiver error meant that nobody noticed. Fortunately, that has been less of an issue this year. This year Tannehill's deep passing has been astounding. It peaked in Week 10 against the San Diego Chargers."
Gase was given a very good to great young QB and has bought accountability to this team which has been a huge plus. Between being able to see the player Tannehill is, to listening to Jay Ajaji about how he likes to run the ball, releasing or sitting players who are not playing well, I'm really impressed and happy with our new and hopefully long time Head Coach.
I just hope he bring Tim Tebow here next year to replace Matt Moore......