Jen Engel says Henson is still with the third team

[Hostile]

Is that blood in the water?

 

[Cowchips]

I agree, I think Henson is the future QB is there is one on the team. Romo may be the better #2 to come in and finish off a game or start for a short stretch right now. He should be, he has had an extra year and didn't have to combat the layoff from football.

If he can't do better than 3rd string after 2 years, how the **** can you say he's the future of the franchise. Unless of course you want the future to be as bleak as that last 10 years again. I think Parcells will toss his sorry *** out of camp after game 4 and pick up a decent veteran. Then look to the draft for our future qb.

 

[Doomsday101]

Parcells in PC said it would be based on all practices, games and competitive drills.

Henson has 6 days to surpass Romo.

As I said I pull for both of these guys everytime they hit the field so I have no problem with Romo if he wins the job great same with Henson. I just don't care for the fact of the same crap that was taking place with Carter and Hutch continues today with Henson and Romo. I tell ya we got some sorry ars fans. At one time I felt Cowboy fans had class I don't think that as much today sad to say

 

[dbair1967]

If he can't do better than 3rd string after 2 years, how the **** can you say he's the future of the franchise. Unless of course you want the future to be as bleak as that last 10 years again. I think Parcells will toss his sorry *** out of camp after game 4 and pick up a decent veteran. Then look to the draft for our future qb.

uh yeah...whatever



David

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

I will say that I thought both players played well in the Pre-season game against Az. Having said that, and I will admit that I am basing this off other peoples observations, Romo has earned the spot, to this point. Thus far, sounds like his camp has been better. While I thought both made a good accounting of themselves last week, Romo played well enough to continue as the #2 guy. I am pulling for Henson because I think the long term upside, for him, is much better but my support only goes as far as his performance takes me. I acknowledge that form the sounds of things, Romo has earned #2 fair and square. At least thus far. If he is named the #2 guy, I am OK with this.

Honestly, I don't think it matters much. I believe there is a plan for Henson. I think he is in the long term plan of the Cowboys and he will get his chance.

JMO

 

[Woods]

I will say that I thought both players played well in the Pre-season game against Az. Having said that, and I will admit that I am basing this off other peoples observations, Romo has earned the spot, to this point. Thus far, sounds like his camp has been better. While I thought both made a good accounting of themselves last week, Romo played well enough to continue as the #2 guy. I am pulling for Henson because I think the long term upside, for him, is much better but my support only goes as far as his performance takes me. I acknowledge that form the sounds of things, Romo has earned #2 fair and square. At least thus far. If he is named the #2 guy, I am OK with this.

Honestly, I don't think it matters much. I believe there is a plan for Henson. I think he is in the long term plan of the Cowboys and he will get his chance.

JMO

Nice post.

 

[RCowboyFan]

As I said I pull for both of these guys everytime they hit the field so I have no problem with Romo if he wins the job great same with Henson. I just don't care for the fact of the same crap that was taking place with Carter and Hutch continues today with Henson and Romo. I tell ya we got some sorry ars fans. At one time I felt Cowboy fans had class I don't think that as much today sad to say

Well Cowboys fans still have class mostly, except for some tranplanted team fans from north east or people who have agendas than being a fan

 

[noshame]

First of all, I don't recall parcells saying he was going to choose a 2nd string QB after the second game. What i do recall, is Parcells saying he wasn't going to discuss the back-up Qb's progress untill after the second game?

DOH

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

Parcells in PC said it would be based on all practices, games and competitive drills.

Henson has 6 days to surpass Romo.

Parcells said that he thought by the second pre season game, it would be made clear on the field who would likely be the #2 guy. Trust me when I say that there is time for this evaluation to fall out in either direction. I think if things stay the same, it will be Romo and that's ok. He's earned his spot, as far as I can tell. However, I would not be making any long term plans for Henson to be gone or for Romo to be the eventual long term solution for us at QB. When it's all said and done, what Ad, BZ and Hos said is still accurate. Henson has what is needed, physically, to be the starter. Romo lacks this. If Henson puts the physical together with the mental, and make no mistake, that's happening every day, he is the better choice. It may be that Romo wins the #2 job and wins it for good. Time will tell but I believe the smart money is still on Henson to be the long term solution for our team.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

To be fair, by most accounts, Romo has looked better in TC than Henson THUS FAR. There is no reason for Romo to be demoted.

And in the 1st pre-season game, let's assume it was around a wash.

IMO it's not about Romo being demoted, it's about evaluating both players under as close to the same conditions as possible.

I think it was pretty obvious that Henson had much worse blocking than Romo in the first game, and you'd think you'd want to see Henson with the second team so he could work with those same better blockers and receivers. Heck, last year Romo looked a lot better when he got to play with the second team and finally had time to throw.

I agree with David -- the backup situation probably doesn't matter much, because I believe Parcells would roll Bledsoe out in a wheelchair before he'd replace him. But still, I'd like to see Henson at least get a chance if that was the original plan.

 

[Doomsday101]

Well Cowboys fans still have class mostly, except for some tranplanted team fans from north east or people who have agendas than being a fan

I hear the same at the sports bar as I see here. Guys cheering aginst our players. Those who don't want Romo or those who don't want Henson making an ars of themself. It is not about the team it is about being right that seems to matter. Nothing classy about that

 

[Nors]

Nice post.

agreed - nice post abq

 

[RCowboyFan]

I will say that I thought both players played well in the Pre-season game against Az. Having said that, and I will admit that I am basing this off other peoples observations, Romo has earned the spot, to this point. Thus far, sounds like his camp has been better. While I thought both made a good accounting of themselves last week, Romo played well enough to continue as the #2 guy. I am pulling for Henson because I think the long term upside, for him, is much better but my support only goes as far as his performance takes me. I acknowledge that form the sounds of things, Romo has earned #2 fair and square. At least thus far. If he is named the #2 guy, I am OK with this.

Honestly, I don't think it matters much. I believe there is a plan for Henson. I think he is in the long term plan of the Cowboys and he will get his chance.

JMO

Thats my opinion too. Romo did nothing to lose the #2 spot till now. He hasn't clearly shown he is superior to Henson to outright win it either. But if he continues to play within himself and Henson clearly doesn't outperform him in Games or TC, there is no reason for Romo to lose the job either.

Like you, I am hoping Henson wins it, because of his upside and I am a Michigan fan and homer of Henson thats why too. Still Cowboys winning is more important to me too.

People are forgetting, last year Henson was mostly outperforming in games and TC against Romo, and hence won #2 job eventually, once he got comfortable. Maybe this year is Romo's. Beside acording to Parcells 3 year rule ( which he got it from Tom Landry apparently), this is the year for Romo to show is worth keeping. If he doesn't even make it hard for Parcells to decide between him and Henson for backup job, he probably would get walking papers eventaully or BP might start turning his attention to developing another guy via Practice Squad etc, IMO.

 

[Echo9]

Parcells said that he thought by the second pre season game, it would be made clear on the field who would likely be the #2 guy. Trust me when I say that there is time for this evaluation to fall out in either direction. I think if things stay the same, it will be Romo and that's ok. He's earned his spot, as far as I can tell. However, I would not be making any long term plans for Henson to be gone or for Romo to be the eventual long term solution for us at QB. When it's all said and done, what Ad, BZ and Hos said is still accurate. Henson has what is needed, physically, to be the starter. Romo lacks this. If Henson puts the physical together with the mental, and make no mistake, that's happening every day, he is the better choice. It may be that Romo wins the #2 job and wins it for good. Time will tell but I believe the smart money is still on Henson to be the long term solution for our team.

Nice post that all too often falls on deaf ears.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Nice post that all too often falls on deaf ears.

Ditto to that.

"Jason Garrett" gets us by as the 2nd teamer for the time being and Henson has time to move from possibly being a "Rick Mirer" to maybe something in the future like a "David Carr". What do you think?

 

[LaTunaNostra]

Bill has to make as sure as humanly possible that he has a #2....not two #3s

If he doesn't, prepare yourselves for 1-800-VT or 1-800-COUCH and the latter would really get in the way of Henson's development.

It appears that Drew isn't very close to competing for the #2 spot. Romo has a year up on him in the system, and didn't spend the offseason passing 5000+ plus times to correct his throwing motion.

I'm ok with this one, as I was the last time Tuna said 'what's fair is not always equal'.

The diff is Drew ain't gonna get called a Double A ready player, ain't gonna get sent to Europe to prove he can't play, and will continue to be developed as the QB of the future.

If DH is so far from providing reliable #2 play that there is no real competition for the job here, that doesn't mean he won't 'catch up' in the course of the season. We know Drew is a 'project' albeit a very talented one.

The worst scenario is a backup young enough to be agressively seeking a long term deal, and just good enough to put Drew on the very back burner, but NOT good enough to hang the future on has to be brought in.

Playing with Jason Witten or not playing with Jason Witten is not going to break Drew Henson. Not this season, or any season.

Have more faith.

 

[Tobal]

I think if DB goes out for a game or two Romo is the answer if DB goes down for long term we'll see.

Here's the deal. I've seen Henson throw outs and slants and everything in between. I've never seen Romo throw an out. Now I'm not saying he can't, but in 3 yrs I've never seen him do it. If he can't throw a 15 yrd out with zip it's going to make the cb's job pretty easy.

I want Romo to prove he can throw that pass. I hope he can.

 

[baj1dallas]

It seems pretty clear that Parcells wouldn't be entirely comfortable with Henson as the backup. That's why I think we'll see mostly Romo at #2 for the rest of camp, so that Parcells can be "sure" that he's good enough as a backup to go ahead into the season. I wouldn't expect to see anything that looks like "competition". Henson will be given this year to develop, Romo to develop into a solid backup (comparable to say Gus Frerotte?)

 

[InmanRoshi]

Its been remarked throughout camp that Romo has been outperforming Henson, so this shouldn't come as a surprise.

 

[InmanRoshi]

I think if DB goes out for a game or two Romo is the answer if DB goes down for long term we'll see.

Here's the deal. I've seen Henson throw outs and slants and everything in between. I've never seen Romo throw an out. Now I'm not saying he can't, but in 3 yrs I've never seen him do it. If he can't throw a 15 yrd out with zip it's going to make the cb's job pretty easy.

I want Romo to prove he can throw that pass. I hope he can.

Parcells said he charts every throw the players make, so if Romo doesn't have the ability to make half of the throws needed in the NFL Henson should have a huge advantage in the charts.

I mean, really, its not like Romo has a huge advantage in experience over Henson. He has 1 extra year and came from a Div. II school. If Romo truly was no more than a Jason Garrett talent, then Henson's ability should more than make up for 1 extra year of experience. Its not like Romo is a grizzled, canny veteran by any means.

Could it be ... just maybe ... that Troy Aikman is right?