2010 Miami Dolphins Pre-Season Perspective II

That quarterback ranking deal is bogus though. I’ll take Rivers over Roethlisberger any day, and I’d take Henne somewhere around 10th maybe. Sam Bradford having an 85% chance of being elite without an offensive line or any weapons? I wonder what they’d say if he had an awesome O-line, an awesome running game, and an awesome WR in Marshall. 20%?

Roethlisberger is one of the best QBs in the league. Aside from his legal mishaps, one could fairly easily argue if he sustains production he’ll have a chance at Canton. I’d say he isn’t quite as marketable as Manning, or flamboyant as Brady, so he’s often overlooked.

For years I had to watch you dig out holes (with Cam it was almost our grave) dug at the beginning of the year. You have a good team to finally go 1-0 to start off on the right foot.

DON"T BLOW THIS FOR US!

If you go up there and pull what you did against ATL the other week, I will be waiting for you at the ariport to personally sh*t kick everyone of you as you step off the plane.

I like it….

He already had questionable arm strength before the shoulder surgeries. That Ram’s pick was so poorly thought out its kinda sad in a way. There is no way he can live up to the kind of money he is making.

September 1, 2007. Greatest College Football upset ever!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA_zeMCnlWY&feature=player_embedded

I judge from what I see and what I see is, Henne having much more potential then these other QB’s rank in front of him. The thing with these writers is that they dont take the time to actually look at film and judge on that. They just look at numbers.

Anyone with common sense and isnt blind, would definately see Henne getting better in the near future. The guy has poise, and is not affected by a bad performance. AKA The Robot. I saw times last year where he would go on streaks and just was on the money with his throws. Times where he threw the ball in tiny windows. Times where he led a comeback. That alone should put him over these other guys.

What I saw in Sanchez and these other guys? Poor consistancy!

I can’t wait until the season start so finally silence all these dumbasses. Geez.

Henne has had a couple of moments as a starter that were really good. But I don’t think he is an “elite” QB yet or even a top 20 QB yet. He still has a lot to learn.

He has the tools to become a top 12 QB in the league IMO. But he also has an anchor that he has to overcome. That anchor is the Parcells / Ireland / Sparano offensive philosophy. I don’t know if they will ever take the reigns off Henne and just let him run. The offensive philosophy as much as anything else could keep Henne from becoming “elite”.

Well done Mosul. Rec’d

My QB list would be:

Elite:

1) P. Manning
2) D. Brees
3) A. Rodgers. I believe he has passed Brady in the past couple of seasons.

4) T. Brady. Last year was a down year, and there have been too many rumblings this year to have him a lock at two anymore

5) M. Shaub. Has been putting crazy numbers up the past few years, and finally got the Texans over the 8-8 hump last year. I expect big things this year.

6) P. Rivers. Has shown his ability to take over games, late. Has lost talent around him, dropping him below Shaub, and Brady.

7) B. Favre. was going to be in the level below, because I don’t believe he will do nearly as well this year, but I can’t ignore what he did last year.

8) T. Romo. Has to prove that he can be more consistent.

9) B.Roethlisburger. Good QB, though decision making at question, on, and off the field.

Chad Pennington:

10) E.Manning. Left on his feet, is quite dangerous. Doesn’t have the line to stay on his feet anymore.

11) J. Flacco. I rate the next three as almost indistinguishable, but Flacco gets the edge, because of his success in the playoffs

12) C. Henne. Started to turn it on last year, but has to make better decisions, to change that abysmal TD/INT ratio.

13) M. Ryan. Matty Ice has done well here in ATL, but I am looking for him to take the next step soon. Can the two above him keep up?

14) C.Palmer. Would have put him above the prior three, but I feel he has been on a steady decline the past few seasons. Maybe TO changes that, maybe TO takes 85 off his game. We will see

15) A.Smith. Started out shakey, but has turned it around, and has a deadly receiving corps, to go along with that bruiser behind him.

16) K.Orton. For all he was lambasted in CHI town, the guy won games. He is the quintessential example of this group.

17) J.Cutler. Talented player, who can’t seem to get his head right. Makes stupid decisions that lead to TO’s. In a system where he will be POUNDED into the dirt. may not last half the season.

18) V.Young. Had a shaky start, but showed what he can do last season, and has been balls out this summer.

19) M.Stafford. Has the tools, has the weapons. DO SOMETHING with them.

20) K.Kolb. Would be ranked higher if he had ever PLAYED.lol. Two games don’t tell the whole story. Show me what you got, kid

21) J.Campbell. Got a raw deal in Washington, fell into a situation with better talent around him.

22) D.McNabb. Couldn’t get it done with better talent, how will he do it with less?

Hit or Miss:

23) M.Sanchez. Call me a homer, but he hasn’t shown me anything.

24) S.Bradford. Won’t put a rookie on the worst team in the league higher, until I see something.

25) J.Freeman. I actually like this guy, and think he will do well. I just can’t move him up until I see it.

26) D.Garrard. Better than his receiving corps let him be. Gotta have more than MSW, and MJD to pass to.

27) M.Cassel. Given a lot of praise by a last place team. Show me you belong in the NFL

28) M.Hasselbeck. His last season as a Starter, if he doesn’t turn it around

29) M.Moore. Here’s your shot, kid. Got a first rounder behind you, looking for your job

30) D.Anderson. AKA Not Matt Leinart. Skelton will start next year

31) T.Edwards. Got benched last year

32) J.Delhomme. He did too.

comparative analysis like this or these. the nfl website today has us playing the most difficult schedule this year, something we’ve talked about already. chad will have some good seasoning.
just managed to watch the replay of pre-season 3 w/ hawks and while i take it that we “stunk,” it didn’t seem quite as unpromising as i was prepared for.

Henne’s detractors bring up his inexperience and youth when stating that he’s a big question mark this season?

What the hell is wrong with people? Is Mark Sanchez not years younger and far less experienced on a football level as a whole (not to mention a whole year’s worth of NFL seasons)? Are media not smoking his pole? I do not understand how Henne is too young and unseasoned, and this makes the Dolphins too big an “if” to pick to win the division.. yet Sanchez is just right and looking poised to lead the Yets to a SB berth.

Am I the only one who’s seen Mark’s awful decisions this preseason?

practically speaking I think it is best to just have groups rather than have individual rankings.

I mean essentially guys like Stafford, Freeman, Henne, Sanchez, etc are really all in the same group….iow, young guys who have potential but who are very early in their careers. It Although we all have our opinions, it is silly to say one guy or another is conclusively better based on not even 16 games worth of experience. Clayton should know better.

Then there are just a large group of QB’s that you’d say are mid-tier….serviceable QB’s that can play competently, even brilliantly for short stretches, but will never be able to carry a team…Alex Smith, Kyle Orton, Hasselback

After watching some of our issues this preseason, I’m concerned about going to Buffalo and laying an egg. Remember, they beat us the 2nd time around last year. Spiller appears to be the real deal, and our line is not creating holes right now — and Buffalo’s lone defensive strength is their secondary, so it might come down to Henne airing it out and our defense containing Spiller and company. I certainly think we should win this game, but I also could see us losing it in the 4th quarter