Let Them Compete, No Assumptions!!!
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/football/miami-dolphins/story/635866.html
This says alot. I think its dead on. Sparano needs to just dump Beck and come out and say that Henne is our man. He needs to make it clear to everyone that Pennington is going to start and as soon as Henne is ready he will take over. This team needs clear cut direction and leadership. We need to clear the air and remove the slop so we can march forward.
I understand Cote's frustration but, you can't have it both ways.
You can't announce (as he has) that he's not making any CONCLUSIONS based on 10 passes thrown in 1 pre-season game yet... He wants the Dolphins to take a DEFINITIVE action based on 2 weeks of camp and 10 passes thrown in 1 pre-season game!!
Which is it going to be cuz, you can't have both!
This isn't PARCELL's first QB battle and he knows, sometimes the early frontrunner hits a mental wall and the underdog keeps learning and eventually plays better and better.
The Dolphins don't know what BECK is going to develop into so I think they're gonna keep him. The guy who's the odd man out is McCown who looked awful week 1. Even with the 3rd and 4th string guys in the 4th quarter, he should have gotten the ball out rather than take sack after sack.
And he did that in front of friends and family and his brother on the other sideline. Whatever "it" is, McCown ain't got it.
Conversely, whatever "it" is, HENNE is showing flashes of it.
So you dump McCown, bring PENNINGTON into the QB rotation and see if he's able to outplay BECK (a monkey slinging poo could outplay BECK recently) and HENNE.
But the reason that you make NO assumptions is because HENNE could legitimately push for playing time while PENNIGTON acclimates himself with the offense. Just as BRETT the JET is gonna have scrambled eggs for brains trying to make heads or tails of a new offense and new receivers, PENNINGTON is in the same boat.
The guy with arm strength and promise who's been working with the guys there and knows the offense is HENNE. He just might be best choice to start in 3 weeks. You never know and you just CAN'T assume so, you let the guys compete. Practice will tell the tale.
GO PHINS!