From Ben Volin
http://sulia.com/channel/miami-dolphins/f/ba016e51-4aa4-48dd-9b6a-ab7e41b8a064/?source=twitter
Nice to see. Jaws does at times treat QB's too kindly (understandable because he was one and knows what criticism is like). But, I always appreciate and respect what he has to say because he's not just talking out of his butt. He looks at film.
Hopefully Tanny will keep things going and continue to improve this year. The Dolphins could easily be 3-1 (and probably should be). But, if we don't make the playoffs this year and can get a better draft choice - good for us. This is not a one year deal but one in which I think we want to continue to become stronger as a team and next year offers us a better opportunity if RT can really continue to grow as a QB. But, I don't want to see us lose too much (have to have some confidence on which to build).
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Jaws is a strange guy. He seems to praise every quarterback under the sun but then when he ranks them you're like...that doesn't fit what you just said.
In this case he ranks Ryan Tannehill above Fitzpatrick and Sanchez as the 2nd best QB in the division which is great (albeit an easy call) and he praises the hell out of him talking about how his transition has been "incredible" and whatnot, but then he ranks him #24 in the league which means he only found 8 quarterbacks out there to rank below Tannehill.
That's not REALLY that extraordinary praise. You can probably assume those 8 include Ryan Fitzpatrick, Mark Sanchez, Kevin Kolb, Brandon Weeden, Blaine Gabbert, Russell Wilson and Jake Locker...which means that from among a list of guys that includes Christian Ponder, Andy Dalton, Robert Griffin, Josh Freeman, Alex Smith, Sam Bradford, Jay Cutler, Carson Palmer, Tony Romo, Michael Vick, Matt Cassel and Andrew Luck...he could only find ONE that he was comfortable ranking behind Ryan Tannehill. In that context, just how far out on a limb is Jaws REALLY going for the rook? Not very far at all, really.Serpico Jones, Pandarilla, Stringer Bell and 2 others like this. -
I believe there are 8 QBs out there that you wouldn't even think of comparing Tannehill's current prowess to, and they are Drew Brees, Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Matt Ryan, Eli Manning, Ben Roethlisberger, Phil Rivers and Matt Schaub. Then I think you're going to be hard-pressed to try and come close to comparing him to Peyton Manning, Matt Stafford, Cam Newton or Joe Flacco.
But then you've got your Josh Freeman, Andy Dalton, Jay Cutler, Tony Romo, Michael Vick, Carson Palmer kind of group and while they're probably ahead of Ryan Tannehill, by year's end you never really know. Guys like Christian Ponder, Robert Griffin, Matt Cassel, Alex Smith, Sam Bradford, Andrew Luck...they should be well within reach even in the short term. Some of those I would certainly put behind Tannehill even right now.HULKFish likes this. -
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I guess it really depends on what he's ranking - potential/ceiling or results to date. The latter seems to be the case.
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Just to clarify: we are talking about the ESPN analyst and NOT the fictional terror of the deep from the silverscreen. Right?
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Tannehill was getting praise from Collin Cowherd this morning and Collin said Tannehill really impressed him. he said Miami still needs a #1 and a #2 wr but i know fish fans will go back into denial again . if only Miami gm Ireland would stop dicking around and get serious about improving the roster because all we really need is stud wr and a near stud llike wr and a faster tightend and another olineman and then the offense will be ready to play the big dogs . I have confidence in Philbin but i still think Ireland is the downfall or hinderence to the club.
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But the guy clearly doesn't know what he's looking at on the offensive side of the ball...Stringer Bell likes this. -
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Heck even Colin Cowherd was praising Tannehill today when discussing how Sanchez has not developed in his first few years and that Ryan in only four games has become our franchise qb.
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If it was, my point was that we drafted offensive players in almost every round, and b/c of that, I find it more likely than not that the 2 men high up in our coaching staff who are both on the offensive side of the ball had some input/requests in the last draft. -
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You're using something that's happened once in the last God knows how many years to prove a point.
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