Andy Benoit of 'The Fifth Down Blog' on the New York Times site, rates the Top 10 QB's in the NFL, and some to watch. Obviously, Henne is not in the Top 10 (yet) but he did have this to say about the Miami Dolphins QB: Other young QB's he mentioned were Matt Ryan and Joe Flacco. Hmmm, someone was curiously absent. I wonder who it could be http://fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com/...acks-in-the-n-f-l-the-top-10-list/#more-43481
I"m not sure E. Manning even makes the list if Burress wasn't on the team for their SB run. One of the biggest effects Burress had was that he made the defenses easier to read for E. Manning. I'm hopeful that Marshall provides a similar effect for Henne. I also disagree about Sanchez. He should have been mentioned among the guys to look out for going forward. IMO he was at least as good of a prospect as Ryan, Flacco and Henne. He's just a year behind them in development.
I want to see is how Chad Henne, does in the mini camps and training camp. Will there be a instant connection with Brandon Marshall? Will there be improvement on his touch pass? Will he be able to read the defense better going into his third season? When all this happens, then we can say Chad Henne is on his way. So bring on the mini camps!!!!!
While this is just one of those water cooler talks that never really goes anywhere, I'd put Romo on the list over Palmer.
Henne didn't make the top 10 list. But he DID make the top 32 starting QB's list that I put together! wait...
Nice to hear a vote of confidence for Henne. Sure seems like the planets are alligning for him to have a breakout year.
how can henne not be elite soon? If he manages over ten passing tds to everyone on the team not named marshall, and then the inevitable 10 tds to marshall, he's going to throw 20+ tds no problem. Probabyl pretty close to 30.
Thought the same exact thing while reading through the list. I think you could also make a really strong argument for Schaub over Palmer. Carson hasn't been the same since that playoff injury. The Bengals won last year despite his extremely mediocre play, not because of it.
Huh?.. what?...where am I?..... My only complain with the list is I think McNabb deserves to be farther up on the list. At least ahead of Palmer..maybe even Eli Manning
Eli Manning threw for 4,000 yards last year with a regressive running game and three unproven WR's. Sanchez made horrible throws last year. He got bailed out by tall receivers, a great offensive line, Dustin Keller, and 8 in the box.
I like how the Dolphins have developed Henne. He wasn't thrown into the fire right away like John Beck, and we had better lineman like Jake Long by the time Henne got to play. With all of the turn over in coaches and QB's since Shula and Marino retired, it has been constant instability. The teams that become dynasties keep their corp players together and build on this every year through the draft and free agency. I think keeping Parcells/Ireland/Sparano here will pay huge dividends. The Jets are also building their team but they are going after a lot of former big name players who are on the downside of their careers. I'd rather go with young guys like Vontae Davis and Sean Smith and let them learn the system and become our future leaders. The same thing with all these new linebackers. Older guys like Dansby can show them the ropes. I can't wait for September. Our new defense and Marshall at WR is going to be fun to watch.
I'm not comparing Eli and Sanchez b/c they would be on two different parts of the list. Eli would be compared to the likes of Romo and Schaub. Without the SB credentials, I'm not sure Eli makes the top ten above those guys. And I don't think he gets those SB credentials without Burress. Sanchez had good games and horrible games. IMO bad games aren't surprising for a rookie, but if he also has good games then you know he has it in him and is a guy to look out for in the future.
He had those bad games on a stacked team. We weren't nearly as stacked as the Jets yet I'd consider Henne as having greater success. Mark Sanchez hasn't shown he can read D's all that well or throw into small or quickly closing pockets. I like what Henne did with the talent at his disposal yet Mark went into an offense that didn't rely on his arm and couldn't just manage. If I had to pinpoint his problem, it's that I don't think Mark is much of a cerebral QB and only on a stacked team he can succeed. On the Eli front, he's definitely on that list. I'd take Palmer off and put Romo on. I think Eli is a great passer who can make all the throws but doesn't have the fire to become an NFL great. Schaub is on a stacked team and I don't think he could have success on any other team. Throw Peyton in that system and that's possibly a 5k yard season. Throw Schaub on the Colts and I don't think he can make every throw. Especially considering his reliance on Owen Daniels and his receivers making YAC. I don't think Schaub could do as well with Eli Manning's receiving targets.
Henne has gone out and won games and made those last possession game winning drives. Im not sure you can say the same for Sanchez. I would rate Henne above him at this point in time, but both need some consistency and a cut down on TOs before they hit marquee status.
hmm, would have loved to have seen this writers reasoning for saying that. Not that I'm disagreeing but I'm interested in what he's seeing.
I totally agree on Henne and its not the fan in me either. He already has a better arm than most of the guys on the T10 list. He has the poise, courage and leadership skills of a veteran. He did an excellent job of stepping in on short notice, and it shouldnt be overlooked that Henne wasnt the typical backup QB. B/c of the wildcat and Pat cat, his reps in practice were considerably lower than what a backup on a normal team would be. And lets face it, he had the worst set of WRs/TEs in the league. There are alot of reasons why Henne shouldve been unsuccessful but he wasnt. He began 7-3 as a starter, and I think he played better than any of us had reason to expect. It speaks volumes about his play that of all the excuses being circulated about why we went 7-9, nary a peep is made about Penne's Week 3 injury. The 12 teams who made the playoffs last year had a TOTAL of 6 games missed by thier starting QB's due to injury. Ours missed 13, and we were right in the thick of it until the last week of the season, in fact our record without Penne was alot better than our record with him, and so was our offense IMO.
I know that Sanchez was a rookie and it's not an apples-to-apples comparison between he and Henne. It will be interesting to see if Sanchez becomes a star this year - especially with the addition of Santonio Holmes. But, I didn't think Sanchez was that great even in the 2nd half of the season. And, I think Henne will be much improved with Marshall and with the other WR's being more experienced. If Ronnie and Ricky are both healthy - we should have a very good offense.
while injuries do happen, you can never operate under the assumption that they will happen. i think that might be the most pessimistic thing you can do.
We'll just agree to disagree. I saw Sanchez make great throws and great great reads that were independent of the talent around him. And Eli is a borderline top 10 guy just like Romo, Palmer and Schaub. The only thing that's giving Eli the leg up is the SB victory and IMO if you substituted any of the other 3 QBs then the outcome would be similar.
