Pennington or Henne?

[YoFuggedaboutit]

Here's a good question about our QB situation next year.... how do you handle it?  My friend, Mark the Bills fan, told me after the Buffalo game, "Pennington will get you to the playoffs, but he won't get you far."  We all know what Pennington is capable of, which isn't good enough to take us to a level of "being in the thick of it."  Henne is raw, but he proved during the preseason and on that one drive against Arizona that he belongs in the NFL.  He's got a deep ball that Pennington can only dream about.  However, he can only gain so much by watching and learning. 

What do you do come training camp?  Discuss.

[Spider-Dan]

One more year for Henne on the sidelines.  Pennington will most likely get injured anyway.

If Pennington completes another year (and doesn't take us to the SB), cut the ties and put Henne in as starter.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

Hard to answer that question at this point, particularly being I have not seen Henne since pre-season.

But I would start Henne and have him play all or most of the first three pre-season games. 

After the third pre-season game I would decide on my starting Chad and backup Chad, based on Henne's development to that point.

For the fourth pre-season game I would start the starter. 

[StL FinFan]

Henne is not ready to start yet.   This is all reactionary.  Penny got us to the playoffs.  Unfortunately, he had a bad game at the worst possible time.  Not a reason to dump him.

[Tenshot13]

Henne is not ready to start yet.   This is all reactionary.  Penny got us to the playoffs.  Unfortunately, he had a bad game at the worst possible time.  Not a reason to dump him.

I have to disagree that he is not ready...he was a four year starter at MI plus now one year holding a clipboard...Whether he has the adequate tools around him to be more successful then Penny is the question...Penny can do more with less talented receivers...It's hard to tell until after the offseason.

[Fau Teixeira]

i say pennington starts another year and then henne starts the year after ..

look how long it took rivers to start ..

doesn't seem to have done him any harm

[MaineDolFan]

I know the popular thing is to lob all of the ills of yesterday on Pennington.  It wasn't Pennington that was being plowed through like powder snow...it was the offensive line.  It was Pennington running bad routes...or FALLING DOWN in the route.  That was Ginn.  He wasn't the one giving Flacco enough time in the pocket to write a book, that was our non-existant pash rush.  He wasn't the one letting a guy that used to be on the practice squad average 5 yards a carry on us...that would be the d-line, linebackers and safety.  He sure as hell wasn't the guy averaging, what?  1.2 yards per carry?  That would be Ricky and Ronnie - running behind the previously mentioned O line that couldn't have blocked a fat kid from a doughnut yesterday.

Yes, he tossed four picks.  Yes, that counts for something.

YES - it took a TEAM effort to blow the game yesterday.  Henne would not have mattered yesterday...period. 

Therefore you need to look at who, overall, gives you the best chance to win.  I think that's Pennington.

[Tepop84]

He sure as hell wasn't the guy averaging, what?  1.2 yards per carry?  That would be Ronnie not ricky - running behind the previously mentioned O line that couldn't have blocked a fat kid from a doughnut yesterday.

i fixed your mistake.  ricky 4 carries 17 yards  ronnie 12 carries 19 yards

[Crabby440]

i think they should share the load some what. he has to start some time.

[Frimp]

i think they should share the load some what. he has to start some time.

I agree...Come up with some deep throw plays for Henne, and put him in for not only those, but some short passes as well so our opponent won't know its going deep just because Henne steps on the field.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

i think they should share the load some what. he has to start some time.

The plan may have been to start him this season  once the Dolphins was out of the race and the condition precedent just never occurred. 

[ochizon]

Ill let Sparano make that call, who is obviously far more knowledgable and capable thatn anyone that might post in this thread.

[fyo]

or FALLING DOWN in the route.  That was Ginn.

That pass from Pennington was WAY off. Ginn falling down (didn't look like there was contact, but it was close) had nothing to do with anything. There were TWO defenders covering Ginn on that play and BOTH were closer to the ball than Ginn ever could have been. The closest of the two was MUCH closer. Yet another off-target deep throw by Pennington into double coverage.

Had Pennington managed to get that pass to the OUTSIDE (where Ginn was), then the falling down would have been a problem. As it was, the pass was straight to Ed Reed (IIRC).

[Brian Fein]

Pennington is the reason we were even in the playoffs to begin with.  Pennington had a 2-year deal, if I remember correctly, and should play out the last year of his contract.  Beyond that, if he wants to return as our backup, I'm sure he'd be welcome.

[JVides]

Pennington in 2009 for sure.  Get him some help at OG and WR, see if we can help him by being able to power run instead of relying on cutesy sweeps and the like, and see what he can do.  Henne in 2010 suits me fine.  I don't want to see a 2 QB system.