While I'd be very satisfied with drafting OT J. Long at #1 overall, can someone out there please sell me on QB C. Henne at #32?? I'm having serious difficulty with that selection. Thanks....
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As an Ohio State fan it's hard to sell Henne at 32...but he does have the arm to make every NFL throw. The way I look at it with the 32nd pick, regardless if it's Henne or Flacco, if one of the two is there, I wouldn't be against it.
My thought process on this is that John Beck will be 27 at the start of the season, and while we're all rooting for him, myself included, you have to allow for the possibility that he's just not a starting NFL caliber QB - best case scenario, he's an upgrade over a Sage Rosenfels as a #2. Josh McCown is 29, and signed a short-term deal - clearly not a long-term solution at QB.
So, say we draft Henne at 32, or even better, at 57 - my thinking is that if Beck doesn't cut it, he's also older than your average 2nd year QB as it is, and McCown is a wild gunslinger with a two-year deal so he's out of the picture in two seasons most likely. Parcells and Co. have already stated that 2010 is their target year to make a run - Henne or Flacco can actually sit on the bench the whole year this year, and if Beck and McCown aren't up to snuff you have a young 24 yr. old QB with arguably a better arm than both Beck and McCown waiting in the wings, in essence, simply covering all the bases if Beck fails as a starter this year.
Or it is one elaborate ploy to try and get someone to trade into the 32nd spot so we can get more draft picks.
