Give credit where its due

[Dave Gray]

I was going to make a post like this.  I don't have faith in Henne, but so far, he's doing a great job and making me eat crow.  I certainly hope this continues when it counts, but so far, so good.

[EKnight]

Read this today.....a little surprised. Yes, it's the preseason, but among starters so far, Henne is: First in yards per completion (9.9), second in passing yards (446), fifth in passer rating (93.4) and sixth in completion percentage (64.4) among quarterbacks averaging at least 14 passes per game.  -EK

[tepop84]

Let's hold the horses on Henne playing "great."  He played well enough and didn't turn the ball over.  If he plays like that during the regular season we will all be happy considering his past performance.

Didn't he fumble on a sack?  LOL at considering them "great games." Compared to his normal shit, yea, I guess it was a great game.

[Brian Fein]

This just proves how some people will never be satisfied.

[tepop84]

This just proves how some people will never be satisfied.

Its still preseason.  He is talking about how great he is at audibling when most defenses are vanilla and coaches don't gameplan.  When he doesn't suck in the regular season, then i will say he has turned the corner.

[Brian Fein]

Its still preseason.  He is talking about how great he is at audibling when most defenses are vanilla and coaches don't gameplan.  When he doesn't suck in the regular season, then i will say he has turned the corner.

He had a pretty good game passing in all statistical categories (even the made up ones) and your reply was "didn't he fumble on a sack?"

I'll wait for you to give him a compliment when he deserves it.

[Pappy13]

Didn't he fumble on a sack? 

Yes....and Miami recovered it.

[MikeO]

I gave him credit and I think a lot of people here have too. But you can't get too excited about 2 preseason games. This guy has 27 real starts that tell a totally different story.

HOPEFULLY he has improved and this is the "new and improved" Henne and the light bulb has gone off in his head finally and he gets it. But he has to do it in September, Oct,..etc when the games count. Not August.

[AZ Fins Fan 55]

Well Tepop he is playing much better than your "Golden Boy" against 2nd stringers for a shitty team mind you......

T. Thigpen 12/28 101y 3.6avg 1td 2int 35.0rating


 

[bsfins]

I have no problem with this thread,even in preseason...The first INT Henne throws there will be 8 people screaming he sucks,Bring in Matt Moore, fire the coaching staff,front office,burn down the stadium...We're gonna lose every ball game posts....We're Doomed....DOOMED.... it's the End of the World!

After a lockout,with no OTA's,and short training camp, I'm happy to see there was improvement....

[Doc-phin]

The thing that is getting me most excited about Henne is how focused and decisive he appears.  You can see on his face he isn't bullshit'n with his last serious opportunity.  Maybe giving him the ability to audible is keeping his head more in the game, but whatever it is you can see it in his body language.

Don't forget that the first interception in preseason was really Fasano's fault and the second was a combo between him and a bad route.  Take away those two picks and we are starting to feel pretty damn good right now.

I also like it that he is either connecting on deep balls or overthrowing a bit.  Previously he would underthrow the ball and it resulted in interceptions.  I think a bit more time in this offense will get the receivers playing faster and turn those overthrows into big plays.  Plus, I have seen a few passes that have had a little touch on them.  He still throws bullets most of the time, but I have seen several good decisions to take a bit off of it.

Finally, I can't believe how much faster he is moving.  I really busted on him for his slow running in the past.  Rarely do you see a QB gain running speed in his career, but his running skills and pocket elusiveness make him look like a totally different QB.

[BigDaddyFin]

I'm not down on Henne.  I do think he needs to play well this year though.  I think having the new offense is going to help him more. 

That said, I'm also not going to get excited over anything that happens in the exhibition game season.