Why does Tannehill only have 6 td's?

[ucfphinfan12]

As the season shakes out, other teams are stacking the box on us and daring Tannehill to throw more , would be my guess (waiting for his mistakes to come to them). Also a lack of turnovers by our Defense, making it a longer game of field position for us. Not sure what to expect, but if we play like we did against the Titans, you can't count this game as an easy loss against Seattle. We also should have beat the Bills bad defense.

-ucfpf13

[AdamC13]

Tannehill's numbers shouldn't be that big of a surprise. Among 115 college QBs last year Tannehill was 45th in TD%, 64th in INT%, and 56th in QB rating.

Where other rookies drafted in round 1 ranked last year:

Luck...6th in TD%, 47th in INT%, 5th in QB rating

RG3...5th in TD%, 12th in INT%, 2nd in QB rating

Wilson...1st in TD%, 5th in INT%, 1st in QB rating

Weeden...28th in TD%, 34th in INT%, 9th in QB rating

If he couldn't excel in college it is highly unlikely he would excel as a rookie in the NFL. Texas A&M did have some decent talent at the collegiate level last year between Fuller, Swope, Nwachukwu.

[DolfanISS]

More accurately, Atlanta didn't win Arizona lost it. It wasn't because Atlanta has playmakers, which they do, it was because Arizona does NOT have a quarterback.

Yeah Arizonans offense without Kolb, as hard as that is to believe is putrid. If Atlanta played an average offensive team they'd have lost.

[DolfanISS]

We're not going to win any of the remaining games with this conservative offense. So if we're going down, wouldn't you rather go down swinging? A 14 point loss isn't any different than a 3 point loss. Plus, who knows, we might actually elevate our game due to the creativity and start to win again.

I see your point, especially against the Pats. However avoiding putting our d in bad spots may not be a bad idea for the rest of the games. I just have no confidence in this offense.

[AdamC13]

We need a playmaker with he ability to break a tackle or juke in open field and take it to the house. Our yac is pretty bad.

Can you support that?

Bess is 38th, Bush is 48th, Hartline is 57th, Thomas is 97th...considering there are 32 teams in the NFL the average would be to only have two players in the top 64, Miami has three while they are 24th in the NFL in passing yardage. Seems their yac is better than average.

[jason_taylor]

T.O. and Plax aren't legit WR's anymore. Hence why they're not in the league...

ask pittsburge , there gettin ready to sign plax as we speak. yeah BOTH T.O and Plax are still very good receivers and can still play in this league, and sure as hell better than what we have..

[jason_taylor]

I'm going on a limb here and point out something not mentioned in this thread.. how about PLAYCALLING!

How about getting a little more creative Mr. Sherman!

its hard to get creative when you dont have anything to get creative with.

[PATSSUCK]

Can you support that?

Bess is 38th, Bush is 48th, Hartline is 57th, Thomas is 97th...considering there are 32 teams in the NFL the average would be to only have two players in the top 64, Miami has three while they are 24th in the NFL in passing yardage. Seems their yac is better than average.

So we suck at YAC?

[AZStryker]

Tannehill's numbers shouldn't be that big of a surprise. Among 115 college QBs last year Tannehill was 45th in TD%, 64th in INT%, and 56th in QB rating.

Where other rookies drafted in round 1 ranked last year:

Luck...6th in TD%, 47th in INT%, 5th in QB rating

RG3...5th in TD%, 12th in INT%, 2nd in QB rating

Wilson...1st in TD%, 5th in INT%, 1st in QB rating

Weeden...28th in TD%, 34th in INT%, 9th in QB rating

If he couldn't excel in college it is highly unlikely he would excel as a rookie in the NFL. Texas A&M did have some decent talent at the collegiate level last year between Fuller, Swope, Nwachukwu.

I completely understand your position of being cautiously pessimistic but that last statement is ridiculous! I reeks of agenda and totally washes away the objectivity of your post. If that is decent talent, then the other guys had extraordinary talent around them. It's too bad because otherwise it was a well researched, insightful post.

[PATSSUCK]

Tannehill's numbers shouldn't be that big of a surprise. Among 115 college QBs last year Tannehill was 45th in TD%, 64th in INT%, and 56th in QB rating.

Where other rookies drafted in round 1 ranked last year:

Luck...6th in TD%, 47th in INT%, 5th in QB rating

RG3...5th in TD%, 12th in INT%, 2nd in QB rating

Wilson...1st in TD%, 5th in INT%, 1st in QB rating

Weeden...28th in TD%, 34th in INT%, 9th in QB rating

If he couldn't excel in college it is highly unlikely he would excel as a rookie in the NFL. Texas A&M did have some decent talent at the collegiate level last year between Fuller, Swope, Nwachukwu.

Forgot how Matt Ryan lit up the NCAA. I am sure David Kingler (sp?) tore up the league when he got there.