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Ryan Tannehill... potential super bowl winner?

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Positives:
Incredible accuracy at times. Makes some amazing throws that I've only seen a few other quarterbacks EVER make.
Good arm strength. Not great but good enough.
Good size, fast release.
Elusive and fast when he takes off and runs.

Negatives:
Obviously his biggest flaw right now is pocket awareness... he needs to learn when to step up in the pocket, when to take off and run, when to throw the ball away rather than take a sack and could get a lot better at "sliding" around in the pocket to buy himself an extra half a second.

I haven't quite seen that firey temperament that most of the elite quarterbacks seem to have... Brady and Rodgers both have it, even Manning has been seen getting angry and annoyed at his receivers when they mess up.. Marino, Favre, young, etc... most of them had that. I'm not saying it's not there or even that you neccesarily need that to win a SB... but I haven't seen it...

When you factor in our horrible pass protection and run blocking this year, I think you have to say that his positives heavily outweigh the negatives.. To be frank about it I really think tannehill has the potential to win a superbowl if he develops a bit more and focuses on improving his weaknesses ... the potential is there.
 
McMichael said:
I haven't quite seen that fiery temperament that most of the elite quarterbacks seem to have... Brady and Rodgers both have it, even Manning has been seen getting angry and annoyed at his receivers when they mess up.. Marino, Favre, young, etc... most of them had that. I'm not saying it's not there or even that you necessarily need that to win a SB... but I haven't seen it.
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I think chances are, you were right the first time. He doesn't have that trait. It's something I've noticed, too.
 
SB? Or playoffs? TBD But hell, if he ever makes it into the postseason with a reasonable facsimile of what he's been forced to work with and through, based on his resiliency to bounce back from fits of boneheadedness, odds are pretty good that at the least he'll do as well as, if not better than Melty Ice (graced with or without his past "abundance of riches" :idk:
 
The fiery trait BS... let's start this discussion with Joe Montana and work down from there... Fact is, great QBs come in all manner of shapes, sizes, personalities and styles of play. Whether you show emotion or not is irrelevant, the passion and fire can be there and you can tell in Tannehill's play that he's no Joey Harrington. Also, his arm is not great? We just saw him put a ball 70 yards in the air and hit the hands of his receiver while getting drilled in the last play of the game. That's fiery enough for me.
 
The kid hasn't even made the playoffs, give me a ****in break.
 
I think when you consider the amount of experience Tannehill has at the position, and the fact that he's still learning to play it in its entirety, the analogy of a sprinter at the wide receiver position makes some sense.

If you put a world-class sprinter at wide receiver, you'd likely see some great plays here and there, and a correspondence between his physical abilities and some requirements of the position, but overall a limited ability to play the position in its entirety. Route-running would be unpolished, an understanding of coverages would be limited, and ball skills would be lacking.

Likewise, Tannehill has a great arm and good knowledge of Xs and Os (pre-snap reads, offensive concepts, etc.), though he doesn't yet have the experience to play the position at a very high level in its entirety. The position requires a good bit more than just an arm and an understanding of Xs and Os, though those abilities alone could likely get most QBs to the slightly below-average level at which Tannehill is playing now.

Obviously we shall see whether this changes over time. I don't think anybody here, myself included, knows what the future holds in that regard.
 
He is clearly good enough to win a super bowl, the question is can the FO build a team around him that can win a super bowl....we had one of the top 5 QB of all time and won zero super bowls with only one appearance....
 
My father used to say to me ... "Son, if it's not impossible, it's possible". So yeah, I don't see why not. But turnovers and losses have to be corrected first. He needs to be consistent and he needs to clean up his mental errors. So is this impossible for him to do? When he answers that either way, then we'll know.
 
NCFINFAN13 said:
My father used to say to me ... "Son, if it's not impossible, it's possible". So yeah, I don't see why not. But turnovers and losses have to be corrected first. He needs to be consistent and he needs to clean up his mental errors. So is this impossible for him to do? When he answers that either way, then we'll know.
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"If you can dream it, you can achieve it" - (the late great) Zig Ziglar among others.

Although my favorite inspirational quote of his which may tangentially also apply is “Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.”.
 
I don't think the QB's temperament matters at all. It's whether or not he can actually play the game well. A couple of examples:

Eli Manning has two Super Bowl victories on his resume and let's face it, he is a mopey, whiny, dopey kind of guy any time the camera is on him during a game.

Joe Montana was famous for being an iceman, never rattled by anything. Starts off the game winning drive of the Super Bowl by pointing out John Candy in the stands.
 
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