A theory

[YoFuggedaboutit]

Maybe he was BEFORE his knee was turned into beef lo mein.

He'll recover from that knee injury.  Willis McGahee is proof that those types of knee injuries aren't what they used to be. 

[Brian Fein]

Maybe he was BEFORE his knee was turned into beef lo mein.

I think it was more of a roast port chow mein...  mmm - chinese food...

[bsfins]

He'll recover from that knee injury. Willis McGahee is proof that those types of knee injuries aren't what they used to be.

Two tottally Different people,two tottally different situations...

Willis Mcgahee is now 3 years out from the injury.....Willis didn't play that first Season....

[Phishfan]

Don't you people remember?

We've been there and done that.  Ray Lucas and Jay Fielder switched alot during Ray's early days, which is why everyone wanted to see him start.

That worked out really well.

I wouldn't say they switched a lot. The guy had a total of 3 passes and 8 running attempts in his first season. People wanted him to start because he had an excellent preseason his second year with the team and actually outplayed Fiedler during that time.

[crazy_scar_man]

Culpepper is no longer a running quarterback, except for quarterback sneaks near the goal line.

Even before his knee injury, his rushing yards were way down.

[Dave Gray]

Culpepper is no longer a running quarterback, except for quarterback sneaks near the goal line.

Even before his knee injury, his rushing yards were way down.

Word.  The kind of QB that he'll have to be to succeed here will be different than he's been before.  That's part of the risk.   He's going to have to make up for his legs by cutting down on his INT and fumble numbers and playing smarter.

[DanDaMan13]

The Dolphins of the early 80's did just that.  David Woodley was the starter, but he was inconsistent, so Don Strock would relieve him.  It happened so often that it became a two QB system known as Woodstrock. 

When they got shut down in the '82 Super Bowl, Shula broke it up.  Sent Woodley packing, made Strock strictly a backup QB, and drafted Dan the Man.

Actually, you have that a little out of text. It is true the Dolphins used 2 Qb's in the 1982 SB season, nicknamed "Woodstrock".  At the start of the '83 season, Don Shula said he had to start David Woodley because he just helped lead us to the Super Bowl. His play was inconsistent and the Dolphins stood at 3-2 after 5 games. Shula started Marino in the 6th game & he went 7-2 as a starter. The Dolphins stood at 10-4 after 14 games. Marino hurt his knee @ Houston and Don Strock started the last 2 games of the season, winning both. The Dolphins went 12-4 on the season winning the division in effect using 3 different Qb's!!! Woodley, Strock, & Marino were for that 1 season all on the same team together.
Woodley was later sent to Pittsburgh where he & Marino faced off in 1984 @ Pittsburgh, with the Dolphins winning that game & Marino probably thinking..... I took your job!!! The way you have it stated is that Woodley never was a part of the '83 team, & they drafted Marino straight in as starter, with Strock as his backup & that's not correct. The above scenario is relatively correct. I don't remember exactly when Woodley was dumped, but, you have to figure he was there at least half of the '83 season because he did start 5 full games & that's almost half the season.

[run_to_win]

Year   Player   Cmp/Att   comp %   -   Yds   yd/c   -   TDs   TD %   -   Ints   Int %   -   Rating
1980   David Woodley   176/327   53.8%   -   1850   10.5   -   14   4.28%   -   17   5.20%   -   63.1
1980   Bob Griese......   61/100   61.0%   -   790   13.0   -   6   6.00%   -   4   4.00%   -   89.2
1980   Don Strock......   30/62   48.4%   -   313   10.4   -   1   1.61%   -   5   8.06%   -   35.2

1981   David Woodley   191/366   52.2%   -   2470   12.9   -   12   3.28%   -   13   3.55%   -   69.8
1981   Don Strock......   79/130   60.8%   -   901   11.4   -   6   4.62%   -   7   5.38%   -   74.6

1982   David Woodley   98/179   54.7%   -   1080   11.0   -   5   2.79%   -   8   4.47%   -   63.5
1982   Don Strock......   30   -   55   54.5%   -   306   10.2   -   2   3.64%   -   5   9.09%   -   45.0

1983   Dan Marino......   173/296   58.4%   -   2210   12.8   -   20   6.76%   -   6   2.03%   -   96.0
1983   Don Strock......   34/52   65.4%   -   403   11.9   -   4   7.69%   -   1   1.92%   -   106.5
1983   David Woodley   43/89   48.3%   -   528   12.3   -   3   3.37%   -   4   4.49%   -   59.6

[YoFuggedaboutit]

Actually, you have that a little out of text. It is true the Dolphins used 2 Qb's in the 1982 SB season, nicknamed "Woodstrock".  At the start of the '83 season, Don Shula said he had to start David Woodley because he just helped lead us to the Super Bowl. His play was inconsistent and the Dolphins stood at 3-2 after 5 games. Shula started Marino in the 6th game & he went 7-2 as a starter. The Dolphins stood at 10-4 after 14 games. Marino hurt his knee @ Houston and Don Strock started the last 2 games of the season, winning both. The Dolphins went 12-4 on the season winning the division in effect using 3 different Qb's!!! Woodley, Strock, & Marino were for that 1 season all on the same team together.
Woodley was later sent to Pittsburgh where he & Marino faced off in 1984 @ Pittsburgh, with the Dolphins winning that game & Marino probably thinking..... I took your job!!! The way you have it stated is that Woodley never was a part of the '83 team, & they drafted Marino straight in as starter, with Strock as his backup & that's not correct. The above scenario is relatively correct. I don't remember exactly when Woodley was dumped, but, you have to figure he was there at least half of the '83 season because he did start 5 full games & that's almost half the season.

You're right.  I mistakenly left out the fact that Woodley was a starter for the first five games of 1983.  I should say '83 was his "phasing out".