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OK it's the off-season, I was gonna comment in 1 of the multiple Joey Porter threads, but I just saw on Total Access that Theisman was drafted by the Dolphins in '71?

Now I've been a fin fan all my life and I know I was only 3 in 1971, but for the life of me I don't ever recall hearing about Theisman being drafted by the fins. Now I do know that Theisman played in Canada for the Argonauts (because of his Ricky Williams rant), so did he opt to play there instead? Can any old-timers help me out here?
 
I believe we got Griese in a trade for Theisman. Something along those lines. Imagine if he didn't play against the Giants twice a year his career might have lasted a bit longer.
 
he never signed with miami after miami drafted him so he went to the canadian cfl and later signed with the skins
 
Griese came to the Dolphins in 1967. Joey T. was drafted, but because of Griese being the QB, Joey baby got a little upset and left to play in Canada.
 
griese was a#1 draft pick in the late 60's thiesman never signed with the dolphins after they drafted him he played in the cfl later signed by the skins
 
Theismann was drafted by the Dolphins in the fourth-round (he was also drafted to play baseball by the Twins) but he never played in Miami because he signed a more lucrative contract with the Argonauts of the CFL. Back then, the CFL was more competitive with NFL salaries, and Theismann just took the deal that offered more money. Ironically, this happened to the Dolphins ten-years later when David Overstreet, the running back we selected with our first-round pick in 1981, went to the CFL for the same reason. When Overstreet returned to the Dolphins in 1983, he performed brilliantly in his limited time, but was killed in a car accident. Had Theismann opted to play for the Dolphins instead of the CFL he would have been our starting quarterback in Super Bowl 17, and had Overstreet not gone to the CFL, he would have been our starting running back in all likelihood, and we would have won that game easily.

The Dolphins drafted another guy that never played for us who turned out pretty darn good--Bears safety Gary Fencik, one of the cogs in that great Bears defense of 1985.
 
Mr.Majestik said:
Theismann was drafted by the Dolphins in the fourth-round (he was also drafted to play baseball by the Twins) but he never played in Miami because he signed a more lucrative contract with the Argonauts of the CFL. Back then, the CFL was more competitive with NFL salaries, and Theismann just took the deal that offered more money. Ironically, this happened to the Dolphins ten-years later when David Overstreet, the running back we selected with our first-round pick in 1981, went to the CFL for the same reason. When Overstreet returned to the Dolphins in 1983, he performed brilliantly in his limited time, but was killed in a car accident. Had Theismann opted to play for the Dolphins instead of the CFL he would have been our starting quarterback in Super Bowl 17, and had Overstreet not gone to the CFL, he would have been our starting running back in all likelihood, and we would have won that game easily.

The Dolphins drafted another guy that never played for us who turned out pretty darn good--Bears safety Gary Fencik, one of the cogs in that great Bears defense of 1985.
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If Theisman had been our QB against the Redskins in Super Bowl 17, we probably would have not been playing the Redskins at all. Theisman was a key part of the Redskins' success and executed their gameplans very well.
 
captaink62 said:
If Theisman had been our QB against the Redskins in Super Bowl 17, we probably would have not been playing the Redskins at all. Theisman was a key part of the Redskins' success and executed their gameplans very well.
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This is true, although with Joe Gibbs' track record of winning Super Bowls with garbage at the quarterback position, he may have found another stiff. The Dolphins were essentially playing without a quarterback in that game, since David Woodley might have been the worst quarterback ever to start in a Super Bowl, and we didn't have a legit running game, only a couple of good role players at the RB position. But even with that handicap, and Washington's oversized OL and bulldozer running attack, we still would have beat them if Bokamper had held onto that batted pass. That Redskins team gets my award for the worst collection of "talent" ever to win a Super Bowl. I have the NFL highlight video for the Redskins' 1982 season, and listening to Jon Facenda tick off the names--Virgil Seay, Don Warren, Clint Didier, Rick "Doc" Walker, Perry Brooks, Tony McGee, Neil Olkewicz, Monte Coleman, Joe Lavender, etc, etc etc, isn't exactly like hearing the names Cliff Branch, Dave Casper, Fred Biletnikoff, Ted Hendricks, Willie Brown, Jack Tatum, etc recited by Facenda's booming voice.
 
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