By Omar Kelly, Sun Sentinel
6:57 p.m. EDT, October 28, 2012
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.—
"Hey guys!"
That was quarterback Matt Moore's opening line in the huddle upon his return.
Teammates say the greeting came with a side order of of Moores's trademark cheesy grin.
The career backup has put on a cape and come to an NFL team's rescue his entire career, which includes leading the Dolphins to six victories during last year's rebound from an 0-7 start. So what he faced Sunday against the New York Jets was just like riding a bicycle.
"I had to get a couple of plays under by belt," Moore said, "but once we got into the swing of things and put some drives together I felt comfortable."

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"That's how I've gone about my business. Prepare and know the opportunity can come up at anytime," said Moore, who has a 7-7 record in the Dolphins games he's played the past two seasons. "When you get in there manage the game. Don't turn the ball over, but at the same time take your shots and make big plays."

BenVolinPBP Philbin said Matt Moore maybe gets 10 snaps with the starting offense during the week. "It's not much."

Tannehill is definitely the number 1 guy. However, having a capable backup like Moore on the roster is a luxury most teams don't have. Like someone said above..that bomb to Garney couldn't have been thrown any better. Nice ball. Glad we didn't trade him.

Moore seems to have progressed since the preseason. He looked cool and confident out there, exactly what you want to see. He definitely raised his stock with that game and you're right, that throw to Gaffney was right on the money. It will be interesting to see what Ireland does if teams start calling. I could easily see us getting a 2nd round pick from a desperate team in need of a stop gap.

In 27 preseason pass attempts you determined Moore was awful, killed his value, and concluded him to be a backup for life ...... and now in 1 game he's got 2nd round pick value?

Sherman, meanwhile, made clear his conviction that Moore’s performance — 11-of-19 for 131 yards and a touchdown — far exceeded his numbers.

“I can’t say enough about the job he did,” Sherman said. “I don’t think people truly understand — you lose your starting quarterback, who not just last week but this season has gotten 95 percent of the (practice) snaps. There are few teams that would have someone like Matt go in and perform at such a high level in such an early part of the game.”
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The time Moore spends with Taylor every Friday certainly doesn’t hurt. With Moore getting such little work with the first team during practices, he has enlisted Taylor to grab a script — the list of plays run in a two-hour workout — from one of the practices and go through each play.

“I’ll just pretend everyone is out there,” Moore said. “I’ll make all the calls, as if it’s 11-on-11, and we’ll throw to spots. And after that we’ll go upstairs, go over every throw and run through issues like (pass) protections.”

Moore looked ready from the minute Tannehill limped to the sideline with just more than five minutes elapsed Sunday. Eight of his 11 completions accounted for first downs, and his two longest connections — 37 yards to Marlon Moore and 30 to Jabar Gaffney — both came on third down.

“The guy’s a professional,” Philbin said. “He’s respected by the staff and the players in the locker room. I’m not surprised he played well.”

Moore’s 96.5 passer rating would have ranked sixth among his 13 performances last season. Sherman said the game plan was no different for Moore than it would have been for Tannehill. “I feel very comfortable calling plays with Matt that I would call with Ryan,” he said. “Matt made good decisions. He moved the offense. His deep ball is one of his great assets — he throws that as good as anybody, and that was displayed as well.”

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In 27 preseason pass attempts you determined Moore was awful, killed his value, and concluded him to be a backup for life ...... and now in 1 game he's got 2nd round pick value?

Moore was aweful in the preseason. I still think he's a backup for the rest of his career as well. I said a team looking for a stop gap, not a long term starter. It doesn't take much to boost your stock and teams often do things out of desperation. Bad teams make bad decisions all the time. If someone is desperate enough, Moore is an option. That's all I'm saying.

This is Tannehill's team, he is still the best quarterback on our roster. It will never be Moore's team and I still think he's gone after the season.

And all you're saying literally makes no sense. 27 preseason snaps makes you a bad QB, but 3 quarters in a regular season game and suddenly you're fetching high value from mysterious desperate teams. In what alternate dimension football league does this transaction happen?



When did this conversation become about who's team it is? LMFAO.

Wkloiber13 single handedly killed Moore's value? Wow, he must be well regarded in the world of the NFL.

In 27 preseason pass attempts you determined Moore was awful, killed his value, and concluded him to be a backup for life ...... and now in 1 game he's got 2nd round pick value?

I never said he was a bad quarterback. I said he played like crap in the preseason. That was my point. Moore was lousy in the preseason, and he played fairly well the other day.

As far as me pointing out who's team this is. I felt the need to keep your Matt Moore crush in check and revisit reality. I'm glad you find those facts amusing.

Well if you like Miami and you have predicted this guy is gone next year why not swing for the fences?

Since it is easy maybe if Ireland would work a little harder we could get a 2nd and something else or if he worked really hard maybe a 1st?

So we're going from 2nd rounders to 1st rounders now?

LOL .... and people call me a Matt Moore pumper.

Ya, ya, ya we all get how inconsistent you are with judging players based on meaningless preseason games. For certain players it dooms them, for others it's a "be patient" thing. Always hilariously convenient.



Nah, let's call a spade a spade here .... this thread upsets the hell out of you. You would've preferred Moore fall completely on his face vs. the Jets just so you could spend 13 threads telling us all why you were right about Moore. I've been on board with Tannehill and recognize the potential for weeks now, even said as much back in the AZ game. I'm perfectly content with it because I support the team not just an individual player.

Completing 50% of your passes for 130 yards isn't going to cut it in Indy.

“I can’t say enough about the job he did,” Sherman said. “I don’t think people truly understand — you lose your starting quarterback, who not just last week but this season has gotten 95 percent of the (practice) snaps. There are few teams that would have someone like Matt go in and perform at such a high level in such an early part of the game.”

Moore’s 96.5 passer rating would have ranked sixth among his 13 performances last season. Sherman said the game plan was no different for Moore than it would have been for Tannehill. “I feel very comfortable calling plays with Matt that I would call with Ryan,” he said. “Matt made good decisions. He moved the offense. His deep ball is one of his great assets — he throws that as good as anybody, and that was displayed as well.”
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57% ....and with a 96 QB rating, no turnovers, not to mention could've easily had 2 other TD's if Gaffney doesn't drop a perfect pass or Fasano is able to get both feet in bounds before the Daniel Thomas touchdown.

All of this for a guy who gets not even 10% of the snaps during the week to prep vs. the team they're facing. Sherman had nothing but praise for the guy and his performance because of the circumstances. What's even more impressive is that Sherman flat out said the gameplan didn't change at all when Matt came in.

This is going nowhere, your arguement is breaking down and you're getting into semantics. You say 57%, I say 50%. When you only throw the ball 19 times all game long the difference between 50% and 57% is about one or two completions is all.

You've resorted to using clips quoting coach speak from Sherman as well. I can see this is bothering you, I'll drop it. I give up. Matt Moore is super sweet and I think he's going to be a super duper starter someday. Too bad we handed the reigns to that undeserving rookie and didn't give Moore the chance he deserved.

My argument is breaking down? Or did you mean your selective use of numbers again instead of painting the entire picture and circumstance? All this coming from the man who who bagged on Moore all during the offseason and flip flops into saying teams will give up a 2nd round draft pick for him after 3 quarters of play.

Btw, why would I not use quotes from Mike Sherman about the performance? Do his comments not apply now since they're about Matt Moore?

Your sarcasm is petty and there was nothing constructive for you to add. That's why you're dropping it.

So now I'm the one that is sarcastic, petty, and providing nothing to the conversation. Isn't that not the pot calling the kettle black Rock? Let's not leave out the hundreds of posts you've made that contribute next to nothing. You like to poke the bear as much as anyone here.