I think most on this board and the beat writers are over reacting after the first preseason game, what I saw was quite different from what i read yesterday. Henne did not IMO have a bad game, he was running the same below average team without its 3 best players (Marshall, Long and Bush), he didn't get any help from anyone except Bess who make a diving one handed catch, Fasano dropped a ball and another WR dropped a ball after Henne showed good pocket presence to avoid the rush rolled out to make the throw and the ball was dropped. The only mistake he made was throwing that bad pass after pump faking that resulted in an int. The Defense started the game by forcing a 3 and out. Two good coverage plays by Vontae and good pressure from the front 7. The 2nd Series they got beat up pretty good but they went into a soft zone and didn't mix up the coverage, the rush Defense was nowhere to be found but that's the least of my worries with this D.
After the first half, I saw what i expected to see, an offense without its weapons learning a new system with Henne at QB.....The offensive line wasn't as bad as expected because the Falcons were run blitzing and we didn't call plays to punish them for it, we just continued to run the plays the coaching staff had planned. I liked that the coaching staff had Henne play until he had that good drive and then pull him, and it was good to see Henne make plays with his feet and arm during that scoring drive.
We have a long way to go before that first game and we are where I think we should be at this point in the season.
After the first half, I saw what i expected to see, an offense without its weapons learning a new system with Henne at QB.....The offensive line wasn't as bad as expected because the Falcons were run blitzing and we didn't call plays to punish them for it, we just continued to run the plays the coaching staff had planned. I liked that the coaching staff had Henne play until he had that good drive and then pull him, and it was good to see Henne make plays with his feet and arm during that scoring drive.
We have a long way to go before that first game and we are where I think we should be at this point in the season.