The Facts: Dolphins doctors, coaches and Tannehill will meet this week to decide how much work the QB will do during the on-field "OTA" sessions that begin next Tuesday and run into mid-June. According to Dolphins sources the expectation is Tannehill will be able to participate in the OTAs with little or no limitations.
Diehards Line:As Herald staffer Armando Salguero noted, that would be the medical decision. But coaches might still opt to limit the quarterback in some form not only to work Tannehill, who missed the final month of 2016 with a partially torn ACL and all of last season when he further tore the same ligament, in methodically but also to give backup quarterbacks Brock Osweiler and David Fales ample work — including perhaps some snaps with the first-team offense. All that was settled Tuesday when the work began in earnest, and will be on display to reporters for the first time later today when the Dolphins open OTA practice to media scrutiny. ... We'll be following up as needed.