Since Dan Marino retired in 1999, the Dolphins have had the most unstable quarterback situation in the NFL. From 2000-2004, it was Jay Fiedler, who went 36-23 as a starter, but carried them nowhere in the playoffs. In 2005, Gus Frerotte was already washed up when they got him; it was Daunte Culpepper, who played three games, then Cleo Lemon, led the team to a 1-15 record last year. They also had Ray Lucas, Brian Griese, AJ Feeley, Sage Rosenfels, Joey Harrington and John Beck.
In the post Dan Marino era, the Dolphins are 61-57, but in the last two seasons, they are 7-25. This year, the team has a wide-open quarterback spot.
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It is between 2nd year man John Beck, veteran Josh McCown and rookie Chad Henne. Right now, McCown has the edge simply because of experience.
McCown has been on three teams in the last three seasons. He went from Arizona to Detroit— Detroit to Oakland— Oakland to Miami. His best year was in 2004, when he had 2511 yards, 11 touchdowns and 10 interceptions.
He has never played 16 games in a season. The Dolphins are also without Cam Cameron, who was fired by the Dolphins and signed with Baltimore. Cameron was the Dolphins head coach last year and will be the Ravens offensive coordinator.
Despite a bad offense last year, Cameron is considered one of the best offensive coordinators. He was “OC” for the Chargers when LaDainian Tomlinson broke out for 1,800 yards and 28 touchdowns and when Philip Rivers proved all his doubters wrong.
I believe Beck gets the job. Since playing 14 games in 2004, McCown has averaged seven games per season. In 2007, Beck had 3,885 yards, 32 TD and nine INT for BYU as a senior. I'm not saying Beck will do incredibly well, but I believe he starts in week one.
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4 months ago
It's Jay Fiedler not AJ Feeley.
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AJ Feeley was also a Dolphins quarterback for a a season, not to mention Trent Green, Ray Lucas, Joey Harrington, Sage Rosenfels, and Brian Griese - all who were mysteriously left off a list that included Daunte Culpepper (3 games).
Also, "offensive coordinator" Cam Cameron was the head coach, and he didn't just sign with the Ravens. He was fired from the Dolphins.
And Josh McCown wasn't traded to the Dolphins, he signed with them and with the Detroit Lions.
There is some serious fact-checking that needs to happen.
4 months ago
...also I hope they give Beck a shot. We already know what McCown is. If Beck falls on his face, then you can switch to McCown...until Henne is ready. And oh god, don't start the Favre talks.
4 months ago
Jacob... it's both actually. Fiedler started for awhile... then A.J. Feeley was mixed into the lineup in 2004, both earning starts.
4 months ago
Dis is Alex from Miami I think they should give Beck a chance to I mean we do know what Josh can do and for god sakes he can't even play a whole season I think Beck walks into Training Camp and Win and earn the starting QB position for Miami
4 months ago
I think the Fish only need a temporary stop-gap QB to run the offense for the first 4-6 games of the season so that the coaches can find out the team's strengths/weaknesses and the green QB's can get their feet wet. I'm not counting Beck's experience last year--it was a wash. Besides, he's in a new system this year, and it's his first training camp where he actually thinks he has a chance to be the starter.
McCown will be fine as a starter for the first month of the season or so. As long as he doesn't fumble! The Dolphins only need him to be careful with the ball and hand it off to Ricky. Once October rolls around, Ronnie should be 100%, and hopefully John Beck or Chad Henne will be ready to take over. I figure that's about the time McCown either breaks a finger or pisses Sparano off bad enough to move to the bench full-time.
4 months ago
It seems to me, that the dolphins would try and feel the QB position with a solid draft pick. Henne will be the one to lead the dolphins.
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