What if it's White AND Henne rather than White OR Henne?

[The Goat]

So, I've been thinking about the White/Henne situation, and there is clearly a plan in place here. Rather than begin yet another White/Henne debate over WHICH is the future for the Dolphins, I'm going to look at it from another angle...which I'm certain has been discussed before.

What if they're BOTH the future?

Quick review:

I just finished reading (part of) a thread regarding the general success of scrambling QBs over the last 10/30 years. Regarding that issue, there HAVE been quite a few successful scrambling QBs during that era, namely:

Steve Young
Steve McNair
Donovan McNabb

All three went to Super Bowls. One (so far) won a couple.

Other successful QB who were very proficient scramblers:

Warren Moon
Randall Cunningham

A little over 30 years, and throw in Staubach and Tarkenton.

Why that's not relevant to Pat White:

Pat White, along with a few notable others, (Michael Vick, Kordell Stewart, Vince Young) came from offenses that maximized their abilities; they were either in "run first" style offenses or some variation thereof. Their abilities did not translate well to a standard NFL offenseive scheme. They were certainly extraordinary athletes, but they (so far) have had limited success. The long and short of it seems to be that NFL coaches have been trying to jam a square peg in a round hole, with moderate success.

Why THAT isn't relevant to Pat White:

We're embarking into (relatively) uncharted territory here. There have been variations of the spread offense sprinkled through the NFL, but nothing like what our boys are getting ready to unleash. We're no longer running a prototypical NFL offense, so using historical data on the success of "run-first" quarterbacks is pointless.

What I think this might mean for the future:

So...what if we start running White at QB out of a three-wide set, with Henne in the slot, and Ginn wide left...and we start running a reverse to Henne? How are defenses going to react to that? What if we have Henne and White's positions reversed in that situation? What if we bring in Pat White in for a "Wildcat" series, the opposing defense brings in a nickel package, and all of a sudden we line up in an I formation and start jamming it down their throats?

What if both of these quarterbacks play an integral role in every single game, and both of them are adept at running both a spread and a standard NFL offense? This could drive opposing defensive coordinators absolutely bat-poop crazy.

I don't know if this is accurate, but I think it might be. I don't even know if it'll work, but I think it's going to be fun as heck finding out.

Here's to the future.

 

[chosenone2334]

I have said this previously, after going back and watching all of our games again, it was surprising to me just how much we worked out of a spread type offense last year. We were in an empty set alot last year. And the formations had many different looks too. Times there were 2 TE's lined up, 5 WR's lined up, Ricky or Ronnie in the slot. And you have to remember these were mostly done with guys not brought in just for the spread. Whatever you want to say about Pat White, we didn't use the 44th pick in the draft for nothing. They have big plans for him. I also think they have big plans for Chad Henne as well. And I think that they do have plans on using them both in the same game. Chad Henne will flourish in the spread as well, just won't be the spread option/Wildcat type that you will see with White running it. Henne's version will look alot like NE or IND, with the spread used to find mismatches in the passing game. They will both be used, mark my word. The haters can say what they want, but I think we have something special brewing here for our team.