Football Sparano's thoughts on Thigpen

NIUhuskies · 10-02-2009, 04:01 PM

didnt see this posted yet...sorry if i missed it

(On if he, Bill Parcells, and Jeff Ireland saw something they especially liked in QB Tyler Thigpen) - "Yes, I think all three of us did. In preparation for Kansas City last year, obviously you're doing your film work, but I watched a bunch of tape on him prior to that. I don't really know what Bill and Jeff watched one way or the other. But in that week - I know they spent a lot of time in the last couple days watching a lot of tape. From my end, it was more the preparation week getting ready to play Kansas City and see what he could do there, and then what he did during the course of that ballgame and so on. I think that you look at him, and when he got the opportunity, I believe Brodie Croyle went down, and he got the opportunity to play and started a little bit slow. But then all-of-a-sudden - I want to say it was against the Jets - [he] had a really good ballgame against the Jets. Had a high percentage of completions and then it just started to continue to get better and better."

(On Thigpen's mobility) - "I like his mobility, I like his arm strength, really smart kid. Tough kid, tough competitor, a lot along the lines of the three quarterbacks that we had. You could certainly say that about Chad Pennington, certainly could say that about Henne, and about Pat White. I think those are all qualities that they have."

(On how similar the Dolphins offense is to Kansas City's and how long it should take Thigpen to assimilate into the offense) - "I would say that this offense is about 65/70% similar. I would think formationally we're pretty similar, how we call our protections are pretty similar. Just that Todd [Haley] and I have been together, maybe when Todd went to Arizona and he was with Kenny [Whisenhunt], that was a little different, but Kenny fell from a similar tree there too and had some of that background with the Jets and some of those people. I think it's similar, not completely. So I would say it's going to help speed up the amount of time that it takes to prepare him."

(On where Thigpen is on the depth chart) - "He's third right now. I don't know where that will be when we get to game day, we'll see. And I wouldn't tell you [laughter]."

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NIUhuskies Veteran Join Date: May 2005 Location: Chicago, IL Casino cash: $8415050	Sparano's thoughts on Thigpen didnt see this posted yet...sorry if i missed it (On if he, Bill Parcells, and Jeff Ireland saw something they especially liked in QB Tyler Thigpen) - "Yes, I think all three of us did. In preparation for Kansas City last year, obviously you're doing your film work, but I watched a bunch of tape on him prior to that. I don't really know what Bill and Jeff watched one way or the other. But in that week - I know they spent a lot of time in the last couple days watching a lot of tape. From my end, it was more the preparation week getting ready to play Kansas City and see what he could do there, and then what he did during the course of that ballgame and so on. I think that you look at him, and when he got the opportunity, I believe Brodie Croyle went down, and he got the opportunity to play and started a little bit slow. But then all-of-a-sudden - I want to say it was against the Jets - [he] had a really good ballgame against the Jets. Had a high percentage of completions and then it just started to continue to get better and better." (On Thigpen's mobility) - "I like his mobility, I like his arm strength, really smart kid. Tough kid, tough competitor, a lot along the lines of the three quarterbacks that we had. You could certainly say that about Chad Pennington, certainly could say that about Henne, and about Pat White. I think those are all qualities that they have." (On how similar the Dolphins offense is to Kansas City's and how long it should take Thigpen to assimilate into the offense) - "I would say that this offense is about 65/70% similar. I would think formationally we're pretty similar, how we call our protections are pretty similar. Just that Todd [Haley] and I have been together, maybe when Todd went to Arizona and he was with Kenny [Whisenhunt], that was a little different, but Kenny fell from a similar tree there too and had some of that background with the Jets and some of those people. I think it's similar, not completely. So I would say it's going to help speed up the amount of time that it takes to prepare him." (On where Thigpen is on the depth chart) - "He's third right now. I don't know where that will be when we get to game day, we'll see. And I wouldn't tell you [laughter]." http://www.miamidolphins.com/news/mi...nscripts-93009
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