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IMO Ryan Tannehill, with a decent O'line and running game is very good. When you consider the 2014 draft is high on O'lineman, how far away are we?
 
Based on the offense performance last Thursday...Miles
 
We beat ourselves more than the other teams beat us....so we are good enough to make the playoffs, but we would easily lose against any other team that bates us into beating ourselves.
 
We have more talent than we can coach
Our defensive scheme is Crap
Our offensive scheme is crap
We are missing parts and pieces but the only major overhaul is the OL.
 
There's a lot of good pieces that haven't jelled yet for whatever reason. Coaching schemes and OL have killed Tannehill's potential to this point in the season. Defensively injuries (Wake and Patterson) have limited our success IMO. Where the hell are all the rookies??? Still a lot of time left for this team to come together and contend...or have a complete meltdown. I believe coaching is the key..there's more than enough talent on this team at the moment IF Philbin and the rest can keep them pointed in the right direction especially offensively.
 
normaniii said:
IMO Ryan Tannehill, with a decent O'line and running game is very good. When you consider the 2014 draft is high on O'lineman, how far away are we?
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We are far away.

We need another receiver. Someone who can slash up the opposing teams when they double up Wallace. Hartline isnt that guy, as he keeps getting tackled by ghosts.
We need a tight end. Clay has stepped up, but hes just a guy. We need a true threat there.
We need a free safety.

...i could keep going, but its depressing breaking it down. We need a massive influx of talent. Our roster has way to many role players or "just guys". Thats what happens to your roster when you continuously bust on your high draft picks. Brian Hartline is a metaphor for this franchise: not a bad player, but not a threat to opponents. I have no doubt opposing teams pay attention to us, they dont write us off...but they dont fear us either.

If we were to fix the line and pick up a quality tight end...we might be able to make the playoffs in 2014, if our division stays crappy. But without some players that can score on any play, guys who are matchup nightmares, guys who can make a big defensive play, we wont win a Superbowl. Which, going into year 6 of the Jeff Ireland experience, should be the focus of every conversation.

And for the record: why in gods name does anyone think we can fix this offensive line? Ireland has spent the 1st overall pick, the 15th overall pick, a second round pick, 2 third round picks, a fourth round pick, a sixth round pick, over $100 million in free agents...and its still in shambles. I have utterly no faith that Ireland can fix this line. None.
 
Until the team is getting adequate play from the quarterback position, it's going to be impossible to tell how much talent it has elsewhere on offense.
 
Pretty far...Would not be shocked if we made the playoffs this year but I think we are a good bit away from making noise in the playoffs.
 
We are seeing some periods within a quarter when we are moving the ball well or when our Defense is on top. However, we haven't seen any total domination.
The absence of Brandon Gibson is pretty costly because he was working well as the slot option for Tannehill. So my read is that some progress has been made but until we see Miami absolutely crush and dominate games, we are a fair way off. I am yet to see Tannehill take total control of games. He is solid and he can do some things well but I am yet to see the killer streak (eg Tom Brady kill and destroy mode - he doesn't just try to win, he aims to mentally castrate every opponent).
Hopefully, Ryan has this attribute. It's just pretty well hidden.
 
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