Quote:I don't get the "He knows the system" argument.  Is the system that hard to get?  It's not as if elsewhere QB's haven't stepped in and been able to 'get the system' right away.  Changing systems often can be bad for a young Quarterback.  But I honestly don't think it's a big deal for a veteran.

 

Keeping Henne seems to be more about keeping costs down for a guy that isn't going to be the future.  Nobody in Free Agency was going to be The Guy™.  I don't think Caldwell was looking for a stop-gap QB.  Henne is likely just a bridge to whoever we get either this year or next (hopefully this)

 

The best QBs have been running their systems for years.  QBs who have to learn new systems (instead of systems build for them, as in Manning's case in Denver) take at least a year for things to really hum (if they even do at all.)  Good QBs in good systems don't change drastically, so yes you still do see a learning curve when a new QB is in a new system.

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