Quote:We must not be watching the same guy. I need to be careful here.. I don't want to get too negative about a guy who threw 13 TDs and 14 INTs or I risk being slammed by FBT. I don't get paid to make personnel decisions either so how valid can my opinion be. oh well.. here goes.. I didn't see a guy who could play within the game plan. I saw a guy who came out flat more often than he didn't and disappeared for large chunks of almost every game. I hated that we re-signed him although there were few available QBs I would have liked in free agency. It was clear we were going to take a QB early by re-signing him. He is a marginal stop gap. I don't think he is capable of 20 TDs in a season (although I would be thrilled for him to prove me wrong).

 

The only opinion that matters is the one being formulated by the people who actually have a say in the decision making process.  They've been pretty clear what their view of Henne is, and if they didn't feel comfortable with what he brings to the table for the short term, I'm fairly certain they wouldn't have made it a priority to re-sign him.  Their jobs depend on getting decisions like this right.  Apparently, the QBs you liked in free agency didn't inspire much excitement from the Jaguars front office.  I'll trust their judgment on that over a message board GM.  Sorry.

 

We'll see what he's capable of this year.  He's got 16 games to show what he can do.  After that, he's back to the backup role.

 

Quote:I get the whole "bringing him along slowly" approach, but in my heart I believed Bortles was the best option about two seconds after Goodell called his name. When it happens, it happens, but I am truly ready for Henne to be holding a clipboard on the sidelines.

 

I guess it's a good thing your heart isn't making the decisions for this team.

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