Report: Miami Dolphins will likely release Ryan Tannehill
By Brian Miller
The Miami Dolphins are going to release Ryan Tannehill at some point this off-season according a report from the Miami Herald.
According to Miami Herald’s Miami Dolphins beat writer Armando Salguero, the team will released Ryan Tannehill this off-season. Salguero calls the release “an agreed upon move”.
"After seven years with the club, the people who run the organization, including owner Stephen Ross, are agreed they are moving on from Tannehill. – Armando Salguero"
The revelation of Tannehill’s impending release isn’t really news although the media seems to think that this is now breaking. In reality the thoughts of Tannehill leaving have been streaming through social media and mainstream media since before the season ended. It appears that the new information regarding it is has more to with the agreement from all the parties withint the organization.
Salguero also points out that Tannehill is aware of his impending fate as well.
Through seven seasons the Dolphins have hoped that Tannehill would take the next step and become a top tier starter in the NFL but that has not been the case. Following a very good season with Adam Gase in 2016 that led to a playoff birth closed out by Matt Moore, Tannehill’s injury sidelined his development.
In 2018 Tannehill did not appear to be moving forward in his progression and while the knee didn’t appear to be an issue, his shoulder became one. Tannehill missed five weeks of the season recovering. When he was healthy Tannehill was average and on some Sunday’s well below.
Over the years Tannehill sacrificed his body and gave all of himself but he was limited as a quarterback. He lacked pocket awareness and his inability to make quick accurate reads often led to other teams being able to take away other receivers and hinder the offensive game plan.
While the Dolphins will likely try and trade the quarterback it will be difficult given his injury history and current salary that will pay $18 million in 2019. Releasing him will cost the team $13 million in dead cap space but will save $13 million as well.