I don't blame Tannehill directly for the INT, but I give him the SotG anyway. Why? Because he needs to read these hits better. This is the second game in a row where he's thrown an INT where his arm got hit from someone coming within his field of vision. I get that he's looking downfield (as he should be), but he needs to get better at sensing when there's a big risk of getting hit and then just doing something else. The strip sack came VERY quickly, but Tannehill was positioned in that 7-ish-yards behind the line of scrimmage area where pass-rushing defensive ends often end op. Pressure op the middle preventing om from stepping forward, but I would have liked to see him step to his strong side, if not roll out. The first INT... yeah, Stills had the inside on the slant route and stopped when the defender bumped him a bit, but that's just the nature of Stills and Tannehill should know that. He can throw that slant to Landry or Parker, but not Stills.
Honorable mention goes to the coaching staff, particularly play-calling and pass protection. This is the third week in a row with lots of stacked/trips formations and I've yet to see a good play out of it. One of them today towards the end was really close to being a pick-6.
Another honorable mention goes to Abdul-Quddus, who had a bad game down-field. When you are 40 yards deep, just cover the guy in your area; don't get caught looking in the backfield. I think he might also have been the one who dropped an easy INT, but I'm not sure (and play-by-plays don't mention "almost picked").
Byron Maxwell was just terrible against Pryor, but I think I'm out of honorable mentions at this point.
Stills is remarkably ineffective. He and Tannehill just are not on the same page. Not enough to get a SotG in such a bad team performance, though.
That was Howard that dropped the easy INT
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