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In 2008 the Dolphins' two very best gamers,Dan Marino Jersey, Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams, played exactly the same position of running back. To remedy this the coaching employees introduced the Wildcat offense for the pro game. Brown would line up as quarterback and he would have the alternative of operating it himself, handing it off to Williams,Ray Rice Jersey, or (sometimes) throw the ball.
As instruction camp opens, I sense the Dolphins coaches may well want to devise another ingenius situation involving two gamers who share the same position (and name). Two many years ago Chad Pennington was Miami's quarterback,Bo Jackson Jersey, top the group to a division title. He cemented himself as the considering man's quarterback,Troy Polamalu Jersey, the ultimate winner,Joe Flacco Jersey, the all-time leader in completion percentage in NFL background. Then came 2009.
The Dolphins have been 0-2 playing in San Diego when Pennington's throwing shoulder was torn asunder. Chad Henne,Hermes Outlet, the Dolphins' second-round pick from the prior year,Jake Long Jersey, came in to the game. He stunk it up costing the Dolphins the game,Bruce Smith Jersey, but then Pennington had season-ending surgical treatment. Henne, meanwhile,Marcell Dareus Jersey, had his mythical come-from-behind Monday Evening victory against the New York Jets. He could not miss. He was throwing passes that went additional than 20 yards. Comparisons were being created to Dan Marino.
Henne played the rest in the season. He had his ups and he had his downs. He could play with self-assurance figuring out there was no one else on the roster who could conceivably replace him. The Dolphins went on a playoff run that failed at the end,Tom Brady Jersey, and Henne earned himself the commencing quarterback position for that 2010 season. Henne's got a cannon for an arm, a new A-List receiver in Brandon Marshall, a telepathic rapport with one more receiver in Brian Hartline. It seems like nothing can go wrong. But what when the Dolphins go on a three-game losing streak capped by a five-turnover game by Henne?
Dolphins coach Tony Sparano says a surgically repaired Pennington is simply fighting for the back-up position. But when Henne fails, wouldn't the temptation be to let the steady, veteran two-time comeback player with the year Chad Pennington have the likelihood to win his third award? Or perhaps they are going to come up having a new offense where Henne will line up at center.
-- DAVID ROLLAND
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