I actually don’t think it’s a wake up call benching for Thorne, I just think Hugh feels he needs to do something. As far as “waking ” Thorne up, I mean he is what he is. He threw a lot of picks last year too. He is just a super average to below average QB in general.
What a mess, would have been much easier for Hugh to have brought in a portal QB instead of hyping Thorne up all offseason and saying all he really needed was better WR’s. He’s just proving literally everyone right about Thorne not having a what it takes.
Apples and oranges. Just because one guy struggled with another team doesn’t mean he would have the same performance if he was here. We need a new QB and everyone knew that and we didn’t get it done. These are the results and Hugh will have to navigate through his decision.