Ryan Tannehill - Top 10 Pick?

tall guys with projected grey hair make for great prospective CEO’s… In fact all companies should hire on those characteristics…

Ryan Leaf was on that fast track i think too…

Well, the Sherminator is a candidate for the Bucs coaching gig, right? They must have a top-ten pick!

There are statistics that show that CEOs for fortune 500 companies are disproportionally tall. Psychologically, tall people give off better leadership qualities than short people. I think the study was discussed in one of the freakonomics books—both excellent reads btw.

Only if he avoids a team that drafts Jeff Fuller and promises to draft Ryan Swope next year.

I used to love Gil before he became the Kevin Costner of his chosen profession (believeing his own bullshit way too much) and drafted a string of first round busts that could have stocked Playboy Clubs for twenty years.

Tannehill struggles to read coverages, but worse is that A&M was extremely predictable in the passing game and secondary’s were jumping routes all year.
He’s really tough and has a strong arm. In the right system he could potentially be good. Who knows? Based on what I saw at A&M I wouldn’t be terribly excited about him though.

Nobis: good point on those guys who could get through progressions. You take the guy who knows where the easy throws are rather than the guy who can try to make the hard throws.

Weeden is a better prospect than Tannehill for that reason.

There’s no reason that Tannehill can’t be as successful in the NFL as the last great aggy QB, the wonderous Stephen “the Bitch” McGee.

with the game on the line would you really want him as your QB? I know I wouldnt

Why would anyone care about Gil Brandt’s opinion on any subject? He was a baby photographer.

I can’t see him being a special NFL QB. Manageable starter, maybe, but not anything worth a top 10 pick.

I’d say Tannehill’s best case scenario is Alex Smith. Good Athlete who can make throws, but you need a credible running game and creative play calling to create simple reads. Insufficient QB instincts to be a true playmaker, especially on a pass-first team. I can maybe see a late first rounder for that type of guy, but not a top 10 pick.

so you are saying Jerry Jones likes what he sees here…

Seems like Josh McCown Part Deux.

The Big Cigar says there is a 65% chance the Cowboys will draft him.

I think you guys are being a little harsh based on one game (which ended up 27-25 BTW). It’s not like he’s going to be facing many DB’s like Vacarro, Byndum, Diggs and Phillips in the NFL.

I propose Fisher trade Bradford so Brian Schottenheimer can begin work with Tannehill on the one read offense. Success is coming Rams fans!

If he came back to college I wouldn’t want him. Why in the hell would the pros?

Horns talking about QBs that go through progressions and reads is amusing. Y’all are an NFL factory for QBs after all.

The kid is a gifted athlete and a bit of a dorky smart kid. He could do well under the right coaching.

All that said, it is a lean year for quarterbacks after the first two kids.

kemit -

Your abortion of a depth chart makes him look like Namath.

Yeah, shitty game against your D. A very good D I freely concede.

How is it that Colt was a third round pick, having the most wins as a starting QB in history (at the time), but Tannehill is a top ten pick? What lists of accomplishments does Tannehill have that would project him that high?

Squirrel -

Troy Smith
Jason White
Matt Leinart
Eric Crouch
Chris Weinke
Danny Wuerffel
Charlie Ward
Ty Detmer
Timmy Chang

Oh, and Colt passed David Greene for that honor. Different games.

ColoradoAg-

Colt set plenty records, was a Heisman Finalist, and led a team to a BCS Championship game as well.

You still left my initial question unanswered…..

The Tannehill bandwagon has jumped the shark.

Tannehill does not deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence as. Timmy Chang.

Heismans and BCS Championships don’t mean shit for NFL success. There is plenty of data that supports this. Two of the last 10 BCS Champs QBs start in the league.

I predicted on this site months ago that Tannehill would be a Day 1 pick.

Has Colt showed anything that suggested he was not worthy of a 3rd round pick. I’d argue yes, but in the other direction.

Tannehill is the Tom Brady of out time. Can we move on to something more interesting?

I didn’t start the thread. Go whine about your coach getting an undeserved extension.

I would much rather talk about the ex-QB of the new doormat of the SEC.

Talking about the awful quarterbacks of a middle-ran in the new Big 12 sounds good too.

How’s Reggie McNeal doing in the NFL?

I’d argue that if the Browns had a running game this year and had drafted Julio Jones instead of trading down, Colt would have been a whole hell of a lot better. You do realize that Peyton Hillis was hurt the majority or the season? When he did play he didn’t offer much help.

If’s and what’s…

A Reggie drop? Nice.

I’m done. I’m sure Vince is a surefire lock for his self-proclaimed Hall career. Wait, it’s Jeff Fischer’s fault, right?

At least we have upside. And bragging rights. See you in seventeen years.

We’ll play before that and we’ll all be better for it. Dickheads retire and die.

G’night.

Vince has a winning record as a starting QB in the league. Name an Aggie QB that’s got more than 5 wins as a starting QB in the NFL in the last 20 years? Hell, make it NFL history?

Carve a fucking bust in Canton. How many Horn QBs have 5 wins? Neither of our schools churn out NFL quarterbacks. This was a Tannehill discussion.

In the past ten years I can name three;

Chris Simms
Vince Young
Colt McCoy

You made the comment about us being a QB factory. I am not disputing that those guys are not elite talent at the NFL level. We do have a better track record with sending QB’s to the next level that can actually keep a spot on a roster, regardless of being a starter or backup. Aggies can’t claim the same.

Anything higher than 4th round would be preposterous for this scrub. Unless your name’s Jerry Jones, of course- I hear he’s about ready to dump his other worthless ex-aggy QB.

I didn’t watch a ton of TAMU games this year but in the ones that I did watch, all losses except the bowl game, I thought Tannehill had a good arm and good mobility, seemed to not like being hit, and was running an NFL offense that required throws to spots before receivers came out of breaks. Seemed like a lot of those throws were very predictable and getting jumped. I’m not sure that was all his fault. That said, I’d like him OK in the 3rd - 5th rounds but not in the 1st.

Tannehill is a day 1 lock and future star. QB’s who throw picks in every game don’t grow just grow on trees.

Are the agy boards so bereft of discussion that agy have to come here, or did they go payola, or…?

What about the 3 INTs he threw to OkSt? Or OU? Or LSU last year?

He’s not a top 10 pick, but will probably be the 3rd Qb picked. He only started for a year and a half so I think he has some time to develop. This year he tried to force things way too much. As to why he will be drafted higher than Colt - he has better measurables that the NFL guys crave. It’s all about potential and projecting to the next level.

Kilgore -
 
Probably right. Though he has a chance to slip behind Osweiler and Foles if he doesn’t show well after recovering from his foot break.
 
He certainly looks the part.

Wow, I didn’t realize there was such a dropoff after Luck & RGIII to the rest of the QB’s available; surprised there weren’t more early entries with such a weak field.

I reckon Tannehill’s greatest strength at this point is that he was under center more snaps per game than most of his peers.

I’m not convinced he will be a better pro than, say, Austin Davis, but some teams would prefer a quarterback that wasn’t in shotgun as much when pondering who will make the transition.

Best case scenario for Tannehill is some other prospects disappoint, he heals enough to workout, and wows somebody between the combine and the draft.

There’s also a few older guys out there that haven’t gotten much attention as of yet in Father Time Weeden and six year man Case “Kevin Kolb II?” Keenum.

We’ll see who steps up when they have the chance.

Middle ran in the Big 12? I understand Aggies getting mouthy during the off season where you enjoy being perennial national champions but after 6-6 I thought you would have come back down to Earth.

Especially after we like, beat you and stuff.

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