FBT is right in that henne is probably the best QB to evaluate the rest of the team.

He is right that coaches have evaulated Stanzi and have made their decisision.

FBT is repeating what any coach would say. Is that wrong? Not really.

Is it playing it safe? Yes.

 

But if you want to gamble just a bit, then Stanzi time is right,  it wouldn't hurt to also evaluate the young Stanzi in game time action, not just practice.

Practice players are not the same as game players and we have all seen this. A guy who somehow turns it on

come game time. Unfortunately, they rarely get a chance to see the field becaues coaches have this mindset,

that if you don't practice well you won't play well when the lights come on.

It's a mindset most professional coaches have, and I do not necessarily agree with it, and it's thinking just like the rest

of the sheep coaches, it's not thinking outside the box.

Thiinking outside the box is rare in coaching, and it seperates great coaches from learning coaches and right now,

Gus aint Lombardi.

 

So Gus won't do it, but if he wanted to take a chance to be a great coach and be creative, giving the young backup a couple of quarters to air it out

causes no harm to this team.

Seriously, what harm could having a backup play for a few quarters just to give him some real time evaluation?

Or are we just evaluating every other position EXCEPT QB  with real game time action?

Is that some rule?

Play the young man, he may be the next Favre, who knows. Then go back to Henne/gabbert if he sucks.

If his mind and game is so fragile that playing a couple of quarters destroys him, then you have your answer on whether to keep him.

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