about Henne.

We have to see what he can do. Hopefully he gets a bunch of carries and catches.

Also, I don’t like the idea of saying a certain team is better than the Dolphins. We know what we have; a young talented team that has been coached by a very good coaching staff. Certainly we can get a nice win against New England or Pittsburg, but the key is to not slip up in the other games. 10 wins is doable.

I was suprised he didn’t get more carries in the game.

I cant wait to see what we have in these players for the future. Yea its gonna be tough, and winning 10 games or 11 is going to be extremely hard! This team has showed me they will fight every game there is! I’m excited to see what Henne does these final games. He really has the makings of a solid qb in this league. I hope Henning opens the playbook for him. The loss of Ronnie will of course hurt. But Ricky will be Ricky, he’s nasty and frankly is just as good as ronnie. The X Factor is Lex Hilliard. If he can pitch in 8-10 carries of 40 yards. We will be in contention. On the defensive side. It’s anybody’s guess. I think we need to bring more blitz packages to offset our secondary. If we give a qb more than 4-5 seconds to look.. Were screwed! We need to be more aggresive on D.We have nothing to lose!

There’s alot of “If’s” in there. But if we can control the ball, not make dumb turnovers we can be very successful. While, I’m not overly excited about this bunch! I see extreme optimism in this team’s future! I expected the phins to be 8-8 or 9-7. But to have a chance to be 10-6 with our schedule?! I’m extremely happy! Go Phins..What do you think?

that last second comeback doesnt happen if Henne doesnt throw

yes – he had a good game but it was far from outstanding…

lets not forget on the big run Joey was 7 yards in the backfield and they ran right to the hole he created by getting so deep into the backfield.

and on the reverse field play – joey had backside contain and for some reason ran behind (williams?) 7-9 yards deep… had joey held his ground, instead of trying to “sneak” up behind the runner – the play would have been stuffed for a loss.

on top of that he seems to have a dissapperance issue in the 4th quarter… So give Cam some more PT … and let joey go all out on those passing downs…. but otherwise i’d rather see JT, Roth, Wake, & Anderson on the field….

BTW: nother nice game for that 5-2 Henne kid.

It will be tough to make the playoffs, but you gotta love the spirit of this team. We need to start with a win in Buffalo before we look ahead as i feel this game will be closer then people think.

1) Lex has shown he can spell Ricky, we need to give him 10-15 carries a game if possible. It also helps to tell us if he is a keeper for the next few years or not

2) If i am not mistaken, Ferg had as much tackles by end of the Panthers game as all of last season (can someone confirm?). That is a big loss.

Don’t like Starks their since he has been playing excellent at DE. Would rather a rotation of McDaniel, Solai, and why not Merling? since he can’t much reps otherwise. We will need Crowder to step up big in stopping the run.

3) The way Brady/Moss/Welker are playing, i just can’t see it. I hope we win all rest and we can beat the Steelers. We will need big returns from Ginn (Steelers has given up tons of return TDs), and hope we get them in an off day. They are a very different team without their Superman , Troy P at SS (as observed from the Chiefs yesterday)

5) Wake needs to play on passing downs.

6) Interested to see that too, though happy to see Henne not lose games (like Sanchez for example). This is what the coaches are asking him to do. Though if we are out of contention, would like to see us air it out and see if he can win a game for us through the air. The guy has good potential and we need to build around him, starting with a true #1 WR

If we control the game,then our guys will be more comfortable..We cant afford to play"catch-up" ball cuz thats really not what we do…We have the man power to score points,but less power to stop the points. Work the clock,great field position, and scoring on most drives will keep this season alive…..Tough all around,the parity in the league is tightening..just ask Cincy and Pitt.

1)ricky can carry the load- he’s a franchise back
2)we will defintely miss fergie in the middle, he’s an anchor out there
3)QB play holds us back from beating the better teams in the league
4)hopefully the rookies will continue to improve not the other way around
5)wake should be given the green light, he’s a playmaker
6)henne is not quite ready for the primetime…yet

ya only 2 3rd down conversions on the final game winning drive. what a bum! he should be banished to the gutter cause he should have converted 30 3rd down conversions on that drive! alot of backhanded henne praise on this site. he also didnt save a baby from a burning building this week…

Go TITANS! Houston is one of 3 teams ahead of us in the wildcard hunt so let’s hope they lose to Tennessee this evening.

That said, some other things:

Ricky is the primary back now, like it or not, but I would try to get Hilliard 5-12 carries/game

Fins have to beat teams w/better records to get in the playoffs & we have more chances: NE, Houston, Pittsburgh, Jax

Ferg’s absence will be noted, not against Buffalo/NE, but against Tenn., Jax it will be.

Wake needs to play more, period.

Rookie wall also applies to QB’s as they slow down too (see 08 Matt Ryan). I think Henne, Smith, Davis will be what they have been to this point, very solid & promising.

Heck of a job by Chad Henne so far. He’s been a consummate pro. He’ll get plenty of chances to win games, keep building his confidence, develop the receiving corps and it will happen.

The UFL ends this month and everyone from there is fair game. Maybe we can pick up a decent NT….

to earn the respect he knows he would already have if he hadn’t shot himself in the foot so often. His retirement is looming just 14 months away, and he definitely feels like he’s got some unfinished business to take care of. I think we can safely assume Ricky has lit a fire under his own ass at this point. He is the last thing we need to worry about as long as he’s healthy.

Ferg is gonna be missed. Might translate to 50 – 75 yds a game of offence allowed, due to reduced rotation of the rest of the line and his solid year so far (already better than last year). Means our offence is gonna have to step up more and stay in the hunt and not get behind.

Can we beat a team better than us? Damn good question. We’ve been close,…but.

Cam Wake? How much does he have to do to get to the top of the pecking order? Let Joey rest, and spell Cam occasionally. Not visa versa.

Yeah, I think Henne is a winner right now. That game against Carolina was his most complete so far. He progressed a lot decision-wise not taking sacks, locating throws in traffic, read progressions. He put it all together. He’s not as good as he’s gonna be, but I’m not bettin any of my money against him, know what I mean?

for training ch7 and giving him the knowledge of the game, i think the comebacks against ny jets(mnf) and tampa don’t happen without cp10 mentoring chad henne, even though henne has a calmness about him i think cp10 taught him how to maintain his poise through the ups and downs of a game.

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Haven’s been posting in a while. So here goes my normal contrary self.

1) Ricky Williams had four less yards from scrimmage and the same number of touchdowns with 46 less touches than Brown going into the week of Brown’s injury.

So the question was never “if” Ricky can be elite. He was elite. In fact, from what I’ve watched this season, Ricky was our best running back. Now he’s getting the touches.

On the flip side the wear will add up. But I think Hilliard will continue to develop and you will probably see him get 10 plus touches against the Bills as part of his development. He has ball control issues, but with some more reps in practice and a increase load against the Bills he may emerge as a viable backup, getting Ricky down beneath the twenty carry mark.

In fact I was more than a little bothered by a certain metric imposed on Ricky’s carries the other night. “Minus the 49 yard touchdown run” and Ricky doesn’t have blah blah. Minus that run, one Ronnie might have been caught in, and the Phins may lose that game.

2) Chad Henne… Seriously? Tampa Bay? jets? Have you seen our receivers? Chad Henne (Spartacus Cannonarm) has shown everything you want to see in a young QB. Poise, toughness and oh yeah, a 5-2 record. Yes his bonehead play in the Tampa game almost cost the Phins the game (I watched it mere yards away from it – breaking my heart on so many levels). But there are not many guys who come out and make that drive with 1:16 left on the clock after a mistake like that and a muffed kick. All momentum was going the Bucs way.

Chad Henne was the only guy who wasn’t told that though. And we won. Yay!

Other than that the rookie wall might already be in place for Smith, who seems too “relaxed” at times for me.

And Cam Wake needs snaps. He is going to be a good player, I feel pretty sure about that. The only downside I’ve seen to Wake is that when he gets blocked, he gets killed. Pancaked.

Though the guy is back on his feet in mere seconds.

Last: Soliai has improved a ton. In fact he is a good young player. If he is healthy I think we’re fine on that department. We just can’t afford to lose Grove or one of the O-line guys.