Quote:They're keeping the guys around because they've got plans that go beyond this season, and they want to see how these two might fit into that.  Nothing more.  They were never in the plans for this year unless there was something catastrophic that occurred like injuries to Henne and Gabbert.  Beyond that, they're part of the long term evaluation, and not part of the plan for this season.

 

So if this is an evaluation season, why are we waiting to evaluate the QBs? How else are we going to see how these two might fit if we don't give them a shot? Sure we could wait til next pre-season where the whole focus is likely to be 'get the rookie ready for wk1', or we could let them face some real bullets, in a real game, in a season where everything is already lost and the guy they would be replacing is terrible anyway. Maybe they are worse, maybe they are better, maybe they are about the same, we wont know unless we try and we have literally nothing to lose other than maybe a few catchable balls to guys we are evaluating.

 

Also in what world would injuries to Henne or Gabbert be catastrophic? Whats going to happen, we going to lose a game?

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