Jersey DolFan
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I see a ton of people on this board turning already into the Tannehill version of what i liked to call "Henne Fluffers" a bunch of people on this board and elsewhere who are comparing Tanney to Greise and Marino, saying the phins have never missed on a first rounder (yeah Shula?) and other types of insanity.
The Truth - The kid has the raw physical talent and skills to be a good WCO QB in this league. He apparently has the brain for it as well. It is pretty obvious to me, that from day 1 Tannehill was the main focus of this staff/fo as far as Qb of the future. This is good b/c it means that with Philbin and Sherman in house, they all came to the conclusion that Tanney was the better option than Flynn. No one knows either of those guys better so we should have confidence in that. HOWEVER, he is EXTREMELY raw. I know all that hype b.s. about "you draft qb's high and they play now, play now impact now" all that NONSENSE. but i'm telling you, this kid is not ready to start right now, and if he does, and we wind up picking top 5 i the draft, hell we could have gotten a qb next year so whats the point? Tanney was drafted to be developed which is why we went out of our way to sign gerrard to compete with moore. THat is the best possible scenerio for us and for him as well. Let him learn and turn his raw skills into true starter caliber stuff.
Now, if fans are going to start chanting and complaining and calling the radio stations crying about they want him to start now etc and b*tching about not buying tickets if hes not the starter and whatever else, and then building him up to be marino part 2 again - your only setting yourselves up for more anguish. I know there are several smart fans on this board who understand what the pick was and are ok with it. (the people who are flat out pissed at the pick need to relax as well although i might have opted for a pass rusher, but if this is who they pegged as they QB of the future let em go with it)
now - lets shelf this for a while, i know there is nothing else to talk about, but tannehill is not going to make an impact anytime soon. What we need now is a solid pass rusher and some WR's and OLineman. our line does not fit the mold of Philbin/shermans offense. we certainly need a WR, and we desperately need a good pass rusher. its not about getting tannehill all this shiney sparkly weapons to play with - its about filling out this team more. day 2 is tonight lets see what they do with it, b/c tannehill was not much of a surprise and does not make an immediate impact for better of worse.
The Truth - The kid has the raw physical talent and skills to be a good WCO QB in this league. He apparently has the brain for it as well. It is pretty obvious to me, that from day 1 Tannehill was the main focus of this staff/fo as far as Qb of the future. This is good b/c it means that with Philbin and Sherman in house, they all came to the conclusion that Tanney was the better option than Flynn. No one knows either of those guys better so we should have confidence in that. HOWEVER, he is EXTREMELY raw. I know all that hype b.s. about "you draft qb's high and they play now, play now impact now" all that NONSENSE. but i'm telling you, this kid is not ready to start right now, and if he does, and we wind up picking top 5 i the draft, hell we could have gotten a qb next year so whats the point? Tanney was drafted to be developed which is why we went out of our way to sign gerrard to compete with moore. THat is the best possible scenerio for us and for him as well. Let him learn and turn his raw skills into true starter caliber stuff.
Now, if fans are going to start chanting and complaining and calling the radio stations crying about they want him to start now etc and b*tching about not buying tickets if hes not the starter and whatever else, and then building him up to be marino part 2 again - your only setting yourselves up for more anguish. I know there are several smart fans on this board who understand what the pick was and are ok with it. (the people who are flat out pissed at the pick need to relax as well although i might have opted for a pass rusher, but if this is who they pegged as they QB of the future let em go with it)
now - lets shelf this for a while, i know there is nothing else to talk about, but tannehill is not going to make an impact anytime soon. What we need now is a solid pass rusher and some WR's and OLineman. our line does not fit the mold of Philbin/shermans offense. we certainly need a WR, and we desperately need a good pass rusher. its not about getting tannehill all this shiney sparkly weapons to play with - its about filling out this team more. day 2 is tonight lets see what they do with it, b/c tannehill was not much of a surprise and does not make an immediate impact for better of worse.
