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Dolphins News: Dutton Waived
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*** DOLPHINS NEWS ***
Aug 11, 1998: -- Dutton Waived --

According to this evening's Internet edition of the Miami Herald, the Dolphins have waived 6th round draft pick John Dutton. The team felt that having 5 quarterbacks on the roster was too many and that Dutton would not get the repetitions that he needed to develop properly, so he was released.

JJ stated that Damon Huard has improved dramatically since he joined the team a year ago and that Chad May has the arm to play in the NFL. At this point, the competition for the 3rd string quarterback spot is down to May and Huard.

JJ also spoke of the need for experience at quarterback and Dutton had the least experience of any of the three.

In other news, it turns out the reports of Shane Burton's injury have been greatly exagerrated. Both JJ and Burton stated that Burton does not have another torn rotator cuff in his shoulder, but that instead, he had sprained it a little last week. The original rumor that Burton had torn his rotator cuff seems to have originated with Drew Rosenhaus.

My Comments:

I am sorry to see Dutton go. I thought that he was a good prospect who just needed some time to mature. He seemed capable of delivering the ball well and he had good judgement in games.

However, he did not look good in practice yesterday and seemed to be taking way too long to make his decisions about where and when to throw the ball. When he did finally make up his mind, the passes were OK, but he obviously can't stand back in the pocket forever against a typical NFL pass rush.

Still, I had thought that they would at least keep him on the practice squad. I guess JJ just decided it wasn't worth keeping him around.

The training camp report for Tuesday will be delayed about half a day, so I can attend the morning session on Wednesday.

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