"The Miami Dolphins added to their thin stable of quarterbacks Tuesday by trading for Kansas City quarterback Tyler Thigpen, a day after learning that Chad Pennington suffered a season-ending shoulder injury.
The Dolphins have sent a 2010 undisclosed draft pick to Kansas City to land the third-string quarterback, who started most of last season, and ran a spread offense for the Chiefs.
To make room on the roster for Thigpen, the Dolphins placed Pennington on injured reserve, meaning he will be unable to return this season.
Thigpen instantly becomes the most experienced quarterback on the Dolphins' roster, considering he's thrown 426 passes in his three-year NFL career.
His mobility and improvisation make him a tough quarterback to plan for, which could make him an asset running the Wildcat offense.
Chad Henne, who is expected to start in place of Pennington, has thrown just 31 passes in his brief NFL career.
However, Henne, the team's 2008 second-round pick, knows the offense after spending all of last season as Pennington's understudy. As Pennington's replacement in last Sunday's loss to San Diego, he completed 10 of 19 passes for 92 yards, but one of his fourth-quarter passes was returned for a touchdown by safety Eric Weddle.
The Dolphins also have rookie quarterback Pat White, who ran a spread offense at West Virginia and is learning to run a pro-style offense. White has played sparingly in the Dolphins' first two games, and hasn't completed a pass."
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