Im not even having it either way... Tannehill threw a 6 yard pass on first down, you're saying throwing to Stills was definitely a better option, as much as you're ripping him for not doing it... If he did throw to Stills and it fell incomplete, as it should 2/3rds of the time, you'd probably be ripping him for trying to force things when Miller was all by himself... Thruth is both options had similar expectation although Miller involved less risk... As it turns out, they got the 1st down on the very next play, and Tannehill hit Cameron for a TD but it was called back by a stupid call on Landry later in that same drive...
Not only that Parker finished that game with 93 yards on 4 catches and Landry got 111 yards on 7 catches... Its interresting that you picked the 6 yards pass to Miller to make you're point...
The reason he was wide open was the defense don't respect the fins long ball.....the safety knew the play was going to be a dump off because it was easy, open and what the fins offense does, I guarantee you if that was the Pitt, that safety would have covered Stills......defenses are not stupid, they study a lot of film they know tendencies of the team and players they play against....not to mention if he throws it , no guarantee that Stills makes the catch, he's not that good.... the morale of the story is sometimes you got to take that shot down the field to keep a defense honest, if he takes it there, even if it was incomplete, later in the game you can come back to it, hit the underneath route with no safety coming up to make the play, it could be a big play instead of 6 yd gain....