Quote:Drew Brees and Michael Vick are both 6'0". Aaron Rodgers is only 6'2". Doug Flutie is 5'10". You don't have to be 6'5" to be a decent QB.

 

The only one you missed was Russell Wilson, but other than that you picked out the exceptions to the rule quite nicely and I wouldn't lump 6'2" Aaron Rodgers in there as evidence.  There are a lot of great 6'2" QBs in NFL history.  In fact, it seems to be the bottom end of the optimal height range for being a good/great NFL QB.  Most good/great QB's in NFL history are in the 6'2" to 6'6" range in height.  Don't discount the fact that a height of 6'0" hurts you as a QB coming into this league.  If you're 6'0" and a good NFL QB, you're an outlier because it just doesn't happen that often.

 

On top of that, Chase Daniel has a career 64.9% completion percentage which is good, but he also has a yards per attempt average of 6.0 which means he's generally completing a lot of short passes ala a west coast style offense.  I don't believe he fits our offensive scheme here at all.  I think when signing a back up, you want him to be able to come in and run the same offense for the most part.  Henne could do that I believe but we'd need to shore up the O-line this offseason because he won't be extending plays like Blake does.

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