As much as I understand the flaws in the "happy crew" logic I just never got this type of logic either. You had a revolving door of garbage QBs in Miami before Tannehill took over and by garbage I mean most of them were barely backups let alone NFL starting caliber. You had a need and you took a shot and it wasn't even a huge gamble since the compensation to date given up is marginal at best.
This isn't black jack, you can't count the deck to increase your odds of winning. There was no other option at that point in time other than Tannehill unless of course you want to use hindsight on the long shot and say "well we could have taken a guy like Wilson". If you want to find the real reason the QB position in the NFL is becoming a complete garbage can you should look to your dad's advice that things do and will inevitably change and that change is at the college level. As more teams at the collegiate level progress to the "spread" type offense that simplifies the reads placed on the QB and therefor reduces that knowledge that a QB needs to understand. That reduction in overall football knowledge means you aren't going to have a draft class like 1983 ever again and it's been on a steady decline since 2005.
Since 2009 here is the list of QBs draft out of college with winning records to date:
- Teddy Bridgwater
- Dak Prescott
- Andrew Luck
- Brock Osweiler
- Nick Foles
- Russell Wilson
- Cam Newton
- Andy Dalton
That's it out of the 80+ QBs that were drafted from 2010 thru 2016 and of those 8 there are maybe 4 or 5 who you'd absolutely take over Tannehill. So I ask again what is the plan to improve the QB position once you walk away from Tannehill?