With the season-ending “capsule” injury to Chad Pennington and the Miami Dolphins’ subsequent acquisition of the almost-awesomely-named Tyler Thigpen, the focus turns to second-year quarterback Chad Henne, who will get his first career start against Buffalo in the Sunshine State on Sunday.
Henne was a four-year starter at Michigan. He completed 59 percent of his passes. Bill Parcells liked him enough to draft him. All of those things speak well of his ability to step in and perform competently, especially after a week of preparing as the gameday starter. Oh, and they’re playing the Bills and their Pop Warner offense. But breaking in a new QB is the least of Miami’s issues.
Everyone knows the problems with this offense. The receivers stink, Tony Fasano is MIA, etc….But the strength of Henne is his arm strength, we keep being told. And Ted Ginn Jr. has streaked open down the field a few times this year and never been hit. That’s the pass Henne can hit. That’s the one that can change a game.
It’s why Henne really should be a better fit for this offense than Pennington. But saying he’s a better fit doesn’t mean he’s a better quarterback. He’s got to show that. –Dave Hyde.
We’ll see what Miami can muster as the Jets start running away with the AFC East. At 0-3, Miami is already hard-pressed to repeat as division champs. Henne might not be playing to salvage the season, but only to position himself for 2010. also.
Wild Card weekend shot its wad on Saturday, leaving us a pair of miserable Sunday games. Quick caps:
Suck-Off winner is a tie between Pennington and T-Jack. Pennington’s numbers were worse (4 INTs), but man oh man, it blows my mind that Tarvaris Jackson in an NFL quarterback. He is horrible.
Chad Pennington and Kellen Clemens are waging a training camp battle to win the starting quarterback job for the New York Jets. After one practice, Chad and his magical noodle arm are in the lead, for no other reason than he knows how to call a coin flip.
Offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer flipped a coin Monday and asked Chad Pennington to call it in the air. The winner would earn the right to work with the first-team offense on the opening day of organized team activities.
“Chad called heads and I thought I had a good chance because I’m a guy that generally calls tails,” Kellen Clemens said Thursday after the Jets’ third OTA session, but first open to the media. “It was heads all the way.”
Hey, that worked out well for Cleveland last year. Sure, the evil coin of doom told them to go with Charlie Frye. But it only cost them one loss before they found their quarterback of the future in Derek Anderson.
Didn't Clemens go through the trouble of getting his kid blessed by the pope last month? Lotta good sucking up to the big guy did for you, buddy. I mean, you're already on the Jets. You'd had to already know you weren't dealing with a benevolent creator.
