Ed Werder: Dolphins discouraged with Ryan Tannehill

I see 3-2 against them and 1-1 vs the Patriots.

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IMO we should/could easily get 4 or 5 wins out of the games against the Jets, Bills and Bucs. That gets us to 7 or 8 wins there. I see the Pats, Ravens, Chargers and Bengals as all on that same tier as we are. Those 5 games can go either way between evenly matched opponents so either 2-3 or 3-2. That gets us to between 9 or 11 wins. I think we're a better team than the Panthers and Steelers. We're not so much better that a win is almost a given (like the Jets, Bills and Bucs), but we're more likely to win than not. I see 1 or 2 wins there. That leaves the final count at 10-13 wins. Obviously there will be tons of factors that will play in to the individual match-ups, but assuming that over the whole of the season the split between favorable and unfavorable factors is about even, I see that as a reasonable expectation at this point.

 

I hope you're right, but I just can't see 13. I think 11 is the max I can see realistically, but still wouldn't bet that high.

 

I will be really pissed if we can't take one from the Pats. I really loathe the Pats. Loathe.

 

I'm not saying I think 13 wins is where we'll end up, but I do think that 11-13 is still in the likely range. People tend to over-react to wins and losses. I had said the same range was likely before the Saint's game and predicted a loss in the Saint's game (as I did), people would have seen the range as more reasonable than they will after having watched the loss that was factored in. People just tend to react emotionally and see things as all or nothing.

IMO there are three elite teams right now (Denver, Seattle and NO). I think the next tier includes Indy, Miami, Pats, Bengals, Ravens, Chargers, Atlanta, Dallas, Chiefs, Bears, Lions (I'm probably forgetting someone). All of those teams are playoff contenders. We're in that group. Depending on injuries, schedule and how the ball bounces, that group will predominantly end up winning between 9 and 13 games.

 

I keep going over the schedule in my head, and I always end up w/ about 11. Barring anything unforeseen, either for us, or an opponent, I think we can get there. I think a lot of us are still just PO'd about Monday, and forgetting the first three weeks and that we really do have a QB and team on the rise.

11 probably won't get the division, though, because the Pats have Brady, and apparently, that's all they need. But hey, that should get us a WC spot, and I'll take that this year. Rome was not built in a day.

 

Yes we do, and especially the NFL national media!

 

So is Brandon Weeden...Yeah the offensive line isn't blocking the way it should but I see Tannehill holding the ball too long for my liking. He has to get it out of there quicker than he's been doing. I think the sacks for 50/50....Half on the O-line and half on Tannehill for holding the ball for too long.
I'm a follower of the Cleveland Browns too and I see many similarities between Tannehill and Weeden. Both have big arms, both are accurate when giving time, both have a bad sense of pocket awareness, both hold the ball for too long. That is really my biggest complaint with Tannehill right now. He has to get rid of the football quicker.

 

Tannehill gets rid of the ball faster than most qbs.

 

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