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Greg Cote: Miami Dolphins’ season hinges on Ryan Tannehill’s emergence

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This is on Ryan Tannehill.

This newborn Dolphins season and all its dreams are all about him.

What has begun, wrapped in the nostalgic feel-good of the franchise’s 50th season, and the hopes of Dolfans that this year might finally be different, and the dangling future of coach Joe Philbin — all of it starts with Miami’s fourth-year quarterback. Where it ends does, too. Mostly that.

It isn’t on Ndamukong Suh, the high-priced defensive import. Miami won its opener at Washington on Sunday despite the Redskins all but erasing Suh from the game and limiting him to two tackles. That was a nifty reminder that even the greatest defenders can’t do what the right quarterback can, which is why Houston isn’t taking that next step despite having J.J. Watt.

No, this Dolphins season isn’t about Suh or the defense, it isn’t on how well the guards play or how good DeVante Parker becomes. And it isn’t about coaching or bounces or luck.

It is about whether Tannehill can take this team and this city on his back and carry them all the way through January.

Tannehill’s running ability also conveys a toughness and resourcefulness. That and his likability will make him a very, very popular player here if the right kind of winning is added to the recipe

We judge quarterbacks by so much that is measurable, but there is an intangible quality to this position, something you know when you see it even if the describing of it is a challenge.

Your QB doesn’t have to top a 100 passer rating. Doesn’t even necessarily need to make the Pro Bowl every year.

But he does have to be on the right side of this question:

Does your quarterback take what defenses give him … or does he take what he wants?

It is this alpha-dog quality in Tannehill that we must see emerge in 2015 if Miami is to end its playoff drought and feel assured that it has the right leader moving forward, not just somebody who might be good enough.
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http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/greg-cote/article35383278.html#storylink=rss
 
I'm just going to clear my throat and do my best impression of a typical Dolphins fan...

ahem, ahem....."WE SUCK! NOTHING HAS CHANGED! TANNEHILL BLOWS! WASTED MONEY! WAH WAH WAH WHA WAHWA WAH"

I highly doubt that this season solely hinges on Tannehill. If anything, the Redskins game should tell us that in some form. He didn't even play that bad. It's like saying that because you didn't get the highest grade on the first test of the year you must be a complete moron...

I'm just tired of the over exaggerations from fans. It truly seems like we have people who could crap $10 dollar bills and turn right around and complain that they are not $20 dollar bills...
 
He's right! I think the theme hear all off season was that the board knows the Bills and Jets have very good rosters but they have "no QB" and we have the advantage because of ours. If Tannehill can't deliver we will likely finish last. He was OK in week 1 but need to be a lot better. In fact he needs to be consistently better than Tyrod Taylor and Ryan Fitzpatrick because they are both in the "no QB" category per Finheaven. Our season hinges on Tannehill no excuses although if he sputters I'm sure they will pile up. We're already killing the defense who at the end of the day gave up 10 points. If our offense held up there end of the bargain we should have won this game comfortably.
 
This is like Flacco territory we're in now. Every year asking when he's going to take the next step. He wins a superbowl and we still keep asking.
 
I'm not worried about Tannehill. I'd much rather see him start slow and steady and end the season hot. Not the other way around.
 
Sounds like a lot of fluff.

Greg Cote is an old geezer who uses figurative and consequently meaningless sports lingo to get by.

Every QB takes what the defense gives him, exploits match ups, etc.
 
When you run 3 wides of course it's about the QB.

The system we have in place is about the QB.

For the teams that go deep in the playoffs its about the QB.

Duh. It's about the QB.

That said, if the opposing D can neutralize your QB and beat your team PHYSICALLY (like Buffalo did to Indy) you can win with an inferior QB. Doing that consistently becomes harder and harder as the season progresses.

After that, it's virtually impossible to hide your QB in the playoffs.

If Miami is gonna make serious noise this year Thill has to play WAY BETTER -- consistently than he did week 1.

And I think he will.

BNF.
 
If the only thing i got to worry about is the qb then im not worried
 
That was a bad game by Tannehill...lets be honest he will play better then a 93 rating...was a bad game by average QB standards...no, but we have elevated Standards for our QB, because he has shown us what he can do.

The last area we need to worry about is RT (and Landry)
 
finbully said:
This is like Flacco territory we're in now. Every year asking when he's going to take the next step. He wins a superbowl and we still keep asking.
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Tannehill wins a Super Bowl I'll stop asking. After this season I'll stop. Four years in the league, 2 years in the same system,good weapons. If there isnt a big leap this year then to me he is what he is.
 
This season absolutely hinges on what RT actually is as a QB. Right now he is not close to being a SB caliber Q. This is why people are worried about this first game, because the new RT looks a lot like the old RT.
 
FSU Truth said:
The last area we need to worry about is RT (and Landry)
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The QB is the first thing every team needs to worry about until he proves he is elite. If you don't have a top shelf QB you have a very small chance of even getting to a SB.
 
phishxhead said:
The QB is the first thing every team needs to worry about until he proves he is elite. If you don't have a top shelf QB you have a very small chance of even getting to a SB.
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He proved it last season...pay attention...
 
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