Ryan Tannehill

ESPN’s Adam Schefter mentioned on Monday’s Sportscenter that he believes Bills first-round pick E.J. Manuel will be the first rookie quarterback to start a game this season. “Whenever you have a first round pick invested in a player, that gives that quarterback, politically, the best chance to start quickest of any other quarterback. That would be EJ Manuel [...]

Armando Salguero reports that a source has informed that the Miami Dolphins intend to sign an offensive tackle in free agency now that Jake Long has decided to sign with the Rams. Salguero mentions that Sebastian Vollmer or Eric Winston would make the most sense for the Dolphins at this point in time. Andre Smith and Bryant McKinnie aren’t [...]

Jeff Darlington reports that the Miami Dolphins have reached an agreement with QB Matt Moore to return as their backup quarterback next. Darlington adds that Moore receives a two-year deal worth $8 million. This is a little surprising given that Moore was likely to have a decent market and could have signed on with a team that would [...]

Update: According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the Dolphins are the “team to beat” in regards to signing free agent WR Mike Wallace. Jeff Darlington reports that that “if all goes as planned” for the Dolphins next week, they’ll have a receiving corps that consists of Mike Wallace, Brian Hartline and Davone Bess. Darlington adds that the Dolphins “covet” [...]

Ben Volin of The Palm Beach Post reports that a “well-placed league source” has informed him that the Dolphins were “active in meetings” with potential free agents at this year’s NFL Combine. Volin’s source added that GM Jeff Ireland was looking “pretty hard” at the wide receiver position in particular. No specific players were named as targets for the Dolphins, but [...]

According to Armando Salguero of the Miami Herald, Dolphins WR Brian Hartline is likely targeting a similar deal to the one (five-years, $32.5 million) WR Laurent Robinson signed with the Jaguars last season. Hartline reportedly came away “irritated” after an earlier meeting with the Dolphins, as they were clearly starting low in regards to negotiating a new contract. Salguero writes that there was a [...]

Dolphins GM Jeff Ireland says the front office has to find some “help” for quarterback Ryan Tannehill, per Omar Kelly. “We’ve got to get him help,” Ireland said of Tannehill.”Maybe it’s (O-line) help. We’ve got to score TDs. That’s what we didn’t do enough of.” — Omar Kelly (@OmarKelly) January 22, 2013 Jake Long is set [...]

ESPN’s Ed Werder updates Dolphins QB Ryan Tannehill status by tweeting that he currently has a ”better than 50-50″ of suiting up against the Colts. There’s a good chance that we won’t know whether or not he’ll be a go until hours before the game. ————– Dolphins rookie quarterback Ryan Tannehill was still wearing a brace and [...]

Armando Salguero of the Miami Herald reports that Dolphins QB Ryan Tannehill was back at practice on Wednesday and was taking snaps with the first-team offense. There was some concern that he could miss Week 9′s matchup against the Colts due to a bruised knee and quad, but those injuries do not appear to be anything major. The [...]

Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross mentioned that they are willing to do “whatever it takes” to acquire legitimate No. 1 receiver and he went as far to say that it’s the team’s ”top offseason priority,” according to Mike Berardino of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. The rise of Brian Hartline has been surprising, but Ross apparently doesn’t seem him as a [...]

Peter King reports that the Dolphins have not opened contract talks with WR Brian Hartline, despite the previous reports that have suggested as much. King adds that the Dolphins could still end up approaching Hartline at a later point in the season. ———— Adam Beasley of the Miami Herald reports league sources have mentioned that the Dolphins and WR [...]

Dolphins quarterback David Garrard returned to practice Monday, according to Ben Volin of the Palm Beach Post. Garrard had been recovering from a knee surgery that he underwent close to four weeks ago. He’s continued to progress without any setbacks and is set to resume throwing, while easing back into football activities. He’ll until Sunday to strengthen his [...]

Ben Volin of the Palm Beach Post reports that Miami Dolphins have received phone calls from “multiple teams” looking to trade for QB Matt Moore. Volin adds that it’s unclear whether or not the Dolphins are willing to part with Moore at this point in time. David Garrard is likely to survive today’s cuts, but [...]

NFL Insider Jason La Canfora  reports that the Miami Dolphins may have to decide by next weekend whether or not to keep David Garrard or Matt Moore. With Ryan Tannehill expected to be the team’s starter for Week 1, Miami must now decide on who his back up will be. Garrard, who has been out  since [...]

With the announcement that rookie quarterback Ryan Tannehill will be the Dolphins starting quarterback, they now have to figure out who will be his back-up. With Matt Moore’s competent play and David Garrard still hobbled from knee surgery, it appears the Dolphins will go with Moore over Garrard, per Armando Salguero of the Miami Herald. [...]

Head coach Joe Philbin announced on Monday that QB Ryan Tannehill will be the starting quarterback for the Miami Dolphins in 2012, via NFL.com “After a thorough evaluation of the quarterback position, we have come to the decision that Ryan Tannehill is our starting quarterback,” coach Philbin said at the Monday press conference. “It was [...]

Miami Dolphins head coach Joe Philbin believes that the gap between the incumbent starting quarterback, Matt Moore, and rookie signal-caller Ryan Tannehill is ‘relatively close’. The third Dolphins QB, David Garrard, is out for two to four weeks with a knee injury, which makes the race for the starting job a two-horse race. “We had [...]

Sean Jensen of the Chicago Sun-Times tweets that Dolphins QB David Garrard will have a knee surgery and will end up missing some time. Garrard mentioned that he won’t necessarily have surgery right away. “I’m going to sit back a couple of days and study my situation.” Garrard said, “I’m going to take a wait-and-see position. I’ll be [...]

Ben Volin of the Palm Beach Post reports that the Miami Dolphins have QB David Garrard sitting atop their first official depth chart. Volin adds that Miami has Matt Moore and Ryan Tannehill as their No. 2 and No. 3 options respectively. This is hardly surprising considering the positive reviews about Garrard’s training camp performance. Moore seems [...]

Miami Dolphins first-round pick Ryan Tannehill’s performance during Saturday’s scrimmage impressed both teammates and coaches. Tannehill wound up completing 8 of 10 passes for 77 yards and directed the only touchdown drive with a stunning 26 yard pass to Anthony Fassano, which really highlighted his overall athleticism. “He showed good poise,” said head coach Joe Philbin, via [...]

Armando Salguero of the Miami Herald mentions that rookie QB Ryan Tannehill “was the most impressive quarterback of the three with a chance to win the starting job.“ Salguero notes that Tannehill completed more passes, and compiled more yards in practice that fellow QB David Garrard and QB Matt Moore. Although that may be the [...]

Dolphins rookie quarterback Ryan Tannehill began taking snaps with the first-team offense Thursday. Head coach Joe Philbin switched QB’s Matt Moore, who was taking first-team snaps, and Tannehill midway through Thursday’s practice. “I think it’s on an as-earned basis,” Philbin said when asked about Tannehill getting first-team work, per Adam H. Beasley of the Miami Herald . “He’s [...]