Florio recycling Pennington will start rumors, or is he?

I do not understand. Is Pennington supposed to start the rest of the season and then Thigpen starts next year?

 

I hope they don't do it. I don't see Pennington winning anymore games than Henne.

 

I don't think they'd just annoint Thigpen the starter. But if they decide that Henne isn't panning out, then I'm sure Thigpen would get a fair shot at some point.

 

The offense would be really fun with Thigpen as a starter

 

if they are going to do it, do it now. dont wait for the titans game. we actually have a chance, although not a great one, at the playoffs now. if we lose to the titans, are chances are basically zero.

 

How so? I doubt Henning changes the play calling. The only thing I can see is him rushing more often and doing a better job of it then Henne who runs like a ******ed girl with one leg.

 

Yes, because even more incompletions and interceptions is fun to watch!

 

Actually, you are trying to start a crap storm... All you've done lately is bash Henne. This would be a BAD move.

 

I would hope the staff wouldn't do that. The odds are against making the playoffs even if Pennington does provide a spark, and Sparano's job realistically isn't in the kind of danger where he would really be pressured to do that?

I would like to see Tyler Thigpen get a shot if it came down to it, though.

 

I like Chad Henne. I REALLY hope he's the guy. I am also trying to be as patient as possible.

That said, if he's not the guy, the Dolphins wasted a year of Chad Pennington's career. That's going to make me mad for a long time. Especially if he ends up doing anything the last few years of his career.

A 2008 a Chad would have the Dolphins at 5-3 IMO.

That said, if we don't stick with Henne, and all of a sudden around 28 or so he really starts to get it Dolphins fans are going to be devastated that we were the team that developed him to where he was (a good/great QB for another team)

You gotta stick with Henne.

 

If this is true it just goes to show that this team has no direction, it is like they are playing plug and pray.

 

Thigpen also throws the ball downfield. Something Henne has an aversion too.

 

Touchdowns, do not forget touchdowns.

Thigpen led offense have scored a lot of touchdowns.

 

He didn't last year when he had Ginn!

Still, point taken, I'd like to see him try a little more, especially w/ BM.

 

Screw fun. Give me good, no matter how boring it might look.

 

Armando Salguero just high-fived Pat White

 

And a healthy 2009 Pennington has us at 4-4 at best.

 

You think we have a better chance with a noodle armed QB who hasn't played in well over a year..... Really?
This is total Florio bullshiit.
Pennington's arm is dead. We stand no chance with him coming in there now besides the only way in hell they will make a switch is during a game if they have too.
This put Pennington in nonsense is getting ridiculous.

 

However Miami's offense is not good. It is worse than last year. For no good reason. Miami's offense is more talented then last year yet it is much worse. They cannot score points.

Right now Henne is not leading the offense into points. He hasn't showed much improvement over last season.

I am waiting for Henne to show me that he can be a good starter in this league. So far he hasn't shown that much. I am losing faith in him

 

I like Thigpen don't get me wrong. I loved watching his play for KC in 2008 and thought he had a lot of potential if he could improve his completion percentage and cut down a little on the INT's. He had an arm and excellent mobility. I think if we bench Henne for anyone it should be Thigpen. His 2008 stats. 18 Tds 12 INTs and my favorite stat was the 3 rushing TDS and the 386 yards of rushing.

 

This board has collectively lost it's mind

 

I'm not saying we should do it but if it was done it should be thigpen and not pennington for sure.

 

I agree with this. If he does get benched.

I would rather Henne improve and show he can be a starter

 

I can't say if he's just throwing anything against the wall to see if it'll stick or not, but I can say that Henne having another game like he did last Sunday would make for a really ugly day in the papers.

 

He may get a fair shot but if that guy is the signal caller of this team, they are not going anywhere.

 

this. I've never understood the love for thigpen.

 

And I've never understood the dislike.

 

Damn right it's fuggin' Dan Henning. You should be doing something to protect your young QB instead of throwing the football 35 times and rushing the ball 11 times in a game. We aren't the Colts.

 

According to Nat Moore it's clearly Chad... Henning.

 

You don't think some of it has to do with play calling?

I'm not even going to compare the garbage time Thigpen got in Pittsburgh to what Chad gets.

In 2007 Thigpen played in 14 games (played in the majority of at least 12), threw 420 passes, and as a team they had 35 pass plays over 20 yds (at least 4 plays weren't Thigpen's). So I'll say he had 31 20+ yd pass plays in 420 attempts. At best, 7.4% of Thigpen's passes resulted in 20+ yd plays.

This year Henne in 8 games, has 277 attempts, and has 21 pass plays of 20+ yds. That means 7.6% od Chad's passes result in pass plays of 20+ yds.

Aside from that, Henne is averaging 6.9yds per attempt and 10.8 yds per completion. Thigpen averaged 6.2 ypa and 11.3 ypc. So Thigpen's "downfield perversion" netted him slightly less yds per pass and slightly more yds per completion. Hardly anything to justify Henne's "aversion" to throwing downfield vs Thigpen.

 

Penny is starting, I guess it's no rumor.

 

Going to back to CP would set this franchise back three years. AND IMO would be the end of the Tony S. regime.

 

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There is a perfectly good reason. It's because we are averaging 25+ ypg less on the ground than last year, and we have 3 red zone rushing TDs this yr vs like 13 after 8 games last year.

 

dont worry bro, everyone loves the backup, cause they arent out there under the microscope....

 

Where did you get this information?

 

..referring to the bold part...

Run? Absolutely not.
But he can sure as hell stop calling play-action-passes on 3rd and long. That would be nice.

 

Nope, i think Playcalling is a scapegoat for Henne's poor touchdown performance