Quote:I just don't like knowing that in the event our starting qb goes down, we're likely to lose out the remainder of the season, or how every many games Blake remains out. That said, Cassel was probably the last real shot at doing something about it. In a few days Sunday will be here and Henne's $2 mil base salary will be guaranteed.


I see your reading comprehension struggles are coming back to bite. I never said to cut the #2 qb in the event of an emergency. How in the world did you get that from what I typed? Simply put, had they replaced Henne with Cassel, for instance, they would still have a #2 qb on their roster. Regardless, the discussion about an emergency sitation relates to what happens when the qb and his backup both go down, and we've discussed how they'll give scout team reps to DRob and/or Marshall just in case.

Next year the QB situation will be addressed via draft. There's nobody available right now that would be considered an upgrade to Henne. No one.


If Bortles goes down its going to suck regardless of who's backing up. That applies for 95% of the league. Unless you have a top 5 defense and a top 5 rushing attack, if you loose your starting QB for an extended period of time your season is pretty much over.


Draft and develop is the way to go. Best case, Bortles pans out and the back up develops providing good insurance and is good enough to garner a decent return in a trade, worst case, he stinks and we keep looking towards the next draft.


Henne will be gone next year. Try to keep a level head until then.

---