There was a graphic on one of the many football shows on one of the many sports networks Monday morning that read “Young Guns” and listed 12 quarterbacks in their first, second or third years with their respective 2013 records.
Andrew Luck. Robert Griffin III. Russell Wilson. Cam Newton. Andy Dalton. Colin Kaepernick. Jake Locker. Christian Ponder. Brandon Weeden. Terrelle Pryor. EJ Manuel.
Heck of a group, right? Sure, but someone was missing.
A guy who has got his team off to a blazing 2-0 start to the season. A guy who’s won two road games against overhyped summertime teams. A guy who was a top-10 pick, led his team to seven wins in 16 starts in his rookie year, and a guy who was playing wide receiver for his college team fewer than four years ago.
What’d Ryan Tannehill ever do to the media? For whatever reason, no one is batting an eye at the Dolphins’ second-year quarterback. Where’s the magazine puff piece? Where’s the introspective, fish-eyed lens on his rise to prominence? Keep looking. Dude is boring, I guess. If boring equals wins, I’d take him as my franchise quarterback.
