NFL1000 WEEK 15 - BleacherReport The only Dolphin in Week 15's overall top 50 players was Suh coming in high again at #10. Matt Moore was #21 among QB's. Among WR's Landry showed up at #3 Cam Wake nipped inside the top 10 4-3 DE's at #9. Suh was the #1 DT in the league again. Tony Lippett just missed out on making the top 10 CB's coming in at #12. And Abdul-Quddus was the #12 FS. No other Dolphins were top 10 or near-top 10 for week 15.
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That 21st place for Moore was 2 behind Marcia, who threw for 0 TDs against the Broncos (who have a stellar defense) and still won. I'm guessing the 1 INT hurt his score quite a bit? Then again, Moore wasn't sharp-shooter accurate on most of his throws, but he didn't need to be considering the play of the receivers/TEs, and the Stej defense. Tannehill was top 20 for the previous 6 weeks (didn't check all, just the previous 6), top 10 in 3 of those 6, #1 in one. Cian Fahey likes Tannehill...and he's their QB analyst for that report.
Think about what you're relaying here- Bleacher Report is saying the AFC Player of the Week was worse than 20 of the starting quarterbacks on the day. Someone is obviously WAY OFF here about the guy who threw 4 TD passes after five years on the bench.
Or...the 4 tds wasn't as immpressive as your making it out to be, due to the type of throws and the opponent he was facing. Don't get me wrong, I loved every minute of it, and I hope he does it against Buffalo. I can see how he wouldn't be out tanning other QBs.