Tannehill has both critics and supporters, but what does the film say?
Emotions can affect memory, but emotions don’t do “jack” to the Film.
I love football and the Miami Dolphins. I’ve learned one thing over the years as a fan of both: my emotions are a turbulent sea that can thrust me into the waters of incorrect observation and opinion, but film never does.
Miami lost this week in a heart ripping, nail biter. And even though Tannehill drove the team down for the go-ahead score, the chants of his failure grew ever louder.
Ryan Tannehill has lovers and haters – not many are placing bets with the best pay per head bookie software website on middle ground.
After a bit of banter with a knowledgeable, but willful reader Lemmus, I decided to chain myself to mast and set sail, head on into this stormy debate.
Personally, I’m one of those few on the fence with Tannehill’s play. I stride the Middle Passage of ‘he’s not nearly as bad as the haters say’ and ‘he hasn’t demonstrated nearly enough of what his lovers profess’.
But, with this critical juncture in Tannehill’s career in Miami at hand, I decided to rely on my maxim, “Film never lies – ever.”
Now, tape can mislead. You can throw a few tapes on and think your watching a Hall Of Famer. A lot of film is needed to verify a career trajectory – I’m not attempting that here. But, you only need one “tape” to verify what happened in a single game.
And that, in my humble effort, I have attempted to do.
All Fin Fans want Tannehill to do well. But, if Miami is wrong on this one, then they will be stuck with an albatross to drag them down to Davy Jones’ Locker or will have cast a map to Treasure Island over-board.
As a long suffering Fin Fan, neither sounds very appealing.
Now, as a caveat and a pre-mea culpa, it was that damnable rascal Lemmus that provoked me into this unexpected, all-encompassing, two-day journey – so, take the “tape” as gospel and portions of my opinion as a foggy nether-land between truth and opinion. In short, some is my two-cents, and I look forward to hearing yours.
I hope you enjoy making your “scorecard” as much I did ( you’ll see what that means ).
Just as an additional preface, I used NFL Coaches Cam for this film study, which despite its price, I must say is continually invaluable.
