Thats a good point Expo. But then again, if Edwards or Ricky went down with injury they could just activate Leonard Henry from the psquad...
Which brings us back to the original argument. I'm not saying that Henry hasn't shown that he can handle the next level (though I won't say that he has shown it either). I'm saying that he hasn't shown this to OTHER teams. No matter how you mould it, shape it, paint it, or place it, what you guys are TRYING to tell me is that a team is going to dump a guy that they KNOW, that 53rd man on the roster that is a known quantity and who probably has potential (otherwise he wouldn't be the 53rd guy)...you're saying that some team out there is going to dump this guy for a dude who they were not willing to draft (and therefore were not that impressed with in college), who has done dismally during the preseason, based on ONE OR TWO local Miami articles that didn't say the kid showed flashes of greatness...merely said that he's doing better than expected and is competing for a roster spot.
You know there's a perspective problem here. We talk about the kid all the time. We have people go to training camps and report here and give a little tidbit that says "Leonard Henry looked good..." and then all the sudden have a 30 post thread about his prospects and whatnot. Unless you're going to tell me that professional NFL franchises regularly scout private message boards for talent (lol), these scouting services, even if they scan the local miami papers everyday just as we fans do (and trust me this is a ridiculous notion...think about that for a moment...every team having someone responsible for scanning the local stories on every team out there to see if there's some talent who looks good but might try to be hidden on the psquad...not all teams have a convenient Curt Fennel phins links website)....these scouts have only seen a handful of mentionings of Leonard Henry.
And if you recall, these official mentionings have not been glowing...the most positive tidbit IN these papers is a quote from Rick Spielman saying "He kinda grows on you"
You tell me that "word in the NFL travels fast" and "there are very few secrets in the NFL" and I ask you...HOW? How does this word travel so fast? How are secrets shared? How does an NFL scout for a team, find out enough about a kid who did not impress you enough with college play to warrant picking him in the draft, that you will all the sudden guarantee him a roster spot over someone that you know? Aside from admission-charged camps, aside from preseason games, and aside from local newspapers. How?
The bottom line is ya'll are tryin to tell me that lukewarm praise from local newspapers a few times, is enough. And while thats your opinion and thats fine, I'll certainly never share that opinion until I'm proven wrong. Of course if the Phins cut him and he gets picked up off waivers I'll admit I was wrong, even though I'd say that the GM that did it is either crazy or he really liked the kid comin out of college but didn't draft him because he thought nobody else would be interested in drafting the kid so he tried to save himself a pick and sign the guy undrafted FA. THAT possibility does exist, I guess.