According to reports, the Dolphins aren’t completely sold on Ryan Tannehill as a franchise QB.
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As the world is steadily focusing on the Andrew Luck’s, Russell Wilson’s and Robert Griffin III’s of the world, a QB situation could be brewing in Miami as Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports the Miami Dolphins brass aren’t completely sure of Ryan Tannehill as their quarterback of the future.
"NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport said Thursday on NFL Network’s Around The NFL that while Tannehill is playing as well as they’ve seen him, Dolphins officials would like him to display those flashes of brilliance more consistently.“(Dolphins officials) are not ready at this point to declare Tannehill is the quarterback of the future,” Rapoport said. “They are not ready to say he is their franchise quarterback. The Dolphins sources I’ve talked to are cautiously optimistic that Tannehill will eventually get there, mainly because of the talent he has and the improvement that he has shown this year.”It’s worth noting that general manager Dennis Hickey didn’t draft Tannehill."
You can’t blame the Dolphins officials from thinking this way. Through the first three seasons of this career, Tannehill has yet to be me more than a league average quarterback, barely making that mark. He’s improved greatly this season — in nine games, Tannehill has thrown for 2114 passing yards, 15 touchdowns, and 7 interceptions — but there’s reason to believe Tannehill is the type of quarterback that’ll be good enough to possibly get you to the playoffs (playing in the AFC East alongside the New England Patriots may not allow this), but bad enough to keep the team from finding a new quarterback in the draft (see: Dalton, Andy).
Currently at 5-4, the playoffs is still in range. They’re currently in the middle of the AFC, tied third in their division, but a nice end-of-season run could possibly change the Dolphins’ managements mind.
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