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Ryan Tannehill: 'I have to make a big jump'

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The 2014 season is important for many within the Miami Dolphins' organization. One of those people facing plenty of pressure to perform this upcoming season is third-year quarterback Ryan Tannehill.
Tannehill was drafted No. 8 overall in 2012. Since then he is 15-17 as a starter and has never posted a winning season. Tannehill has shown flashes of ability but has been unable to end Miami's five-year playoff drought.


ESPN NFL analyst Keyshawn Johnson caught up with Tannehill during the Adidas football shoot in Los Angeles. Tannehill knows this is an important third season to prove he's the long-term solution in Miami.


"It's huge. I have to make a big jump, I'm aware of that," Tannehill said. "I’m putting in the work, putting in the time to get myself physically ready, mentally ready and learn this new offense that we’re going with this year. So there is still work to be done.


"But I look for a big jump in myself, both in production and wins. That’s what we ultimately play for is wins. So, I’m excited to see what this team does."


The Dolphins finished 8-8 last season and missed the playoffs by one game. Tannehill and Miami's offense sputtered down the stretch and scored just seven points in the final two games. That led to the firing of offensive coordinator Mike Sherman, who was replaced by Bill Lazor.


Miami made several additions to help Tannehill in free agency. The Dolphins added Pro Bowl left tackle Branden Albert to improve pass protection and new tailback Knowshon Moreno to provide a spark in the running game.


But the Dolphins' season will sink or swim with Tannehill's development. ESPN analyst and former NFL general manager Bill Polian believes Tannehill needs to make quicker decisions.


“He needs to get the ball out of his hands more quickly to hit open receivers,” Polian said on ESPN’s “NFL Insiders” Wednesday. “In doing that it will increase passing-game efficiency and eliminate some of those league-leading 58 sacks.”


In case you missed it, here is my full column on Tannehill entering Year 3.
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Source: http://espn.go.com/blog/miami-dolphins/post/_/id/6721/ryan-tannehill-i-have-to-make-a-big-jump
 
And he will. He improved a lot trom year one to yeae two
 
hey ryan just start reading the forums on finheaven, youre a superstar, elite, all time great according to 98 percent of the posters. and god forbid anyone critisizes you ryan...my goodness we dont want any of that.
 
bird33 said:
hey ryan just start reading the forums on finheaven, youre a superstar, elite, all time great according to 98 percent of the posters. and god forbid anyone critisizes you ryan...my goodness we dont want any of that.
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great post thank you for contributing

in other news hope we get to see him become a little more comfortable playing the position, and develop a stronger on field personality. glad to hear he's putting in work.
 
bird33 said:
hey ryan just start reading the forums on finheaven, youre a superstar, elite, all time great according to 98 percent of the posters. and god forbid anyone critisizes you ryan...my goodness we dont want any of that.
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He will be good and you can criticize him just don't make up stuff to criticize for there's plenty of true things to criticize for
 
Glad that he's not satisfied. He definitely made a jump in year two from his rookie season and I see big improvements from Ryan in year three. He needs to shut up all the doubters once and for all.
 
uk_dolfan said:
And he will. He improved a lot trom year one to yeae two
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He is definitely getting better each year. With one more year with with those WRs, and a better RB. The expectation is higher to for the coming season.
 
Stop aiming and forcing a wide open deep ball to a spot and just play it with feel. People criticize his arm strength on those bombs to wallace but its the timing. Wallace is already broken free and then tannehill throws it. At some point you have to trust that wallace is going to burn the defense and let it rip earlier and often. Can't wait for speed like that to get open because its too late by then. The numbers and points left on the field game after game in big moments got in both of their heads and really hurt the offense. Last one I remember was the jets game when up 7-0, wallace smokes the defense and tannehill misses him badly, offense went to **** and jets played run run run and stole the momentum of the game and ending our playoff hopes.

Tannehill can improve a ton, but imagine his numbers if he had hit a perfectly normal throw for most nfl QBs to make. I expect that timing to be better and will lead to huge chunk passing yardage, open the underneath more, more passing TDs, less sacks/ints. So much can come from just hitting that throw.
 
Glad he realizes it. I wish he mentioned improving his pocket awareness.
 
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