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The are still waiting for to start looking like a franchise quarterback worthy of Dan Marino’s throne. Tannehill understands his performance must improve.”I just haven’t been putting the ball in the right spot,” Tannehill said Justin Verlander Jersey Wednesday, . “I haven’t been at my best and it’s got to change, and it’s got to change fast.”Tannehill has struggled in Miami’s first two games. The third-year quarterback has completed 49 of 81 pa ses (60.5 percent) for 419 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions. He is ranked 29th in pa ser rating (76.1) and 28th in completion percentage.That’s not going to cut it, especially coming off a disappointing finish to last year’s 8-8 season.”It’s not discouraging, it’s frustrating,” Tannehill said. “I’m upset at myself the way I’ve played, so obviously I want to get it corrected. But we’ve got a long season ahead of us and it starts with this week. You flip it around in one week and you play well and then you start stringing good games together.”What makes the situation especially frustrating is in Bill Lazor’s new offense during the preseason. Tannehill blames poor footwork on recent i sues with accuracy. The quarterback has regularly mi sed open receivers and continues to find little succe s on his deep-ball connection with .”I feel good,” Tannehill said. “I want it to change. I’m not sitting here happy with how I’m playing, but I go out and I think I play confidently, I step in the huddle with confidence. That’s the job of a quarterback, to go out there and be confident with the communication of the play, in the huddle and with my play.”You can’t go out there and play scared. If you play scared, your decision making slows down and that’s when you run into more trouble.”The have a capable backup behind Tannehill in , but expect the organization to give its starter every opportunity to work his way out of his current funk. The are in deep with Tannehill. They need him to pan out.The breaks down the latest on and continues the search for this year’s .”
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