(03-11-2018, 01:41 AM)Dakota Wrote:

(03-11-2018, 12:10 AM)JagFanatic24 Wrote: Yeah for real. A good backup QB is like having tonsils. Your body don't really need them. 

You guys and this upgrade the backup stuff.

Henne didn't cost us any wins or losses last year. And he won't this year.

This year's superbowl winner won with their backup QB.

Don't be so naive.

Both Foles and Keenum were failed starters whose careers became back up journeymen much like Henne. If anyone thought they would be able to be as productive as they were, they would have never been back ups to begin with. Both guys could turn around and fall flat on their faces next season like they have in previous seasons.

No one had any foresight or expectations that these guys would be able to do what they did. It was pure luck. Unless you plan on trading picks for an up and coming player or giving a big contract to a starting caliber player, no back up is going to bring better measurable odds of success than Henne. Most back ups are failed starters or guys who are not talented enough to earn a starting gig, exactly like Henne. It's the nature of the position.

That's why organizations value things like familiarity with the system when choosing a back up because that is about the only tangible trait they can use to try to evaluate whether or not a back up QB will be able to produce when his number is called.

That's why you don't sweat the position. It's nothing more than a roll of the dice as to whether your back up will be able elevate his game when it's his time.

There is a good chance we won't bring back Henne, but to think we will be able to go out their and find a back up that we would be confident in being able to play like Foles or Keenum when needed is nothing more than wishful thinking.

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