Quote:This is why I find this all funny; Caldwell could have went after an upgrade over Henne this offseason. His contract was up and all he needed was a starter for a year. He chose to stay with Henne. Caldwell has made it very clear he has no problem moving on past a player even without a viable successor to take their place.


I trust that Caldwell sees something and he feels that if you upgrade the team around him then Henne will play better. Top 40 qb? Give me a break. People really don't understand how much a qb needs some talent around him. Name one hall of fame qb who didn't have a top wideout on his team other than Brady.


I'm not saying the guy is elite but he's only gonna be as good as the wideouts and line in front of him. Since all that is upgraded it is easy to to think he will play better.

 

Henne was basically a ~85 QBR rating in the final 8 games.  This was under a completely new offense, with completely new teammates and maybe the worst collection of skill level talent in the NFL and very little running attack to make defenses respect play action.   He's perfectly fine for a bridge and placeholder QB.   He can't raise up bad teammates or make you Championship contender, but he can move the chains on offense and at least string together drives and maintain time of possession.    He's nowhere near the  Trent Edwards, Brady Quinn Derek Anderson, Curtis Painter level of bad where your team is an automatic 3 and out simply because of the QB.  

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