KB Wrote:
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> Well I think the Henne comparison may be a little
> harsh. NO he's not showing the things Marino
> showed almost immediately, but go back and watch
> Marino's first playoff game vs Seattle. You see
> some of the same stuff we saw yesterday and with a
> MUCH better receiver corp. Your dead on though,
> it's immaturity (getting fooled by old experienced
> DB's in the flat and on outs, overthrowing
> receivers because he doesn't 'know' them well
> enough yet). All to be expected. That said, I'm
> not a 'give the kid 5 years to develop' fan. If
> he doesn't clean up some of the bad reads in the
> middle and some of the inaccuracy/touch issues
> THIS YEAR then...well, the Panthers drafted two
> first rounders in a row.
KB,
Thanks for the rational response.
I'm with you here. I'm very much taking a "show me" attitude. Right now, I'm seeing exactly what I expect.
As far as the Henne comparisons, if you look at Henne's first season as a starter, you see very similar style of play. The problem with Henne is that he didn't grow. He stopped taking chances and threw mainly passes 15 yards are less.
Perhaps this was Henne realizing his capabilities - he just wasn't an accurate deep passer. But he was quite accurate inside 15 yards, and spread the ball around a lot - indicating that he was good at finding an open receiver.
The thing is, I'm not seeing Tannehill being that accurate deep. Perhaps he can improve on this --- he must. He's got a good arm, but if he continues to throw deep passes that are ugly (BTW - this is what I saw in college as well) then he will be just like Henne: A QB that can identify the open WR well enough, but plays on a field only 15 yards deep.
IMO, accuracy over 15 yards s the difference between elite QBs and not elite. The great ones, Marino, Elway, both Mannings all can hit a WR 20 yards out as if they were 5 yards out. Look at Flacco and Brady last night, they can do it too. I'm looking at Tannehill and am just not seeing it. Didn't see it in college, don't see it now.
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