Poll on Pennington

Maybe. Ask me after the Titans game.

 

Nope.

he's made out of glass though, So i don't think this will be the last we see of Henne.

 

All this tells me is that everyone who wants Henning fired should want Sparano fired too. He's just as big a panzy when it comes to playing offensive football.

Hey Ross, fire these clowns.

 

Are you the same ricky williams from nfl.com?

 

No. Pennington threw more picks against the Ravens than Henne did, in the playoffs, when it was time to get it done, and all of them were his fault.

Henne barely got a full year of starts in before they pulled the plug.

Time will tell if this was the right move or not. But without knowing what the plan is for the future of the QB position, I do not think it was a good idea. If they've got a solid plan for the future, then my opinion of it gets better, but I still don't like a mid-season switch like this when we really have nothing left to lose as the playoffs are such a longshot

 

henne has had 3 years to show the fo major improvement and he hasn't.atleaast penny got us to the playoffs to throw those 4 picks.

 

Pennington may be a better QB than Henne now, but I think Henne could have developed into an elite. We'll never know now.

 

Playing with fire on this one. I get that Dan Henning and Chad Henne don't co-exist. But for **** sakes get rid of the old man that keeps calling play fakes on 3rd & Long when nobody in their right mind will buy them.

 

I don't think that's an apples to apples comparison of where we are right now. That game was a playoff game against a Rex Ryan defense on a championship game team. Our interior line was Satele, Ndukwe and Alleman. We got the snot kicked out of us by Ngata and Suggs. Our WRs were Ginn and Camarillo.

 

Do you remember who we played that year? We were the bottom team in the NFL the year prior. We played the worst teams of the NFL aside from our own division, and had the Wildcat destroying other teams for the majority of the year.

Pennington is not some miracle quarterback that takes teams to the playoffs in golden carriages made from pumpkins. He's a decent QB who based on his injury history and age is not someone you can put the future of this franchise on.

 

You're right, it isn't entirely fair, but the point I was trying to make is he isn't head and shoulders/worlds above Henne. I just do not like chasing a playoff dream that is really out of reach, by throwing our "future QB" to the wolves.

I'll eat crow if Pennington sets the world on fire and we win a SB, but if we fall short of that, this was a pointless decision that will set the franchise back unless we snag a good QB in FA.

 

I said no... though we will see our record improve, but i dont think it'll be the doing of Penny, just the fact that our schedule gets much easier the second half of the season compared to the first...

 

This times 1000

 

You mean the Wildcat got us into the playoffs. We started that season 2-4 through six and surprise surprise, 4-4 through eight.

 

Sparano voted yes!

 

Voted No because Henne MIGHT be the future and I had not quite given up on him.

However, if tomorrow was the Super Bowl with Miami playing in it and I had my choice of who to start.

A completely healthy Chad Pennington would be my choice.

I think CP will be hurt at some point though....

 

That's what I'm thinking but only if they have someone ready to go with the same system for the now....

 

Pennington looked great in the preseason with the limited time he got with the starters. If he plays like that then we're set but who's to say he'll play like that?

 

I don't believe the poll result on this thread (our forum) is reflective throughout Dolfandom. we definite have a Henne bias @ work here
what I'm seeing is nearly 70% of the fan-base in favor of the move http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/sfl-dolpollqb10,0,300242,post.poll

 

This website is nearly all Dolphins fans.

Can you say the same about the folks voting on that particular poll?

Newsflash: I can vote on a poll about the Broncos in the Denver Post despite not being a fan. Kinda neat that way.

 

please, no more excuses & the obvious answer is yes they are mostly dolfans

 

And you don't have a Penny bias?

 

Show me one time I've made any excuse.

I'll wait.

I'm just pointing out the fallacy in your logic.

Obvious? Really.

I do know that there are a lot of transplants from the New York/New England area there in southern Florida. Guess that means they all converted from the teams they loved their whole lives... Must be a law or something...

Guess that's why there are so few Jets and Pats fans at a Dolphins home game...

 

Friend BlameItOnTheHenne:
no!
I have a bias against losing
I want to start the best we have @ every position
I simply want to win

 

Pennington isn't it...

I'd start with looking at an OC that doesn't call a play action pass on 3rd and 12.

Don't get me wrong, I love Pennington as much as the next guy and I believe he will do well in this offense that was built for a QB with his particular skill set.

What I also believe is that you need to build an offense for the QB you have in. Henne, while getting better, isn't the "short-range, dink and dunk, eat-up-the-clock" QB Pennington is. You have to open it up more, get the running qame involved like Ronnie in the first quarter of the last game, and let him work.

JMO

 

And yet you never say why Penny is the best at his position.

 

I respect your opinion
however
Sparano no longer would agree with you. he choose Pennington because he obviously believes he gives us the best chance to win.
I rest my case...

 

all we know for sure is that the answer isn't Henne
let's hope for the best with Pennington

 

In this particular offense, I tend to agree.

However, if Henning had done his job and built the offense to Henne's strengths, we wouldn't be having this debate...

I'm more upset about the FO making that mistake than I am with the whole Henne/Penny thing.

 

Love Pennington, but as a mentor or coach for Henne and not our starter. Henne is our guy and needs the experience. I don't doubt that Penny can win, but what does that do for us in the future???? Sets us back, even if they go back to Henne later on. Talk about a confidence killer......if Henne had any doubts with himself before, I'm sure his confidence has been crushed now.

IDIOTS!!!

 

They shouldn't start Henne or Penny - they should start Thiggy. He pulled us out of a Henne funk before and is the proper maturity level to do something. Henne is a child and Penny is a grandpa. That only leaves one QB on our roster. Starting Penny is "a band aid fix" at best.

 

This is Sparano being selfish, pure & simple. He wants 9 wins. He knows the division is lost, and he knows the playoffs are probably lost as well. This is all about him getting to 9 wins, and then Ross would look like a turd if he fired Sparano.

 

I voted no. You just cannot expect a guy to play at a pro bowl caliber without going through some growing pains first. Not to mention he's not getting much help from the OC.