I should hope not, Darryl Lamonica wasn't a great QB. He wasn't even a great deep passer, he just did it a LOT and the law of averages ensured he hit enough of them to make it seem so. He had good deep receivers and an owner that insisted on throwing long more often than anybody else. Hence the nickname,"The Mad Bomber".

Rick

Not saying he was a great QB, but he was great at the deep ball (disagree with you on that) ...hence my saying that you don't have to be a great deep ball thrower to be a great QB and the fact as you point out that Darryl does not go down as one of the great QBs of all time proves that point in reverse.

And by the way, Rick, if you didn't get the point, I'm DEFENDING Tannehill. I may be attacking the hell out of the coaches but I'm defending Tanny.

phinsfan402 Wrote:
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> THE Truth Wrote:
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> > I think its a combination of what Cap pointed
> out
> > and a mental block as well.
>
> That's true. It could be he has developed a bit
> of a mental block, especially with how much those
> plays tend to be talked about and dissected.
>
> > A lot of baseball pitches, when they need to
> throw
> > a strike, take something off the ball.
> >
> > I heard that RT says he's doing this. I'm
> sure
> > if its true that its a result of over thinking
> the
> > throw because they lack the timing and
> chemistry
> > Cap spoke of.
> >
> > Its interesting.
> >
> > I have a friend I've been in a few fantasy
> > football leagues with over the years and he has
> a
> > rule for not drafting WR's the year AFTER they
> > change teams. He researched it years ago and
> > found that most guys who change teams see a
> drop
> > in production for obvious reasons: Learning
> the
> > offense, no chemistry or timing, etc.
> >
> > I wonder if we will see a big jump in Wallace's
> > numbers in year two?
>
> I'd expect so. If Tannehill had hit Wallace on
> even a few more of those big plays he'd be over
> 1,000 yds already and approaching double digit
> tds.
>
> Tannehill spots his problem areas well and works
> in the off-season to fix them. He has already
> said it's an issue and I'd bet he'll make it a
> focus area in the off-season.


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See a big jump in Wallace in year two? That's a 10-4, but how big of a jump will depend on whether or not Philbin gets the OLine straightened out.

RT is a hard worker; if he has a problem, he will work hard to fix it. He and Wallace will work hard in the offseason to fix the problem, even if they have to do it on their own time.

RT gets comfortable back there because his OL can protect him, there's no telling how good he will be.

captkoi Wrote:
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> See a big jump in Wallace in year two? That's a
> 10-4, but how big of a jump will depend on whether
> or not Philbin gets the OLine straightened out.
>
> RT is a hard worker; if he has a problem, he will
> work hard to fix it. He and Wallace will work hard
> in the offseason to fix the problem, even if they
> have to do it on their own time.
>
> RT gets comfortable back there because his OL can
> protect him, there's no telling how good he will
> be.

Cap, I have a nagging suspicion, not based on any facts, that he will never be comfortable in the pocket. His face even looks confused in the pocket. He looks scared and confused.....

but look at his confidence out in the open and on the run. Even when he throws on the run. He's great and you can see on his face that he is in his natural element.

ChyrenB Wrote:
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> captkoi Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
>
> > See a big jump in Wallace in year two? That's a
> > 10-4, but how big of a jump will depend on
> whether
> > or not Philbin gets the OLine straightened out.
>
> >
> > RT is a hard worker; if he has a problem, he
> will
> > work hard to fix it. He and Wallace will work
> hard
> > in the offseason to fix the problem, even if
> they
> > have to do it on their own time.
> >
> > RT gets comfortable back there because his OL
> can
> > protect him, there's no telling how good he
> will
> > be.
>
> Cap, I have a nagging suspicion, not based on any
> facts, that he will never be comfortable in the
> pocket. His face even looks confused in the
> pocket. He looks scared and confused.....
>
> but look at his confidence out in the open and on
> the run. Even when he throws on the run. He's
> great and you can see on his face that he is in
> his natural element.

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That's his natural face, just like Eli.

Chyren- Tannehill is very strong in the pocket... That is his strength, reading the defense, making a check, sitting in the pocket, and making quick reads... That is what he does better then everyone else in his QB class... Pocket presence was a problem, but he has been doing better at that... Which has him moving the pocket and throwing on the run.... There are only a couple plays you can run, when rolling a QB out of the pocket, and you can't build an offense around them... The roll outs only work when teams don't anticipate it.. If they do, it is easy to cover and attack the QB..

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