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Merged: John Clayton on Green as a difference maker

I agree with him. Quarterback play is what doomed us last year, and if we can get steady play from Green, we can have a pretty good season. Heck, our offense was pretty much the same last year as in 2005, except the QB position. If Gus Frerotte can lead us to a nine win season, I think Green can do about that also.
 
I hope he's right... Not sure why he is being compared to McNair, I know they went to the playoffs but baltimore's offence was horrible.

"1. Trent Green, quarterback, Miami -- Can he be this year's McNair? It's possible. Green comes to the Dolphins for what will probably end up being a fourth-round draft choice, and coach Cam Cameron is happy to pay that price if Green can complete somewhere between 62 percent and 65 percent of his passes and have a quarterback rating of 90 or better. Cameron's offense is based on efficiency and accuracy, and Green is an expert at both. No current quarterback has spent as much time in the Mike Martz-Norv Turner system as Green, who learned it back in his Redskins days when Cameron was the quarterbacks coach.
The question facing Green is his durability. Last year, he suffered a major concussion in the Chiefs' opening game and missed half of the season. Though the Dolphins still have questions along the offense line, Cameron's instructions to Green will be to get rid of the ball before getting hit. Despite the controversy of not taking Brady Quinn in the first round, the Dolphins tried to give Green some quick targets -- Ted Ginn Jr. at wide receiver and Lorenzo Booker out of the backfield. The goal for the Dolphins is to get scoring into the 20s. Despite Culpepper's strong arm, the Dolphins averaged only 16.3 points per game last year. "
 
John Clayton said:
Despite the controversy of not taking Brady Quinn in the first round, the Dolphins tried to give Green some quick targets -- Ted Ginn Jr. at wide receiver and Lorenzo Booker out of the backfield. The goal for the Dolphins is to get scoring into the 20s. Despite Culpepper's strong arm, the Dolphins averaged only 16.3 points per game last year.
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I don't know how effective Ginn will be at the WR spot, since I think he's down the depth chart at the moment, but he'll be a speedy player on special teams for Week 1. Booker is a beast and he is quick, as well. I agree that he'll be a target for Green.

I agree with John that the scoring has to get better and I think it will. Of course, Joey Harrington played 75% of the games last year and that low scoring average was largely due to his play. To refer to "Culpepper's strong arm" wasn't relevant in this case. Hey, at least Trent Green was ranked two spots higher than the Pats' Randy Moss :wink:
 
shah1221 said:
I hope he's right... Not sure why he is being compared to McNair, I know they went to the playoffs but baltimore's offence was horrible.

"1. Trent Green, quarterback, Miami -- Can he be this year's McNair? It's possible. Green comes to the Dolphins for what will probably end up being a fourth-round draft choice, and coach Cam Cameron is happy to pay that price if Green can complete somewhere between 62 percent and 65 percent of his passes and have a quarterback rating of 90 or better. Cameron's offense is based on efficiency and accuracy, and Green is an expert at both. No current quarterback has spent as much time in the Mike Martz-Norv Turner system as Green, who learned it back in his Redskins days when Cameron was the quarterbacks coach.
The question facing Green is his durability. Last year, he suffered a major concussion in the Chiefs' opening game and missed half of the season. Though the Dolphins still have questions along the offense line, Cameron's instructions to Green will be to get rid of the ball before getting hit. Despite the controversy of not taking Brady Quinn in the first round, the Dolphins tried to give Green some quick targets -- Ted Ginn Jr. at wide receiver and Lorenzo Booker out of the backfield. The goal for the Dolphins is to get scoring into the 20s. Despite Culpepper's strong arm, the Dolphins averaged only 16.3 points per game last year. "
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Just read that on ESPN....Our offense was awful last year as well. We scored 16.3 points per game....not good at all. Green is in respect much like McNair, in what he comes in as a QB. Baltimore had issues at the QB spot, so have we. McNair is a veteran who is accustomed to playing well, so is Trent Green. They both come in where defenses are dominate, and the offenses are very poor. I can see the correlation there. John Clayton has said many times that he believes the Dolphins could surprise depending on the play of the offense---and that is true.
 
There are some similarities between the two situations...Steve McNair to Baltimore and Trent Green to Miami. They both walk(ed) into situations where defense and special teams are capable of winning games.
 
Good list, with the exception of Garcia. I just don't see him succeeding down in Tampa.
 
should this be merged with the other one about same article? i dunno how to say it. but anyways yeah, a qb rating of over 90, heck with the qbs since marino left i'd be happy with a qb rating over 80. that should get us to the playoffs
 
Why does he even bother mentioning Culpepper in that article? He only played four games, our lack of offense was more because of Harrington's poor play in the 11 games he played and dropped passes than anything else.
 
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