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Qb Deja Vu?

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We get Culpepper after a bad knee injury. Everyone praises his past numbers before he was injured( Lots of TD's, amazing QB rating, MVP,.etc,etc.) He starts and looks like a shell of his former self.We are virtually eliminated from the playoffs at mid season.

We get Green after multiple concussions. Everyone praises his past numbers before he was injured( Lots of passing yards,good decision maker,good leader etc.etc.) He starts and looks like a shell of his former self. We are virtually eliminated from the playoffs at mid season.

We get Pennington after double rotator cuff surgery. Everyone praises his past numbers before he was injured(Good leader,smart,accurate,high QB rating etc.etc.) All signs are are pointing to him as our starter................


IMO after our last couple of seasons it is highly critical to win games right away to build the confidence of new young players and regain cofidence from the ones still here. All I'm saying is would it be better to go with a healthy Qb from the start and let him control his record and success from the start instead of mid season throwing a guy into the fire when fans are pissed the media is all over us, and the team is down in the dumps and our vet goes on the shelf.(Beck was thrown into that last year and if history repeats itself I don't think we should do that to Henne this year). So are we playing with fire going with the patched up vet again and risking destroying our fragile confidence? I understand the logic of going with a vet ,and I know all these guys were good at one time, but the unhealthy part is what I find dangerous.Being done at midseason sucks I think if we could be at least .500 at halfway it would make a dramatic difference.I hope whoever is our starter gets off to a great start I just don't know it seems like deja vu, maybe a different approach is what we need. Do you guys like the direction our QB situation is going for this year , dislike it ,or are undecided?
 
How about this:

-new regime selects the future qb in the 2nd round
-new regime elects to distance itself from previous regime's qb, saying its an open competition and the previous regime's qb will be evaluated and given a shot
-as you mentioned, new regime brings in qb with which it has past experience, and
-new regime casts previous regime's qb to the side.

That said, I like Henne, and Pennington. The current regime gets the benefit of the doubt.
 
The big difference is that Pennington, unlike Culpepper and Green had a season AFTER the injury that he did well in(2006). Culpepper and Green were never able to return, Pennington proved he could return, and that was two years ago. This is not the same situation.
 
wasnt he also come back player of the year? and we gave nothing up for him (4th for Green, 2nd for Dumbte, throw 6th for Harrington for good measure) so in that regard were already ahead of the game
 
Canadianfishfan said:
There aren't too many players in this league who've been around 8yrs or more who havent had an injury.

Chad is in good health.
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Your right but two surgeries on the rotator cuff on your throwing arm seems like a lot IMO.
 
Also the numbers don't scare me a bit. It's all in the luck of the year. Our luck has to change sometime...
 
As previous points mentioned;

1) He was a "free" pickup. Plenty of cap room still, no picks given up.
2) Look at our previous option as our veteran starter.

It's a win-win situation for all.
 
Two surgeries do sound like alot however, he did play in 06 after the surgeries and this is his third year from the surgeries. Everyone says it takes a couple of years to return from a shoulder surgery and from what i am reading it seems like he has pretty good volicity in his throws. Lets see what he looks like saturday.
 
We also passed on Brees because of a shoulder concern too...that turned out well.

Green had oatmeal for brains, Culpepper had a bum knee.

I think this was a smart pickup. It cost next to nothing, we didn't give up anything, and Chad has been a good player in this league for 8 seasons.
 
I think that's why this coaching staff wants to keep four QB's on the roster. If he can't perform then Mclown will be our QB, and that is an even scarier thought.

LOL

GO PHINS~!
 
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