Starters to see extensive action on Saturday

[Daytona Fin]

Ryan Tannehill and the rest of the starters figure to get their most extensive action of the preseason Saturday night against the Dallas Cowboys, and the quarterback is looking forward to it.

“Yeah it’s fun, getting back into the swing of things,” Tannehill said after practice Wednesday. “Early in preseason, you don’t really prepare like a real game, you’re still practicing training camp every day and, then at the end of the week, you go and throw a game plan together. This week, we treated it more like a game week as far as our scheduling, our practice times, our meeting schedule. It’s been fun getting into the new style, the new way.”

Tannehill played one series, which resulted in a touchdown, in the preseason opener against the Atlanta Falcons before getting three offensive series against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

As a point of reference, Tannehill played the entire first half plus one third-quarter drive in the next-to-last preseason game as a rookie in 2012 and was done at halftime of the next-to-last preseason game last year, although it should be noted the Dolphins had five preseason games in 2013 instead of the usual four.

Either way, this week’s preseason game is the most significant of the summer.

“It’s definitely the next step in the preseason,” Tannehill said. “It’s the most game-like. It’s the game where the starters will get the most playing time out of the entire preseason. It doesn’t really count, but it matters. It matters to us and the progression we make as a team as far as getting better. It’s our last chance before we play for real.”

NO FAN OF FLAGS

As an offensive player, Tannehill benefits from the tighter enforcement of defensive holding penalties, but it doesn’t sound like he’s much of a fan of it.

“It’s tough to see,” he said. “You have so many flags, just watching these preseason games, so many flags coming out. Either defenses are going to adapt and change the way they play or they’ll have to back off. I don’t know which one it’s going to be.”

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[DuderinoN703]

With Dallas's **** defense you'd hope Tannehill can lead the team to a minimum of 10-14 pts in 2 quarters. That's what I'll be looking for.

 

[nick1]

No doubt the offense should score 20 if they get a typical 3 quarters most teams give starters in week 3

 

[J. David Wannyheimer]

Dallas's defense is straight TRASH. I expect at least 4 points per drive out of the starting offense or I'm going to be real disappointed.

 

[PhinFan1968]

20+ first half points.

 

[Hayden Fox]

I would like to see the defense get some turnovers, get the hell off the field on the 3rd down and get after Tony Romo.

 

[Built2Win]

Tannehill should do better than Romo.

 

[NRA]

i want to see a RUN GAME.

THIS is what will be the achillies heel of this team if someone doesnt step up. we can throw all day but bill billichek will find a way to shut us off. remember what he did to the greatest show on turf? he is concerned with our team, like any other, but, the guy is the best defensive mind in the game and maybe the best the nfl has ever seen. and if all we do is pass, bill and the other good d-coaches out there will have us game planned in not time.

all the talk about the eagles and lazor, points, playoffs, td's galore!!! but, they also had a bad arse run game to go with that potent pass attack, we dont.

and it may just cost us BIG this year.

 

[nick1]

i want to see a RUN GAME.

THIS is what will be the achillies heel of this team if someone doesnt step up. we can throw all day but bill billichek will find a way to shut us off. remember what he did to the greatest show on turf? he is concerned with our team, like any other, but, the guy is the best defensive mind in the game and maybe the best the nfl has ever seen. and if all we do is pass, bill and the other good d-coaches out there will have us game planned in not time.

all the talk about the eagles and lazor, points, playoffs, td's galore!!! but, they also had a bad arse run game to go with that potent pass attack, we dont.

and it may just cost us BIG this year.

I think BB is severely overrated as a defensive mind. Rex Ryan is much better in that regard. Have the patriots had a top defense in the past decade? Sure doesn't seem like it he lucked out with Tom