Quote:I am not calling Henne a star but I think he could be a serviceable QB under the right situation. If You put Tom Brady, Manning, or any other great QB behind the 2013 Jaguars roster they would all struggle. I think he is a better Qb than DIlfer, Brad Johnson, and a few other Qbs who won the superbowl. 

A serviceable QB = a fairly decent (at best) backup.  This team needs more than a decent backup QB running the offense. 

 

Guys like Brady and Manning are a rare breed that can elevate the play of those around them.  For Henne, everything around him has to be going absolutely perfectly in order for him to be average, and even then, he has the ability to make boneheaded mistakes that prove costly. 

 

Using Dilfer and Johnson as comparisons is borderline laughable because neither player won a Super Bowl on their own.  Dilfer had arguably one of the best defenses in the history of the NFL to hide his mediocrity behind. The Ravens had the 14th ranked offense in 2000.  They were the 22nd ranked passing offense. 5th ranked rushing offense.  Dilfer did a good job of just staying out of the way.

 

The year Tampa won the Super Bowl with Brad Johnson at the helm, it once again had more to do with a great defense than a powerhouse passing attack.  Tampa had the top rated defense in the league that year.  They had the 18th rated offense, 15th passing, 27th rushing.  In the Super Bowl, Tampa scored 48 points in their win.  21 of those points were scored by the defense. 

 

Where Johnson was better than Henne is they both avoided costly mistakes.  In his Super Bowl year, Johnson threw 6 picks vs. 21 TDs during the regular season.  Dilfer was a game manager similar to Henne who just happened to play on a team where they had a dominant rushing attack, and a great defense.  He didn't have to do a whole lot, and his stats support that completely.

 

Henne doesn't have a top rated defense.  He doesn't have a top rated rushing attack.  When things are going well, Henne still finds ways to undermine himself.  It's in his DNA. 

 

Henne is the starter because he's cheap, he knows the offense and the personnel, and he won't put up much of a fight when they identify and advance the guy they actually want as their long-term starter.  He'll be a good team player who won't rock the boat.  That's what will sustain him here for at least this season.  I think he'll survive the 2014 campaign, but if they draft 2 QBs, 2015 he'll be playing on another roster.

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