Quote:I posted a lengthy list at the beginning of this thread of guys set to hit free agency, I'm not doing it again.  Sure, some of them may re-sign with their teams and a lot of them are scrubs, but not all of them.  Talking about guys set to hit free agency is "ok" on a football message board, right?  Players usually like to hit the market when they're scheduled to do so.  Yeah Henne might be able to go 1-1 if called upon.  Are you confident in 2-2 or *gasp* 3-3 if need be?  I think it's worthy of discussion and apparently you do too despite your post supporting the lament of this thread's creation.

 

If you think it doesn't matter who backs Bortles up next season, then you have to be in the camp of this is a 5 or 6 win team at best next year regardless of what happens this offseason.  That's fine to think that way, but if you're expecting significant talent to be acquired this offseason coupled with the continued progression of our young players and anticipating that to put our expectations at 8 or more wins next season, I don't know how you could say that discussing our backup QB situation is a waste of time or annoying or whatever.

 

And apparently you missed this post below which was a couple of pages back:

 

 

And I later clarified that he didn't actually start those two games and only had a couple of pass attempts this year.  I'm solidly not on the Chase Daniel bandwagon for this team just as solidly as I'm not against re-signing Henne.  I like the idea of taking a look at all the options though and it's clear to me there are varying levels of quality play from the backup QB market.

I miss a lot of posts in a thread this long.

Can Chad Henne go 2-2 or 3-3? Maybe... he's was about a .500 QB before Miami pulled the plug.

 

My whole thing is this... if there is clearly a better option, sign him.

But if it is a wash... then keep Henne (for the right price).

 

People on this board want change every day for the sake of change.

The fact that there is a lengthy discussion on the back up QB, which is more of an argument of who is right or wrong in the matter of re-signing him, is silly.

He's a back up. If you are relying on your backup QB for longer than a couple games, the season is beat (for like 90% of teams).

There is no clear cut evidence that anyone else's back up that they no longer want would be better than our back up.

 

BUT if you can get a younger, former starter, that clearly has more skill than Henne.

Do it. I have no ties to the former Michigan man....

 

Not being opposed to re-signing Henne doesn't mean accepting mediocrity. It is realizing the back up grass isn't always greener.

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