Well, let’s open it up for discussion.
Ryan Tannehill is under contract and he is a Miami Dolphin. Do we keep him? Keep Osweiler? Fales? Luke Falk?
What about Kyler Murray? It appears that Stephen Ross is enamored with him, but he is 5 ft 9. That simply won’t cut it in the NFL, and the kid should play baseball instead! There are plenty of reasons to AVOID this guy, which means Ross will be more drawn to him.
Do we tank on purpose and HOPE that one of the 2020 quarterbacks is available and we pick them and they have a long stellar career? That’s a big big risk, and the ACL Gods guarantee nothing!
Personally, I have so many mixed feelings on Tannehill. He gave it his all, but I just don’t think he’s good enough. I believe 7 years is a long long time to prove himself, and it never happened. A new offense is coming to town, which means new learning, etc. Might as well start anew with someone else. It’s not like Tannehill’s familiarization of Gase’s offense will give him an advantage over a newcomer next year, because it will be new to all.
If his ego can handle it, ask him to take a massive pat cut and remain as a backup. But I’m leery of giving him too many more chances. He’s never rewarded us for the chances we already took. But his grit and loyalty win him points in my book, which is why I’d like to keep him around as a backup.
As FLORIDAN posted today from the Miami Herald:
“Who could take Murray in the first round? Well, there’s no dumber owner of a bad team in the NFL than Stephen Ross,” Cherepinsky wrote. “I’m sure he’s smart in real life, but when it comes to managing his football team, Ross has made countless blunders. Ross also loves hype. He constantly invites celebrities no one cares about to games to try to draw a crowd. This would be another instance of Ross trying to draw attention to the Dolphins. He may demand for his next regime to draft Murray because he thinks a 5-foot-9, 190-pound quarterback, who thrived in a conference where zero defense is played, won’t get half of his passes batted at the line of scrimmage somehow.”
Agreed. How many passes did Tranny have knocked down at the line of scrimmage and he’s 6 inches taller and has adult-sized arm length? He will go elsewhere and get paid by a desperate team and I say desperate b/c you have to be desperate to take him. That’s a fact. He won’t take a cut to stay here. If we waste a pick on Murray in the 1st 2 rounds, I’m absolutely finished with this team for the 1st time since 1965. I say keep the 2 F-boys at QB and the “tank” is guaranteed. Top 3 pick for sure in 2020.
On the coaching front,it’s obvious Richard isn’t in the plan since we haven’t signed him since the weekend. IF he was the pick,he’d be here by now. Now we have to settle and I mean settle for yet another 3 year audition for a HC, This time from a different source-the ongoing tree of failures of former Bellychmp coaches and coords.We gave a tryout/audition for 7 LONG years to a WR who tried to be an NFL QB now a 3 year audition to a former area scout attempting to have 1 of the rarest jobs on the planet,1 of 32 positions. Does he deserve it-hell no! 3 years and he’s gone. Who will be our QB whisperer when we draft a QB in 2020? Certainly not the former scout.
Agreed, Karma, agreed.
My next article will cover this. Choosing Brian Flores simply follows a failed pattern. I had such high respect for Ross at the presser when he fired Gase.
He spoke of winning and changing the failed logic of the past.
Now it’s two weeks later, and we’re back to hating Ross. He is following his own failed logic, only this time he is making it worse by also following the failed logic of others (“Hey, let’s raid the Patriot assistants because every single one of them has been a successful head coach.”)
Only Patricia with the Lions may break the pattern of abject failures from NE. But a 1 year sample size is not enough to go on. After the draft in April,it wil be interesting to see how many wins folks will guess.
Totally agree! Our only hope with Flores is that he brings in a ton of experience on his staff. This is the only hope, barring total luck, that Flores has to succeed.
I read somewhere that the Jags and Phins are interested in Flacco not sure how I feel about him. He might be a decent filler until we draft one. I wouldn’t mind Teddy Bridgewater but who knows if that knee will hold up. Or we’re gonna go with a journeyman QB…
I’d sign either of those two guys. Flacco’s contract is iffy. I think Baltimore wants to go with Jackson, but they are in no hurry to officially end things with Flacco.
I think we stay with Tanny for one year only if he takes a pay cut. If he does not then he’s gone. Then I would look to Bridgewater. Either one does not really matter as we should look to draft a rookie in 2020.
I’ve given this some thought and in the past I have said keep drafting first day qbs until we have one so……
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I would ask Tannehill to redo his contract and be our backup. Once done I would trade for Flaco and draft Kyler Murray OR the best QB in this years draft. If that QB seemed like he would work out during preseason I I would trade Tannehill.
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I would go next year with Flaco and if at some point the season was lost ie. we’re 1-6 put the Rookie QB in the game. Unless we’re in the playoff hunt with Flacco play the rookie 5 or 6 games.
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In 2020 figure out how to move up and get the best qb and trade Flaco or Kyler Murray. And keep dragging QBs until one reminds us of Marino!
Drafting not dragging
Why not just keep Tannehill, only if he renegotiates his contract and accepts less, instead of trading pieces for another QB. Only use a draft pick on a QB this year if you truly feel he can develop. I would not take a chance on Murray. He is a run first QB who has not proven he can drop back and make multiple reads and still be accurate. This is a recipe for disaster in the NFL. I think you wait until 2020 to get your QB.
If the plan is really truly to kinda tank and not care about 2019, then might as well keep Tannehill, because you know he’ll be expendable in 2020.
Miami shouldn’t tank it doesn’t work. The rams traded up for Goff, the eagles traded up for Wentz, the chiefs traded up for Mahomes, the other teams that flat out sucked and drafted at the top didn’t work out quite as well other than the browns and it took them 20 years. This year needs to be about building the lines no matter what the record is, and this draft is stocked with defensive line talent.
Thats a nice point and I could subscribe to this. One issue is that I think Gier has been here for the last three line building cycles and with the exception of a few years of above average line play on the defensive side they have not gotten it right. Hopefully Gier didn’t have much say in those rebuilds or he has better advisers and scouts this time.
You are 100 % right but we have to hope that our LB turned head coach can rebuild a team in a short time so the new QB in 2020 does not get killed in the process.
IMO, it’s been plenty of time for everyone to see what Tannehill can do…honestly, too much time to see he doesn’t, didn’t have the “it” factor for taking this team or any team to a championship. I have given him as a player every chance to change my mind, make me eat my words, but as a true lover of the game, I cannot give him another season. I’ve said this before, what is it that Dolphin scouts don’t find what NE scouts find, or other teams for that matter? I did hear on Sirius NFL Network at least the answer I thought made some sense in that NE’s scouts get exactly what BB wants for his team. Not what they think will be a good prospect, bec. you don’t come back to BB without what he asked for bec. you won’t have a job for long. THAT’S what this team, organization is lacking. I have been one of the most vocal critics of Ross because he deserves it! His thinking of what Dolphins football is or should be is completely off the mark. He is not true orange and aqua Dolphins, he’s blue and yellow Michigan Wolverine and New Yorker. (not saying the owner has to be from FL either). His passion has to be his football team and it clearly is not first-UMich and his NY real estate are. Ross sees a hot QB and thinks he’ll work out great, instant wins etc., but that’s how dumb he is about football and a slim 5’9″ QB that a defensive end could crush with one leg.
I don’t see how this team can give up 7 years of a mediocre QB and not say we’re done with this lab experiment. He is a good guy, gave his all I’m sure but lots of players do that as well.
I would not want to start with a new coach-(geez, another ridiculously long process from this org.!) and coaching staff with a 7 yr. old car that gave me problems, broke down and didn’t have the horse power.