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How Dalton's contract affects Tannehill

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1. To understand the added importance of Ryan Tannehill's season to the Dolphins, look at Andy Dalton signing a six-year, $96 million in Cincinnati. Tannehill is entering his third year - Dalton is entering his fourh year. So this is the kind of question the Dolphins will be considering for Tannehill after this season.

What they want is for Tannehill to answer the question with his play on the field. But the answers rarely are that convenient, as the Dalton issue shows. Is he a franchise quarterback? He threw 33 touchdowns against 20 interceptions and had an 88.8 quarterback rating in 2013. That’s pretty good. You also can read it however you want.

Consider these conflicting signs:That quarterback rating was 15th in the league ... Tom Brady was 16th and Andrew Luck was 19th (Tannehill was 23rd) ... Dalton also has one touchdown against six interceptions in his three career playoff losses.

The bottom line is Cincinnati took an expensive - but common sensical - leap of faith on Dalton. It's a middle-class deal as far as quarterback contracts go - $18 million essentially guaranteed the first year.

The Bengals have a playoff team and want consistency in building on it. Look at the good talent around Dalton,Receiver A.J. Green is a big-play guy and was fifth in the league in receiving yards. Tight ends Jermaine Gresham and Tyler Eifert present big, productive targets at tight end. The running game was average at 16th in the league. He was sacked 29 times – or half what Tannehill was. (And as I wrote recently I'm more sold on Tannehill than the support around him.)

I understand why the Bengals gave him this contract. And you can be sure the Dolphins watched this closely. They'll most likely face a similar decision a year from now.
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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/...s-tannehill-dolphins-20140805,0,6080820.story
 
What does it mean? Any average QB is going to get 90 million. If tannehill blows up as expected he will get over 100 million. The only good thing about the kaepernick and dalton deals are they are team friendly. After 2 years they are essentially cutable
 
nick1 said:
What does it mean? Any average QB is going to get 90 million. If tannehill blows up as expected he will get over 100 million. The only good thing about the kaepernick and dalton deals are they are team friendly. After 2 years they are essentially cutable
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It means that the QB position is by FAR the most highly valued position on an NFL team and further shows how hard it is to nail-down a truly "franchise" guy to give you consistency at that position.
 
Dalton's and Kap's contracts are very team friendly...after the 1st year they are pay for a year as you go...
 
What's miamis 5th year option on tannehill if they pick it up salary wise?
 
Good grief that's like 400 plus percent his current yearly salary...must be the whole qb pay scale thing driving that number...
 
I don't know how it affects Tannehill but these insane contract amounts given out to mediocre players has to be bleeding the average NFL fan dry.
 
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This is a result of the rookie cap and started with Joe Flacco. Teams now longer have to tie up astronomical amounts of money on rookies but will now start paying for what we may view as average QB play. Wait until Andrew Luck gets his second contract. The amount of money he gets will be ridiculous. He may be the first 100 mil guaranteed player we see.
 
The contract Dalton signed was a great deal for the Bengals. People who dont understand NFL contacts might gawk at the 90M figure, but its essentially a pay as you go contract that the Bengals can abort on.

If Tannehill doesnt prove himself conclusively to be a franchise QB, I can see him and the Fins going a similar route for his new contract.
 
tylerdolphin said:
The contract Dalton signed was a great deal for the Bengals. People who dont understand NFL contacts might gawk at the 90M figure, but its essentially a pay as you go contract that the Bengals can abort on.

If Tannehill doesnt prove himself conclusively to be a franchise QB, I can see him and the Fins going a similar route for his new contract.
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I just looked at the details and that is a really good deal for both sides. I would be tempted to offer Tannehill something like that now.
 
tylerdolphin said:
The contract Dalton signed was a great deal for the Bengals. People who dont understand NFL contacts might gawk at the 90M figure, but its essentially a pay as you go contract that the Bengals can abort on.

If Tannehill doesnt prove himself conclusively to be a franchise QB, I can see him and the Fins going a similar route for his new contract.
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Guilty as charged. I look at guaranteed money and leave the details for someone else to decipher.
 
nick1 said:
What does it mean? Any average QB is going to get 90 million. If tannehill blows up as expected he will get over 100 million. The only good thing about the kaepernick and dalton deals are they are team friendly. After 2 years they are essentially cutable
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Dalton and cincy is better than Tannehill and Dolphins so at this point, although Tannehill will get alot, it won't be as much as Dalton. If say anywhere in the 70-80m range but no more than 80.

Also don't forget who we have negotiating contracts...
 
I think tannehill is already better than Dalton so he will likely get near the same. Dalton just sucks when it matters most. Tannehill will pass him statistically this year I think. Don't know what Daltons numbers were like last year so maybe he already has?

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