The real problem is the WR's on this team when it comes to the deep ball. All of our WR's are short none of them including Wallace can win a jump ball, outside of Mathews (never plays). I mean do you honestly think that if the Fins still had Marshall that Tannehill would never complete deep balls. I don't, Tannehill has to make a perfect pass to Wallace, or he gives little to no effort to catch the ball. Forget a back shoulder throw, who is going to make the play certainly not Wallace or Hartline, neither one of them will be out jumping a db and helping their QB. If Wallace does out jump someone he usually still drops the pass. This receiving corp outside of Landry has to be considered a huge disappointment.
Its clear when Satele goes out, and Pouncey moves back to center that we have no guards or Right Tackle since the Albert injury. Tannehill literally has plays where he can't even get his drop finished before someone is ready to sack him. Oline still needs to be addressed, but in my honest opinion Miami needs to replace either Hartline or Wallace with a Big WR (6'2" or bigger) because the short guys are proving to not be what is needed most in Miami. I mean Marshall still put up numbers with Chad Henne, but Mike Wallace can't with Tannehill, and Tannehill is leaps and bounds better then Henne ever was.
Sorry bro, I disagree.
I do agree that the blame doesn't lie 100% on Tanny. Coaching, the O-line, and the receivers all carry some blame. And sure, a 6' 5" wr that runs a 4.3 40 and has superglue hands will absolutely help.
The problem however, isn't the WRs.
This is what I see from the stands, on TV, and on tape:
Ryan Tannehill:
1) He is handcuffed by the coaching staff and unable to make his own adjustments via audible, or go off-script if he sees a favorable match-up pre-snap.
2) His pre-snap reads are crap. (or pointless b/c of restricted playcalling)
3) I'm concerned about his vision or scanning ability post-snap. He needs to work on his peripheral vision and positional awareness.
4) We have open receivers down field within 3 seconds of the snap, or about to come open, or in position to make a play downfield with a well placed ball.
I'm not talking about Hail Mary, 50+ yards in the air, type passes. I'm talking about the intermediate, 20-35 yards downfield opportunities that we miss on a consistent basis. In fact, there are alot of times where he throws the ball in traffic when we have wide open targets elsewhere.
He simply has to get better at this. I think he can, but man, he is really trying my patience.
There are plenty of QBs that throw mid-range passes accurately to undersized receivers. I'm sure I dont need to rattle off a list of sub-6' WRs that have success 10 yards beyond the LoS.
FFS, I watch crappy QBs making these throws on a weekly basis and it drives me nuts that we dont have those plays in our playbook.
The plays are there for the taking, its on Tanny to make it happen.
