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Three Observations

The number of QBs competing for the job equals the number of observations I'm required to write in this postcard. So ...
1. Josh McCown, 29, is the one with the experience, if you can call last year as the Oakland Raiders primary starter, experience. "I could tell you things about that year that you wouldn't believe," he says. OK, I'm all ears. Tell me, tell me already! "Got to know you better first," he says. He's an exceedingly nice fellow. Everyone, and that includes the beat writers, is rooting for him to succeed. But the first day I was there, he threw three picks in the muggy afternoon. No, wait a minute -- it was Tuesday afternoon.

2. John Beck. Started four games as a rookie last year. Went 0-4 for the 1-15 Fish. Five third-quarterback games and six DNP's. Has had a slow start in camp. Looks like the No. 3.

3. The third observation, who might be No. 1 by the end of the season, is second-round draft pick Chad Henne, a big arm from Michigan. Sometimes the ball flies on him, and I asked Dolphins' offensive coordinator Dan Henning to please give me a technical critique of the flight of his passes. I can ask the 66-year old Henning questions like that because ... listen to how far back we go. About a century ago I selected him as my All-Met High School quarterback for St. Francis Prep in Brooklyn.
"When he's wild, he's either wild high left or wild low right," Henning said. Noticing my idiot look, he elaborated. "You're serving in tennis. Serving to the ad court, you'll probably be wide low right, and in the deuce court, wild high left, so what we're trying to get him to do is open his body, pretending he's in the deuce court, to get the ball on target." I got so excited with this analogy I tried it myself and served an ashtray through a pane of glass, but the point is young Henne has one of the great quarterback technicians in the game to work with him.
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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/dr_z/08/07/dolphins.postcard/index.html
 
Why Dr. Z still has a job is beyond me. Everything he says is wrong, and he swaps NFL analysis for pointless stories like we see here in section 3.
 
It's unfortunate when I look for something football-significant from a guy like Dr. Z and instead he just kind of offers a puff piece.
 
ckparrothead said:
It's unfortunate when I look for something football-significant from a guy like Dr. Z and instead he just kind of offers a puff piece.
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in the same sentence?

this is the guy who hasn't picked BOTH Super Bowl teams wrong for pretty much his entire career.
 
I especially like how he only refers to Beck in terms of last year, and having a slow start in camp. How about some reference to the fact that he has outplayed the other two this entire week? Give me a break!
 
Rookie head coach Tony Sparano is a pleasant person to be around. Not much ego, which is a blessing, given the last few characters in this place.
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lol
 
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