by Andy Kent

Filed under: Dolphins, AFC East, NFL Training Camp

DAVIE, Fla. — Chad Henne is one cool customer behind a microphone, but the starting quarterback for the Miami Dolphins had to check himself during his press conference on Tuesday after being confronted with the latest predictions put out by Sports Illustrated.

In the issue set to hit newsstands this week and already is arriving at the homes of subscribers, SI’s senior writer Peter King picked Miami to finish 9-7 and third in the AFC East behind the New York Jets and New England Patriots. He has both of those teams going 10-6, with the Jets winning the division on a tiebreaker the same way the Dolphins won it two years ago over the Patriots.

Of course, predictions can change with the wind, and King is a perfect example as earlier this year before training camps opened he had Miami ranked as the sixth-best team in the entire NFL. So Henne handled the first question as expected, which simply asked for his reaction to the prediction.

“I mean everybody has their own opinion,” Henne said without flinching. “We didn’t give ourselves a chance last year. We went 7-9 so that’s where they’re going to put us and we need prove it first week, come out and play well and then get the opportunity to move up.”