Ryan Tannehill Is Not Entirely to Blame for Miami Dolphins’ Offensive Struggles

December 19, 2015   ·   Erik Frenz   ·   Jump to comments

It's a quarterback-driven league, and so there's a constant rush to evaluate each game around the performance of the individual who handles the ball on every offensive play. 
For the Miami Dolphins and quarterback Ryan Tannehill, that evaluation has taken place in the media over the past four seasons, and while it's impossible to say that Tannehill is free of blame for the Dolphins' offensive woes, it's unfair to make him the donkey on whom the tail gets pinned. 
Consider the following 2015 stats, according to Pro Football Focus:
Dolphins receivers have dropped 31 of Tannehill's passes, the third-most dropped passes for a quarterback in the NFL. They have dropped 6.5 percent of Tannehill's pass attempts, the seventh-highest percentage in the NFL.  Tannehill has been under pressure on 39.3 percent of his dropbacks, the seventh-highest percentage for a quarterback this year. He has also been sacked 35 times, the sixth-most for a quarterb...

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