BC-FBN-COTE-COLUMN:MI — sports (850 words)
He has become the 207-pound elephant in the room.
What to do with Ryan Tannehill? How do the Miami Dolphins move beyond him in a way that makes sense?
History repeats.
As 1995 wound down, back when Tannehill was navigating second grade, this franchise was figuring out how to part with the great coach Don Shula in a way appropriate to all he had meant to Miami. They failed. Owner Wayne Huizenga had a man-crush on an available Jimmy Johnson and so Shula was nudged awkwardly out the door in an exit that hits a raw nerve with Shula to this day.