Quote:Bradley will be coaching for his future here in Jacksonville next season as this will be the final year on his contract.  He's done nothing to date that warrants an extension, but that would likely change next season if he could somehow get this team to win the division or get into the playoffs as a wildcard. 

 

Assume you're in Bradley's shoes for the moment.  How comfortable would you be with bringing back Henne and him starting a significant amount of games next year due to a potential Bortles injury?  Henne has been in the building for the last 4 seasons so he has a leg up knowledge wise on anyone else they'd potentially bring in, but what we've seen performance wise from Henne leaves much to be desired.  It's also no guarantee that he doesn't want to go into a new situation where he might actually compete to start.

 

Assume you're in Caldwell's shoes for the moment and another dismal season would likely turn the heat on your seat way up.  How comfortable are you with rolling into next season with someone like Henne as the backup?  

 

I get that under normal circumstances Henne is a serviceable backup, but we're moving into a period where results need to be there or jobs are going to be lost.  Keep in mind that a 40 year old Matt Hasselbeck likely saved Pagano's job this year in Indy.  Do you think Henne could have done the same?  I know some of you want Bradley gone yesterday, but try to answer this poll question as if you were him or Caldwell and were looking at the prospect of this next season being your last if it goes badly.

 

Some potential 2016 free agent QBs:

 

Drew Stanton

Matt Schaub

Josh Johnson

Matt Cassel

Brock Osweiler

Dan Orlovsky

Brandon Weeden

T.J. Yates

Charlie Whitehurst

Matt Hasselbeck

Chad Henne

Chase Daniel

Matt Moore

Matt Flynn

Ryan Fitzpatrick

Sam Bradford

Michael Vick

Tajh Boyd

Kellen Clemens

Tavaris Jackson

Colt McCoy

Kirk Cousins

 

Also, Ryan Tannehill and RGIII could be allowed to test free agency and in RGIII's case it's rather likely.  Some of these names are not going to sign on to be someone's backup though, so keep that in mind.

 

You can safely take Kirk Cousins off of that list, I mean RG3 is listed as a 3rd string on the team & he's gone over 4k passing this year breaking their franchise records (considering he was a back up & didnt start at the start of the season that is saying a lot).  Matt Hasselbeck is too old but he's a great backup QB I think if he plays another year the Colts will resign him since he did good for them this season.  Honestly I think Colt McCoy would be a good backup (younger than Chad Henne and probably cheaper to sign).  I think most people wouldnt care if Grandpa was resigned (because they expect that Bortles will never get injured, "fingers crossed" which is amazing that people would think that with him taking the most abuse than any other QB for the last two years behind this horrible Oline).

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