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Tannehill: Does he think the AFL still exists?

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by dog eat dog world, Aug 29, 2012.

  1. dog eat dog world

    dog eat dog world New Member

    http://espn.go.com/blog/playbook/fandom/post/_/id/10130/geography-lessons-for-ryan-tannehill

    Hard to see that this matters in the big scheme, but how do you grow up in the sport and not know more than this? Exceptions: European field goal specialists I remember Toni Fritsch saying he was going to kick a touchdown one time for the Cowboys.
     
  2. MightyMouse

    MightyMouse Member

    Not quite as bad as Donovan not knowing the rules of overtime a few years ago, but still, this is pretty basic stuff.

    If nothing else, I question his judgment in advertising his ignorance.
     
  3. ColdCat

    ColdCat Well-Known Member

    to be fair conference alignment is only really important come playoff time and it's not like Tanneyhill will be on a payoff team any time soon.
     
  4. Rhody31

    Rhody31 Well-Known Member

    He said he wasn't an NFL fan growing up. Guessing he was a college football guy.
    I wouldn't be shocked if there are more rookies like this.
     
  5. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    In his defense, he has a really hot wife.
     
  6. Cubbiebum

    Cubbiebum Member

    He's a rookie. Like someone else said, not nearly as bad as a veteran McNabb not knowing a tie was possible.
     
  7. Beef03

    Beef03 Active Member

    Good thing he ended up in the NFL, he may have suffered an aneurysm trying to figure out the playoff cross-over rule in the CFL and what a rouge is. It means red.
     
  8. workerB12

    workerB12 Member

    He did score a 34 on the Wonderlick. (Average score: 24)
     
  9. Mark2010

    Mark2010 Active Member

    Actually, Tannehill is right. By all logic, Miami SHOULD be in the AFC south with Jacksonville, Houston and Tennessee.

    Indianapolis should be in the AFC North and Baltimore in the AFC East. But then the NFL has never really specialized in geography. I guess with only 8 road games per year it isn't as big a deal as some other leagues.

    I remember hearing that when the realignment went down in 2002, the Dolphins had some political pull in the commissioner's office and wanted to keep rivalries with New England and the NY Jets, just like Dallas wanted to keep some NFC East rivalries.
     
  10. ColdCat

    ColdCat Well-Known Member

    and lets give the NFL credit, this alignment makes a lot more sense than the old NFC West with St. Louis, Carolina, New Orleans and Atlanta and the NFC East with Phoenix and Dallas
     
  11. JackReacher

    JackReacher Well-Known Member

    Fuck that. He's an idiot.
     
  12. trifectarich

    trifectarich Well-Known Member

    He's no different than the rest of the league; I'd wager half the players would need a week and 100 guesses in order to come up with all 32 teams.
     
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