I still can't believe 99% of Dolphins fans bash Henne

Same here, what bothers me is the things he does poorly in 2010 are the same things he was doing poorly in 09, his "craft" of being a NFL Qb is just awful, a Qb can be technically proficient even if the playcalling is not working.

 

Henne has no capacity for deception. He stares down his receivers and can't sell play action. Sun Tzu said: "All warfare is based on deception".

 

I find it funny that a lot of people here want to draft a QB in the first round to start the development process all over again.

 

It's not that we WANT to start the process all over again. The problem is that there is no other option at this point. The vast majority of the fan base and it appears also the present coaching staff.
Have determined that Henne is not the QB to build this team around for the future. So the Dolphins are in a situation where they have no other choice but to keep searching for that franchise QB they have been looking for since Marino retired. I think every Dolphin fan wanted Henne to be the guy. He's not, so the Dolphins have to just keep looking and hoping that they can find the QB to lead this team for the next decade.

 

The problem I see amongst us, is that most think he has the tools, but is not reaching his potential because of what's going on upstairs and his slow decision making... That is a problem, that's for sure, but its not all my take...I don't think he has the tools to stand up in this league, and the tools that he does have, I don't think can handle the duress of playoff style football..

I dont think a qb can win in this league without at least good feet...Henne does not have them...This whole You can win from a stationary pocket is not something I agree with..I dont believe he has ALL the tools like some folks have mentioned, I dont think its just a mental thing with Chad Henne.

Pressure forces playmaking ability, playmaking ability starts from the feet up.

 

It's definitely not 99%. I never bashed Henne before. I have ALWAYS bashed Dan Henning. Consistently. Consistently is a word that Dan Henning is unfamiliar with. Like I said before, I place blame at the feet of the coaching staff before I even THINK about blaming ANY of the current players. This coaching staff is a straight up ****ing joke. I say GOOD RIDDANCE to them. Except Nolan.

 

You left out being developed by a clueless HC......

 

Perhaps Sparano is not the coach needed to develop a QB. Unfortunately we will probably never know. Because the problem with Henne is not Sparano or Henning. Henne is the problem himself. He is just not the QB so many of us thought we were getting when the Dolphins drafted him. We were led to believe that Henne was as good as Ryan and Flacco. At least that is what the Dolphins were saying after the draft. Obviously he is nowhere near these two when it come to playing QB in the NFL. It is always easy to blame the coaches when a player doesn't meet expectations. We assume it is the coaching that is the problem. Unfortunately, most of the time it is not the coaching. It's the ability or lack of ability of the individual player. In the case of Henne. I think Henne is the problem. Not the coaches.

 

Right, if you ignore the fact that Henne was leading us back last Sunday until the little fist pumper went into FG mode.....

Doesn't matter who the QB is........ Sparano is not HC material....... period

 

Or... now just hear me out. We work on changing the offense to suit Henne better and develop him and work on his flaws.

It's not like he has been in the NFL for 5-7 years. He's in his 2nd year starting, with an HC and OC trying to change him to something he is not.

 

I don't see a million threads about how our running game fell off of a cliff, or how we lack speed and playmaking ability, how we cant beat a cover 2 to save our season. There's a thousand things wrong on offense, but most of I see on the board is Henning's an idiot and/or Henne is a bust.

 

Exactly. The 2nd year is often a bad one for QBs b/c for the first time they are facing defenses with gameplans specifically designed to attack their weaknesses. Henne is playing better than he did last year, but 90% of that is canceled out by defenses being more prepared to defend him.

He doesn't have a run game or a play action game. He doesn't have any playmakers who can turn a simple pass into a big gain. He doesn't have any speed outside to stretch the field, or in the backfield to bust big runs. He doesn't have a ST unit setting him up with good field position, ditto for a defense forcing turnovers. The only way we can score is with long drives where we execute 10-12 plays w/o any mistakes. Once we cross midfield, we're angling for a FG. Our offense is predictable, not suited to the strengths of the players, and overmatched against the better defensive teams. There's only one type of QB that can succeed in this offense as it stands today, an elite one. Chad Henne is nowhere in the neighborhood of elite. Hell he's not even in the same zip code.

 

You guys can sit here and continue to stick up for this guy, while we watch Mark Sanchez play in the playoffs...again...

Yes the OC/play calling sucks.....yes the o-line is struggling.....yes the running backs are getting old or are a little too slow.....yes the WR core is not quick enough, and the team lacks overall speed.......BUT Chad Henne is not ever going to be the answer. You can see in his play, he's too late on decisions, and throws. The game is too fast for him. When you really need this guy to make a play, he "freezes"! He's a choker, plain and simple. He can't handle the pressure, and that's that. He just seems to get worse by the game. I don't care about any stats he may have. He needs to make "stats" when the game is on the line, not when the game is already decided. I can't believe people continue sticking up for a guy that has proven to be an average QB at best.....A bad offense ALWAYS starts with a bad QB!