The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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michigan in the pros to doing things with his left while he recovers. He said there was "no decision" when it came to deciding to remain around the program during his rehab. He insisted on doing what he could to help the young linebackers in their quest to play at a high level without him. Foote hopes to return to his starting role with the team next season. Chad Henne Can't Hold The Starting Job In Jacksonville Chad Henne got the chance he was looking for when the Jacksonville Jaguars turned to him as the starter following fellow quarterback Blaine Gabbert's week-one injury, but he's returned to the backup role. Gabbert suffered a laceration to his throwing hand in a 28‑2 loss to Kansas City to open the season and might have been benched for Henne anyway. Henne said before a weektwo game with Oakland he hoped to play well enough to keep the starting job whenever Gabbert returned to full health. "That's good — I would hope he would say that," head coach Gus Bradley told Jaguars.com. "He's a competitor. That's why we have confidence in him playing. I really want him to go out here and capture this and be at his best. That was our conversation today: 'Don't wait until Sunday to compete.'" Henne responded with 476 passing yards in losses to the Raiders and Seahawks, though the majority came in the final two quarters of both games. The Jaguars didn't score a first-half touchdown in their first three games and were last in the NFL in total offense, while posting their first 0‑3 start since 2003. Against Seattle, Henne and the offense didn't record a first down until the Jaguars were trailing 17‑0 almost halfway through the second quarter. Henne also threw two interceptions in the red zone. "Chad would be the first one to come off and say, 'I didn't know what I was thinking,'" Bradley said. "Those are things we've got to clean up." At this point, Gabbert will be the one he calls upon to do it. Stevie Brown Continues To Recover From Knee Surgery SportsIllustrated.com recently documented former Michigan linebacker/safety Stevie Brown's first football related surgery since he broke his ankle during a high school game, when he starred at Columbus (Ind.) East south of Indianapolis. Brown, in his second season with the New York Giants, tore his ACL after planting his leg during a preseason game and will miss the season, though doctors said surgery was successful. "I'm excited, actually," Brown said. "It's unfortunate this happened, but now that the surgery happened, I can put the incident behind me and I can look forward to next year. That's how I'm going to approach it. "Every time I come into rehab, it's