Ryan Tannehill

[handbanana]

What's scariest about Tannehill is that instead of improving as the season went along, he actually seemed to regress. Matched up against tougher defenses, he more often threw blind into coverage and got himself in trouble. As a result, his three worst passer ratings of the season came in his final five games. He was brutally awful vs Texas.

Your spot on with this Alo. He started the season on fire and had A&M racing up the polls but really cooled down as the season went along.

Do you think that defenses started to figure him out, or was this just the true Tannehill we saw at the end of the year?

 

[Solon16]

I respectfully disagree. Tannehill isn't a "project." He's just not very good. Call it what you want, limited upside, low ceiling, the dreaded 'system quarterback'. He's just a guy. And you don't use first round draft picks on "guys."

Tannehill's got serious limitations with his arm and pace. He's a good athlete, but he's sluggish in the pocket. The time he takes from decision to delivery, including that hitchy throwing motion, makes for a long uphill climb in the NFL. He's going to get the ball knocked out, knocked down, and picked off at the next level. He's just too deliberate.

He also has a tendency to lose his fundamentals when he's moving. He throws open (without turning his hips) when he's going left, and throws across his body moving to his right.

He's a smart kid, and a better athlete then most of his contemporaries at the position. But you're looking at a career back-up unless something changes dramatically. Best choice... he's a mid-2nd to 3rd. But he'll go unnaturally high due to a shallow quarterback class.

Without respect to need, I've got a 4th round grade on him... but, in the NFL quarterback lust is worth about a round and a half. And the rookie wage scale makes it more palatable than it has been. But, he'd be over-drafted in the 3rd... much less the first or second.

And I'll argue that there are two quarterbacks deserving to be the top 10... actually there are two worthy of the #1 overall. And I'm not sure how you figure that RGIII is a "project." That kid improves 25 NFL teams tomorrow, if you throw him in the lineup.

-jj

This is fact...and he will go in the first. I look back at last years class and I am still flabbergasted on where Gabbert,Ponder and Locker fell. Talk about reaching.

 

[jason j]

This is fact...and he will go in the first. I look back at last years class and I am still flabbergasted on where Gabbert,Ponder and Locker fell. Talk about reaching.

You're probably right. And the fact that some team sees this kid as a first rounder, but somehow suggest that RGIII isn't worthy of a top 2 pick baffles me.

If Tannehill is a first rounder, the NFL should demand that whoever picks RGIII surrender their 2nd round pick just on principle.

-jj

 

[Solon16]

You're probably right. And the fact that some team sees this kid as a first rounder, but somehow suggest that RGIII isn't worthy of a top 2 pick baffles me.

If Tannehill is a first rounder, the NFL should demand that whoever picks RGIII surrender their 2nd round pick just on principle.

-jj

bwahahaha...

 

[Solon16]

You're probably right. And the fact that some team sees this kid as a first rounder, but somehow suggest that RGIII isn't worthy of a top 2 pick baffles me.

If Tannehill is a first rounder, the NFL should demand that whoever picks RGIII surrender their 2nd round pick just on principle.

-jj

Yo JJ,
I watched this kid since he started as a wr...he's is raw raw raw, understands routes,hots,mismatches like anyone! He has only played 2 years as a bonifide Qb. The kid is smart, athletic, and can play great games. If his defense didn't give up sooooo many HUGE leads this past year...he would have been playing for the championship vs. LSU. That's a fact. I like the kid A LOT...but then again I am relegated to watching Big 12 football year round!

 

[jason j]

Yo JJ,
I watched this kid since he started as a wr...he's is raw raw raw, understands routes,hots,mismatches like anyone! He has only played 2 years as a bonifide Qb. The kid is smart, athletic, and can play great games. If his defense didn't give up sooooo many HUGE leads this past year...he would have been playing for the championship vs. LSU. That's a fact. I like the kid A LOT...but then again I am relegated to watching Big 12 football year round!

He's got some skill. His advantage coming into the league is that he's run a modified version of the West Coast Offense. At the very least, should he end up in Cleveland, Philadelphia, Green Bay, Washington, among others, his terminology should be the same.

My biggest trouble with him is that odd delivery. It just takes him so long to get from decision to delivery. He throws with his whole body. And, in doing so, takes up a lot of room in the pocket. I just think he's going to struggle mightily with pressure in his face. And I fear he's going to work himself into trouble more than he works out of it.

-jj

 

[Solon16]

He's got some skill. His advantage coming into the league is that he's run a modified version of the West Coast Offense. At the very least, should he end up in Cleveland, Philadelphia, Green Bay, Washington, among others, his terminology should be the same.

My biggest trouble with him is that odd delivery. It just takes him so long to get from decision to delivery. He throws with his whole body. And, in doing so, takes up a lot of room in the pocket. I just think he's going to struggle mightily with pressure in his face. And I fear he's going to work himself into trouble more than he works out of it.

-jj

perhaps...but someone will draft him in the first round and relatively high. Just like I thought that Ponder,locker and gabby went too high...so will RT.
He might land back with Sherman! He is a Prospect for sure and raw as can be, but I like this kid.

 

[Alo]

Your spot on with this Alo. He started the season on fire and had A&M racing up the polls but really cooled down as the season went along.

Do you think that defenses started to figure him out, or was this just the true Tannehill we saw at the end of the year?

I don't recall them doing anything drastically different, except maybe blitzing more. And when things got more difficult, his decisionmaking went haywire.

It's only going to get tougher in the big leagues. Hopefully, he'll find a way to up his poise.

 

[brownsdownunder]

I'd rather get Brock Osweiler. If we aren't going all out to get RGIII, then there isn't really any point spending a 1st round pick or even our second on RT.

I think continue to tradition and get someone in the later rounds.