I think it's fairly obvious what's going on here. Caldwell and Bradley are calling Henne the starter to take pressure off of Bortles (which is very understandable). However, there's no way that Bortles doesn't start the season if he's clearly playing better (which is totally possible by the way).

 

Think about it. They believed in the guy enough to take him at 3. Sure, it's technically true that Henne probably gives them the best chance to win AT THE MOMENT, but by the end of camp, after he's had an opportunity to digest the playbook? That's another story. A guy drafted at 3 should certainly be able to beat out Henne fairly quickly, and I think there's a good chance he will. Remember, it's not like Henne set anything close to a high standard. The bar is remarkably low.

 

Someone tried to compare the situation to the Kitna-Palmer situation in Cincy. The thing to remember is that they were actually winning some games that year (I think they went 8-8), and he really didn't play that badly (3500 yes, 26 td, 15 int). Nothing about Henne's career suggests that those numbers are attainable. 

 

It's also worth noting that Manning and Matt Ryan both started as rookies when Caldwell was with those two regimes. Good quarterbacks don't become bad quarterbacks because they are thrown to the wolves too early. Blaine was terrible, and was always going to be terrible. Caldwell has been around the league long enough to know that.

 

So while Gus and Dave will publicly name Henne the starter for the foreseeable future, I'm sure they're expecting Bortles to surpass him rather quickly. How could they not? The clearly think he's much more talented. I doubt Henne lasts even a quarter of the season.

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