Thank you Ryan Tannihill

[*Nately120*]

Surprise season from Tannehill to be sure, mostly since I remember joking that ZT was going to do something crazy and try to bring him to Cincy to replace Dalton. Then again in only 4 years since our last winning season we've seen post-season rookies/underachievers like Tannehill, Blake Bortles, Case Keenum, and Carson Palmer all come up short in their respective championship games, so there always seems to be a one-year-wonder making a push. It's almost baffling that we could make the post-season 6 times in 7 years and make absolutely no impact while someone like Bort Bortles can come within an insultingly small margin of making the Super Bowl.

As far as the Dalton trade and his value goes, I can see Mike Brown playing hardball and holding onto Dalton holding out for a QB injury or other sort of panic-induced over-payment scenario because IF it happens he cashes in and if it doesn't happen it's not like he's going to lose his job. Or maybe he just lets Dalton go since he was such a good soldier all these years and didn't leave on sour terms like Boomer and Palmer.


Bummer side note, Tanehill and Dalton both look a lot better at football when they don't have ZT as a coach...hopefully he's got his act together this year. If anything, Dalton's value could improve by potential trade partners saying "Hey, look how much better Tannehill is post-ZT, maybe Dalton will have the same uptick."