Miami's Draft Plans may change now with Injury to Tannehill

[boomer10]

This ACL injury to Tannehill could not come at a worse time both for the present as well as the future. Not only do we lose him for our run for the playoffs but we may lose him for a significant amount of time next season, considering the injury comes so late in this season. If you factor in an eight month window for recovery from this injury, we are looking at him being available in September. But that does not factor in the lost time he would have missed working on his timing with his receivers that he usually does throughout the off-season. I guess we will have to wait to find out the severity of the injury before we will know for sure how long he will be out. However, he is a Gym Rat which works to his favor.
I think they would be wise to look for another QB in the draft to challenge Moore and eventually compete legitimately with Tannehill in the future. Matt Moore has been too comfortable for far too long making $2 million dollars for holding a clip board for the last few years. Ryan was really coming into his own under Adam Gase and I look forward to him bouncing back and having a very good year next season once he is healthy.

Let's see how aggressive Gase gets with Moore at the helm for the last three games. That will tell us a lot about Matt Moore indeed..

I am not saying that we draft a QB in the first three rounds. All I am saying is that where they might not have drafted a QB, maybe now they look at one in Round 4 or 5. Maybe they can get lucky and duplicate the Cowboys success with Dak Prescott. Although, I understand that doesn't happen often. lol

 

[NorFlaFin]

The only change is draft plans I can think of is going OL on day one instead of defense.


Much more likely is rethinking what tier FA OL Gase wants for his QB.

 

[WesternNYDolfan]

I don't believe it changes our draft plans at all.

 

[whizafriz]

I dont know if it will happen that way in the draft, but I wouldn't blame them for taking a QB in any round. We're very lucky and fortunate to see Tanne get up from so many vicious hits -- obviously that streak ended, and who knows how much longer he can be a durable guy; if Moore doesn't look good from here on out, a capable backup is a big need IMO, especially someone to push Tanne in practice even further

 

[insomnia411]

Tannehill is a good qb, he's turning 29 next year and he has proven to be very tough and durable (all things considered). We're not going QB in round one or two.

 

[tazthenomad]

We have so many needs that I don't see QB as a top draft or even a middle draft pick unless we get a diagnosis far worse that a torn ACL.

We NEED LBs. We NEED Guards. We need at least one more CB. Compared to those needs drafting a project QB who won't help us in the first part of next season significantly more than a free agent or Moore doesn't make sense to me. Drafting a developmental QB can wait until we get a set of LBs who can cover and tackle, an OL that doesn't collapse like a house of cards with one injury, and a slot CB that doesn't get abused routinely.

 

[MD]

This draft class at QB is shaping up to be historically bad. I would think they will try and address it in free agency first. They're not drafting a QB high. Tannehill is in Miami until he retires.

 

[DuderinoN703]

This draft class at QB is shaping up to be historically bad. I would think they will try and address it in free agency first. They're not drafting a QB high. Tannehill is in Miami until he retires.

I don't think there is literally one good quarterback in free agency next season.

 

[LostInPatsLand]

I wouldn't be against drafting a developmental QB in the 5th round or later. It would be very interesting, however, if Deshaun Watson from Clemson falls to us in the first round...

 

[NYC#1finsfan]

Romo to Miami?=Stopgap or would he rather go to The Mile High City?

 

[Coolguy3]

Tannehill didn't lose a limb or anything.

 

[MarSly]

It will keep Matt Moore in Miami another year.

 

[Phishpunk@WCU]

Tannehill is our QB, hopefully Moore proves himself capable the rest of the year so if he has to start the beginning of next season it isn't a lost year and keep developing Daughtry as Tannehill's back-up of the future.

 

[MD]

I don't think there is literally one good quarterback in free agency next season.

I'd start with Mike Glennon and go from there.

 

[mrbunglez]

Im hoping for Davis Webb from Cal. in rd 3. Or wait until 2018 when there will be a plethora of good to great QBs to choose from in the draft, 1 mainly being Jake Browning from Washington.