Ryan Tannehill knows this much: He’s the starter for the season’s last five games.
Beyond that, nothing is guaranteed.
That’s the takeaway from Tannehill’s Wednesday news conference, when he acknowledged that he has been given no assurances that he will be the Dolphins’ quarterback in 2019.
“Haven’t discussed it,” Tannehill said. “And it doesn’t matter at this point. It’s a matter of going out for this team, winning games and making the playoffs.”
Just because he hasn’t discussed it with the team doesn’t mean those in charge have not discussed it among themselves.
They know they have a hugely consequential decision to make this offseason — assuming that Adam Gase, Mike Tannenbaum and Chris Grier are still the ones making those decisions.