In the latest move that makes no sense the Dolphins have cut Jay Feely.  All Feely did last season was make 21 of 23 field goals (91.3%) and all 26 of his extra point attempts.  True, he was having a hamstring issue in training camp but he’s a tried and true veteran.  The Dolphins will go with undrafted rookie Dan Carpenter out of Montana as the starting kicker.  Carpenter made 75 of 103 field goals (72.8%) in his career at Montana and he converted 182 of 188 extra points (96.8%).  He’s not nearly the automatic kicker that Feely was so this didn’t make much sense.

The Dolphins looked awful on offense last Saturday at home against the Bucs.  John Beck started this game and he was 5 of 9 for 45 yards.  Chad Henne followed him in the game and he completed 5 of 10 passes for 67 yards.  Veteran Josh McCown finished up by completing 5 of 8 passes for 35 yards.  Ricky Williams looked good running the football as he carried the ball 5 times for 31 yards (6.2 ypc).  Rookie Jalen Parmele also looked good carrying the ball 4 times for 18 yards (4.5 ypc) against the Bucs.  WR David Kircus led the way for the Dolphins in the passing game with 3 receptions for 39 yards (13.0 avg).    The Dolphins finished up this game with 64 yards rushing on 16 carries (4.0 ypc).  They also completed 15 of 27 passes for 134 yards as they only had the football for 23:49 of this game. 

Linebacker Reggie Torbor led a pretty good effort by the Fins’ defense with 8 tackles.  The Buccaneers finished up with 114 yards rushing on 33 carries (3.5 ypc) against the Dolphins Saturday Night.  They also completed 28 of 40 passes for 181 yards.  The Dolphins seemed to wear down on defense due to them being on the football field way too long.

The Dolphins have signed 32-year old QB Chad Pennington to a 2-year, $7.9 million dollar contract.  Pennington will likely be the starting QB for the Dolphins with either John Beck or Josh McCown losing a roster spot before the season starts.  Pennington became available after the Jets acquired Brett Favre in a trade with the Packers.  Pennington played in 9 games (8 starts) with the Jets last season and he completed 179 of 260 passes (68.8%) for 1,765 yards with 10 TD passes and 9 interceptions (86.1 QB Rating). He also carried the football 20 times for 32 yards (1.6 ypc) with 1 TD run last year.    Pennington’s lack of arm strength won’t likely hurt as much in the heat of Miami as it would in the cold conditions in New Jersey.  Pennington has now played in 69 games (61 starts) in his NFL career and he has completed 1,259 of 1,919 passes (65.6%) for 13,738 yards with 82 TD passes and 55 interceptions (88.9 QB Rating).  He has also carried the ball 147 times for 396 yards (2.7 ypc) with 6 TD runs.  You can bet Pennington has the games with the Jets circled on his calendar already as he would like to prove that they made a big mistake in letting him go.