The Catalyst for Tannehill's Transformation

[Joe Dolfan]

We all know the first half was rough for the Dolphins and Tannehill. We know Tannehill's accuracy wasn't the best, and if we didn't, Trent Green made sure to let us know every thirty seconds. (Like he was something special)

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...iami-dolphins-new-offensive-line-start-strong

By his standards, this wasn't good enough. His new team was trailing the New England Patriots. His new offense was making too many mistakes. And most importantly, in his mind, the offensive line wasn't doing its job of keeping Ryan Tannehill clean.So Miami Dolphins left tackle Branden Albert sought out the quarterback during the second quarter of Sunday's contest to deliver the most unnecessary apology Tannehill has likely ever heard.
"I'm sorry, man," Albert told him. "We need to keep you cleaner. We need to do a better job."
After the game, as Tannehill changed out of a uniform that could forgo the typical bleaching, the signal-caller could only shake his head and smile.

"Are you kidding?" Tannehill said, recalling the apology. "That was like a day off."

I know everyone would like to think it was because Moreno ran hard. And again, we can probably thank Green for saying that every thirty seconds.

But I'm kinda thinking this is what made the difference between the first and second half with Tannehill's play. When you've been beaten up as much as he has, there's gotta be something in the back of your mind telling you, "Throw it quick. You're about to get pounded."

Could it be that he's now realizing he doesn't have to expect to get hit every time he drops back, and now he can just focus on making the throw?

 

[lurking]

We all know the first half was rough for the Dolphins and Tannehill. We know Tannehill's accuracy wasn't the best, and if we didn't, Trent Green made sure to let us know every thirty seconds. (Like he was something special)

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...iami-dolphins-new-offensive-line-start-strong





I know everyone would like to think it was because Moreno ran hard. And again, we can probably thank Green for saying that every thirty seconds.

But I'm kinda thinking this is what made the difference between the first and second half with Tannehill's play. When you've been beaten up as much as he has, there's gotta be something in the back of your mind telling you, "Throw it quick. You're about to get pounded."

Could it be that he's now realizing he doesn't have to expect to get hit every time he drops back, and now he can just focus on making the throw?

He should have been talking about Brady's accuracy problems.

 

[KTOWNFINFAN]

I personally don't think he was thinking about last year. I think he just had a bad day. QBs have bad days, just like DBs or WRs. Landry dropped his only pass of the game. He had a bad day. Does anyone think he will drop passes next week?? I don't, he just had a bad day. If Ryan throws behind his WRs most of the day vs the Bills I will start talking about it and worrying about it, but right now, to me, it is just a bad day of ball placement.

 

[foozool13]

I love it.

 

[Bob512]

Great story....thanks for sharing!

 

[BlueFin]

Bad half....much better in the 2nd half.

Memories tend to wash away the bad sometimes...but I remember bad 1st halfs by Marino....followed by hot 2nd halfs.

 

[hoops]

ha ha i bet it was like a day off compared to last year...although he did take a few big shots up under his chin strap and on his face mask...and they definitely tried to drop their weight on him

could easily break a clavicle type stuff

 

[SoCal Finatic]

Re watched the game today. Gentlemen the Fins left a lot of points on the field Sunday in the second half. MANY drops that weren't anyone's fault but Wallace, Clay, and an absolutely beautiful pass to Dion Sims in the end zone, which he dropped. RT had a meh day I agree, but let's see it for what it was.

 

[J. David Wannyheimer]

He played better in the second half and while I was very disappointed with his play in the first half, I was very encouraged in a glass half full kind of way to see him pick it up in the second half.

In the past, I think a valid knock on Tannehill has been that he has bad games where he's just off for the whole game. He had a bad half followed by a good one. In some sense, that is definitely progress.

 

[BlueFin]

ha ha i bet it was like a day off compared to last year...although he did take a few big shots up under his chin strap and on his face mask...and they definitely tried to drop their weight on him

could easily break a clavicle type stuff

The Patriots played a pretty dirty game....and got called on it.

 

[LDaniel7]

 

[utahphinsfan]

Short memory, you say?

Bad half....much better in the 2nd half.

Memories tend to wash away the bad sometimes...but I remember bad 1st halfs by Marino....followed by hot 2nd halfs.

Why am I reminded of...

[video=youtube;24KTBp8qQIo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24KTBp8qQIo[/video]

 

[Joe Dolfan]

I personally don't think he was thinking about last year. I think he just had a bad day. QBs have bad days, just like DBs or WRs. Landry dropped his only pass of the game. He had a bad day. Does anyone think he will drop passes next week?? I don't, he just had a bad day. If Ryan throws behind his WRs most of the day vs the Bills I will start talking about it and worrying about it, but right now, to me, it is just a bad day of ball placement.

I didn't mean that he was consciously thinking about it. I'm saying that after as many hits as he took last year, it's possible he was a little gun shy, if you know what I mean.

 

[Mike13]

And while New England fans might have a tough time grasping the fact that it's not always about them,

Its funny because its true.

 

[Atila]

Trent Green was only mentioning it every 30 seconds because that's how often Tannehill was making a bad throw in the first half. Tannehill was off on almost every single throw, Trent Green was just calling it like it was, don't get so defensive when it's not justified.