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Quote:I don't agree with that signing. A 100% raise over his previous 2 year $4 million contract after not taking a snap in 2015?

His previous contract was 2 years and around 8 million.

Quote:I don't agree with that signing. A 100% raise over his previous 2 year $4 million contract after not taking a snap in 2015?

What he does to earn his keep will never be seen by the fans. It all happens behind closed doors during team prep. The team is on record as saying he is perfectly suited for that role and does it exactly to their expectations. The fact that they re-signed him goes to prove that. It's not about snaps with the backup QB. There are things he does, and the team thinks he does them well enough to keep him around.

 

Forgive me if I take their opinion of Henne over yours.

Quote:I don't agree with that signing. A 100% raise over his previous 2 year $4 million contract after not taking a snap in 2015?

So, according to the tweet above it's probably a 2 year deal for the same money.  Are you using common core math to do your calculations?

Quote:So, according to the tweet above it's probably a 2 year deal for the same money. Are you using common core math to do your calculations?

I misread the post on NFL.com , which stated the following.......


"The Jacksonville Jaguars are keeping their quarterback depth chart intact.


Chad Henne signed a two-year deal with the Jaguars on Thursday, the team announced. NFL Media's Rand Getlin reported the contract is for $8 million and includes playing time-related incentives.


That's pretty good money for a passer who didn't take a snap last season behind Blake Bortles. The Jags struggled mightily with Henne at the helm early in 2014, but he's a solid veteran backup who reportedly has a good relationship with Bortles, the team's most-important player.


Yes, it's good to be a professional quarterback. Henne just scored a 100 percent raise off the two-year, $4 million deal he signed prior to the 2014 season. This post should really be about the greatness of Henne's agent, but we're in too deep to turn back now."


Excuuuuse me. Do you have to be so sarcastic 100% of the time?


John Haiman, a linguist at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., says people who use sarcasm are rarely just kidding. The words come from an authentic place, but it’s wrapped up as a joke for protection. Essentially, sarcasm is a survival technique for the insecure. It’s used to make yourself appear to be stronger or better, but it’s not said with enough seriousness for anyone to accuse you of being a jerk.

Quote:What he does to earn his keep will never be seen by the fans. It all happens behind closed doors during team prep. The team is on record as saying he is perfectly suited for that role and does it exactly to their expectations. The fact that they re-signed him goes to prove that. It's not about snaps with the backup QB. There are things he does, and the team thinks he does them well enough to keep him around.

 

Forgive me if I take their opinion of Henne over yours.

No forgiveness necessary. Everyone gets to have an opinion. If Bortles goes down in game 2 with a season ending injury, I'll check back to see if you've changed your opinion.

Quote:John Haiman, a linguist at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., says people who use sarcasm are rarely just kidding. The words come from an authentic place, but it’s wrapped up as a joke for protection. Essentially, sarcasm is a survival technique for the insecure. It’s used to make yourself appear to be stronger or better, but it’s not said with enough seriousness for anyone to accuse you of being a jerk.

Oh wow...

 

Oscar Wilde called sarcasm the highest form of intelligence....

 

so we have that going for us, which is nice.

 

And if an author's quote isn't good enough for you...

Sarcasm can promote creative thinking processes, according to a new study by researchers at Columbia University, Harvard University, and INSEAD business school. 

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/art...781500076X

Quote:Oh wow...


Oscar Wilde called sarcasm the highest form of intelligence....


so we have that going for us, which is nice.


And if an author's quote isn't good enough for you...
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Quote:Oh wow...


Oscar Wilde called sarcasm the highest form of intelligence....


so we have that going for us, which is nice.


And if an author's quote isn't good enough for you...
Sarcasm can promote creative thinking processes, according to a new study by researchers at [/size]
Columbia University, Harvard University, and INSEAD business school. [/size]

<a class="bbc_url" href='http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S074959781500076X'>http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S074959781500076X</a>[/size]

Well, you can believe whatever you'd like. Oscar Wilde was a writer, a poet, an essayist....The person I quoted is a linguist. Both use and study language usage. In the present situation, it's my opinion that the linguist has it nailed.


Look, I enjoy sarcasm as much as anyone. When it becomes derisive........not so much.

Quote:No forgiveness necessary. Everyone gets to have an opinion. If Bortles goes down in game 2 with a season ending injury, I'll check back to see if you've changed your opinion.

If Bortles goes down, it really doesn't matter who is sitting behind him. The second coming of Joe Montana isn't just sitting out there waiting to be signed to warm the benches of Everbank field.

 

So, no. My opinion will not change.

Quote:No forgiveness necessary. Everyone gets to have an opinion. If Bortles goes down in game 2 with a season ending injury, I'll check back to see if you've changed your opinion.

The Jaguars need to worry about winning games, period. I could "understand" the frustration of having Henne as the backup if the Jaguars were a top contending team. Then, the thoughts of "if Bortles goes down for any length of time we're screwed".

But, right now, they're not a winning team anyway. Seriously, if Henne had to play a majority of the season, what would happen? The Jags would win 3 games instead of 5?


The Jags have to keep building/improving the defense, and the team as a whole has a hard enough time winning games with the entrenched starters anyway.


By the time Henne's new deal is up in 2 years, this team should be in a much better/improved situation by then. But for now, I think Henne is perfectly fine for the situation he's in currently. He's not a starter, but a backup.


Plus, I'm still unsure that what we saw from him 2-3 seasons ago is what we'd still see. That team's offensive supporting cast was dreadful (other than having Blackmon for about 4 games, lol).

- MJD was done after taking a huge pounding on 2013 playing mostly with Gabbert.

- They didn't have ARob, Hurns, JT. They had Shorts and Lewis. Seriously.

- The O-line was much more terrible than what the Jags have now (I know it's hard to believe, but true)


Henne has also had a couple extra years of experience by sitting/watching/learning from the sidelines the past 2 years. That seems to help some other guys.

Maybe,, MAYBE Henne would fair better with the new offensive unit. That's yet to be seen.


Until the Jags start, you know, actually winning games consistlently, I'm not too worried about the backup situation.

Quote:If Bortles goes down, it really doesn't matter who is sitting behind him. The second coming of Joe Montana isn't just sitting out there waiting to be signed to warm the benches of Everbank field.


So, no. My opinion will not change.

How do you know that?

Quote:How do you know that?

I don't have the ability to dumb this down to the point where you would understand.

 

Sorry slappy.

Quote:How do you know that?

You're acting as if Henne has never won a football game before. He's plenty capable of winning as many games as any BACK UP QB in the league. What are you looking for to happen? Any team that loses it's starting QB is in a bad place, period. You're being unrealistic. 

Quote:You're acting as if Henne has never won a football game before. He's plenty capable of winning as many games as any BACK UP QB in the league. What are you looking for to happen? Any team that loses it's starting QB is in a bad place, period. You're being unrealistic. 

I like my response better.

 

You have to remember your audience here. A simple review of his posts and topics reveal that the next rational, coherent thought he posts would be his first.

Quote:I like my response better.


You have to remember your audience here. A simple review of his posts and topics reveal that the next rational, coherent thought he posts would be his first.

Yo Boy would be a better GM than your hero Gene Smith.

Quote:I misread the post on NFL.com , which stated the following.......


"The Jacksonville Jaguars are keeping their quarterback depth chart intact.


Chad Henne signed a two-year deal with the Jaguars on Thursday, the team announced. NFL Media's Rand Getlin reported the contract is for $8 million and includes playing time-related incentives.


That's pretty good money for a passer who didn't take a snap last season behind Blake Bortles. The Jags struggled mightily with Henne at the helm early in 2014, but he's a solid veteran backup who reportedly has a good relationship with Bortles, the team's most-important player.


Yes, it's good to be a professional quarterback. Henne just scored a 100 percent raise off the two-year, $4 million deal he signed prior to the 2014 season. This post should really be about the greatness of Henne's agent, but we're in too deep to turn back now."


Excuuuuse me. Do you have to be so sarcastic 100% of the time?


John Haiman, a linguist at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., says people who use sarcasm are rarely just kidding. The words come from an authentic place, but it’s wrapped up as a joke for protection. Essentially, sarcasm is a survival technique for the insecure. It’s used to make yourself appear to be stronger or better, but it’s not said with enough seriousness for anyone to accuse you of being a jerk.

Wow.  Thanks for the dime store analysis.  Would you like your change?

 

Did that answer your question, or do I need to go on further?  You misread it.  You owned that.  It could have ended there, but you needed to squirt a few tears to play the victim because I called you out on it, rather subtly I might add.

Quote:Yo Boy would be a better GM than your hero Gene Smith.

They just may be one in the same.

 

Now you can spend the rest of your day trying to figure out what that means.

Quote:Yo Boy would be a better GM than your hero Gene Smith.

 

I know this is the typical response from the bibber crowd because they've got nothing else to stand on, but how exactly is it that you've determined Gene Smith is anyone's hero here?  I eagerly anticipate the thought provoking response.

Quote:They just may be one in the same.


Now you can spend the rest of your day trying to figure out what that means.

Wow good one! Yea you must be so smart. Hopefully one day I can be smart enough to become a super smart message board mod.

Quote:Wow good one! Yea you must be so smart. Hopefully one day I can be smart enough to become a super smart message board mod.

It is nice to have dreams and goals.

 

For that, I salute you.

Quote:It is nice to have dreams and goals.

 

For that, I salute you.

He's aspiring to a non-paying volunteer position. 

 

I think I can guess who he's voting for.