I posted this in another thread but it seems relevant here.
Vaark has posted the image of the dropped passes from hosted.sports.com a few times. Today I went to check the site out. My position about Tannehill so far this season is that he has been inaccurate at times but the problems with his accuracy have been overstated. The above mention site has stats on poor throws in addition to the drops. I decided to compare Tannehill to the other young QBs that he is so often compared to.
Disclaimer: this is a limited data set and is not intended to make a prediction for the whole season. I am merely reporting the data so far.
Disclaimer 2: I don't know how the subjected decisions of poor throw are made. I am assuming that whatever the criteria, it is applied equally.
What stands out is that Tannehill is not the worst of the young QBs when it comes to poor throws and he is not much worse that any of the others (as I suspected). Foles, and Newton have a much higher % of bad throws.
A few other points of interest: Tannehill, Luck, and Foles have a higher percentage of passes defensed than the others. Tannehill has by far the highest number of passes hit at the line. Tannehill's drop percentage is by far the highest.
IMO, the numbers suggest that the struggles with the Dolphins offense should be shared. Poor throws are on the QB. Drops are on the receivers. Passes defensed are likely shared between the receivers (not getting open), QB (not throwing to best option), OC (suspect plays), and OL (not protecting long enough to go through progressions). Passes hit at the line are shared between the QB and the OL. One other thing, Tannehill is second in the league in attempts. Part of that is due to falling behind in all three games but it is still too many attempts. He should be closer to the middle of the league.
Tannehill
Type Number Pct of Incomp Pct of Overall Attempts
Pass Dropped 12 22.2 9.7
Poor Throw 16 29.6 12.9
Pass Defensed 14 25.9 11.3
Pass Hit at Line 6 11.1 4.8
Other 6 11.1 4.8
Intercepted 2 3.7 1.6
Wilson
Type Number Pct of Incomp Pct of Overall Attempts
Pass Dropped 3 11.1 3.4
Poor Throw 10 37.0 11.5
Pass Defensed 5 18.5 5.7
Pass Hit at Line 0 0.0 0.0
Other 9 33.3 10.3
Intercepted 1 3.7 1.1
Foles
Type Number Pct of Incomp Pct of Overall Attempts
Pass Dropped 5 10.4 4.1
Poor Throw 24 50.0 19.5
Pass Defensed 13 27.1 10.6
Pass Hit at Line 0 0.0 0.0
Other 6 12.5 4.9
Intercepted 2 4.2 1.6
Luck
Type Number Pct of Incomp Pct of Overall Attempts
Pass Dropped 7 17.5 5.6
Poor Throw 13 32.5 10.3
Pass Defensed 15 37.5 11.9
Pass Hit at Line 2 5.0 1.6
Other 3 7.5 2.4
Intercepted 3 7.5 2.4
Kaepernick
Type Number Pct of Incomp Pct of Overall Attempts
Pass Dropped 2 7.1 2.1
Poor Throw 11 39.3 11.7
Pass Defensed 8 28.6 8.5
Pass Hit at Line 1 3.6 1.1
Other 6 21.4 6.4
Intercepted 3 10.7 3.2
Newton
Type Number Pct of Incomp Pct of Overall Attempts
Pass Dropped 4 17.4 5.8
Poor Throw 13 56.5 18.8
Pass Defensed 5 21.7 7.2
Pass Hit at Line 0 0.0 0.0
Other 1 4.3 1.4
Intercepted 0 0.0 0.0
Cousins
Type Number Pct of Incomp Pct of Overall Attempts
Pass Dropped 3 7.0 2.6
Poor Throw 13 30.2 11.4
Pass Defensed 9 20.9 7.9
Pass Hit at Line 1 2.3 0.9
Other 17 39.5 14.9
Intercepted 5 11.6 4.4
