ThunderDan13
Windy City Fin-Fan (ie. Lonely)
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Quarterback of the future??
Why are all of you so preoccupied with the QB of the future?
I am concerned with the QB OF NOW! A QB in the future doesn't win us any games TODAY!
The thing I don't understand about you people that are so fixated on Beck/Henne/INSERTYOUNGNAMEHERE is that you expect one of these guys to be the next Dan Marino. IT WILL LIKELY NOT HAPPEN. QBs like Marino, Manning, Brady--these career franchise QBs are not a dime a dozen.
Even if we 'fix' our QB problem and find our "future QB" he might not be THAT good (look at Pennington, he was the Jets QB and they tossed him like dirty snot rag), he might get injured, he might hate a new coach, he might retire.
In my opinion, and this is directed at the fans, stop worrying about finding the next Marino or even the our next long term starter. Our next hero will come when he gets here, we're not going to force a young guy into being a hall of famer.
The team needs to worry about the now, who gives us the best chance to win. Now, I'm not saying stop developing young players, but develop them and be caution because they will likely be duds, most QBs are!
I say we keep drafting and developing young QBs, developing them in the background until one FLAT OUT beats Pennington in practice/pre-season.
"Put Henne in game one to see if he's good enough or not." That makes no sense!!!!! I'm so sick of hearing that. He needs to earn the job before he gets it first off. Second, Henne today will not be anywhere near as good as Henne in one year (likely) so give at least a year to get better before we give him 4-6 games to prove himself.
I hope we draft Tebow or Stafford in '09 and have two 22-23 year old guys developing while Pennington leads us for 2-3 years... forget about the QB of the future, he'll show up when he shows up!
Why are all of you so preoccupied with the QB of the future?
I am concerned with the QB OF NOW! A QB in the future doesn't win us any games TODAY!
The thing I don't understand about you people that are so fixated on Beck/Henne/INSERTYOUNGNAMEHERE is that you expect one of these guys to be the next Dan Marino. IT WILL LIKELY NOT HAPPEN. QBs like Marino, Manning, Brady--these career franchise QBs are not a dime a dozen.
Even if we 'fix' our QB problem and find our "future QB" he might not be THAT good (look at Pennington, he was the Jets QB and they tossed him like dirty snot rag), he might get injured, he might hate a new coach, he might retire.
In my opinion, and this is directed at the fans, stop worrying about finding the next Marino or even the our next long term starter. Our next hero will come when he gets here, we're not going to force a young guy into being a hall of famer.
The team needs to worry about the now, who gives us the best chance to win. Now, I'm not saying stop developing young players, but develop them and be caution because they will likely be duds, most QBs are!
I say we keep drafting and developing young QBs, developing them in the background until one FLAT OUT beats Pennington in practice/pre-season.
"Put Henne in game one to see if he's good enough or not." That makes no sense!!!!! I'm so sick of hearing that. He needs to earn the job before he gets it first off. Second, Henne today will not be anywhere near as good as Henne in one year (likely) so give at least a year to get better before we give him 4-6 games to prove himself.
I hope we draft Tebow or Stafford in '09 and have two 22-23 year old guys developing while Pennington leads us for 2-3 years... forget about the QB of the future, he'll show up when he shows up!
