Quote:To answer your question, I don't know at this point.

 

Long term, Henne absolutely does NOT give us the better chance to win between he and Bortles.  Bortles is bigger, faster, has a strong, accurate arm and an aggressive approach to QBing thus far.

 

In the immediate term, however, I am not sure because I am not sure what his command of the offense is at this point.  If he cannot consistently identify the Mike, or there are some protections he misses, or plays he still has not mastered, then it is legitimate to question whether he gives the team the best chance to win.

 

We have seen in the defense the disastrous results that can come from not knowing the playbook and blowing assignments.  I can only imagine that effect being magnified if we put a QB out there who is prone to do the same thing-ignoring the things opposing defenses do to confuse QBs.

 

It would also send a message to the rest of the team that if the QB-the leader of the team-can be sent out by coaches obviously unprepared-then anybody at a "lesser" position can safely go out unprepared.

 

I don't think it will be long before Bortles is in the lineup, and I think over time, we the fans will be pleased with the results.

 

But even if he is better than Henne now (not a stretch), I don't think we as fans have enough information to definitively say he is ready to start.

 

This is entirely too reasonable.  Especially the last point. Fans clearly know best.  Just ask them here. 

 

Quote:Agreed completely.

 

Many predicted this team would start slowly, and that's exactly what has happened.

 

Many predicted a slow start, but the team played well for 2 quarters and that apparently changed their entire perception.

Quote:You are probably right, but I think short term they are definitely not overly concerned with winning the next few games while Henne is out there.  Henne is not our best option, and he doesn't give us the best chance to win.

 

So it's as close to tanking the first half of the season as you can get without fielding a completely useless team.  That is assuming Bortles plays mid-way.  If he sits all year then... I don't know how the FO expected much more than 2-4 wins.

 

And I don't know how the FO starts a season with this offensive line (paired with Henne) and expected to not lose.

They've made it clear that this year was about becoming competitive.  That doesn't mean things are going to start out that way.  It's not completely unacceptable to think that as the season progresses, so will the team.  As far as Henne being the best option, as Bullseye pointed out above, that's not really our call to make.  We don't know where he's at with his progression.  All we know is what we saw in the preseason, and that's hardly enough of a sample to truly know where he's at with his development. 

 

The FO did what they could with the line this past off season.  It's not like they didn't make an effort to upgrade it.  They went after Mack and simply couldn't offer enough money to beat a team with deeper pockets for his services.  There weren't a ton of upgrades to be had in free agency, and they drafted guys that they expect to develop into starters, one of them is already in there trying to develop, and the other has been pulled into action to get experience as well.  The line will get better once they get Pasztor back, and it has time to develop and gel.  Right now they're in the infancy of development for an offensive line. 

 

I think the front office was keenly aware of the fact that this team would struggle early on, although I think they expected the defense to be more of a strength than it has been so far.  One injury can't be used as an excuse for why they haven't been able to stop anyone for 6 of their first 8 quarters of play.  And it's not about fatigue because Washington blew right through them from the very start of the game this past Sunday.  As Roy Miller said in his post game interview, there are players out there who are out of place and blowing assignments.  There are too many missed tackles.  There are issues with the defense that nobody anticipated. 

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