All I was trying to say is that people who "hate" Henne were trying to find something wrong with him in a game he had over 400 yards passing and accounted for 3 TD's.Give the guy his due is all I'm saying.
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First of all, I dont recall reading anyone outright bashing Henne for his performance last night, so no offense but I got to be put in the 'camp' then of people that think your just trying to stir up crap.
#1. The offense with Henne at QB scored 10 points last night. Thats a problem. Now, its not all Henne's fault obviously, but as the QB AKA GENERAL of the offense, he needs to get it in the endzone. The defense cant spot him on the 8 yard line everytime.
#2. Which brings me to my next point. The defense was really the one that got the other 7 to put it at 17. Granted, Henne had an awesome bullet throw to get the TD (great job there) , but again, that was due to Odricks big butt running out of gas and not being able to rumble in the endzone.
#3. That third score, the game was basically out of reach at that point. BB was already in his 'whatever' mode and as we saw, it didnt make a difference other than pad stats and not make the score seem so bad.
Those things being said, Henne did have moments of god damn BRILLIANCE LAST NIGHT. FREAKING BRILLIANCE. However, as I did say before, not being able to get this offense into the endzone is a HUGE problem. Having said that, the fact that it seems like getting those last 10 yards is the biggest issue then we have come along pretty well from previous seasons. Still frusterating to settle for a FG or no score at all, but the fact that the offense moved the way it did was good news. Now let me highlight this in bold...
HENNE WAS NOT THE REASON WE LOST this game. Period. However, can anyone suggest that scoring those TDs (instead of a FG or NOTHING) wouldn't of changed the game at those specific points? If we get in the endzone, the game changes. Sure, you can blame the play calling to an extent, but if the ball is put in Henne's hands (
or whomever the hell is at QB) at the 10 yard line and dont get in the endzone, thats not a good thing.
The issue I take is when people blindly support or trash a guy. Henne had a good game last night, hell great even. But he wasnt perfect and faultless and he sure as hell isnt a top 5 QB in this league (yet?). He played the game like he has played it before and why most of you that support him end up supporting him the way you do. This isnt the first time he's had a game like this, its not a hallelujah moment. Like I alluded to last night, I love the hypocrisy of people who blindly man crush a guy and yet, back in the day when we had guys like Fiedler throwing the ball, and we were WINNING games, they were out in full force to tear them down saying we needed to upgrade.
All in all, I liked what I saw. Pisses me off we didnt get into the endzone. That theme is still recurring after all of this time and having a new OC. Looking forward to (hopefully) seeing that issue finally addressed.