Miami Dolphins Need to Drop Ryan Tannehill Now

The Miami Dolphins season is over, and so is Ryan Tannehill's time quarterbacking this team. The Dolphins 30-17 loss to the hapless Tennessee Titans on Sunday dropped the Dolphins to 1-4 on the year, and for all intents and purposes left them out of the playoff picture. No person in...

By Ryan Yousefi

October 10, 2016

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The Miami Dolphins' season is over, and so is Ryan Tannehill's time quarterbacking this team. The Dolphins 30-17 loss to the hapless Tennessee Titans Sunday dropped the Dolphins to 1-4 and, for all intents and purposes, left them out of the playoff picture.

No person in his or her right mind can watch this team play football and realistically think the Fins have a shot at turning things around. Not with the Pittsburgh Steelers up next, and definitely not with Tannehill under center. Fans want to blame everyone but the Dolphins quarterback for his failures over the past five years, but it's time for everyone to realize Tannehill himself is the problem — not the solution.

After years of watching No. 17 try to figure it out on the fly, it's time for the Dolphins to cut bait and find themselves an NFL quarterback who can overcome the team's shortcomings and be a part of the future. The Dolphins need a leader. They need someone other teams fear, no matter who surrounds him on the field. They need a quarterback who is the weapon, not the one who needs to be surrounded by an embarrassment of weapons.

Ryan Tannehill is not that guy, he has never been that guy, and he will never be that guy. Just look at what he did against the completely average Titans yesterday: 12/18 passing for 191 yards, one pick, and zero touchdowns. He was also sacked six times and came out with a QB rating of 17.5. That is bad.

Still don't believe he's awful? Ask Twitter. Everyone knows Twitter is never wrong, so you can take it to the bank that Ryan Tannehill is terrible at the NFL.

Live look at Adam Gase working with Ryan Tannehill #Dolphins #MIAvsTEN pic.twitter.com/DabhMJDdM1
— Cheer & Loathing (@CheerLoathing) October 9, 2016

Trump: "before you solve the problem you got to say the name."

Me: "Ryan Tannehill"
— Wes Goldberg (@wcgoldberg) October 10, 2016

Literally watched Dolphins fans burn a Tannehill jersey in the parking lot after the game. That says it all.
— Jaime (@jaimejoshi) October 9, 2016

Poor Tannehill, that man fighting for his career and y'all making these hilarious memes pic.twitter.com/Pm38AT49GK
— Eric Lauzin (@Lauzin) October 5, 2016

Live look at Ryan Tannehill #Dolphins #FinsUp pic.twitter.com/dXct2hNuCk
— Tom Stover (@Hotstover) October 9, 2016

clown sighting at hard rock stadium: Ryan Tannehill
— Ryan Kuttler (@RyanKuttler) October 9, 2016

Im better than Ryan Tannehill
— carlos (@carlosmembreno1) October 9, 2016

ryan tannehill is not not bad at football
— Kodak White (@FinsBoner) October 9, 2016

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Ryan Yousefi, a sports journalist and MBA holder in business healthcare management, has been a dedicated weekly contributor to the Miami New Times since 2013. Beyond his sports journalism career, he's held leadership roles in web3 gaming companies. He enjoys southeast Asia travel, pho, and whiskey, but most of all, being Lincoln's dad.

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