Quote:You do understand the danger of the approach of getting all his passes off quickly in slants/quick outs, etc...don't you?


Defenses will play tight and not respect anything long or intermediate... And you will have situations like this past Sunday when even a quick screen/hitch can get picked and taken to the house (I know that did not actually happen, but it nearly did).


Shorter drops and quicker passes help only a little.

 

Yes I do, that's why I said you have to mix in some intermediate and long passes and toss in some screens too.

 

You can't just have all quick slant passes or short passes.

 

I did notice in the preseason they had Henne getting the ball out of his hands on quick passes and several of them actually worked.

 

Now that it's the regular season, they are either not trying them or they are not working.

 

I know that the defense is giving something up and it's up to the coaches to find out what it is.

 

There is just no way an NFL team should look as inept as the Jaguars have for the past 6 1/2 quarters, NO WAY, esp with a 7 yr vet, even if his name is Henne, I don't care how young they are.

 

One of the biggest problems facing the Jags is that Henne appears  limited in the throws he can actually make and that's a big problem.

 

Every NFL QB can complete a pass to a WR wide open, but to be a successful QB he needs to be able to throw a timing patten and an out pattern, esp one that can get the team a first down.

 

The QB needs to be able to throw the ball before the WR breaks or even gets to the spot where the ball should be. In other words, throw the ball to a spot BEFORE the WR is open.

 

Henne is just incapable of throwing a timing pattern, he's just too inaccurate, even though it would get the ball out of his hands quicker.

 

Not being able to make those types of throws just limits what the Jags can do with Henne in as QB.

 

Maybe some of it is the receivers being young, but as a 7yr vet, Henne should at least be able to do some of these things.

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