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Tannehils Last 5 (The True Definition of a Franchise QB)

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Chargers Week 11: 22/35 268 yards 1/1 and 4 rushes for 21 yards.

Panthers Week 12: 28/42 310 yards 1/1 and 4 rushes for 36 yards.

Jets Week 13: 28/43 331 yards 2/1 and 3 rushes for 22 yards.

Steelers Week 14: 20/33 200 yards 3/1 (With horrible weather conditions) and 5 rushes for 56 yards.

Pats Week 15: 25/37 312 yards 3/0 and 1 rush for -1.

Total: 1,421 yards 10/3 and 17 rushes for 134 yards.

Beating Brady, Roth, and Rivers (and should of beat cam)

That's pretty damn impressive considering he's playing behind a terrible oline (which has been playing a lot better) but that to me is a true sign of a franchise qb!

So huge props to T-Hill and his success this year, its a great time to be a dolphins fan knowing that we have finally found our franchise qb and have something to build off of in the future!!!

LETS KEEP IT ROLLING!!!!!!
FINS UP!!
 
Go back the two games prior to those, as well. The last seven have been franchise caliber.
 
And most importantly, ZERO fumbles.

I know that this season has seemed like 3 wrapped up into 1 (prescandal, midscandal and postscandal), but even I forget how brutal Tannehill's ball security was there for a stretch of about 4 or 5 games. Seemed like he lost at least 1 fumble every week.

His pocket awareness and deep ball accuracy were the main 2 things he needed to improve to enter the upper echelon of NFL QBs. He seems to have solved the former, now just work on the latter during the offseason and next season could be special!
 
He seems like he really turned the corner this year. It helps when he gets protection. Fix this line next year and we can be a powerhouse offense. First things first, team of destiny, let's get at it. 6 more wins!!
 
Tannehill is starting to play like a franchise QB. We have to make the playoffs. The win some playoff games.

A QB who consistently takes us to the playoffs is a franchise QB IMO. Yes he's playing well enough to warrant that potential, but we're not there yet.

At the beginning of the season I said that anything less than the playoffs would be a disappointment? Why? Because with the talent on this team, Tannehill included, there has to be progression. From player development to coaching etc.

I will tell you over again I still don't feel that Philbin is a leader of men, but he is pleasantly proving me wrong. There are things I see from Tannehill that is encouraging. He certainly has the moxy and tools (His deep ball bothers me), now I want to see it sustained.

I don't want us to play to our opponents skill level. I want us to hang or beat the elite (which we did yesterday), but we also have the beat down weaker opponents.

I want to see Tannehill earn the Tanne-KILL monicker through actions of a field general, not merely a team player. Tell Sherman (funny, the guy has a generals name) to let Tannehill fly. Buffalo, and New York may not be big hype games as the Pats were, but they're just as important.

We don't need to just win, but win convincingly.
 
The in-season improvement has never been so apparent

I don't know how it is with other teams, but the most frustrating thing about being a Dolphins for me has consistently been the lack of in-season improvement. In very few cases, with the exception of 2008 and maybe last year, have I been able to say the Dolphins got noticeably better during the season. In 2010, for example, they got much worse.

This year is different. This year just about everything, from quarterback play to line play to the secondary to most aspects of coaching, has improved tremendously. You can physically see it on the field. You can see that this is a much better team than what we got earlier this year. Forget the 1-5 stretch, this team is better than the 3-0 team. That's a testament to leadership. As much as we questioned the leaders in early November, we have to praise them for stepping up, taking control of this team and being accountable for its development.

Now, I don't want to get ahead of myself, but I can see why wildcard teams have been so successful in recent years. As we know, the Dolphins were a few bounces away from being at least 12-2, maybe even 13-1. I'm not going to take too much time to ponder the "what-ifs" because, let's face it, the Dolphins weren't good enough to win those close games in October and November. Now they are. Does anyone doubt that this team, as it current stands, would close out the Baltimore and Buffalo games? Don't you think this team would beat Tampa Bay?

This is a team that, given the way its currently playing, is an 11-3, 12-2 or 13-1 team disguised as an 8-6 squad. I think the 2010 Packers, 2011 Giants and 2012 Ravens were in the same boat. If Miami gets in, why can't they continue that play?

Again, I don't want to get too carried away, but if the Dolphins win out and get in they will certainly have the closest resemblance of any playoff team to the recent trend of Super Bowl champions.
 
cleezy13 said:
These last 5 were the most crucial games of the season by a mile and that's how a franchise qb responds to that!
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You don't get to cherry pick games.

I'm a Tannehill supporter, but this sort of stuff is hogwash.

First off, these "most crucial" games would not have been so
"Crucial" if MIA had won beaten the 4 win Bucs, or a 4th string QB in Buffalo.

Who was QB then? Don't "Franchise" QBs win those games?
 
psfign said:
He was making a point. Do you have one or is it that you hate to see positve posts about RT?
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I think if you check the record you'll see that I support RT, however, bull**** is bull****, no matter what chocolate spirnkles
you'd like to put on it.
 
GoonBoss said:
You don't get to cherry pick games.

I'm a Tannehill supporter, but this sort of stuff is hogwash.

First off, these "most crucial" games would not have been so
"Crucial" if MIA had won beaten the 4 win Bucs, or a 4th string QB in Buffalo.

Who was QB then? Don't "Franchise" QBs win those games?
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Indeed they do. But we now hold our own destiny as this storyline is being force fed to us.

So goon, since we seem to agree in some kinda way on this, let's look at these next 2 games. 2 games we need to win and should win. Not marginally either. But convincingly. It's his moment to lift Excalibur from the stone and stake claim to his destiny.

Don't leave it up to circumstance. Let's see him take this team for 2 more wins, and own that ticket to the playoffs.

In my mind, there is NO discussion of "Franchise" unless it includes the playoffs.

What say you?
 
GoonBoss said:
You don't get to cherry pick games.

I'm a Tannehill supporter, but this sort of stuff is hogwash.

First off, these "most crucial" games would not have been so
"Crucial" if MIA had won beaten the 4 win Bucs, or a 4th string QB in Buffalo.

Who was QB then? Don't "Franchise" QBs win those games?
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It's not like he's picking games from week 2, wee, 5, week 10, etc. The last five games are obviously CONSECUTIVE games. That's the most important thing because it shows that he is showing in-season improvement. And actually, if you go back 2 more games, Tannehill's stats have been at a pro bowl level in the last 7 games. He is the main reason that we are 5-2 in our last 7.
 
Canadianfishfan said:
Indeed they do. But we now hold our own destiny as this storyline is being force fed to us.

So goon, since we seem to agree in some kinda way on this, let's look at these next 2 games. 2 games we need to win and should win. Not marginally either. But convincingly. It's his moment to lift Excalibur from the stone and stake claim to his destiny.

Don't leave it up to circumstance. Let's see him take this team for 2 more wins, and own that ticket to the playoffs.

In my mind, there is NO discussion of "Franchise" unless it includes the playoffs.

What say you?
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I'm all about put up or shut up.

If we can manage to win out, then we'll talk. I've got all sorts of confidence in Tannehill,
but at the same time, I don't know about this team in general.

IF Tannehill can overcome adversity and reach the playoffs this year, I'll be happy.
 
MarinoEqualsGod said:
It's not like he's picking games from week 2, wee, 5, week 10, etc. The last five games are obviously CONSECUTIVE games. That's the most important thing because it shows that he is showing in-season improvement. And actually, if you go back 2 more games, Tannehill's stats have been at a pro bowl level in the last 7 games. He is the main reason that we are 5-2 in our last 7.
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He's also the reason we lost the ones we shouldn't have lost.
This is the worst sort of Statistical cherry picking.
 
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