Report: Tannehill expected to have 'little or no limitations' at OTAs

Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill will meet with team doctors and coaches this week with the expectation that he'll be cleared for the beginning of organized team activities (OTAs) next Tuesday with little or no limitations, team sources told Armando Salguero of the Miami Herald.

Miami may ultimately choose to hold him back as he continues to recover from the torn ACL that cost him the final month of the 2016 season and, after further tearing the same ligament prior to the preseason a year later, all of the 2017 campaign.

Giving Tannehill more time would not only help protect the Dolphins' tabbed starter for the 2018 season, but it could also allow backups Brock Osweiler and David Fales to get more snaps with the first-team offense.

New offensive coordinator Dowell Loggains expects Tannehill to pick up where he left off in 2016, when he completed 67.1 percent of 389 pass attempts for 2,995 yards and 19 touchdowns through 13 games in his first season with head coach Adam Gase.

"The 2016 season, he had such a good year. For me, the first thing I did was turn on the (2017) OTAs and the training camp right before he got hurt and got to watch how much improvement and how much jump he had taken in Year 2, and it was unfortunate that he got hurt because obviously the offense was affected by it," Loggains said.

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