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...I didn't get to see the first half, so I missed Bledsoe, but I did get to see Romo in the 2nd half and Henson's performance.
Before I mention Henson, I should mention what I saw of Romo.
Romo did a nice job, but the OL play was so bad his unit couln't maintain anything. It seems he is more comfortable this year and he threw a couple of nice balls that moved the team, only to be reversed by penalties.
That being said, I personally don't see Romo as a future starter. The pre-season is absolutely nothing like the real season and I just don't see Romo as anything more than possibly a Jason Garrett-type player. Garrett was more of a "heady" player, (a coach on the field type), while Romo plays with a little more "moxie", (as it's been described). I don't say this to slam Romo because I like him and he's progressed over the past 3 years, but due to his size and arm strength I don't see his upside as anything more than a career backup.
As for Henson, I am a Henson fan, but I am puzzled by him.
As for the positives, he played fairly well and had some nice throws that showed a lot of zip, (one in fact to the sidelines that Mickey said was the best ball he had seen from him since camp began).
He also threw the ball away a few times when nothing was there showing that he understood he shouldn't force something trying to make a play. As with Romo, the OL play was not good and many times, like Romo, Henson was forced to get rid of it before the play developed.
He has physical size and skills superior to Romo and it's easy to understand why Jerry obviously is pulling for him to be the future.
That being said, there are still some things about his play that puzzle me.
He settled down somewhat as the game moved through the 4th quarter, but I understand what training camp observers meant when they said he seemed in camp to be pressing. I am hoping that as he plays, he will do what Romo has done over the past 3 years and that is to become more comfortable and patient in the offense and spread the ball around to the playmakers available to him.
As for his play, from my observation, he still seems to be staring down his receivers and at times, he appears to be aiming the ball.
The best way I can describe what I see in Henson right now is to mention what I heard Phil Simms say one time in a broadcast. Simms was complementing Peyton Manning and Tom Brady and he said that there are certain QBs who "play tall". In other words, they stand upright, tall and strong in the pocket, observing the whole field and seeing everything that is going on down the field. He said there are players who may measure 6' 3" or 6' 4", who simply don't play "as tall" as they measure in height. That is what I see at times in Henson. Even though he's about 6' 3" - 6' 4", he seems to play with a "crouching" style that doesn't give him the best vision of what is going on down the field.
As for his delivery, I have to say, imo, it looks very similar, if not the same, to what it did last year. I am not one who thinks you need to change a delivery to make it picture perfect, but it does seem to resemble more of a baseball throwing motion and at times he looks like he's aiming the ball, like someone would throw darts.
The last observation I had, (that comes to mind right now), is that I still see what many posters on this board mentioned last year after the Bears game and that is a very slight hesitation in Henson moving away form the center.
It seemed more obvious last year, but I again noticed that the DEs, in particular, consistently seemed to be a full step out of their stances and moving toward the pocket as Henson was still taking the ball from the center.
I am not blaming that on Henson because it seemed the center was a little slow in the snap, but I notice it only when Henson is playing. I wish this was something the coaches would dissect and, if it does in fact exist, they would work with him on improving, because I believe it directly effects his play in the pocket when the defenders have that split-second jump off the snap and are able to pressure him before he has time to look down the field.
All in all, I still have much hope for Henson. I am pulling for him and I as much as Jerry want him to be our future star QB. But these are things I see in his play that I wonder if they were present when he played at Michigan? I didn't see him play in college and when I read of those scouting reports given to Jerry that said he was an "Aikman clone", I have to wonder whether he displayed these same characteristics when he played in college?
I welcome other comments on the points I mentioned from those who saw the game last night.
Before I mention Henson, I should mention what I saw of Romo.
Romo did a nice job, but the OL play was so bad his unit couln't maintain anything. It seems he is more comfortable this year and he threw a couple of nice balls that moved the team, only to be reversed by penalties.
That being said, I personally don't see Romo as a future starter. The pre-season is absolutely nothing like the real season and I just don't see Romo as anything more than possibly a Jason Garrett-type player. Garrett was more of a "heady" player, (a coach on the field type), while Romo plays with a little more "moxie", (as it's been described). I don't say this to slam Romo because I like him and he's progressed over the past 3 years, but due to his size and arm strength I don't see his upside as anything more than a career backup.
As for Henson, I am a Henson fan, but I am puzzled by him.
As for the positives, he played fairly well and had some nice throws that showed a lot of zip, (one in fact to the sidelines that Mickey said was the best ball he had seen from him since camp began).
He also threw the ball away a few times when nothing was there showing that he understood he shouldn't force something trying to make a play. As with Romo, the OL play was not good and many times, like Romo, Henson was forced to get rid of it before the play developed.
He has physical size and skills superior to Romo and it's easy to understand why Jerry obviously is pulling for him to be the future.
That being said, there are still some things about his play that puzzle me.
He settled down somewhat as the game moved through the 4th quarter, but I understand what training camp observers meant when they said he seemed in camp to be pressing. I am hoping that as he plays, he will do what Romo has done over the past 3 years and that is to become more comfortable and patient in the offense and spread the ball around to the playmakers available to him.
As for his play, from my observation, he still seems to be staring down his receivers and at times, he appears to be aiming the ball.
The best way I can describe what I see in Henson right now is to mention what I heard Phil Simms say one time in a broadcast. Simms was complementing Peyton Manning and Tom Brady and he said that there are certain QBs who "play tall". In other words, they stand upright, tall and strong in the pocket, observing the whole field and seeing everything that is going on down the field. He said there are players who may measure 6' 3" or 6' 4", who simply don't play "as tall" as they measure in height. That is what I see at times in Henson. Even though he's about 6' 3" - 6' 4", he seems to play with a "crouching" style that doesn't give him the best vision of what is going on down the field.
As for his delivery, I have to say, imo, it looks very similar, if not the same, to what it did last year. I am not one who thinks you need to change a delivery to make it picture perfect, but it does seem to resemble more of a baseball throwing motion and at times he looks like he's aiming the ball, like someone would throw darts.
The last observation I had, (that comes to mind right now), is that I still see what many posters on this board mentioned last year after the Bears game and that is a very slight hesitation in Henson moving away form the center.
It seemed more obvious last year, but I again noticed that the DEs, in particular, consistently seemed to be a full step out of their stances and moving toward the pocket as Henson was still taking the ball from the center.
I am not blaming that on Henson because it seemed the center was a little slow in the snap, but I notice it only when Henson is playing. I wish this was something the coaches would dissect and, if it does in fact exist, they would work with him on improving, because I believe it directly effects his play in the pocket when the defenders have that split-second jump off the snap and are able to pressure him before he has time to look down the field.
All in all, I still have much hope for Henson. I am pulling for him and I as much as Jerry want him to be our future star QB. But these are things I see in his play that I wonder if they were present when he played at Michigan? I didn't see him play in college and when I read of those scouting reports given to Jerry that said he was an "Aikman clone", I have to wonder whether he displayed these same characteristics when he played in college?
I welcome other comments on the points I mentioned from those who saw the game last night.
