Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill is healthy and ready for the 2017 NFL season. The last two years have been trying for him, missing the end of the 2016 season and all of last season. Tannehill admits that it was tough missing all those games, but he also feels like it has better prepared him to the quarterback of this team going forward.

“Yeah, I would say I’ve grown a lot as a leader,” Tannehill said, via the Miami Herald. “I’ve grown a lot as a person just because of the adversity that I’ve faced — like I said, being able to take a step back and watch from a different perspective, taking in all that information, filing it away, writing things down. I’ve been going back and gone over my notes of things that hit me over the head the past [19] months or whatever it may be. I’ve just built on that. It’s an experience that while I wouldn’t want it to happen that way, it’s going to be invaluable for me moving forward.”

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It's good that Tannehill has grown as a leader during his time away and hoped that can help him on the field. The most important thing the Dolphins need from him this year is that he stays healthy. There are questions about how the Dolphins will do this year, but one thing is for sure if Tannehill gets hurt there is not much of a chance for this team.

David Fales and Brock Osweiler are the two battling for the backup quarterback job, and neither of them has an excellent track record as a starting quarterback in this league.