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Time for Henne?

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I'm not calling for Henne to be the starter but I would like to see the Fins start to give him a series each half (starting this week). Then as the season goes on they need to give him more and more PT.
 
Pennington has played pretty good this season. If he had some better targets to throw to he would be playing even better. Letting Henne play for a series wouldn't solve anything, and it would be sending a wrong message to the team. It would be showing they have no confidence in Pennington, and it would undermine his leadership. Besides they didn't pay him $11 million for 2 years just to play 5 games. Our secondary is the bigger problem here, and oh yeah we have no WR's.
 
yes, start Henne. We have peaked with Penny at QB. Everybody gets caught up in his numbers like QB rating and completion %, but fail to realise he has to be perfect in order to score. It is way to hard in the NFL to continually score with 15 play drives. You need some 2,3 and 4 play drives mixed in. You definetly need to be able to get a first down on 3rd and 10 or longer by week 7 of the season...pathetic
 
Lack of arm strength was a HUGE factor is todays loss!(1-of many)
 
Our running game is suffering big time, I think I saw the Raven's mascot and a few cheerleaders in the box for most of the game.
 
No, you continue to go with Pennington. You continue to give this team hope. Henne's time will come, and it isn't like Pennington is playing bad, in fact he has been very good for this team this year and arguably the best QB we have had since Marino.

If you take him out and start Henne after only six games, you say to the team, "Hey guys, we give up on 2008 and everything you sacrificed and will continue to sacrifice was a waste of time." When your QB is playing well, you don't bench him in favor of a rookie who is likely going to take a few weeks just to get in sync. You will likely lose your team and they won't buy into playing hard the rest of the year.

We as fans understand(well, not all of us fans) that this is a rebuilding year and that our final record likely doesn't matter as long as we progress. However, for veterans like Holliday and Porter, every game means something for them and they don't want to sit around and watch a team rebuild. It may be a rebuilding process, but the coaches are not going to attack each week like that. They want to win.

Also, for Henne's sake, it is probably better he doesn't start a game this year. Putting Beck in last year destroyed him and he may never become a good QB in the NFL. Let Pennington play this season and give this team a chance to win. Henne will get his shot next season.
 
CDNPHIN said:
Lack of arm strength was a HUGE factor is todays loss!(1-of many)
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....and yet Pennington STILL had a 295 yard passing day. Pennington is doing fine and playing smartly for the most part (with the exception of the pick 6 today). It's our D (lousy tackling and poor secondary coverage)that's costing us games these days. If it weren't for our D's crappy play, he'd be leading us to a 4-2 record instead of a 2-4 record.
 
I'm for keeping Pennington under center for all the reasons mentioned - even more so in consideration of building up Henne's skillset and confidence level though. Been pleased with CP so far, but objectively speaking, because today was really the first where 8 deft defenders in the box did impede every aspect of our offense, it does make me look forward to the changing of the guard (at the appropriate, not forced, time).

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Pennington threw for almost 300 yards today. You can't keep bashing him. He is producing better numbers than anyone we have had in recent memory. Henne will get his chance but Chad is a big part of developing him into a leader. He won't get that by tossing him to the wolves.
 
I think miami needs too bring in more f/a players especially at dt , cb and safety.

I wonder though if Miami could improve if they bring in two players who want to play . I know dt's Xavier Lawson Kennedy and Ryan Mcbean could help. and if we could bring in and dont rip me but i still beleive that wrs Rashaun Woods and Adarious Bowman could help at least give them a try out . but we really need to bring in another linebacker and 2 cb's even more.
 
I don't think he shouldbe yanked yet either but I really would like to see Henne get some time. it wouldn't be throwing him to the wolves but slowly getting is feet wet. We are 2-4 and unlikely to contend for anything so why not get him in for a few plays. Part of the building process.
 
He threw for 300 yards, missed a wide open TD and threw a pick 6. He is highly accurate because he has to be. Statistically he looked good, actuallality he was a big reason we lost, not the only reason but a big reason!
 
Folks, I'm not talking about benching Pennington due to the lack of performance. I'm talking about getting Henne some playing time here and there to start getting him ready for next season. You can only learn so much from the bench and to be honest I would be very disappointed if we went into next season with CP as our starter.
 
pennington is good at what he does but that doesn't make him a good qb. that seems to have alot of you confused. he has no immediate or future value to this franchise as a starter. he never even should have been brought in for the price they paid.
 
The time fr Henne is 2009. When he'll have more targets, more experience and more time on the field as our D will pull out some 3rd down stops.
 
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