Henne isn't all that popular around here... which I'm sure just breaks his heart as he's heading to the bank to deposit that NFL paycheck. However, I can't see this team cutting him unless they actually do have someone in mind who they 'think' would be an upgrade.

 

I mean lets think about this; is he a 'game changer'? Our experience with him has taught us he isn't; but, is that what a 'backup' quarterback is supposed to be? We wish, but that usually isn't the case. I would think that all you can realistically expect of 'most' backups is to be game managers, and that's pretty much exactly what you get with Chad.

 

I think the fans were (in a manner of speaking) set up to have too high of expectations of him this past season due to his starting. When he wasn't able to live up to those expectations, the fans turned on him and Gus was forced to put in BB2 whether he wanted to or not. The only 'good' thing that came out of that is that it made it painfully obvious to everyone just how ineffective our o-line is. You can't fix a problem until you're aware it exists...

 

Henne is what he is. He's a know 'quantity' for us here. If you look in a dictionary at 'backup quarterback', you will find a picture of Chad Henne. He's not a NFL starter quality quarterback, but he is a serviceable backup. In that role, we could do worse than Henne, so unless we're pretty sure we've got a line on someone who should be reasonably better, I can't see us cutting Chad.

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