Good thing it's not up to you.

 

At this point, Penny is the more productive QB, no question - he analyzes the field more quickly which makes him more efficient.

The staff has made the judgment call that Henne's superior physical skills will overcome his "average" field vision which will improve with experience. In other words, they believe Henne is "good enough" now, and will improve.

 

He didn't have to "win the job" this preseason. He was already the starter.

He would have to have a meltdown of epic proportions to get benched. We've already seen what Pennington can do. He's a backup at this point, nothing more.

 

Penny is just throwing WR screens. They're not really asking him to do anything.

He throws it downfield to Marshall one time and he bails him him out. Tried to hit Cobb on a wheel-route and hit the LB in the back. If that LB turned around he picks it.

Don't get me wrong, I like Penny. I'm glad he's our backup. The field just happens to get very compressed when he is under center.

 

This is just major pre-season overreaction.

I expect us to play well at Buffalo and to be pretty good this season. If we're not, then this regime has a problem. A big problem.

 

While Penny wasn't throwing deep,he was a little more efficient throwing safer passes.Henne still is not wher he needs to be,hope he gets there soon.

 

The problem is, our defense isn't good enough to rely on short, safer passes. We need to air it out. If we were a team like say, the Jets, Penny would be the perfect QB. A game manager.

This is also why I'm not too worried about this preseason. I expect this offense to be a predominant passing offense. I don't think we've seen anything yet.

 

That, and you can't play in today's NFL living off of 10,12,14 play drives. You need to have quick scores.

 

Free Pat White.

 

:up: Our offense is way too limited with Pennington. We need the big play with this young defense. I love Pennington, but even if he did start he'd wear down.

I'm fine with Henne. I feel confident with the ball in his hands. He has had a rough preseason, but i'm not worried about him. I'm more worried about our o-line keeping him upright.

 

If they release him Saturday we know he didn't do so good.:lol:

 

Well, the only guy Romo outplayed this preseason was Matt Nichols. I seriously doubt any cowboys fans are worried about it.

 

...from our roster, so that 31 other teams can take a shot at...whatever position he's supposed to play.

 

Well, then the cowboys fans are stupid.

 

No way he gets cut. If anything he'll be shopped around because we showed him off a ton this preseason. :shifty:

 

I've been beating that drum for 3 years now :lol:

It's true though. That Indy game, in hindsight, was a good lesson for this organization. Tough as it was to swallow (that's what she said), it showed that an elite running game is no match for an elite passing game.

I don't think the regime went out and got Brandon Marshall to run it on 1st and 2nd down. I also don't think they would've invested two second round picks and a huge contract in a WR had they not thought Henne was the guy to make it happen with said WR.

Also, aside from last night, the O-Line had looked MUCH better in pass blocking than they had run blocking. That should also tell us something.

 

To answer your question, Henne didn't play as well as Penny or Thigpen this preseason. There could be many factors involved (Playcalling). I hope he starts to get the game speed down before we see Buffalo and their one threat (C.J. Spiller). Spiller could wreck havok on this D.

 

" I know it's important, I honestly do but we're talking about preseason. We're talking about preseason man. We're talking about preseason. We're talking about preseason. We're not talking about the game. We're talking about preseason. When you come to the stadium, and you see me play, you've seen me play right, you've seen me give everything I've got, but we're talking about preseason right now we're talking about preseason man, we're not even talking about the game, when it actually matters, we're talking about preseason."

 

Thank you Mr. Iverson.

 

I really think people are forgetting that Pennington lost his last 4 starts with Miami.

And as much as I love the guy and what he did for this team in 2008, when put against tough teams, he faltered. He won 2 games in '08 against teams that finished above .500 (1 against a Brady-less pats and the birth of the WC, and the other against the Jets and Favre throwing lefty)

This is Henne's team this year. No matter what. Benching him will only hinder his progress greatly and set our franchise back yet again

 

Yep. Going back to Penny will destroy any hope Henne has of ever being the leader of this team. It would also signal the beggining of the end for this regime.

 

the IceMan has to do it. we all wish him well. w/o a Franchise QB there is no SuperBowl...

 

Thats not necessarilly true. Look at the Ravens and trent Dilfer :lol:

 

Friend brandon27:

1) you underestimate the Dilfer
2) one of the greatest defensive units in the history of the game coupled w/ an elite offensive line & special teams

however, I'll give you this: there is always the exception to the rule

 

Exactly! And for what?! To win 8 games instead of 6. Or win 10 games instead of 8 and get demolished in the Wild Card round?

Henne's 24 years old. He doesn't even have a full season under his belt.

Look at Aaron Rogers. It wasn't until his 5th season that he starting showing signs of greatness. Look at Eli Manning. It was 4 years before he won a playoff game. But the Packers had patience. The Giants had patience. Look how it's paid off.

There's gonna be bumps. There's gonna be head scratchers. But we have to be in it for the long haul with this guy. He's too young, too promising to start getting impatient with. IMO, he has a free pass this year.

 

:lol: Yeah free him to the unemployment line

 

Ok, How about Doug Williams ?? A QB that didn't have football smarts, was inaccurate and not very instinctive, couldn't throw two completions in a row...but he took the Skins to the SB and won it ??

And Dilfer was a boob as a QB...he was a journeyman QB who, as you said got hooked up with a good D...the thing is, you say on one hand, we have to have a franchise QB to win, but you discount the times, like the Skins, Dolphins (to the SB with David Woodley), Ravens, Bucs, Da' Bears with Grossman and even the G-men of a couple of years ago...Eli didn't win that game, their D kept them in the game long enough for the Pats D to get exposed...That's a weak argument...

Now, is Henne an elite QB....no, of course not. Is he capable ?? Yes. Will he show that this year, or next year ?? Who knows, but even if Henne is an elite QB suddenly this season, if the D can't keep people from scoring and the STs act like they are unable to block or tackle, we won't go anywhere and it won't be Henne's fault...

 

Get off those damn cliffs. It's irritating when after every preseason game we start *****ing and crying. Last year we went 4-0 in the preseason and lost 9 games. The colts went 0-4 and lost 3. Preseason is NOT the regular season. I also believe that the cliff jumpers don't actually watch the play calling. It was the most basic of basic and they weren't calling situational plays. They called plays just to see certain players run certain routes. Most of the night all you saw were guys running crossing routes with the occasional clear out. The preseason isn't about winning games, it's about evaluating young players, FA's and UDFA's in the plays we want them to see. If that ends in a TD yay. If not it's preseason. As you can tell, these threads piss me off.

 

I feel like everyone is really over assessing this preseason. What we saw in the Jacksonville game from our starting O is what we'll be seeing most of this season. Sure there will be times where our O faulters and we'll lose a game or two because of it. But overall we'll be set.

 

Ah, yeah...he sat behind one of the greatest for his first 4 years. He proved his worth when Favre was traded....

But I do agree. I come from the old school where a QB sat behind a proven vet starter for 3-5 year before starting....those days are over though.

This is Henne's year to shine. He's got everything a young QB could hope to have....a decent OL (despite the issues they've had this ps), a solid group of WRs with a bona fide proven superstar, not one, but two RBs that can be elite by themselves if needed, a FB that dreams are made of and he's got the physical tools that God gave him, some real game experience to learn off of to go along with 3 yrs of tutelage under a proven, winning veteran QB to help him along. It's way too early to say "It's now or never" however, it's his time...

Penny didn't do anything to show that he's more qualified than Henne at this point. We all know what we have with Penny. As great as he has been with us, he still has the stigma of "Break glass in case of emergency" written across his forehead. If it comes to Penny displacing Henne, we will be in a lot more trouble than it appears...

 

I don't know, I thought Henne played pretty good against Jacksonville.

It hasn't been all bad fellas. The dude has potential, lets give him a shot to get it done when it matters.

 

I hope to heaven you're right, he sure didn't show us anything in all 4 preseason games.

 

henne didnt have to win it, it was already his. Sparano said so n his decision is only 1 that matters.

henne wont lose his job based on preseason