Henne fifth of 13 Fins starters to win post-Marino
October, 4, 2009
Oct 4
9:41
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Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Graham
Nobody ever will replace Dan Marino with the Miami Dolphins.
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Maybe Chad Henne will be that guy. That's why the Dolphins drafted him in the second round out of Michigan last year.
Henne made his first NFL start Sunday, completing 14 of 22 passes for 115 yards and one touchdown to beat the Buffalo Bills in Land Shark Stadium.
Henne become the 13th Dolphins quarterback to start since Marino retired. That was more recently than you probably think. Although it seems like a lifetime ago for Dolfans, the post-Marino era began in 2000.
Henne is only the fifth quarterback to win his first start for the Dolphins since Marino retired.
The rundown of quarterbacks who have started for Miami since Marino retired, with 2001 the only season they didn't use a new one (asterisk denotes winner in first start).
- 2000: Jay Fiedler*, Damon Huard*
- 2002: Ray Lucas
- 2003: Brian Griese*
- 2004: A.J. Feeley, Sage Rosenfels
- 2005: Gus Frerotte*
- 2006: Daunte Culpepper, Joey Harrington, Cleo Lemon
- 2007: Trent Green, John Beck
- 2008: Chad Pennington
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Tim Graham
Graham joined ESPN.com in 2008 after covering the Miami Dolphins for the Palm Beach Post. He previously spent eight years at the Buffalo News, where he was an award-winning NHL and boxing writer. The Baldwin-Wallace College grad also has worked for the Las Vegas Sun and Boston Herald.