{"id":7977,"date":"2016-12-11T18:24:04","date_gmt":"2016-12-11T23:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/?p=7977"},"modified":"2016-12-11T18:54:34","modified_gmt":"2016-12-11T23:54:34","slug":"miami-dolphins-quarterback-ryan-tannehill-out-for-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2016\/12\/11\/miami-dolphins-quarterback-ryan-tannehill-out-for-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Dolphins Quarterback Ryan Tannehill Out for Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Miami Dolphins<\/strong> quarterback <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/T\/TannRy00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan Tannehill<\/a><\/strong> is out for the season with an ACL sprain, <strong>940 AM WINZ<\/strong> reports. He suffered the injury in the third quarter of the Dolphins win over the <strong>Arizona Cardinals<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h1>Miami Dolphins Quarterback <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/T\/TannRy00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan Tannehill<\/a> Out for Season<\/h1>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">SLATER SCOOP: Ryan Tannehill has an ACL injury, source says. He is out for the season. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Dolphins?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Dolphins<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andy Slater (@AndySlater) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndySlater\/status\/808058277611401216\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 11, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\u00a0The Dolphins drafted him with the 18th overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft out of <strong>Texas A&amp;M<\/strong>.\u00a0The quarterback started out as a wide receiver in college,but won\u00a0the starting quarterback job midway through the 2011 season. He went on to throw for 3,415 yards\u00a0that season and impressed many NFL scouts.<\/p>\n<p>He has led the Dolphins to an 8-4 record in 2016, his best record under center in his career. He&#8217;s thrown for 2,800 yards and 16 touchdowns. The win over the Cardinals was their seventh in eight games. They had their six-game win streak snapped last week against the <strong>Baltimore Ravens<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Running back <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/A\/AjayJa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jay Ajayi<\/a><\/strong> was a big part of that six-game win streak. He rushed for 200 yards in two consecutive games in October. He has since then just rushed for 100 yards once in their last six games.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/MoorMa01.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Moore<\/a> is the Man in Miami<\/h2>\n<p>With Tannehill out for the remainder of the season, the Dolphins will huddle around backup quarterback <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/MoorMa01.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Moore<\/a><\/strong>. Moore has thrown for 5,356 yards and 33 touchdowns over the course of his nine year career. This is his sixth season in Miami after spending his first three seasons with the <strong>Carolina Panthers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>He started 12 games in 2011. He threw for 2,497 yards and 16 touchdowns. If he can repeat that the final three games, the Dolphins will be alive in the playoff race.<\/p>\n<p>Their last three games are against their AFC East rivals &#8211; the <strong>New York Jets<\/strong>, <strong>Buffalo Bills<\/strong> and <strong>New England Patriots<\/strong>. They need a lot of help and they need to win out, but the Dolphins are still in the playoff race. They will just need to do it without Tannehill.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/629161024\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.666667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/629161024?et=O7STKeHbQ8Zf_MLq3zjS7A&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=8bQRYfYQU1RBS_nlknuxZVBKKz6bIMuMhQHZvNWgJ3M=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill is out for the season after suffering an ACL injury. 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