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Brian wolf wrote: ↑Mon Aug 07, 2023 10:20 am
Besides his mobility and running ability, Shula liked Woodley's ability to help win games for the Dolphins. His starting record for Miami was 30-14-1 counting postseason.
Woodley didn’t help win games. The Dolphins won in spite of him
CSKreager wrote: ↑Mon Aug 07, 2023 2:10 am
Has there ever been a QB that basically did less and still won?
In Miami, he was the epitome of 'won in spite of.' The best thing about him as a QB was that he had Don Shula.
He lucked out in falling to Miami in the draft, the Killer B’s basically had to carry him. Like, how many other teams in the early 80s could he have started for?
Put him on the early 80s Saints/Colts and he'd have been just as bad as Art Schlichter
Miami needed back-to-back 5 INT games against more talented Charger/Jet teams which says a lot about the margin for error.
If they start Strock in SB 17, they win that game IMO.
I will never understand what Shula saw in this guy.
Conversely, how good was the defense around him as a defense, and the running game as a running game?