The New England Patriots may have the AFC East secured before Thanksgiving. 

After beginning reports said Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill's knee was fundamentally stable, which appeared to demonstrate he had maintained a strategic distance from noteworthy damage, different reports began to paint a photo that is all the more disturbing. ESPN's Adam Schefter said Thursday night the Dolphins "fear" Tannehill needs season-finishing surgery, however no choice has been made. The other choice Schefter introduced is that Tannehill "could choose to rest it for six to two months and endeavor to return from his knee damage once more." 

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It doesn't seem like we'll see Tannehill soon, regardless of the possibility that he doesn't get surgery. Tannehill chose to get undeveloped cell treatment rather than surgery on a halfway torn ACL, and that appears like an oversight now. 

Matt Moore is next in line for the Dolphins. Be that as it may, two or three truly intriguing free-operator choices may must be considered. 

Everybody has figured Colin Kaepernick's most obvious opportunity to get marked would be if a group endured genuine damage to its starter, and here we are. On July 28, Dolphins proprietor Stephen Ross said in regards to a group marking Kaepernick, "On the off chance that they think he can enable them to win, I'm certain — I would trust they would sign him," as indicated by the Palm Beach Post. Ross disclosed to Dolphins players who needed to take a knee in challenge last season, as Kaepernick did, that he upheld them. There are most likely NFL proprietors who are against marking Kaepernick as a result of his challenge, however it doesn't appear Ross would be. 

Nonetheless, another name is being skimmed. Jay Cutler played under Dolphins mentor Adam Gase when Gase was the Chicago Bears' hostile facilitator. Jeff Darlington of ESPN said Cutler would be keen on deferring his vocation as a Fox arrange examiner to play for Gase, yet it would need to be for a beginning employment and the compensation of a beginning quarterback. That could give the Dolphins delay, considering Cutler has been resigned all offseason and is falling off a harsh 2016 season. 

The Dolphins trust Tannehill can maintain a strategic distance from surgery and returns soon. Be that as it may, if he's accomplished for the season, as the group purportedly fears, things could get truly intriguing in Miami.