rcaldw said:
If by agenda you mean some hidden motive, I have already clearly stated my "agenda". I believe that Bill Parcells goes against the conventional wisdom on this one, and I think most fans instinctively know this. I really think any thoughtful process would have most people admitting that Henson would be taken before Romo by most NFL teams, which begs the question why Bill Parcells does what he does? Is it because he is a QB guru? Or is Romo his personal project at this point? I believe the latter and have no problem admitting so. So, no HIDDEN agenda here, just an honest question and asking you to give an HONEST opinion on it, not just make this a popularity vote. What do you HONESTLY think most NFL teams would do if presented with choosing one or the other at this point?
What is dismissed in your Grassy Knoll theory is that teams take players all the time in free agency only to find out they have erred. The billing was much more impressive than the results when the player showed up.
You only need look at Rivera to see this as a fact. He was this all-world player who anchored the line which protected Favre. And yet his play this season suggests nothing in comparison to the comments and reputation which preceded him.
So when you make a comment that most teams would take Henson, that brings up two distinct points. Maybe three.
1. That you seem to know something others don't. And since Parcells controls the information on this team moreso than the US Government controls the nuclear launch codes to our ICBM's, I'd say agenda was not only a well placed definition, but
2. That teams use this common knowledge/reputation as a gauge when they select free agents. And if stats reveal anything about this, the free agent market tends to be more famine than feast.
3. That you have a pony in this race and thus it causes you to make bold and unsubstatiated assertions that Parcells is holding Henson back. That this is common knowledge amongst fans. And that Parcells has some grudge against this player and players of this type.
But what is real about this is that you only surmise you know what is going on. You surmise that the majority of fans believe this. That you surmise Henson has more talent. And that you surmise the league would take either player, or one over the other.
They are both back-ups who should be thankful of their jobs. They get paid to do something they like and run NO risk of ever really being forced to show they are not NFL talent.
Henson does not impress a sure first ballot Hall-of-Fame coach. So any conspiracy theory about Henson is interesting, but hardly late breaking news since it is conjecture on your part with a great chasm between what is most likely the truth and what you perceive.
Your continued discussion of this issue signals that you have something more than a passing fancy on this subject.
Something more in line with Nors passing fancy of Al Singleton and the 3-4 defense.
Bledsoe was brought in because of several reasons, in my opinion.
1. The team needed a competent quarterback. Parcells was not going one more season with the Quincy/Testaverde type players.
2. That he surveyed the landscape and decided the answer to the quarterback issue was not on the team.
3. That he would risk winning by bringing in a player who can make all the throws, but also has left something on the table in late seasons runs. And this is over the talent he had on the team when he made this decision.
4. That Henson has slipped to third because he has not performed.
I asked you in another thread to post the irrefutable evidence that Henson has this supposed talent which is being hidden under a bushel basket of Bill Parcells making.
Your response was to say you see it and you would not discuss this any further because it is wasting your time.
Yet you start another thread on this subject.
I ask you again.
Please post the immutable evidence that Henson can play in this league with any competency.
