Improv! Could there be chemistry developing...or even better....?

Parker must be feeling better then


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Special teams td last week to win..pick six the following week to win..

Just find a way to win boys, keep that mantra..

 

Tannehill was brilliant this game. Defense was awesome. Great win.

 

All I know is I don't have a clue what to do with myself. I'm not used to all this #winning and the team looking competent LOL.

I swear, I must have seen 10-12 other Dolphin fans out at the bars I hang at for Sunday Funday here in Scottsdale,AZ. That almost never happens, it's usually only me.

 

While I don't think much of Armando, he was absolutely right- we had plenty of excuses to lose this game. In fact, most of you expected a loss because of Rivers and their run defense, but our team just kept plugging away. It was a defining win in many different ways.

 

Postgame, the biggest excuse (and a valid one) would've been the g'damn REFS!

But overcome we did.. it's what good teams do.

 

I hate to even write this, cause I know it's going to elicit the wrong response from some...I even cancelled a post last night because I didn't want to stir certain posters up...but, whatever, here we go...

The Tannehill we're seeing right now, and the gameplan being used, really, REALLY reminds me of how Pete Carroll and the Seahawks started Wilson out. This is how Tannehill should have been used to begin his career. Wilson was not asked to throw 50x a game. Yes, he was asked to make plays at crucial points, but the game, I think, slowed down for him, and he played loose. Gase is finally doing for Tannehill what should have been done as a rookie. I mean, look at his stat lines the last four games...they're eerily similar to the type of game Wilson was having his first couple years. Please understand, I'm not trying to compare Tannehill to Wilson, I'm simply comparing the situation, and the effect it's having for Tannehill. Hopefully Tannehill can progress quicker than a rookie, since he does have four seasons experience.

 

I think you're wrong- but not for the obvious reason that most would assume. Tannehill had some amazing games 3, 4 and 5 years ago that would make highlight reels...and then he'd come out the next week and stink up the place. So we had people on both sides of the fence pointing to each performance type making their points. He's great! He sucks! We've heard it a million times.

Just compare weeks 1 & 2 to any of the past 4 games- it's a completely different offense. Earlier the game-plan was to give Tannehill the underneath stuff and force him to beat you deep 1:1. But then we started doing that, plus we developed a strong run game in the process as well. In other words, the offense for the past four seasons was completely one-dimensional- the offense these past four weeks could beat you dozens of ways. So teams can't walk into our house with a clear formula for victory anymore; they have to play run-first and keep the safety over the top as well. It's a completely different look since we're so balanced.

For Tannehill, that means he has to do so much less because the pressure is not there to personally move the chains 20+ times a game...he just has to make occasional plays when they're not fully expected. And that's a beautiful thing for any QB. So I don't think the situations between Tannehill and Wilson are similar at all. Tannehill now has a far superior line, a stud RB and a variety of receivers who can beat you all over the field. The blocking is worlds better, the team is playing motivated, and people are stepping up on a weekly basis.

Heck, remember in week one with Stills dropping the easiest TD pass in the history of football? Landry dropped three that day as well. Stills dropped a 2nd pass, and Parker dropped one on a crucial 3rd down. But that feels like eons ago because these same receivers are not just going through the motions anymore...they believe in their QB and this team. At the end of the day, football is about so much more than stats and X's/O's. It's about passion, intensity and a willingness to overcome when the chips are against you- and that's the offense Ryan Tannehill is currently playing in.

So not to discredit anything that he's done....but he's not doing it alone and that makes all the difference in the world.

 

Absolutely agree, he's not doing this alone.

But, he's also, hopefully, learning how to be consistent. He's developing trust with his teammates and his coaches. That's the sort of stuff I'm talking about when comparing situations. Not necessarily the situation as far as quality of players or things like that.

 

Offense has scored 27-28-30-31 points the past 4 games. Holy hell who would've thought after the Bengal Titans debacle.

Feels good. Like warm apple pie


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To be fair, the offense didn't score 31 yesterday.

 

Gotta subtract Kiko's pick 6 and Grant's 96 yard return.

 

Ehhhh what I posted sounds better


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wilson has a line that's making collectively about 4 mill..he was unreal against the pats..there's no more wilson debate..that sh$$ is over.

Ryan was unreal against the chargers.

 

That's been my contention all along. The situation around a QB matters. I fully believe that if their draft situations had been reversed, we'd be having the exact same conversations about how Wilson can't carry a team, isn't consistent and hasn't won a playoff game and how great it would be to have Tannehill who already won a SB in Seattle.

 

Since there's been decent blocking with a healthy line the last few weeks, RT's true colors are starting to finally show. It's still too early to tell since it's mostly been Ajayi during the prior 3 weeks, but if the line continues to show consistency and Gase continues to adjust with good timing, it should be a good chance to see how Ryan does over the remaining schedule and that should give us a very good picture of what he really is... finally. Only with continued balance can he be fairly evaluated. Getting 100+ QBRs when he's getting pressure on every single down is unrealistic. That's what all teams desire to have, but it's not what 95% of teams get. I'd venture that less than a handful of current QBs can carry a team that has an atrocious OL or lacks other offensive stars to provide balance. So only now, with this balance can we evaluate RT fairly. And if we slip back to old habits, then we'd be right back in the same debacle. It'll be interesting to see how we do if we have to remove Albert for a couple weeks. Hopefully if it comes to that we can absorb that hit. It would certainly reduce our options on offense, and make it easier on the opposing schemes. We'd have to pull some surprises, or have other areas step up to survive that I think.

 

True. Plus the special teams TD in the previous week. But to be fair the offense most likely scores 28 pts vs Chargers if they didnr get away with raping Parker on that 3rd n goal. Officiating was pathetic and obviously 1 sided. This team has a chance of being legit if/when Howard comes back. If we can get both CB healthy we have a shot. Right now Lippett and Maxwell are our 2 biggest flaws. Would love to see this team with Reshad Jones, Howard and Culver healthy with the D line playing the way it is now

 

We dont lose much at the LT spot without Albert. I think Tunsil can step in and play at a high level from the get go. Where we might lose something is at LG with Urbik replacing Tunsil. I think we will still be solid though as long as everyone else stays healthy.

 

Damn rafs, you too eh..wilsons game does not depend on surrounding variables, relative to the variables he's gonna always be a great player, because that's what he is, a great player not dependent upon anyone.

 

You don't see me there...I'm always the only one when I go to Buffalo Wild Wings in Phoenix AZ

 

100% this, I have said all along, swap Tannehill and Wilsons careers, and they'd have close to similar success imo.

 

That's simply not true. He still needs other players to make plays.

 

You seem to have missed his point. The comparison was how Tannehill is being used now to how Wilson was when he came in as a development tool, not their current skills. Okung, hell Gallery for that matter, were paid more individually than the Seachicken entire line is now. Plus Lynch. The contention is that Wilson's development benefited from and he is a better QB today because of the situation he had as a rookie. A situation that Tannehill now has and is responding to.

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lol, you've gone too deep into insanity with Wilson.

There is no such thing as a QB whose game doesn't depend on surrounding variables.

You're basically describing a mythic creature.

 

To a degree of course..however, it's my opinion that wherever that dude got drafted you would see the same player in isolation...too strong mentally and to physically gifted to fail..

The fact that folks continue to not recognize a great player and just call it like that is hilarious, just call him a great player, don't mention anything else..wth is wrong with y'all..

Did you watch him just beat New England with an oline that makes collectively 4 mill, no marshawn lynch...I mean wth, when is it gonna end..

Say it, go ahead, I dare you, without any caveats or circumstances attached to the term.

 

So you want me to think like rafs who thinks that if you replaced the players from the get their careers would of mirrored how it played out for both...? No

 

What? Where did I say how you had to think? I said you missed his point, you can still disagree, but it should be apples to apples. If I say the sky is blue and you say clouds suck, a conversation isn't really happening.

Do you think Tannehill would be further along in his devolment if he were drafted be Seattle instead? Would he be as far as Wilson? How would their different strengths/weaknesses change the paradigm? Wilson will never have Ryan's golden arm and Ryan will never move like Russell. Wilson was far further along out of college. How does that change things?

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I think variables and circumstances have been overrated in this discussion..if you can play you can play anywhere...

 

Strongly disagree.

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This is why I say you've gone off the deep end.

Who is saying Wilson isn't a great player? We are NOT saying you could put ANY QB into Seattle and they'd win.

We are, however, saying if you put ANY QB into the circumstances Thill has had to deal with they wouldn't come out elite.

Also, you aren't "isolating" anything.

 

It's OK to think that Russell Wilson has developed into a great quarterback while also acknowledging that he benefited greatly early on from being drafted onto a team with a great coaching staff, a great running game, and a great defense.

Just like I think that Andrew Luck, who was really incredible coming out of college, has stagnated and in some ways perhaps even regressed because he is surrounded by absolute crap.

 

its all relative Two T.

 

BS..you can't say it because you don't believe it..

 

I legitimately don't understand what you just said.

 

It would be over if you stopped bringing it up.

 

No offense, but why does any of that matter? It's a hypothetical argument that people have been having here for years, and there's simply no right or wrong answer. Say no to trolls, my friend, especially when they're talking about Russell Wilson.

 

I didn't...never do...cause I don't need to...already been proven right...a long time ago..

 

you mean like the skill players and oline they currently have......nahhhhh...just a great qb...no need to go to deep..

 

Hmmm..taking your shot I see..it's to bad....let me help you..if you ain't got something to add maybe you should mind your own business.