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DAVIE Miami Dolphins Jerseys 2019 , Fla. (AP) — Miami Dolphins coach Adam Gase offered a passionate defense of Ryan Tannehill on Thursday, saying his beleaguered quarterback has showed improvement that continued into the start of this season.Tannehill will miss his fourth consecutive game Sunday against the New York Jets because of an injury to his throwing shoulder. Replacement Brock Osweiler has gone 1-2 as the starter but has played well, providing fresh fodder for Tannehill’s many critics.Gase dismissed those detractors in the media and elsewhere who argue it’s time for Miami (4-4) to find another quarterback.“What qualifications are we talking about with the people saying that? None,” Gase said. “So I don’t really care what anybody else thinks.”Tannehill, 30, became Miami’s starter as a rookie in 2012 and still hasn’t won a playoff game. He is 40-42 as a starter Christian Wilkins Miami Dolphins Jerseys , but 10-3 since midseason of 2016. He missed all of last year because of a knee injury.“You have an athletic guy that can move around as much as he can, and then his arm strength has been something that I’ve never been around before,” Gase said.“He has some rare qualities that you can’t find in a lot of guys physically. The more that he keeps playing, he keeps learning game to game. Where’s our ceiling at? I don’t think we’re close to it. I think we just keep getting better, and keep finding ways to maximize his skillset.”Gase said that in his first season as Miami’s coach in 2016, Tannehill made progress Miami Dolphins Jerseys Stitched , and then played even better in the first three games this year.“I’ve watched the film,” Gase said. “I sit there. We evaluate the scheme we’re asking him to do, and he does a good job on it.”Tannehill is expected to play again this season, but it might not be until after the Dolphins’ bye the weekend of Nov. 18. The Dolphins have moved into the organized team activity portion of their offseason program and that means doing 7-on-7 and 11-on-11 drills with the first team offense.Ryan Fitzpatrick got the first crack at leading that offense on Tuesday and reports from the session were that he had a more productive day than Josh Rosen. There’s a lot of time between now and September for that to change, but it may remain the same and Fitzpatrick shared his view on being a veteran ahead of a young quarterback on Tuesday.“I think the way that I’ve done it throughout my career, whether I’m the guy or not the guy Christian Wilkins black jersey , is I try to prepare the best way I can prepare and do the things that have gotten me where I am in my career, and if guys choose to view that as an example and follow it, they can,” Fitzpatrick said, via the . “If they don’t, they can do whatever they want Christian Wilkins Jersey Mens , but I’m a guy that’s going to work hard and try to lead by example and if people want to follow, they can.”Fitzpatrick wouldn’t say if he would have signed with the Dolphins had Rosen already been in Miami, but did say he accepted the team’s offer because it offered him a chance to play that didn’t exist with other clubs. Stringing together a lot more days like Tuesday will help those chances come to fruition.