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Decision have been made for both teams...

Locker wins that job over Matt Hasselback... and Tannehill beats out Moore (who was poor) and Garrard who looked good, but then had a knee scoped....

The Locker story:

http://www.nfl.com/n...ing-quarterback

The Tannehill Story:

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000052374/article/ryan-tannehill-named-dolphins-starting-quarterback

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I knew Locker would get that job.Hes gonna be scary in this division.

He might be scary good... but he also might be scary bad....

He was terrible in pre-season week #2. Terrible. But, they've invested in him and want to see what he's got.

Locker is a bit of an odd duck. He's got every tool imaginable and then some. And yet the sum of his parts never seem to add up to great QB play. Not in college. And so far, not in the pros. He hasn't shown that he can put it all together...

He could be anywhere from very good.... all the way down to very bad.... a big range. And if I'm a Titans fan, I'd be a bit nervous about all that...

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I think the Tannehill decision was made from fan/media pressure. I thought the guy was supposed to be a "project." Whatever. We'll see how he fares in his first game, which happens to be against one of the best defenses in the NFL. Locker I expected...I even predicted the Titans would choose him...He should be interesting to watch. I really like this decision because in a way it could be bad or good for the Titans...but I'm leaning more towards bad lol.

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Eh. Good luck with that Tennessee. I don't think Locker will never be an elite NFL passer, he wasn't even an elite PAC-12 passer. His fans go ballistic when people say he's inaccurate and will pull out all kinds of flowcharts and spread sheets to argue it, but the kid will have Titans fans pulling their hair out... Great play followed by inexplicably off target incompletion, amazing play followed by boneheaded decision. Rinse wash repeat. Maybe they can hit up some UDub fans and see if they can borrow their .xls templates. If they're going to spend the next 3 years defending this kid, they're going to need them.

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I think the Tannehill decision was made from fan/media pressure. I thought the guy was supposed to be a "project." Whatever. We'll see how he fares in his first game, which happens to be against one of the best defenses in the NFL. Locker I expected...I even predicted the Titans would choose him...He should be interesting to watch. I really like this decision because in a way it could be bad or good for the Titans...but I'm leaning more towards bad lol.

Tannehill had many things go his way...

1st, David Garrard looked very good, and then got hurt on a freak play.

2nd, Matt Moore is a good game player, but terrible practice player. So far, he's looked poor in both.

3rd, Tannehill is running the system he had in college with the same Coach, Mike Sherman who was his HC and is now his OC.

4th, To the kid's credit, he's picked things up quickly.... but how will he look in the regular season.... big difference...

How good is he? We're about to find out....

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Tannehill had many things go his way...

1st, David Garrard looked very good, and then got hurt on a freak play.

2nd, Matt Moore is a good game player, but terrible practice player. So far, he's looked poor in both.

3rd, Tannehill is running the system he had in college with the same Coach, Mike Sherman who was his HC and is now his OC.

4th, To the kid's credit, he's picked things up quickly.... but how will he look in the regular season.... big difference...

How good is he? We're about to find out....

Poor Garrard...nothing ever seems to go his way. I forgot about Mike Sherman, that is another huge factor. You're right. We'll see how he fares in the regular season.

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I was going to start a thread on Locker. Wondering what peoples opinions were of him. I think this is a knee jerk reaction to what is going on around in the division. I think Tennessee is a playoff team with Hasselback starting. With Locker I don't think so...probably a 7-9 team. I think the organization looked and saw that Luck looks real good. Gabbert looks improved and they are panicking a bit. I think they knew Locker was a 2-3 year project but has the capabilities to be real good. I think Hasselback is the superior qb right now and could lead them to a playoffs but I think the organization is worried that in a year Locker is going to be playing catchup to Gabbert and Luck in the division when it is time for him to play. I think they thought they were going to have more time to bring him along and when Peyton retired they would be set to have a dominant qb. Things change quickly and I think they are rushing the him. It might work out for them but I think they are jeopardizing this season and a good quality year of Hasselback to insure they don't fall too far behind the developing qbs in this league. We shall see.

Tannenhill desearves to start based on his play...but I think they are rushing him. I thought they might bring him in after the playoffs were out of reach say like around Week 12....could be a long season for the Dolphins. Top 5 pick I think.

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