After watching the game a little closer today on NFL Channel…

QB’s – Agree that I think both Beck and Henne “managed” the game nicely. Reading quotes in some of the papers and such about how Beck did nothing but checkdown, etc. is a complete joke. Who cares if he dumps off to Grigsby who gains 15 yards on the play or if he fires a bullet over the middle to Ginn for a 15 yard gain? Take what the defense gives you and that is the impression I got from Beck. (Get used to it as that is what you will see from Pennington) I think Henne looked very confident and has a gun. REALLY want to see him with the first team o-line against a first team defense. (Even Sparano said that he kept the first team o-line in there last night when Henne came in so they both had the same opportunity.) McCown did not impress at all in my mind. Folks made a deal about him playing with the 3rd stringers, etc. Well, so did Chris Simms and he didn’t struggle when he came in…

RB’s – Ricky looked really good. Not worried too much about Ronnie as – if you remember – he didn’t exactly light the world on fire last year in the pre-season either. Parmale runs real hard and Cobb also knows he is in a fight for his job.

WR’s – Kircus looked like the only one who can get separation. We need to find a way to get Ginn the ball in space. Bess looked good catching the ball as well. FOr everyone ripping Wilford on his drops – one of them was a bad throw by Henne if you watch again.

Defense – First team D-LIne played well, especially without Holliday and Porter. Ferguson is a beast and Langford and Merling really looked exciting. (This will be a strength for this team late in the season as these guys get experience.) A lot was made of Bennett’s rushing stats, but he was in the game into the 4th qtr and a lot of his yds came in the 2nd half, so not sure I would be too excited here. Great to see Bell back on the field, he made several plays last night and should have had an INT that hit him in the numbers.

Special Teams – Looks like they will use Ginn like the Redskins used to use Darrell Green on punt returns – put him in when you need something exciting to happen or you have field position. Feeley better get back on the field soon…..

Great comments by LCFF, hotrod, azphinner, and Matty… I watched most of the game and I basically agree with what’s been said. There will be an interesting battle at QB, and I agree that McCown should be the odd man out. I can’t imagine them keeping 4 qbs or them cutting Beck, Henne, or Pennington (since he’s a “Parcells” guy). I think that Parcells and co. would love to pick the brain of Pennington about the Jets’ offense moving into the regular season. While cutting Beck is somewhat realistic (read earlier reports), I think it would be a foolish move and this regime should know that. Admittedly, I’m a Beck fan, I like guys who play smart and that’s mostly what Beck did tonight, and those fullback checkdowns appeared to be designed plays to see if the fullbacks could catch and make something happen (and were successful I might add). He probably shouldn’t have taken that sack by Barber but at least he showed some poise and didn’t throw an INT but stayed in the pocket and made the smart play. This is preseason and we can’t take a lot from it, but this defense looks charged up behind Crowder and I think we’ll see them return to form and not repeat last years debaucle. I’ve been a lifetime Dolphins fan and am finally excited for what may be, even if this year ends up somewhat of a disappointment, because I think the core of this team has some growing/gelling to do and could be a force for years to come. We should all be pretty excited about some stability, even if we have to wait for our franchise QB to emerge (which I think will likely be either Beck or Henne- and Henne has the edge for this brief moment)...

With the time Henne had to throw and against TB’s 2nd team D,anything less than what he did would have me worried..he looked ok but he should have under those circumstances.

Pretty obvious the throws to the FB’s were scripted and Beck executed them as he should have but you could really tell the difference between TB’s 1st team D and their 2nd team because Henne’s throwing lanes were WIDE OPEN and so was Kircus..our OLine needs a lot of time together and hopefully they will become a solid unit.

Beck did good overall but I think he did great considering what happened to him last year and when he realizes he can trust the OLine…he should do very well.

I like McCown as a person but he simply has to go..hes had 6 years and it just isnt going to work out for him.

Ricky = STUD

Our 1st team D looked pretty good…liked J.Allen diving to bat that pass down and the 2 rook’s looked very good.

Fields looked good and I didn’t really see what Omar was talking about when he said how slooooooow he was getting his punts off..who knows.

Carpenter looked good last night but I didnt see any touchbacks and we know that Feeley is very consistent so unless Carpenter can give us touchbacks it would seem even or advantage Feeley given his proven consistency over the long haul.

I expected our Special Teams to look a lot better than they did.

I didnt expect world beaters given a new coach,system,multiple players etc. and I know this will take time but we seem to have a REAL problem at WR.

I like the PIS approach and so I’ll be very patient and trust them to right this ship…probably going to be 3 years but I’m ok with that as long as mediocre doesnt become the norm again.

coz i missed it. From what im hearing beck played well though

Ughh! You are really making visiting this site a waste of time. Yeah, you post frequently, which is why I like to check out what’s the latest…but your biases are blinding your judgements. And even when the rook outplays the vet Beck, you still twist what happened into Beck didn’t do “too bad” and Henne didn’t do “too good”. Barf.

Last year,after Becks 3rd start,the “gurus” were already bashing him to which Dan replied “Hey,I walked into a great situation,we had a great line and good receivers so its WAY TO EARLY to expect much!”.

I’m not the brightest person in the world but some of you guys are truly amazing.

You seem to think that regardless of personnel,a QB should be able to light up the scoreboard even if he has minimal to no time to throw it and when he does have time no WR has seperation…you say “dink and dunk and always checking down” but were he to try and force a pass where there simply isnt anything and throw an INT then it would be “Hes an INT machine!”

Some people even blamed Bradys subpar performance in the SB on his foot when in reality,NY was in his face all night and didn’t give him time to read and when he did have time,the deep routes were covered and the best he could do was short “checkdowns” and he looked below average.

Im in no way comparing Brady and Beck, but I am comparing two QB’s who look mediocre at best given the same circumstances.

When some of you see a QB take a three step drop,pat the ball two or three times as he surveys the field,step up into the pocket and deliver a laser to a wide open receiver downfield for a TD do you think to yourselves..”That QB is freakin’ awesome dude!”...do you also brag and gloat about Montana,Aikman or Bradshaws SB rings and never even look at the OLine and receivers and backs those teams had?Of course you don’t..I dont know why but it is what it is.

Pennington is a very capable QB and has proven hes NFL material so NOW you will be able to accurately gauge how good or bad the OLine and WR’s and other QB’s are…If CP can sit back there all day against 1st team D’s and pick them apart when others cant THEN you can say a particular QB sucks, but if he seems to play poorly then just maybe the light will turn on and you will realize that any average QB with time and weapons looks great but even those labled great look mediocre without time and weapons.

No one knows who will pan out and who won’t within the next two or three years but you’re wasting your time looking for “the next Marino” because until Miami gets a dominate OLine and a very good receiving corp,you will be looking for him until the day you die only to be disappointed year after year and still saying “Our QB sucks!”