people already bashing us for taking him...

[Ryan1973]

No, its not. They sat because they WEREN'T READY!

You would be the guy that would bash the **** out of the FO if they drafted a lineman and Tannehill went on to become a Top 10 QB somewhere else a few years down the road. That much, I am positive of!

Rodgers was drafted in the 20's to a team that already had Brett Favre as the starter. Big difference than what the Dolphins situation is.

 

[jackofspades]

5 down

 

[Wildbill3]

QBs who started in their first season:
Eli Manning
Ben Roethlisberger
Alex Smith ----- Should've sat.
Vince Young ----- no longer a starter, should've sat.
Matt Ryan
Matthew Stafford
Mark Sanchez ----- only a starter because of draft position, should've sat.
Sam Bradford ----- would've benifited from sitting too.
Cam Newton
Blaine Gabbert ----- putting him on this list only adds proof that guys need to sit.

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Not half of your list of guys who started, obviously weren't ready or were thrown in too soon and are now paying for it, or just now starting to come around.

 

[overworkedirish]

I'm in Boston for the weekend on business - had a friend pick me up from South Station and got in the car right as the Tannehill pick came in Thursday night - the radio couldn't wait to rip into the Dolphins for the "HUGE REACH". I was entertained, but in a Lou Dobbs you-make-me-want-to-change-the-channel kind of way.

 

[Wildbill3]

I'm in Boston for the weekend on business - had a friend pick me up from South Station and got in the car right as the Tannehill pick came in Thursday night - the radio couldn't wait to rip into the Dolphins for the "HUGE REACH". I was entertained, but in a Lou Dobbs you-make-me-want-to-change-the-channel kind of way.

and if we'd drafted someone else at 8 they couldn't wait to bash us for passing on the most important position on the field. **** them. I dont' give a **** we made the right decision, we drafted a QB first and then drafted for other needs, then got a value pick in the 4th, then picked up the rest of our needs.

 

[CalDolFan10x14]

I'm in Boston for the weekend on business - had a friend pick me up from South Station and got in the car right as the Tannehill pick came in Thursday night - the radio couldn't wait to rip into the Dolphins for the "HUGE REACH". I was entertained, but in a Lou Dobbs you-make-me-want-to-change-the-channel kind of way.

Sorry to hear that.

 

[Geforce]

Or, put it another way, QBs in the top 10 since 2004 who sat their whole first year:
Phillip Rivers
Jake Locker
Matt Leinart
JaMarcus Russell (moreso his own fault, but I'll put him here)

QBs who started in their first season:
Eli Manning
Ben Roethlisberger
Alex Smith
Vince Young
Matt Ryan
Matthew Stafford
Mark Sanchez
Sam Bradford
Cam Newton
Blaine Gabbert

As you can see, more often than not, a top-10-drafted QB starts a game in his rookie season. Those who sit have either been busts or the jury is still out (Rivers and Carson Palmer before him are the exceptions, but I'm picking 2004 as the line of demarcation because the rules that benefit the QB were put in place after the Patriots clutched and grabbed their way to a second Super Bowl). The jury may still be out on some of QBs who have started a game in their rookie seasons, but there's no doubting that A. most of them did have at least 1 start and B. you're more likely to hit on a QB that you can get to start in his rookie season than if you sit him, ESPECIALLY with the rules protecting the QB and receivers these days.

Big Ben was not a Top 10 draft pick. He was the 11th selection that year.

Matt Leinart started 11 games as a rookie.

 

[LikeUntoGod]

like a lot of drafts we will know how well this one was in 2-3 seasons. If Tannehill can win the starting job (not just have it given to him), Lamar Miller holds up, J Martin locks down the RT position and our TE and/or WR makes it, we will look pretty smart.

 

[Miamifin23]

Draft grades and winners and losers don't mean a thing for a few years.

 

[jason_taylor]

imo the reason they are bashing is they know tanny is going to be a franchise QB and they dont wont miami to get one , but sorry charlie the dolphins have there franchise QB baby!!!!!!!!!!!! just wait and see .

 

[67Stang]

To be honest, I have no problem in people questioning the pick....I know I do. However, I still went out and ordered a Tannehill jersey and will hope like hell he can beat the odds. The guy has 1.5 years of REAL QBing experience, regardless of what tools he has and we just spent a #8 pick on him....IT IS A HUGE RISK and IMHO the QB fiasco this year (along with the Head Coach fiasco from last year) was probably looming in the minds of Ross and Ireland when making this call. I think there would have been a huge backlash if we didn't select a QB on a team that is already struggling to sell 30,000 season tickets.

The Long article was stupid, but I for one can't blame any reporter who questions the pick. Now lets go Tannehill and prove their butts wrong!

 

[CattailsrEdible]

Pure jealousy! If they knew what we knew because of shermans insider trading, he would have gone #2!

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[Scrap]

Let them talk. Maybe it will motivate Tannehill to work harder toward becoming the player the Dolphins drafted him to be.

 

[Kinzua]

No, its not. They sat because they WEREN'T READY!

You would be the guy that would bash the **** out of the FO if they drafted a lineman and Tannehill went on to become a Top 10 QB somewhere else a few years down the road. That much, I am positive of!

This is simply untrue. Both Rivers and Rodgers were NFL ready. They were both 3 or 4 year starters at QB. If Brees or Favre had gone down, they would have been able to come in and give a decent account of themselves as both Eli Manning and Ben Roethlisberger did while starting as rookies. They could do that because they had developed skill sets during their collegiate years that helped them transition to the pros.

If Moore went down for the season on opening day, could Tannehill take over the team and salvage something of the season? The realistinc answer to that is "no" because Tannehill is NOT NFL ready. Instead of developing his QB skills as a freshman and sophomore, he was playing WR.

IMO, Tannehill will be pushed into the starting job sometime this season despite all the claims to the contrary within and without the Fins organization especially if Miami has a slow start like last season, which might happen with a new coaching staff and new offensive/defensive systems.

 

[72 silky]

Dude has NO IDEA what he's talking about. Tannehill is not going to be "thrown into action immediately". And as for Miami "wiffing" on Matt Flynn, had the Dolphins REALLY wanted Matt Flynn, they could have had him.

I don't think that tannehill will be "thrown in" just because of his draft status but If he is the better qb bye week 1 shouldn't he start