Miami Dolphins being too risky with Ryan Tannehill’s health
The doubt over the future of Ryan Tannehill was great last season for the Miami Dolphins. Following a terrible start to the season, head coach Adam Gase even had to come out and guarantee Tannehill as the starter for the rest of the season. However, once things turned around, Tannehill became the player we all hoped he would become.
That train was derailed though near the end of the 2016 campaign. Hit at the knee during the second half of the Dolphins Week 14 game against Arizona, Tannehill sprained both his MCL and ACL in his knee. Keeping him out of contention for the rest of the season, Tannehill’s immediate future has been even more fuzzy since the Dolphins lost their only playoff game at Pittsburgh.
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Will he get surgery? What recovery are we looking at? When will be given answers? All these questions have been asked during the last few weeks. Though the answer at this stage looks to be a no on the surgery, I have to say, the Miami Dolphins are playing this extremely risky with Ryan Tannehill.
For a player the team considers its face and franchise quarterback, the indecision is extremely concerning. While some may call the team’s approach cautious for never ruling out surgery, the fact that it has taken so long for the team to make a decision on the best course of action is reckless to say the least.
The biggest issue I have with this is all of the team’s “other” strategies. Letting Tannehill heal himself obviously didn’t work. The next step appears to be plasma therapy which Tannehill is receiving in Germany. While the procedure is gaining steam especially with sports stars, should it fail to take or correct the issue for Tannehill, the Miami Dolphins will be in a tough spot.
Should this therapy prove ineffective and surgery is needed, how long will such a recovery process take? Will it be a full ACL and MCL surgery or just some cleanup work? At this stage, if a full workup is needed inside the knee, Tannehill will likely miss most of next season if not all of it.
Even if surgery is not needed still, how will the plasma therapy keep Tannehill healthy going forward? Will this just be something that masks pain or will it actually help Tannehill’s tendons heal. For a player that is likely to be hit and hit hard quite a few times every season, the Miami Dolphins are playing an awfully risky game with Ryan Tannehill. For the sake of the team next season, hopefully this approach doesn’t backfire.
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