Cleveland and Chicago are in the market for a QB with the trade deadline near. If we have no plans on re-signing this guy at seasons end, time to cut Thigpen loose and get anything we can for him.
A couple of things here:
1) Cleveland doesn't need a backup right now. If both Wallace and Delhomme go down, isn't Colt McCoy supposed to be a potential QB of the future in waiting? I doubt that they're looking for any sort of trade right now.
2) I'd still rather have Thigpen as the backup in Miami. Pennington isn't physically capable of winning a game if Henne goes down with any sort of prolonged injury. He no longer has the physical tools. He may be able to come off the bench and win a game against a bad team that hasn't scouted for him, but that's it. As evidence of his declining ability I'll point to 2008, where every good defense he played against ate him for lunch...and that was 2 years ago. He certainly hasn't gotten better with time and injury. I'd love him to be the QB coach in Miami, but there's not much else I'd like to see him do.
Thigpen has skills that could be utilized if Henne gets hurt for a stretch this year. I have no idea if the team can or should re-sign him after this year, but it's not like he'd be commanding any more than a VERY late round draft pick in any trade scenario...so why not keep him?
I think Henne is the clear number one guy right now. All of the team's eggs are in his basket so let him develop and have a young, experienced QB back him up.
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