Quote:The Jags see value in Henne doesn't mean he is good. Keeping him is one of many bad decisions this team has been making for years. As of now, no one for sure knows how Allen is. If he proved himself in the pre season, what is there to keep Henne?

 

There's always the chance that a late round draft pick might impress in the preseason, but the odds of that happening are long at best.  The team drafted him as a developmental QB who could eventually assume the backup role.  I doubt very seriously they expected that to be the case in 2016, which is why they retained Henne. 

 

I'm not quite sure how Henne is one of "many bad decisions" this team has been making for years.  He's a backup QB.  That was always expected to be his role on this roster, and he has done what has been asked in that capacity.  It's almost like some of you think this team needs to have two starting caliber QBs on the roster at all times.  It's as if you haven't quite yet grasped how difficult it is to find ONE franchise QB. 

 

Quote:One thing is for sure, you don't spend draft picks on guys you're expecting to cut. Henne's days were always numbered, but that signing bonus Dave gave him a few months ago might look especially wasteful pretty soon.

 

Spending a 6th round draft pick isn't exactly declaring him the future starter or even backup for this team.  That's a draft pick that you bring in, work with him, and then determine if you can develop him into a solid backup.  He's low enough on the food chain that odds are you can cut him and re-sign him to the practice squad when the time comes.

 

Henne got a $500k signing bonus, and $5 million guaranteed for two years.  The contract itself is actually a pretty affordable one based on the going rate for a veteran backup QB.  One thing this team cannot be accused of is being wasteful with the salary cap, and this contract is no exception, especially for a team that has had one of the healthiest salary caps in the league for several years now.

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