Ryan Tannehill’s name came out of the blue this weekend after his 2024 season away from the NFL.
The former Miami Dolphins first-round pick and seven-year starting quarterback was big in the news, the subject of a report from FOX Sports’ Jordan Schultz suggesting the Minnesota Vikings had spoken to him about the idea of joining the team for the 2025 season.
The Vikings were rumored to be interested in Aaron Rodgers, or vice versa or both, for a bit before reports indicated they didn’t want to pursue the future Hall of Famer but most recently disappointing New York Jets quarterback.
The reports of the Tannehill-Vikings idea indicate that no deal is imminent, but if it were to come to fruition, the idea is that he would serve as the backup for 2024 first-round pick J.J. McCarthy after he missed his entire rookie season with a knee injury.
Sam Darnold was the starting quarterback last season, but he signed with the Seattle Seahawks in free agency.
Tannehill, meanwhile, went unsigned as a free agent all of last year after his contract with the Tennessee Titans ran out, closing the chapter on his five-year stay with the AFC South team.
Being a backup wouldn’t be a first for Tannehill, who was the No. 2 quarterback in Tennessee behind Marcus Mariota after the Dolphins traded him during the 2019 season. Tannehill eventually took over when Mariota was benched and he proceeded to help the Titans reach the AFC Championship Game in 2019 when he earned the first and only Pro Bowl invitation of his career.
Tennessee won the AFC South in 2020 and 2021 with Tannehill at quarterback, but he underperformed in the playoffs and the Titans were one-and-done both times.
Tannehill never played in a playoff game for Miami after arriving as the eighth overall selection in the 2012 NFL draft.
The Dolphins did make the playoffs in 2016 with Tannehill as their starter, but he missed the final three games of the regular season and the playoff loss against the Pittsburgh Steelers as the result of a knee injury against the Arizona Cardinals when he was hit — cleanly — by current Dolphins free agent Calais Campbell.
Tannehill’s best passer rating for the Dolphins was a 93.5 achieved in that 2016 season, but he went over that mark three times with the Titans.
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