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After the Miami Dolphins were eliminated from the playoffs on Sunday, there was a vocal group of fans on social media who made the case that a quarterback competition should ensue next season when the team begins preparations for the 2017 season.
Stated simply those fans want Ryan Tannehill and Matt Moore given an equal chance to compete for the starting job next season.
And to make their case, they point to Moore’s performance during his run as the starter in 2016-17 while Tannehill was nursing a partially torn ACL and MCL in his left knee.
Moore led the Dolphins to three victories and two losses in his five games of work. He threw eight TD passes with three interceptions and had a quarterback rating of 105.6 in the regular season. He threw one TD and one interception with a quarterback rating of 97.8 and a completion percentage of 80.6 in the playoff loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
This compares favorably to the statistics Tannehill put up in his first year under coach Adam Gase’s new offensive system. Tannehill finished the year with 19 TD passes and 12 interceptions, a career-high completion percentage of 67.1 and a career high quarterback rating of 93.5.
So I understand why fans, many of whom have never warmed to Tannehill, might want a competition.
I took the issue to sources within the team in recent days. And although coach Adam Gase will have the final say on the matter, the consensus answer I got is that there absolutely, positively will not be a quarterback competition next year.
Ryan Tannehill remains the starting quarterback.
Matt Moore will remain the backup.
The public answer to this issue will likely come later Wednesday when the Dolphins hold their end-of-season press conference with Gase, executive vice president Mike Tannenbaum and general manager Chris Grier.
And here is the reason there will be no QB competition for the Dolphins:
The coaching staff does not want any fracture within the quarterback room, within the locker room, or in Tannehill’s head.
The team is very happy that both Tannehill and Moore recognize and embrace their roles and their lanes are well defined -- that being that when Tannehill is healthy he plays and when he’s not, the team belongs to Moore.
More at LINK: http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/armando-salguero/article125844329.html
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Stated simply those fans want Ryan Tannehill and Matt Moore given an equal chance to compete for the starting job next season.
And to make their case, they point to Moore’s performance during his run as the starter in 2016-17 while Tannehill was nursing a partially torn ACL and MCL in his left knee.
Moore led the Dolphins to three victories and two losses in his five games of work. He threw eight TD passes with three interceptions and had a quarterback rating of 105.6 in the regular season. He threw one TD and one interception with a quarterback rating of 97.8 and a completion percentage of 80.6 in the playoff loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
This compares favorably to the statistics Tannehill put up in his first year under coach Adam Gase’s new offensive system. Tannehill finished the year with 19 TD passes and 12 interceptions, a career-high completion percentage of 67.1 and a career high quarterback rating of 93.5.
So I understand why fans, many of whom have never warmed to Tannehill, might want a competition.
I took the issue to sources within the team in recent days. And although coach Adam Gase will have the final say on the matter, the consensus answer I got is that there absolutely, positively will not be a quarterback competition next year.
Ryan Tannehill remains the starting quarterback.
Matt Moore will remain the backup.
The public answer to this issue will likely come later Wednesday when the Dolphins hold their end-of-season press conference with Gase, executive vice president Mike Tannenbaum and general manager Chris Grier.
And here is the reason there will be no QB competition for the Dolphins:
The coaching staff does not want any fracture within the quarterback room, within the locker room, or in Tannehill’s head.
The team is very happy that both Tannehill and Moore recognize and embrace their roles and their lanes are well defined -- that being that when Tannehill is healthy he plays and when he’s not, the team belongs to Moore.
More at LINK: http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/armando-salguero/article125844329.html
Your thoughts?
