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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 1193535, member: 40"]
As a Miami fan, I was against the Tannehill draft selection.  At the time, he seemed like the third best QB in a draft with two "sure things" at QB in Luck / RGIII [and obviously, Griffin's status is still uncertain].  I thought it was a reach at the time, taken by a team desperate for a starting QB.
 
Instead, he's looked quite capable from the beginning.  He lacked weapons his first year, but despite the natural growing pains / rough patches that you describe, in the main he accorded himself well.  Started out great last year [again, without a great running game or tons of receiving talent], but the season got derailed by the OL issues / scandal around mid-season, and he got sacked a TON over the second half of the year.  Amazingly, the team somehow rallied and nearly made the playoffs...  only to completely sh-t the bed the last two games.
 
This year, with an  upgraded receiving corps and an improved OL, to say nothing of a new offensive concept, Tannehill looks great.  I'm not sure that he's elite in the sense that Rogers, Brees, Brady, are elite--but there is no doubt in my mind that he can be a top 10 QB in this league.  Especially as they continue to add pieces of the puzzle around what is shaping up to be a good offense.
 
Sky's the limit from here on out with Tannehill.  And I understand the Bills fans' pain all too well--because post-Marino, we went through about 23 ineffectual starting QBs, always trying to catch lightning in a bottle with some washed up veteran.  It is a much different situation when you go into a season or a draft knowing that your QB situation is solid, and that you can expect above average play instead of desperately turning over every rock in search of a serviceable alternative.
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