why not?
It wouldn't be hard to argue why he is an above average qb in this league.
I see him being like Eli you can win with him but he needs to be surrounded be good talent
He will never be an elite qb
every QB needs to be surrounded by good talent though, even elite qb's
I don't think he has it in him to be a top 3(elite) type qb
but he is definitely apable of being a top 10 qb in this league, being a fringe top 5 top 7 guy 1 or 2 years
I mean, just this year alone he's shown alot. I know alot of dolphins fans seem to hate him, but they don't seem to watch alot of football and seem to think there are all these great qb's floating around that can come in and relieve him.
just look at all the QB's in the league right now. How many of those would you honestly rather have than tannehill RIGHT NOW?
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Drew Brees NO QB 432 621 69.6 41.4 4,671 7.5 311.4 32 14 244 39.3 69T 49 9 27 99.2
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Ben Roethlisberger PIT QB 384 570 67.4 38.0 4,635 8.1 309.0 30 8 226 39.6 94T 50 14 33 103.8
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Andrew Luck IND QB 355 578 61.4 41.3 4,492 7.8 320.9 38 14 223 38.6 79T 70 14 26 97.5
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Matt Ryan ATL QB 386 581 66.4 38.7 4,434 7.6 295.6 28 12 217 37.3 79 58 8 25 96.7
5
Aaron Rodgers GB QB 324 498 65.1 33.2 4,155 8.3 277.0 36 5 205 41.2 80T 56 15 28 111.0
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Peyton Manning DEN QB 346 516 67.1 36.9 4,143 8.0 295.9 37 11 199 38.6 86T 57 10 14 106.4
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Matthew Stafford DET QB 343 561 61.1 37.4 4,040 7.2 269.3 19 12 195 34.8 73T 49 11 43 85.4
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Tom Brady NE QB 365 566 64.5 37.7 4,029 7.1 268.6 33 9 216 38.2 69T 43 8 20 98.3
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Philip Rivers SD QB 359 536 67.0 35.7 3,995 7.5 266.3 31 16 200 37.3 59 53 8 29 95.8
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Ryan Tannehill MIA QB 369 551 67.0 36.7 3,786 6.9 252.4 26 12 210 38.1 50 39 4 40 93.2
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Joe Flacco BAL QB 322 519 62.0 34.6 3,674 7.1 244.9 25 12 180 34.7 80T 44 6 18 89.7
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Jay Cutler CHI QB 347 525 66.1 37.5 3,640 6.9 260.0 28 18 174 33.1 74 38 8 36 89.5
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Eli Manning NYG QB 326 516 63.2 36.9 3,590 7.0 256.4 26 13 186 36.0 61 41 6 27 90.0
14
Brian Hoyer CLE QB 242 438 55.3 31.3 3,326 7.6 237.6 12 13 163 37.2 81T 51 10 24 76.5
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Alex Smith KC QB 303 464 65.3 30.9 3,265 7.0 217.7 18 6 175 37.7 70T 40 3 45 93.4
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Tony Romo DAL QB 264 381 69.3 29.3 3,188 8.4 245.2 28 8 162 42.5 68T 42 8 28 110.4
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Colin Kaepernick SF QB 274 452 60.6 30.1 3,165 7.0 211.0 17 10 154 34.1 80T 45 4 51 85.1
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Cam Newton CAR QB 252 432 58.3 33.2 3,013 7.0 231.8 17 12 149 34.5 51 36 4 37 81.3
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Andy Dalton CIN QB 265 418 63.4 29.9 3,008 7.2 214.9 15 14 138 33.0 81T 31 7 18 82.9
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Derek Carr OAK QB 313 529 59.2 37.8 2,898 5.5 207.0 18 11 145 27.4 77T 25 4 20 76.9
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Russell Wilson SEA QB 248 396 62.6 28.3 2,897 7.3 206.9 18 6 137 34.6 63 43 6 38 93.6
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Blake Bortles JAC QB 266 442 60.2 34.0 2,791 6.3 214.7 11 17 129 29.2 63T 36 6 50 70.8
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Teddy Bridgewater MIN QB 242 377 64.2 31.4 2,710 7.2 225.8 13 11 128 34.0 87T 35 6 36 84.9
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Kyle Orton BUF QB 239 375 63.7 37.5 2,513 6.7 251.3 14 8 125 33.3 84 31 5 29 86.7
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Ryan Fitzpatrick HOU QB 197 312 63.1 26.0 2,483 8.0 206.9 17 8 119 38.1 76T 38 8 21 95.3
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Geno Smith NYJ QB 199 342 58.2 26.3 2,167 6.3 166.7 10 13 104 30.4 51 27 4 27 70.9
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Nick Foles PHI QB 186 311 59.8 38.9 2,163 7.0 270.4 13 10 101 32.5 68T 29 7 9 81.4
28
Mark Sanchez PHI QB 175 273 64.1 34.1 2,126 7.8 265.8 12 10 105 38.5 72 29 5 19 87.3
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Josh McCown TB QB 170 304 55.9 30.4 2,091 6.9 209.1 10 13 89 29.3 56T 28 6 33 70.5
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Austin Davis STL QB 180 284 63.4 28.4 2,001 7.0 200.1 12 9 106 37.3 59T 21 4 29 85.1
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Drew Stanton ARI QB 132 240 55.0 26.7 1,711 7.1 190.1 7 5 77 32.1 49 29 6 11 78.7
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Kirk Cousins WAS QB 126 204 61.8 34.0 1,710 8.4 285.0 10 9 75 36.8 81T 27 8 8 86.4
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Carson Palmer ARI QB 141 224 62.9 37.3 1,626 7.3 271.0 11 3 82 36.6 80T 19 3 9 95.6
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Mike Glennon TB QB 117 203 57.6 33.8 1,417 7.0 236.2 10 6 64 31.5 41 23 3 16 83.3
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Zach Mettenberger TEN QB 107 179 59.8 25.6 1,412 7.9 201.7 8 7 56 31.3 80T 21 5 18 83.4
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Robert Griffin III WAS QB 120 173 69.4 21.6 1,358 7.8 169.8 3 4 54 31.2 61 16 6 30 88.7
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Charlie Whitehurst TEN QB 93 157 59.2 26.2 1,254 8.0 209.0 6 2 53 33.8 75T 18 2 14 92.2
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Shaun Hill STL QB 95 160 59.4 22.9 1,124 7.0 160.6 6 4 54 33.8 63T 18 2 12 82.9
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Colt McCoy WAS QB 91 128 71.1 25.6 1,057 8.3 211.4 4 3 44 34.4 70T 12 4 17 96.4
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Jake Locker TEN QB 86 146 58.9 20.9 993 6.8 141.9 5 7 47 32.2 61T 11 1 14 70.9
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EJ Manuel BUF QB 76 131 58.0 26.2 838 6.4 167.6 5 3 39 29.8 80T 13 1 6 80.3
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Derek Anderson CAR QB 65 97 67.0 16.2 701 7.2 116.8 5 0 44 45.4 35T 6 0 4 105.2
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Michael Vick NYJ QB 64 121 52.9 13.4 604 5.0 67.1 3 2 33 27.3 67T 5 2 19 68.3
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Chad Henne JAC QB 42 78 53.8 26.0 492 6.3 164.0 3 1 19 24.4 63T 5 3 16 80.7
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Matt Cassel MIN QB 41 71 57.7 23.7 425 6.0 141.7 3 4 21 29.6 28 5 0 6 65.8
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Ryan Mallett HOU QB 41 75 54.7 25.0 400 5.3 133.3 2 2 23 30.7 41 3 1 1 67.6
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Brandon Weeden DAL QB 23 40 57.5 13.3 260 6.5 86.7 2 2 15 37.5 40 4 1 1 72.9
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Jimmy Clausen CHI QB 26 48 54.2 12.0 223 4.6 55.8 2 1 13 27.1 22 2 0 3 71.8
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Christian Ponder MIN QB 22 44 50.0 22.0 222 5.0 111.0 0 2 13 29.5 18 0 0 6 45.8
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Case Keenum