Quote:The henne apologists will not accept facts for an answer lol

 

I don't know if they are not accepting facts, but it does appear that the arguement that the line is horrible is a half truth...

 

Yes, the line is weak.  But a better QB would be able to recognize where the pressure is coming and get the ball out to the open reciever.  

 

I said this in another thread, but I'll say it here too.  NFL Primetime showed a few of the sacks Henne took.  One one sack, he was looking right an Marquies Lee was open and was ready for the ball.  But Henne held it too long and the line broke down.  On another play, he had the RB in the flat with room to run.  Again, he held the ball too long, thus a sack.

 

 

If a QB knows that the line can only hold for a short amount of time, he should be looking for the quickest out.  It's what good QBs do.  I mean, there's no hot read?  There's no pre-snap communication that hey, get ready, cuz I gotta chuck this rock before I get destroyed?  And where's the OC telling Henne to get rid of the ball quicker?  It really is a failure on on fronts, O-Line, QB, OC. 

 

With that said, Henne's not changing.  And I'm not sure how much more good experience BB5 is getting watching from the sideline.  Maybe by next week they'll feel comfortable with letting Bortles get the start.  I just think it's time to give him the real life reps so he can learn to acclimate his internal clock to the pressure at the NFL level.  

---