Weekly recap: Ryan Tannehill’s performance week 1

Ryan Tannehill had a good performance on Sunday, building on a great preseason and forgetting about the 4 hours of rain delays.

This season, I am going to be doing a weekly look at Ryan Tannehill. In his come back season, the Dolphin’s quarterback is going to be subject to some major examinations.

Each week, I will go through Tannehill’s performance and give him a grade (A-F). This grade will be based on his statistics, his overall play and the overall performance of the offense.

Week 1 against the Titans was a strange game indeed. The Dolphins fought through 4 hours of rain delays which is more than likely to have a negative impact on a team’s performance and, especially in Tannehill’s case, rhythm.

Tannehill started his 2018 season like he didn’t miss a step, or a season and a half, of football. He finished the game with a good stat line of 20 for 28, 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.

There are a few extremely important things to focus on at the end of this game. First and foremost, he stayed on the field for the whole game. It’s still early, but Tannehill looked comfortable on the field and taking hits.

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Tannehill also looked the most comfortable in the pocket he has since he came down to South Florida. I have always thought that Tannehill has the ability to play quarterback at an effective level in the NFL. He won’t be a game changer, but he will be good enough to win games. On Sunday, we finally saw an offensive line capable of giving Tannehill time to make throws and make them he did (well, most of them).

Tannehill’s two touchdowns were great plays to Kenny Stills. On the second one in particular, Tannehill showed poise in the pocket and unleashed an absolutely perfect ball to Stills who took it in stride and into the endzone.

His two interceptions, however, were very poor throws. The first seemed to be completely under thrown to Mike Gesicki. The second one was very over thrown to Jakeem Grant. Both throws were poor and the second one was also a poor decision.

All in all, Tannehill looked good, not great, in game 1. He held on to the ball a little long on some dropbacks, threw two interceptions but overall looked decisive and comfortable in the pocket.

Like I said, I have always been a supporter of Tannehill. He had a great year under Gase in 2016 and if he cuts down on the turnovers, he should play at a similar level all year.

Week 1 Grade: B