What Happens if Bledsoe is Injuried?

[PaEagleHater]

Our season is done if bledsoe gets hurt? The only thing bledso is, is a little more mobile and a few bad interceptions from testaverde. He isn't the savior. We'll be ok with Romo, or Henson.

 

[dwmyers]

Uh, turning a new leaf?

Come on admit it, you're gonna be rooting for a minor injury...ya know, a twisted ankle...sprained right pinkie...

And you are on the nosey regarding the WR's. That is one THIN position, although I liked Crayton from day one.

I think in terms of the long term growth of this team, it wouldn't hurt for Bledsoe to sit out a game or two to nurse a bruise, or if we have a blowout, to get the young guys in to play some.

If Bledsoe were to go down, my feeling is that Henson is a serviceable alternative. But it's anyone's guess as to whether he'd be a 65.0 QBR passer or a 80.0 QBR passer through that period.

David.

 

[Smashmouth24]

Romo is the obvious choice should Bledsoe get injured. Calling his own play against a defense that was out of a job the next week invoked memories of Elway.

 

[Juke99]

I think in terms of the long term growth of this team, it wouldn't hurt for Bledsoe to sit out a game or two to nurse a bruise, or if we have a blowout, to get the young guys in to play some.

If Bledsoe were to go down, my feeling is that Henson is a serviceable alternative. But it's anyone's guess as to whether he'd be a 65.0 QBR passer or a 80.0 QBR passer through that period.

David.

Well, there were a couple of times last year where I had wished Vinny desperately needed to visit the men's room for a series or two or three...

I agree with your take on the situation. I still think Henson has the skills to succeed.

 

[Hostile]

Romo is the obvious choice should Bledsoe get injured. Calling his own play against a defense that was out of a job the next week invoked memories of Elway.

Obvious to whom?

 

[blindzebra]

Romo is the obvious choice should Bledsoe get injured. Calling his own play against a defense that was out of a job the next week invoked memories of Elway.

I picked up the sarcasm, some will miss it without a smilie.

For the record, Peterman called that sneak not Romo.

 

[lcharles]

What happens if Bledsoe get injured? Thats easy.

1.First that little cart will come and haul his decrepid old bones off the field.

2.Then Julius lines up under center and we pull out the whole arsenal of "Jap" plays! :laugh2:




NAAAhhh......we probably just call Vinnie. :bang2:

 

[Alexander]

Henson will be thrown pretty much into the same situation Rothlesburger found himself in last season. Given the level of talent he would be surrounded by - on both sides of the ball - I'm quite confident he'll account for himself quite nicely. Not to say mistakes wouldn't be made, but I strongly feel we would win almost as many games with him at the helm as with Bledsoe and the experience he would gain would benefit the team immensely down the road.

I think this sums up the frustration of many fans last year.

It lended itself to the "Why not Drew?" response because Roethlisberger did it. Problem was, Ben had not been playing baseball for the last three years.

 

[DallasEast]

1) What happens if the O-line can not protect Bledsoe on the Blitz and He(Bledsoe) is injured? Is the season a waste, or can we count on Romo or Henson?

2) Julius Jones is the man, but what if the man gets hurt, are we (as cowboy fans) confident if the A-Train and Marion Barber to get the job done?

3) WANTED RECEIVERS UNDER 30 NEEDED APPLY AT VALLEY RANCH

I think that has to be out sour spot, Morgan is not very impressive, if
keyshaw or glenn gets hurt, then who do we have to step in an contribute right
away? I have heard that Ahmad Merrit has been turning some heads and comments of suggestions on him........

I do not think we have any problems on the Defensive side of the ball but again any suggestions or comments would greatly be appreciated

No season can be forecasted as a waste because of injury fears. Injury is a part of football at any level. Both Drew Henson and Tony Romo do not inspire the majority of Cowboy fans, but that's not important. What is important is that they both (now) have long-term training in this offense. While we should be cautious how their training will translate on the field, we shouldn't just GIVE UP on their potential to guide the offense efficiently. These are not young men who have walked in off the street. They are now untested veterans... just like any other non starter. Let's choose to anticipate that they could be the next Danny White before we automatically write them off as the next Gary Hogeboom.

Our running back depth at this time is so strong that it's scary, imo. Let's remember, Julius Jones DID go down to injury last season. What happened after he returned? If Jones sustains an injury, he has already demonstrated that he can be very productive after he recovers. That doesn't mean that he can bounce back from a broken leg or foot, but he doesn't have to suffer those types of injuries either. And directly backing him up is a proven, short yardage, NFL veteran and a well-regarded and well-rounded rookie.

I agree that receiver is the team's main injury concern. When healthy, Keyshawn Johnson is a solid possession receiver. When healthy, Terry Glenn is a solid mid-range to long-range receiver. Great receivers? No. Solid receivers? Yes. Jason Witten is on the cusp of becoming an NFL great at tight end. The positive is that we have good enough backups behind Johnson and Glenn (Crayton, Copper, Morgan) to keep the offense fluid enough to move the chains. The strong negative is losing Witten to injury. With Witten on the field, Bledsoe, Henson or Romo have a reliable and dependable receiver for five, ten, fifteen yards each passing down.

Without him, the quarterback will have to get those yards out of the other receivers and Jones out of the backfield. Even if that were to smoothly happen, losing Witten is equal to Aikman losing Jay Novacek. Namely, a huge offense threat removed from the field of play. Still, the season isn't going down the drain without him at tight end.

 

[Big Country]

Bring Back Vinny.............................
Bring Back Q Carter>....................

as long as you're talking scrubs... why not get Laufenberg out of the booth, or see what Steve Pelluer is doing these days?

Hey didn't Ryan Leaf have a pretty looking long ball?

 

[PaEagleHater]

Trent Green never got hurt when he was with the Rams? Would we of known Warner? Would they of won the Super Bowl.?

 

[kartr]

Should Bledsoe go down, Henson will be thrown pretty much into the same situation Rothlesburger found himself in last season. Given the level of talent he would be surrounded by - on both sides of the ball - I'm quite confident he'll account for himself quite nicely. Not to say mistakes wouldn't be made, but I strongly feel we would win almost as many games with him at the helm as with Bledsoe and the experience he would gain would benefit the team immensely down the road. This is not yet our year to make a SB run (stranger things have happened though) so now would be the time to see what he's made of, not a year or two from now when the rest of the team is ready to go to the big dance but our QB question is still unresolved.

Our RB corps is stronger than it's been for many years. We'll be just fine should JJ be injured.

Our receivers are going to be just fine this year.

Rothlisberger came into the Nfl with 4 consecutive years of football experience, whereas Henson had 3 consecutive years of baseball after starting only 8 games in college. Night and day.

 

[Alexander]

Rothlisberger came into the Nfl with 4 consecutive years of football experience, whereas Henson had 3 consecutive years of baseball after starting only 8 games in college. Night and day.

I hate to agree with you, but you have a point.

Roethlisberger should not be a battle cry for the Henson Movement.

 

[kartr]

wow, what happens if Payton Manning or Tom Brady gets hurt? what happens if L Tomlinson gets hurt? you can play this game for any team in football...

David

Manning and Brady need better backups too. Just cause they haven't been hurt,doesn't mean that they never will. All teams need good backup QB's. They're going to look pretty foolish when it does happen.

 

[kartr]

See I disagree, our season is over if Bledsoe goes down because we are stuck with 2 inexperienced guys. I don't think either one has the ability to do what Roethlisberger did last season. Just my opinion.

By you stating that our season isn't over I could say you are being wildly optimistic and have your head in the clouds.

A voice of reason at last.

 

[kartr]

no, i'm stating there's always a chance you havent seen either since drew played in chiacgo and thats not a fair judgment on him.

You don't improve your in game skills(timing and experience) in the off season drills.

 

[kartr]

Any season with Drew Bledsoe at QB will end up being a waste. We need to get on with the future at QB, not Parcell's past.

I agree, but no QB on this roster is the future. No team in the league would touch either one.

 

[kartr]

Ah... cheer?

No... that would be classless.

Go with either Henson or Romo and see what happens.

Actually I'm more concerned about the WR situation at the moment. As Nors has pointed out Bledsoe is durable if anything.

We already know what will happen, they'll both make us wish we still had Hutch.

 

[kartr]

Well we would be exactly where we were 7 games into the season with a possible good young Qb with no real NFL experience. Sooner or later he will have to play or retire from old age. Last year by mid season we knew for a fact that Vinny was not the Qb of our future, now one year later we STILL do not know if Henson can play. Now that is plain stupidity. Now if Bledsoe gets hurt we will have find out if he can play. This should have been done last year when we knew we could not be a serious play off contender and Vinny was not our QB of the future.



I can tell you right now the O line can not protect him so this is a very good question. While I hope Bledsoe does not get injured the fact is there is no pass protection from the left side and he will get sacked, pressured, intercepted and possibly hurt. I do not see any Qb coming in and doing much better if they are not protected.
There is a huge difference with the Rothelburger deal, he has a good offensive line. Washington and Houston Texans are in much the same position we are they may have very good Qb's in David Carr and Patrick Ramsey but no one will ever know until they get some protection from the O line.
If Bledsoe goes down Henson or who ever will still not perform any big numbers until he gets some pass protection, and the Super Bowl will not happen.
If Bledsoe went down I would not be surprised to see Parcells bring in another washed up veteran (maybe even Vinny again) to finish out the season. Two facts here
1. Parcells will not play Henson any more than he has to
2. Who ever comes in will not be much better than Bledsoe until we get pass protection.
What will not happen with this O line is for a QB (anyQB) come in here and win 16 games straight. It will not happen.
I have said for the last 5 seasons our worst problem is the O line and it has potential to get better, it still is not there. Curly

I agree on the O-line and there's only one Qb we've been able to win with despite the O-line troubles and we all know who he is>

 

[Tio]

We already know what will happen, .

Explain. *grabs popcorn*