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Ok, as of this article:

http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/football/story/964467.html

We know the following:

Penny is starting regardless of Henne's performance.
Henne is going to play alot in the preseason, and should be ready to start 2010.
Beck will play as much as a 3rd string QB normally gets to play or will be traded.

So I post the following questions to you.
Please reply as civil as possible.

If you were GM how would you handle our QB position if you truly followed the above process of Penny 2009 and Henne 2010?

Its obvious that Henne will play alot this preseason, but what about the regular season.

Do you play pennington as a starter the entire season? When do you bring in Henne (ex..game 14,15 or 16?)? Do you try to bring him in at the end of each the games?

What if henne totally outplays Pennington during the preseason?
Chubbs
 
Chubby said:
Ok, as of this article:

http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/football/story/964467.html

We know the following:

Penny is starting regardless of Henne's performance.
Henne is going to play alot in the preseason, and should be ready to start 2010.
Beck will play as much as a 3rd string QB normally gets to play or will be traded.

So I post the following questions to you.
Please reply as civil as possible.

If you were GM how would you handle our QB position if you truly followed the above process of Penny 2009 and Henne 2010?

Its obvious that Henne will play alot this preseason, but what about the regular season.

Do you play pennington as a starter the entire season? When do you bring in Henne (ex..game 14,15 or 16?)? Do you try to bring him in at the end of each the games?

What if henne totally outplays Pennington during the preseason?
Chubbs
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i don't think the pre-season will have much of an impact on the decision. it's happening all over the league that back-ups are outplaying the starters during pre-season. Pennington will be the starter heading into the season IMO.

Pennington wlll stay the starter as long as we're in the playoff race, Pennington is healthy and he's playing well. if any of that isn't the case anymore, i think we'll see Henne.
 
Chubby said:
What if henne totally outplays Pennington during the preseason?
Chubbs
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That doesn't worry me. You can insert Henne into the starting lineup whenever you feel he's going to do better than Pennington.

What would really put us in a quandrum is the opposite: what if Pennington totally outplays Henne and has a repeat performance of last season? Do you still hand the job to the young guy, come what may? Let's look at the Jets experience as a reference for the possible negative effects of underestimating Penningtons value. That would be a tough decision indeed... unless Henne is star-bound for sure.
 
Great play can change a coaches mind. If Henne is head and shoulders better and leads 3-4 TD drives a game in the PS, I think he could be the starter.
 
where's th'fish said:
That doesn't worry me. You can insert Henne into the starting lineup whenever you feel he's going to do better than Pennington.

What would really put us in a quandrum is the opposite: what if Pennington totally outplays Henne and has a repeat performance of last season? Do you still hand the job to the young guy, come what may? Let's look at the Jets experience as a reference for the possible negative effects of underestimating Penningtons value. That would be a tough decision indeed... unless Henne is star-bound for sure.
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i think in that scenario you're almost forced to bring back Pennington with a starter contract and let him and Henne nuke it out.
 
greasyObnoxious said:
i think in that scenario you're almost forced to bring back Pennington with a starter contract and let him and Henne nuke it out.
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This would put us in a tough situation. Are we going to give starter QB Money to a 33 year old QB?
Chubbs
 
Chubby said:
Ok, as of this article:

http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/football/story/964467.html

We know the following:

Penny is starting regardless of Henne's performance.
Henne is going to play alot in the preseason, and should be ready to start 2010.
Beck will play as much as a 3rd string QB normally gets to play or will be traded.

So I post the following questions to you.
Please reply as civil as possible.

If you were GM how would you handle our QB position if you truly followed the above process of Penny 2009 and Henne 2010?

Its obvious that Henne will play alot this preseason, but what about the regular season.

Do you play pennington as a starter the entire season? When do you bring in Henne (ex..game 14,15 or 16?)? Do you try to bring him in at the end of each the games?

What if henne totally outplays Pennington during the preseason?
Chubbs
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This is as civil as I can be... Chubbs :lol:

Let the best man play... Throw out last season... Last season was last season... This is a new campaign... If Penny continues where he left off (not the last play off game) then Henne will be hard pressed to unseat him...
 
Chubby said:
This would put us in a tough situation. Are we going to give starter QB Money to a 33 year old QB?
Chubbs
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Warner got 23m for 2 years and he's 37. it's a tough spot to be in, but if Pennington had a repeat performance in 2009, you really couldn't let him walk like that. we could create our own worst enemy if he signed with the wrong team
 
Penny will play this year until injury, or we are on the outside looking in playoffs wise. If Penny has a year like last and we are looking to make the playoffs again, I'm sure Sparano isn't going to pull him. We'll just enjoy the ride.

An issue really comes if Henne looks worlds better than Penny in preseason. Otherwise, we keep the vet as the starter for now.

Henne will be our starter next year IMO
 
Chubby said:
Yup, I know. I was just wondering how everyone here would handle the Henne situation.

Sorry for the double post.
Chubbs
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Right now Pennington is the starter and will be as long as the offense moves the ball on a consistent basis. What will ultimately determine when/if Henne sees time this year is the 3rd & long and red-zone success rate under CP.
 
what if henne absolutely blows when given a chance and penny is hurt as everyone wants here.

then beck leads for a 6-7 win season
 
It's Pennys job until Henne beats him out, plain and simple. If Penny continues to play at a high level, he may play thru 2011. I could see Henne coming in for Mop up duty during the season when a game has been decided early regardless if its a win or lose situation. But barring injury or something we are not seeing yet, I expect Henne to carry the clip board for next year.
 
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