The Miami Dolphins have a quarterback situation in flux.
In 2009, Chad Henne looked like a future star. He showed in 2010 that may not be the case. For the second year in a row, Henne threw more interceptions than touchdowns as Miami lost four of the last five games he played in. The game the Dolphins won, against the Jets, Henne completed 27.8 percent of his passes.
So Henne basically himself out of being the quarterback of the future for Miami. As The Phinsider notes today, though, that Henne should be given a season under new offensive coordinator Brian Daboll.
Dolphins general manager Jeff Ireland may tend to agree. On 790-AM in Miami today, Ireland said Henne is "on pace with some of the slower-developing QBs in the NFL."
Miami may be off the board for a first-round QB
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”Right now, until we have the opportunity to address it, (
) is our quarterback,” Ireland said. “I’m not giving up on the guy.”
The Dolphins also have
,
and
on the roster. None seem like the kind of players who can lead a franchise.
To do that, it may be time for the Dolphins to use a first-round pick on a quarterback. Miami hasn’t done that since drafting Dan Marino 27th overall in 1983.
However, the Dolphins currently hold the 15th overall pick in the first round. If they stay in that spot, both
and
may be gone. After that, they’d be looking at
and
, quarterbacks who may be riskier than the highly polarizing Newton.
So maybe it will be another year for Henne in Miami and the Phins will look quarterback early in 2012.
For more on Miami’s quarterback situation, make sure to check out The Phinsider.
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