Injured, but Not Out

Miami found a way to (finally) win at home this season. though this win is one that hurts the most. In their 29-17 victory over the visiting Tennessee Titans, the Miami Dolphins lost, not one, but two of their three quarterbacks for the year. Chad Pennington who was starting for his first time in almost two years shredded his surgically repaired shoulder yet again. That's like the fifteenth time that has happened to the guy. It's over for him. He can't stay healthy and teams, especially teams I follow need to stop depending on him. hire him as a QB coach if you enjoy his teaching abilities, just stop paying him to get hurt.

The starter for the first eight games, Chad Henne, came into the game in relief of the injured Pennington, but he too fell victim to the injury bug. Henne appeared to injure his ankle after getting tackled after throwing a pass late in the third quarter. His status is up in the air, but his seems like his season is over as well.

That left Tyler Thigpen as the only quarterback suited up for the Dolphins. Thigpen was a QB I enjoyed watching in Kansas city and when Miami acquired him, I was ecstatic. He never had an opportunity to start however and has been sitting behind the Chads ever since arriving in Miami. He posted up some nice numbers while he was also subbing for injured QBs in KC. The Chiefs offense was heavily favored in the run game, and Thigpen played poorly under that offense. The coaches decided that Thigpen would play better under the run and gun west coast offense he used while he was playing in college and it worked, as far as stats go.

The Chiefs only won two games the entire season, but when the Chiefs made the change at offense, Thigpen  posted up nice numbers. Tyler had a 84 passer rating when the Chiefs switched their offense around to fit his style. He had 16 Tds and only 8 Ints in that span as well. His worst loss came against the Dolphins where he threw three picks.

Tyler is now the man who will make or break the Dolphins season. He has seven games left and the Dolphins are two games behind the Jets and Patriots, both of which the Dolphins still have to play away from home.

i wanted him to have a chance, and now he does. Please don't mess it up!