DeaconMoss
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He's hurt. He has had a subpar season in Europe! Not the NFL, NFL-E !
It's time to start scouring the wire for another QB. I am sure there will be some young unproven guys out there that have a better chance than Henson. This project has played its course. Cut the ties and start looking.
Who would you like to see take his place?
http://dallascowboys.com/news.cfm?id=3A1AAFD9-A4CD-4C3C-26414AFB14012E9D
While the Cowboys still seem encouraged by Romo's development, time could be running out on Henson, the former Michigan quarterback and New York Yankee baseball prospect. Henson played in two games as a rookie in 2004, starting the Thanksgiving Day game against Chicago before being pulled in favor of the nicked-up Testaverde at halftime. The Cowboys eventually won that game, thanks in large part to Julius Jones' 150 yards rushing, but Henson has not played in a regular-season game since.
On top of that, he lost out to Romo for the backup job last summer, becoming the inactive third quarterback all season. And because of that inactivity, the Cowboys decided to send him to Europe this spring.
Henson did lead the Rhein Fire to a 4-0 start. However, things have taken a dramatic turn since, the Fire losing four of its last five games, including Sunday's 13-10 decision to Hamburg, leaving the Fire 5-4 and one game behind Frankfurt for the final spot in the World Bowl with one game to play.
Worse, Henson suffered a sprained medial collateral knee ligament in last week's 16-14 loss to Frankfurt, and has not played much in the past two games. He was unable to finish the Frankfurt game, and did not complete a pass (3-of-13) after completing the first three of the game. Then he did not even play in Sunday's 13-10 loss to Hamburg.
While Henson likely will remain no better than questionable for Saturday's season-finale against Cologne, the sprained knee isn't expected to prevent him from being ready for the late-July start to training camp.
But since Henson hasn't exactly lit up NFL Europe this summer - his 84.7 QB rating ranks third in the six-team league - his prospects of one day becoming the Cowboys' quarterback of the future seem to have diminished. Henson this spring has completed 101 of 183 passes (55.2 percent) for 1,188 yards, nine touchdowns and three interceptions. He averages, though, only 6.49 yards per attempt.
Still, no matter how Henson would have performed this spring in Europe, chances are the Cowboys were not going to find out much more about him, or even Romo, anyway this season. In fact, they probably hope they don't, which would mean Bledsoe remains healthy enough to play in all 16 games for a second consecutive year. Good for the present, but does little to cause all those "what-if" questions concerning the future to subside.
It's time to start scouring the wire for another QB. I am sure there will be some young unproven guys out there that have a better chance than Henson. This project has played its course. Cut the ties and start looking.
Who would you like to see take his place?
http://dallascowboys.com/news.cfm?id=3A1AAFD9-A4CD-4C3C-26414AFB14012E9D
While the Cowboys still seem encouraged by Romo's development, time could be running out on Henson, the former Michigan quarterback and New York Yankee baseball prospect. Henson played in two games as a rookie in 2004, starting the Thanksgiving Day game against Chicago before being pulled in favor of the nicked-up Testaverde at halftime. The Cowboys eventually won that game, thanks in large part to Julius Jones' 150 yards rushing, but Henson has not played in a regular-season game since.
On top of that, he lost out to Romo for the backup job last summer, becoming the inactive third quarterback all season. And because of that inactivity, the Cowboys decided to send him to Europe this spring.
Henson did lead the Rhein Fire to a 4-0 start. However, things have taken a dramatic turn since, the Fire losing four of its last five games, including Sunday's 13-10 decision to Hamburg, leaving the Fire 5-4 and one game behind Frankfurt for the final spot in the World Bowl with one game to play.
Worse, Henson suffered a sprained medial collateral knee ligament in last week's 16-14 loss to Frankfurt, and has not played much in the past two games. He was unable to finish the Frankfurt game, and did not complete a pass (3-of-13) after completing the first three of the game. Then he did not even play in Sunday's 13-10 loss to Hamburg.
While Henson likely will remain no better than questionable for Saturday's season-finale against Cologne, the sprained knee isn't expected to prevent him from being ready for the late-July start to training camp.
But since Henson hasn't exactly lit up NFL Europe this summer - his 84.7 QB rating ranks third in the six-team league - his prospects of one day becoming the Cowboys' quarterback of the future seem to have diminished. Henson this spring has completed 101 of 183 passes (55.2 percent) for 1,188 yards, nine touchdowns and three interceptions. He averages, though, only 6.49 yards per attempt.
Still, no matter how Henson would have performed this spring in Europe, chances are the Cowboys were not going to find out much more about him, or even Romo, anyway this season. In fact, they probably hope they don't, which would mean Bledsoe remains healthy enough to play in all 16 games for a second consecutive year. Good for the present, but does little to cause all those "what-if" questions concerning the future to subside.
