Tennessee Titans QB Ryan Tannehill had a better playoff run than you think

Before you go shopping for a QB in the 40+ section, Tennessee Titans fans need to remember how good Ryan Tannehill was.

This year we got to see Tennessee Titans QB Ryan Tannehill do some truly impressive things.

While everyone has been quick to dismiss this run as him winning against bad competition, that is misinformation and Titans fans need to do better than that.

Looking at his 13 starts from this season and post season, 7 of those 13 games were played against defenses ranked above average or better in pass DVOA. In those 7 games his stats were:

-64% completion percentage, 14 passing TDs and 3 INTs.

Even if you reduce that down to just the games he had against teams in the playoffs this year, he still had this statline over those three games:

-60% completion percentage, 5 passing TDs, 1 INT and a rushing TD.

I mean, the guy was averaging 2 TDs per game in the playoffs on his way to an AFC Championship game and everyone wants to talk about, “Well what if we get the playoff version of Ryan Tannehill?”

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Well first of all, if Tannehill is passing 15 times per game then it means the Titans have the game won and they have probably never trailed or if they did, they didn’t trail for long.

Secondly, if you had a QB with 60% completion percentage who ends up with 32 TDs and 6 interceptions all year then he would join Lamar Jackson as the only player in 2019 to end up with that type of high reward, low risk style of play.

So if the Titans end up with “playoff Tannehill” they should be thrilled and enjoy their first 10+ win season in a long time. If they happened to get “regular season Tannehill” then they better start making room for an MVP trophy.

What Tannehill did last year was historic and that isn’t hyperbole, the NFL has never seen a season like what Tannehill had during the 2019 season.

In NFL HISTORY this is the list of QBs with 432 or fewer attempts with more than 4,156 yards:

oh wait, no one has done that yet in NFL history. 2/3#Titans
— Ran GMC(arthon) (@jlomas72) January 22, 2020

Limiting it to 35+ TDs & 8 or fewer INTs, only 2 QBs have done that:
-Lamar Jackson (19)
-Russell Wilson (18)

But sure, we have hit Tannehill's ceiling and the #Titans will find someone else who can do that. Look how easily they have found franchise QBs in the past. 3/3
— Ran GMC(arthon) (@jlomas72) January 22, 2020

So, the next time you think about another, bigger name at quarterback just remember that the last 13 games of Ryan Tannehill have been great and he is only 31. In fact, even his “worst” stretch with the Titans as underdogs in three road playoff games would have been good enough to get this team double digit wins this season.

The grass isn’t always greener on the other side.

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