Dolphins Sparano Q&A:

missing the last two weeks) - "I would say to you that there's going to be clearly a catching up process, no question about it because he's a young player that really some of the things that have gone on in the couple of games that John has been out so far may have been firsts for him. Again the preseason thing is one thing but the regular season thing's a little different and we're seeing different things. I think those might have been some firsts so there's going to be a little bit of a catching up process that way with John. As far as Pat goes, I think the one thing I've seen out of Pat that I've always know he was a tough guy. I know he's a pretty smart guy, but the thing I like is that the stage hasn't really been that big for him and he's had to go in there and play two, two night games in a big situation against two good teams and it really hasn't been too big for him. I thought this week the jump from last week to this week, although he had probably the similar amount of minuses and when I say minuses I'm talking about fundamentals. We're picking on, 'You're stepping with this foot here.' When you look at execution of assignment and whether or not he blocked his guy in that game it was pretty good. I think the game wasn't too big and that's the thing I liked the most about him."

(On Pat McQuistan's grade) - "Grade got better this week; game grade better, technical grade a little better. They get graded on a game grade and a technical grade. He got better in both areas; it's just that technical grade until he gets the number of reps that let's say a John Jerry took in training camp or any of these other guys, (Richie) Incognito. I think that's where you'll start to see that kind of progress."

I suspect Ireland would enjoy it if we landed McQuistan for nothing at all.

They have sort of a Gentlemen's Wager on McQuistan, "if" the Dolphins finish with a better record than the Cowboys..he is free, if the Cowpokes have a better record, we give up a 6th rd pick?(?)

Pat McQuistan HAS BEEN IN THE NFL
since 2006...He's started 2 games in his career
the last 2 versus the Jets and Pats

Sorry but I don't have very much confidence
with him starting...Jerry needs to come back...FAST

"miamiron wrote:

Pat McQuistan HAS BEEN IN THE NFL
since 2006...He's started 2 games in his career
the last 2 versus the Jets and Pats

Sorry but I don't have very much confidence
with him starting...Jerry needs to come back...FAST

How long was Doug Free in the NFL before he became the Cowboys LT?

Besides, the Toad is great depth, every snap he has now will benefit the team down the rd in Wk 9 and later when everyone is beaten up.

IMO Mcquistan is not playing all that bad. Is he a starter ? No, but he IS a decent backup. Not anyones fault that John Jerry was out of commssion for a short while and we did the next best thing, use a reliable back up that is not an embarrassing backup. Like Sparano said, two BIG opponents and two consecutive national stages.

Not great, his performance but again, not embarrassing at all. As far as a backup, I give him a grade of B. I am never expecting a backup to perform on the same level as a starter because if he could perform like that, he would be a starter here or somewhere else. Nice to have someone to step in without a huge drop off.