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I'm writing this article after the 2007 season is over and the Dolphins have already finished their most horrendous season ever. It is easy in hindsight to say that the Dolphins made a huge blunder in not selecting Brady Quinn in the draft, but I don't believe that selection alone would have made much of a difference in the outcome of the Dolphins' season.

Before I go on, let me preface everything I am about to say with this: I believe the Dolphins should have drafted Brady Quinn because he would have been a quarterback they could have built the franchise around. This was my belief even before this disaster of a season.

Right now the Dolphins are in one of the most drastic rebuild modes they have ever been in through out their entire span of existence. If they had drafted Quinn, they would at least have a place to start. Right now they are left with a second year QB who is still unproven and an almost too old timer whom you can't rely on (as history states) to stay healthy the entire season.

The Dolphins have been very aggressive in hiring new personnel and the hiring of Bill Parcells and Tony Sparano seems to be the right fit. Only time will tell if this proves to be true. My point is, if they already had a quality QB like Quinn in place the turn-around would in all likelihood happen at a much faster pace.

With Quinn in place all that would need to be done is draft or trade personnel in or out of key weak spots. Right now the job is starting at ground zero.

I do not envy Mr. Parcells' or Mr. Sparanos' positions or the task they are about to begin. There will be some very trying times ahead for these two individuals and even if they had Quinn to start with it would have been tough, but, again it would have left one less thing to fix.

Now Brady Quinn sits the bench in Cleveland behind Derek Anderson and Ken Dorsey as the third QB. With the stats that Anderson put up this year I don't see, barring an injury, where Brady will be getting any playing time soon. Who knows, maybe the Dolphins could work out a trade with the Browns! Stranger things have happened!

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