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My opinion:

 

1. Naming Henne the starter elevates his confidence, helps him do his very best, without over-reaching his natural abilities. This is going to help Henne be the best he can be.
   
2. Saying Bortles is going to sit a year tests his desire to be a starting QB in the NFL. If he continues to push, rather than accept being third on the depth chart lets you know he's got that competitive fire a franchise QB needs. 
   
3. Beating out Henne shouldn't be "difficult" but it should be more difficult than beating out Ricky Stanzi. You should at least be guaranteed a Chad Henne level of performance. 
   
4. I'd absolutely take Chad Henne over Ryan Fitzpatrick. I think Henne is a gamer, just misunderstood is all. I think Fitzpatrick is a 9 life cat living on borrowed time. His level of play is comparable to what you've got with Henne, but even less reason to believe he can be a competitive for seven or eight games. Regardless of the team around them, I'd bet Henne gets to four wins before Fitzpatrick. 
   

 

 

Perfect Fitzgerald metaphor. Hope you are right about Henne - although I'm mildly less optimistic.

 

 

Quote:Interesting Henne blurb at the bottom of this PFF article. It's talking about QBs playing in the pistol:


• Perhaps surprising to see Chad Henne lead in success and accuracy percentages while posting a 116.7 rating. The pistol may get more play in Jacksonville in 2014.

https://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/20...s-shotgun/

Very interesting.  While it is a very small sample size (160 yds of production on 23 dropbacks) the quick screen was successful from the pistol in the 3 or 4 games they utilized it.  Ace Sanders catching screens out of the backfield definitely factored into this statistic. 

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