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Henne's time could be coming with the Dolphins

It says that Armando is an idiot and the Herald is seriously considering firing his ***.
 
Not until we are out of the playoffs "officially"....
 
I'm cool with Penny for now. But if we're 3-9 or something like that after 12 games, I might consider letting Henne finish up the season. You figure the first 8 games are brutal (Jets, @Arizona, @NE, SD, @Houston, Ravens, Bills, @Denver). But the second half has some games where we are playing teams closer to our level (Raiders, Chawks, 49ers, @Rams, @Chiefs).

I dont know, I'm usually against just throwing a QB in there but other teams do it and have seen success. I think the oline is good enough to hold up for Henne now whereas 2-4 seasons ago the oline was so bad that you couldnt put anyone back there and have them survive a game.
 
The article is dead on. I usually don't like a lot of his articles, but agree with this one. If it's an ugly baby, call it an ugly baby. Hopefully this and the Marino article in a pryor post will hi-lite what I have been saying for a while. Chad's 90+ QB rating and 68% completion rate are misleading, as well as his 8. whatever YPC. So I wish people would stop dropping numbers and stop saying our receivers aren't getting open. That is complete B.S.
 
Pennington's style is acceptable when the Dolphins are playing with a lead or when the defense is pitching shutouts. But that hasn't been the case for Miami lately and it has exposed Pennington's limitations.

It also hurt him that after weeks of wondering why the Dolphins did not throw the ball deep, the reason shifted from the inability of Miami receivers to get open to Pennington's inability to connect.
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Very astute observation and a conclusion I've also come to after watching the Baltimore game. The Arizona game also highlights the inequities of a weak-armed quarterback after your team falls behind quickly in a game.

NO LONG THROWS

That's because against the Ravens both Ted Ginn Jr. and Greg Camarillo were open deep several times. And Pennington never threw them the ball on those occasions.

The Miami coaching staff might argue Pennington is completing long passes just fine, thanks, because his 8.12 yards per gain average is very good. But that statistic paints a misleading portrait because it includes an 80-yard pass on a screen that was really a 5-yard throw and a 53-yard touchdown on a pass that Pennington actually underthrew.
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The first half was particularly painful to watch as Pennington couldn't make throws that were clearly there downfield.

I don't even fault him for the pick-6, as those can happen to even the best QBs and Chad's been nothing if not careful with the ball up to this point.

What I did see that concerned me is that teams are catching on to the fact that Pennington simply cannot put any zip on throws outside the hashmarks most of the time. And you can forget those deep seam or post patterns that can lead to big plays and momentum-changing scores.
 
Not a smart move, if Henne wins a QB competition in the offseason, that's when he should play.
 
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