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Title: Should Ryan Tannehill play or sit? Post by: CF DolFan on August 28, 2013, 08:47:55 am What say you guys? I saw this poll this morning and thought ... hmmm that's a good question. Seeing as how we have already played 4 is there really a need for him to play more?
Quote By James Walker | ESPN.com MIAMI -- The Miami Dolphins are entering their fifth and final game of the preseason Thursday against the New Orleans Saints. Dolphins head coach Joe Philbin has been coy about playing time for the starters, but the most important question surrounds Miami's quarterback. Should the Dolphins play Ryan Tannehill this week? The second-year quarterback has four preseason games under his belt. But Tannehill is still a young player who needs reps. Miami will travel to play the Cleveland Browns on Sept. 8. If Tannehill sits, that could lead to rust before the first regular-season game. Should Tannehill play at least a couple of series? Or is the injury risk too much for Tannehill? We've seen quarterback injuries already this year in the AFC East to Mark Sanchez of the New York Jets and Kevin Kolb and EJ Manuel of the Buffalo Bills. Are the Dolphins better off playing it safe this week with Tannehill? http://espn.go.com/blog/afceast/post/_/id/63891/poll-should-ryan-tannehill-play-or-sit Title: Re: Should Ryan Tannehill play or sit? Post by: Fau Teixeira on August 28, 2013, 08:56:47 am play a series or two . get off the field mid-way through the 1st quarter and call it a night
Title: Re: Should Ryan Tannehill play or sit? Post by: Landshark on August 28, 2013, 09:28:27 am Dave said it best in another thread. I totally agree with this statement:
Normally, with 4 preseason games, you see: 1) Starters for about two drives. 2) Starters for about three drives. 3) Starters for a full half, halftime adjustments, then one drive in the 3rd quarter. 4) MAYBE one drive, and it's a half-assed one. I say let Tanny play one drive to stay sharp, then take him out. It's the final preseason game and no need to risk starters getting hurt. This is a time for the guys who might or might not survive the final cut to show why they should be kept around. Title: Re: Should Ryan Tannehill play or sit? Post by: Brian Fein on August 28, 2013, 09:35:00 am I say let him sit. He has nothing to gain and everything to lose. Let Moore and Devlin take care of it. Hell, I'd let Daniel Thomas play QB if he wanted to give it a crack. I'd almost consider signing a guy just to play this game, and then cutting him.
Title: Re: Should Ryan Tannehill play or sit? Post by: Doc-phin on August 28, 2013, 09:57:33 am I say play a little (one series). He isn't so awesome that we need to protect him at all costs. He is young and could use a few reps at game speed to stay sharpe.
Title: Re: Should Ryan Tannehill play or sit? Post by: el diablo on August 28, 2013, 10:06:33 am Sit him & all known week 1 starters.
Title: Re: Should Ryan Tannehill play or sit? Post by: Thundergod on August 28, 2013, 10:07:20 am I say let him sit. He has nothing to gain and everything to lose. Let Moore and Devlin take care of it. Hell, I'd let Daniel Thomas play QB if he wanted to give it a crack. I'd almost consider signing a guy just to play this game, and then cutting him. +1 Title: Re: Should Ryan Tannehill play or sit? Post by: Dolphster on August 28, 2013, 11:20:37 am I say let him sit. He has nothing to gain and everything to lose. Let Moore and Devlin take care of it. Hell, I'd let Daniel Thomas play QB if he wanted to give it a crack. I'd almost consider signing a guy just to play this game, and then cutting him. Given what happened to Dustin Keller, I agree. I'd be okay with all starters sitting in the final pre-season game. They had their "dress rehearsal" (I hate that term) game last week. Title: Re: Should Ryan Tannehill play or sit? Post by: MikeO on August 28, 2013, 11:34:18 am sit ......they have had 4 preseason games already for crying out loud, playing in a 5th is asking for trouble. It's begging for trouble!
Title: Re: Should Ryan Tannehill play or sit? Post by: Brian Fein on August 28, 2013, 11:48:17 am There is nothing to learn from 1st or 2nd string players. The only benefit to this game is for bubble players to get shoved one way or the other. Let the bubble players play the entire game. Everyone else should sit.
Title: Re: Should Ryan Tannehill play or sit? Post by: Landshark on August 28, 2013, 12:42:05 pm There is nothing to learn from 1st or 2nd string players. The only benefit to this game is for bubble players to get shoved one way or the other. Let the bubble players play the entire game. Everyone else should sit. Normally I would agree with this statement, but Tannehill is still developing. In this case, I would put him in for one drive so he's not too rusty come opening day. Title: Re: Should Ryan Tannehill play or sit? Post by: MikeO on August 28, 2013, 01:37:58 pm Normally I would agree with this statement, but Tannehill is still developing. In this case, I would put him in for one drive so he's not too rusty come opening day. Uh, no that is beyond silly. And being rusty?? Give me a break they have been on the field every day since July for crying out loud he will hardly be rusty! 1 drive....that is like Rex playing Sanchez in the 4th quarter of a preseason game behind a backup o-line when he is your starter! That 1 drive is utterly meaningless and not worth the risk. Title: Re: Should Ryan Tannehill play or sit? Post by: Brian Fein on August 28, 2013, 01:58:58 pm you're worried about your starting QB being rusty for a game that is less than 2 weeks away? They have more time off during a bye week. Oh my, how do all the players not get rusty during bye weeks?
Don't be ridiculous. Tannehill isn't going to learn anything from playing 1 drive. Title: Re: Should Ryan Tannehill play or sit? Post by: Landshark on August 28, 2013, 02:37:44 pm Uh, no that is beyond silly. And being rusty?? Give me a break they have been on the field every day since July for crying out loud he will hardly be rusty! 1 drive....that is like Rex playing Sanchez in the 4th quarter of a preseason game behind a backup o-line when he is your starter! That 1 drive is utterly meaningless and not worth the risk. There's a difference between the 4th quarter and the 1st quarter. There is also a difference between practice and game situations. Title: Re: Should Ryan Tannehill play or sit? Post by: Diehard_Dolfan on August 28, 2013, 02:41:13 pm Makes no sense to play him in this game! All it takes is one mistake to hurt him... and to have it come in a meaningless game is stupid! You get guys hurt in this game and it could effect your season early on... while most teams are mostly healthy you'd be starting behind the eight ball.
Title: Re: Should Ryan Tannehill play or sit? Post by: Pappy13 on August 28, 2013, 03:21:16 pm Can't we just put a red pullover on him and put him in there. If a defensive player gets close all he has to do is 2 hand touch him and he's down. This should be a rule in pre-season. I'm joking...but I would be in favor of it. LOL
Title: Re: Should Ryan Tannehill play or sit? Post by: CF DolFan on August 28, 2013, 04:02:59 pm ^^^^ Funny you said that as I swear I was thinking that as I made up the poll.
Title: Re: Should Ryan Tannehill play or sit? Post by: Landshark on August 28, 2013, 04:11:29 pm ^^^^^
The poll results show a site divided Title: Re: Should Ryan Tannehill play or sit? Post by: hordman on August 29, 2013, 01:13:22 pm I say let him sit. He has nothing to gain and everything to lose. Let Moore and Devlin take care of it. Hell, I'd let Daniel Thomas play QB if he wanted to give it a crack. I'd almost consider signing a guy just to play this game, and then cutting him. All of this. He has nothing to gain from any snaps. One series in a meaningless game is not going to solidify his rapport with this WRs. He seems to be in tune with those 3, and seem to do so the most with Gibson last week. And Wallace look great the previous vs HOU. Title: Re: Should Ryan Tannehill play or sit? Post by: MyGodWearsAHoodie on August 29, 2013, 02:46:45 pm Makes no sense to play him in this game! All it takes is one mistake to hurt him... and to have it come in a meaningless game is stupid! You get guys hurt in this game and it could effect your season early on... while most teams are mostly healthy you'd be starting behind the eight ball. You can get hurt in regular season games too. Should he sit during those as well? Only valid reason to sit starters is to give the backups a chance play. You take a guy like Brady, Manning, Rodgers, Brees, and there is a very valid argument that their backup will benefit a lot more from the game reps than the starter will. Those guys know how to read a defense at game speed, their backups can't. If your starter is still developing, it is better to give him the reps. Title: Re: Should Ryan Tannehill play or sit? Post by: Dave Gray on August 29, 2013, 03:30:53 pm Nobody should play. Put all scrubs in the game that aren't going to make the team. ...might as well do this for all 5 preseason games, while you're at it. Send a message to the NFL that this system doesn't work and it's not worth the injury risk to figure out who your 5th corner is going to be.
Title: Re: Should Ryan Tannehill play or sit? Post by: MikeO on August 29, 2013, 07:35:26 pm Only offensive "starter" playing is Jon Jerry. Everyone else is benched
Not sure who is playing on defense Title: Re: Should Ryan Tannehill play or sit? Post by: pondwater on August 29, 2013, 08:00:59 pm I voted play as much as possible. I don't buy into the getting hurt thing. He could just as easily get shredded in the 1st game and lost for the rest of the season. I think the reps and practice would outweigh the risk with someone like Tannehill. If it was a Marino, Elway, or Manning it would be a different story.
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