He played through the pain. No question about that. When a knee injury cost quarterback Chad Henne to miss two games last year, and when a dislocated shoulder sidelined him for another, the Dolphins' rookie wouldn't let the setbacks stifle his senior season at Michigan in its entirety. So he came back. Again. And again. ''For five games, I had to get injections [in the right shoulder] just to numb it up and try to play through it,'' Henne said Friday. ``I definitely didn't have the velocity on the ball or the accuracy that I'm used to. ``Hopefully, that toughness can carry on, and hopefully, I won't have an injury like that again.'' At this point, that could prove to be one of the most important questions for Henne to answer as he arrives in South Florida as the second quarterback in as many years taken by the Dolphins in the second round of the NFL Draft: Did his ability to play through two significant injuries prove Henne has the toughness to succeed in a league that doesn't have sympathy for soft quarterbacks? Or will an injury-prone senior season simply foreshadow an injury-prone NFL career? link to rest of story http://www.miamiherald.com/616/story/519241.html
Chad is one tough football player thats for sure. Nice to hear that he's looking good after Day 1. Im torn here though, I like Henne because he's from Michigan and ive watched him the last 4 years, but I like Beck to. Hopefully the QB job comes down to one of them. Id be happy either way, and at the same time sad. However, once we start winning... its all good!
For five games, I had to get injections [in the right shoulder] just to numb it up and try to play through it,'' Henne said Friday. ``I definitely didn't have the velocity on the ball or the accuracy that I'm used to. ``Hopefully, that toughness can carry on, and hopefully, I won't have an injury like that again.'' Sounds like a tough kid......
No need to have mixed emotions Brandon. Hopefully both have a great camp and we are in good hands regardless of who starts. If thats the case, this is a win/win for Miami. And after what we've been through since Marino, we could certainly use a mainstay at QB.