Hennebot smash

Chad Henne got his first start on Sunday and it was, by all accounts, a success. Above is his first ever NFL touchdown pass--in spectacular YouTube HD--ironically thrown to an Ohio State receiver. Henne wasn't asked to do too much, throwing for only 115 yards on 22 attempts. Part of this, I presume, is because he's getting his first start, and some is because he doesn't have the receivers to produce a really dynamic passing game.

Reactions ranged from "serviceable" to "Such an awesome fuckin robot." I tend to think the latter. Henne is probably the last (at least for the forseeable future with Rich Rodriguez manning the ship at Michigan) mancannon quarterbacking robot to dominate the NFL. As the season goes on, I think you see Miami open up the passing game for Henne, with one or two rookie collapse game.

I continue to be miffed by the presence of Pat White, though. I understand that Ronnie Brown was superb out of the wildcat, and by all means, Miami should continue with that success. But the Dolphins presumably drafted White to play that role eventully because of his passing and running threat. But he keeps getting one or two snaps a game before being benched. I can only assume he just doesn't have a grasp of the playbook yet, but I feel like he should get more than one snap in a blowout against a terrible Buffalo team.

Either way, Hennebot has risen and will now commence destruction of all NFL secondaries.

The birth of a career

Many of my friends think I'm an idiot. Most think so, I think, because of what I have to say about sports. I see sports differently than a lot of people and have my own way of breaking down play that often disagrees with more empirical results. I do, however, sometimes get a win; most recently, it was Mario Manningham, who preseason, I had predicted was going to have a hell of a season. He's off to a good start.

Today, we are going to see the next of my bold proclamations, that Chad Henne is going to be one of the next Great NFL Quarterbacks. A man that has the physical tools, pedigree, and mental skills to be great, I've long since been a proponent of the Henne = great meme that I've been trying to start. My trust and faith in Henne is no doubt colored by the fact that he started for Michigan for all four years that I attended school. I watched every ball he threw for his four formative college years and have nothing but faith in his skills.

Now, after being thrown into the fire a little earlier than his front office had hoped with the injury to Chad Pennington, Henne gets his first NFL start today against a reeling Buffalo team. Unfortunately, Henne is taking the reins of an 0-3 Miami Dolphins team with few wide receiver options. As such, my expectations have been tempered a bit. I still think, however, that Henne is going to surprise a lot of the doubters. My reputation depends on it.