He's right. It's high time Tannehill placed this town on his back and literally carried us to the playoffs. Not the coaches, coordinators, offensive linemen, receivers, running backs, linebackers, secondary, special teams or kicking specialists. Hell, it's a wonder we even bother fielding a team of 53 grown men, when clearly this all falls on the 4th year starting quarterback.

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He's been doing extra squats after workouts...

 

An NFL teams success hinges on the QB? Thanks for the insight Cote.

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His quads better have biceps on top of pecs on top of quads. He needs to prove he's a franchise qb.

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Plenty of posters in here will disagree with you.

 

QB's are an after-thought. That's why the Trent Dilfers of the world play for the winning team in the Super Bowl every year.

 

See the scrubs who played in the last one? 4x winner Tom Brady and 1x winner, second highest rating in NFL history (after 1,500 attempts) Russell Wilson. I think we should have rolled with Moore and put all of the money into receivers.

 

Loved this part of the article...and its something I believe in fervantly. Are you a QB who takes what the defense gives you, or are you a QB that takes what he wants.

We NEED Ryan to start playing like he will take what he wants. He isnt playing for a contract. Hes not trying to prove he belongs. He now has mandate. Stop taking what the defense gives you. Put the fear of God into a defense. Its one thing holding him back. Dont care how athletic he is...how strong or smart he is. He has got to WANT to take what he WANTS. If he does not do that...he will never be anything more then a good NFL QB.

 

Are you delirious? Did you even watch Moore play this pre season? No offense man but your on crack

After reading...again...maybe you were being sarcastic...I hope you were being sarcastic.

 

He was DEFINITELY being sarcastic lol.

 

Agreed. Until he has that bonafide fire in the eyes he won't take the next step in his evolution. It's all about developing that killer instinct, because IMO he's already got that "it" factor. Until he can do that, I'm afraid his ceiling is Trent Dilfer.

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QBs matter....IF you have one that is great and are building around the mentality that a top passing game is your ticket.

Non-elite QBs do sometimes get to (and win) Super Bowls, but when they do, evidence suggests it has far more to do with the defense, namely run defense.

Simply put, 21 of the last 22 Super Bowl competitors had either a top-10 passing game or a top-10 run defense. Last year, Miami ranked 17th in passing and 24th in run defense.

It's therefore clear that either the passing game or the run defense needs to get significantly better. I'm inclined to believe that the Dolphins would do better building up their run defense and letting whatever skills Tannehill offers be icing on the cake. That is typically how teams with non-elite QBs get to (and sometimes win) Super Bowls.

Saying that Tannehill is the key to winning is essentially saying that he needs to become Peyton Manning, Drew Brees, Aaron Rodgers, or Tom Brady.

Me, personally, I don't think I'm going to take that bet.

 

He was totally being super serial.

 

He's the one making 100M i thought...guess we shouldnt ask too much of him.

 

But Ross is probably making at least four times that just this season. Old bastard oughta pull his weight too.

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Cote is a moron.

 

I dig the old f--k, he has gotten the top offensive FA 2 out of 4 years and the top Def FA last season..he's a beast.

 

That's all Mike Tannendong

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Interesting...I always associated the "it" factor as the QB having that killer instinct and takes what he wants, not what the defense gives him. You think "it" is something different?

 

Couldn't help it eh? I understand.

You won't find ANYBODY who will disagree that the QB is integral to the success of the team...to what degree, now there will be some debate. And rightly so...it just gets crazy because some can't see varying degrees in such things, only black and white.

 

All the while keeping Farmer Fred and his rubes.

 

It's basically what I said earlier. Tannehills mental makeup of the game needs to take the next step.

 

He wants to win but he just needs to develop that cutthroat mentality.

 

Tanny's #'s last year were good enough to get a team into the playoffs. Of course everyone around here and in the media generally give the defense a pass even though they blew plenty of big moments last year and down the stretch were horrible. I don't care who your QB is but your not winning much or going to the playoffs when you allow 39, 13, 28, 41, 35 and 37 points in the final 6 games.

 

I dont believe he realizes that his team is just waiting for him to go a bit loco.

 

This. 100%. Detroit. Green Bay. Denver. None of those losses were on the offense. But hey. Facts.

 

Gonna have to ask you to rewatch that Detriot game, the offense was inept and Matt Stafford was easily the best QB on the field that Sunday.

 

PASSING
Year Team G Att Comp Pct Att/G Yds Avg Yds/G TD TD% Int Int% Lng 20+ 40+ Sck SckY Rate
1999 Miami Dolphins 11 369 204 55.3 33.5 2,448 6.6 222.5 12 3.3 17 4.6 62 37 5 9 66 67.4
1998 Miami Dolphins 16 537 310 57.7 33.6 3,497 6.5 218.6 23 4.3 15 2.8 61T 45 6 23 178 80.0
1997 Miami Dolphins 16 548 319 58.2 34.2 3,780 6.9 236.2 16 2.9 11 2.0 55 49 4 20 132 80.7
1996 Miami Dolphins 13 373 221 59.2 28.7 2,795 7.5 215.0 17 4.6 9 2.4 74T 39 10 18 131 87.8
1995 Miami Dolphins 14 482 309 64.1 34.4 3,668 7.6 262.0 24 5.0 15 3.1 67T 40 7 22 153 90.8
1994 Miami Dolphins 16 615 385 62.6 38.4 4,453 7.2 278.3 30 4.9 17 2.8 64T 55 7 18 113 89.2
1993 Miami Dolphins 5 150 91 60.7 30.0 1,218 8.1 243.6 8 5.3 3 2.0 80T 18 4 7 42 95.9
1992 Miami Dolphins 16 554 330 59.6 34.6 4,116 7.4 257.2 24 4.3 16 2.9 62T 45 12 28 173 85.1
1991 Miami Dolphins 16 549 318 57.9 34.3 3,970 7.2 248.1 25 4.6 13 2.4 54 44 6 27 182 85.8
1990 Miami Dolphins 16 531 306 57.6 33.2 3,563 6.7 222.7 21 4.0 11 2.1 69T 0 0 15 90 82.6
1989 Miami Dolphins 16 550 308 56.0 34.4 3,997 7.3 249.8 24 4.4 22 4.0 78T 0 0 10 86 76.9
1988 Miami Dolphins 16 606 354 58.4 37.9 4,434 7.3 277.1 28 4.6 23 3.8 80T 0 0 6 31 80.8
1987 Miami Dolphins 12 444 263 59.2 37.0 3,245 7.3 270.4 26 5.9 13 2.9 59T 0 0 9 77 89.2
1986 Miami Dolphins 16 623 378 60.7 38.9 4,746 7.6 296.6 44 7.1 23 3.7 85T 0 0 17 119 92.5
1985 Miami Dolphins 16 567 336 59.3 35.4 4,137 7.3 258.6 30 5.3 21 3.7 73 0 0 18 157 84.1
1984 Miami Dolphins 16 564 362 64.2 35.2 5,084 9.0 317.8 48 8.5 17 3.0 80T 0 0 13 120 108.9
1983 Miami Dolphins 11 296 173 58.4 26.9 2,210 7.5 200.9 20 6.8 6 2.0 85T 0 0 10 80 96.0
TOTAL 242 8,358 4,967 59.4 34.5 61,361 7.3 253.6 420 5.0 252 3.0 85 372 61 270 1,930 86.4

HMMM................. Now Tannehill

2015 Miami Dolphins 1 34 22 64.7 34.0 226 6.6 226.0 1 2.9 0 0.0 27 4 0 3 44 93.5
2014 Miami Dolphins 16 590 392 66.4 36.9 4,045 6.9 252.8 27 4.6 12 2.0 50 41 4 46 337 92.8
2013 Miami Dolphins 16 588 355 60.4 36.8 3,913 6.7 244.6 24 4.1 17 2.9 67 46 10 58 399 81.7
2012 Miami Dolphins 16 484 282 58.3 30.2 3,294 6.8 205.9 12 2.5 13 2.7 80T 40 3 35 234 76.1
TOTAL 49 1,696 1,051 62.0 34.6 11,478 6.8 234.2 64 3.8 42 2.5 80 131 17 142 1,014 84.2


Can we end the nonsense now?

 

Offensive line was inept. Couldn't run or pass block.

Defense choked at the end, they had a chance to make a stand and instead they let the Lions drive the length of the field for the winning TD.

Clay also dropped a pass that hit him right in the hands for a TD.

 

Gonna have to ask you to learn what a defense does. I mean, of course Stafford looked like the best QB that day, our defense didn't do anything to make him look otherwise.

 

Gonna have to ask you to try and comprehend what i replied too and why. Ryan didnt have some stellar game only to have the defense let him down.

Denver i agree, GB is arguable, Det was a full fledged team loss.

 

I believe you might be thinking about the "clutch gene". I think he has the "it" factor, but the clutch gene is something that requires consistency for the phenotype to truly manifest itself.

 

We scored one offensive TD that game, cant call it a "defensive" loss.

 

Really, cause I thought we had the lead in the fourth, again....and the defense lost that lead......again.

And again, our **** defense made their offense looked good. I mean you did say how good their offense looked. Or was that one of many times you said something and meant something else entirely?

 

Yea sorry, we scored ONE OFF TD, Det scored 20 points at home. Pick another game because there is no valid argument, not that that stopped you before I guess.

 

lol. So we scored enough to win in the 4th quarter but our horrible defense allows them to march down the field and score....but the offense is at fault.

How many TDs must an offense score and lose before you blame the defense? This is so dumb.

 

Dumb indeed, the offense scored zero Tds in the 4th qtr by the way. And again in crayon i said it was a total team loss which it was.

Re read again before replying again please, save the trouble.

 

And the defense could have allowed just a fg, but instead they let the other team march down the field and score a TD to win. Tannehill and the offense sat down with the lead. They had the game won. Ask any defensive player and they'll tell you that's all they want from the offense.

 

Some of you may think the article is stating the obvious, but it makes a very good point. We talk so much about coaching and Suh and everything else, but really the one thing that has to happen more than anything else is for Tannehill to keep improving and this should be a playoff team.

When the article mentioned "taking what the defense gives you" that's where the concern comes in with the last game against the Redskins. Because Tannehill didn't even do that at times. In the first half, the defense gave him a free TD served on a silver platter. Kenny Stills was WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDE open. And Tannehill missed him. Badly. But he also played well when it mattered. That 2 minute drive was masterful.

I still have all the confidence in the world in Tannehill. I think he started slow last year too. He's hoping he gets it going this Sunday and keeps it going.