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I'm one of a few around here who believe that Bill Parcells has spoken, and the days of John Beck being the future of the Miami dolphins are essentially over.

When Miami selected Henne with the 57th pick, they began *again* the new, or next or the new future (you get the idea), era of the dolphins. Since there can be only one future QB of the dolphins and Henne *was* chosen by the current admin and Beck wasn't, it's pretty clear, to me anyway, that Henne will be the future of the team....

Why was this? Well my theory is BP's ego won't let any part of the dolphins turnaround be attributed to his predecessors.... think of it this way even if Beck led the dolphins  to the super bowl people would credit parcells with the turn around, but people would always say/attribute the turning point of the franchise with the Beck selection by randy mueller... So parcells needs to remove all linkage to the past that Beck represents so that he can have sole credit for the upcoming turn around...

Other reasons cited by some for the switch, are Beck's lack of leadership last season, his turnover/fumble issues, and concerns about his hand size and physical build compared to the larger QB's that parcells tends to favor....

Likely we'll never know why Parcells chose not to give Beck a fair shot at QB, but it's clear that with the specter of pick number 57 over his shoulder, even if Beck starts, it'll always be with the understanding that it's just a matter of time before Henne gets his chance.

With the idea in mind that Henne *is* the future of the dolphins, it's best to make the focus of the 2008 dolphins 'the development of Henne'. No one, or not too many rational people, are expecting the dolphins to contend this year since history leads us to believe 1-15 doesn't turn around that quickly. So unlike last season, all effort should be designed to get Henne in games early in the season, at least for some series, and give him some opportunities to succeed and develop a rapport with his team so that he may start a number of games and get some of the needed experience (aka lumps) that will be necessary for him to become a good QB in the not too distant future. Sadly this should be at the expense of J Beck, who impressed me with moxy last pre season, but BP chose not to give him a *fair* shot when he took Henne at #57. There are only a finite number of snaps in a week, and as Cam proved with Beck last season you can't get a rookie ready to play by not giving him any first team snaps until week 8. So even if Henne doesn't start the season as #1 he should get %50, or close to it anyway, of the practice snaps.

Miami needs to know if Henne will be the QB of the future, *this* season, because they need to have a QB before they turn this mess around and if he's not Parcells will need to get one next draft.

So based on this premise, how will the drafting of Beck go down in history? will it be considered a wasted pick on par with the Feely trade? Will it been seen as a good attempt to correct the faults of the huizenga's ownership that just didn't have the time to play out?
Will it be seen as a disaster, because he'll find success elsewhere, or is it just life with the dolphins after Marino?