Brunell named starter & Skins interested in Douglas
 

Don't have links yet, heard it on ESPN radio. Skins are one of 4 teams showing interest in Hugh Douglas, and not much of a surprise here but Brunell has officially been named as the starting QB.

Well at least its over now. I was really pulling for Ramsey from the day we got Brunell, and I still in my heart wish he was the starter, but Its obvious he's not ready to lead this team this season. I defintely hope and think Brunell has what it takes to be part of a winning team. If he goes down, I still have full confidence in Ramsey.

[url]http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=pasquarelli_len&id=1871056[/url]

here is the link that mentions us

Arent we in pretty good with Rosenhaus? thats Douglas' agent, so maybe we can snag him

sorry for three consectutive posts, but here is teh link about brunell

[url]http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46896-2004Aug30.html[/url]

I'm hoping that maybe now Ramsey can relax and play the way I think a lot of us know he's capable of.

I watched this show on the NFL network about Jacksonville and their training camp. They had a pice about Douglas showing how he lost a lot of weight this off season and is in great shape and ready to perform. he also looked good in the practices that I saw. Im a little surprised that they let him go. Expecially since the Jaguars have a coach that worked with douglas in philly, I dont remember who but it seemed liek everyone was excited about him this season.

He sucked last year, and could be another guy that only dominates under jim johnson, but hes still more of a threat then we have, hes worth trying out.

I just read that article, there are four team interested in him, as noted above. But three of the teams are in the NFC East, the eagles, giants and us.

I dont really want him to go back to philly where he shined, that would give them two solid ends with some good backups. And in new york it would put him opposite strahan... Opposite kearse or strahan doesnt bode well for us, even if hes lost a step.

His fourth option is playing opposite Ogunleye. Seems like wed be teh only team that he could play for where he wouldnt benefit from a top notch end on the other side. We might want to get him just so he doesnt sign with another team in the NFC east.

They could still be upset for him coming into camp out of shape last year. They may have been hoping that some young guy could make him expendable.

I'd bring him in, but only for the minimum. Maybe we strike gold and get a hungry player wanting to prove critics wrong like we did for Gardner's year here.

[QUOTE=SKINSnCANES]I watched this show on the NFL network about Jacksonville and their training camp. They had a pice about Douglas showing how he lost a lot of weight this off season and is in great shape and ready to perform. he also looked good in the practices that I saw. Im a little surprised that they let him go. Expecially since the Jaguars have a coach that worked with douglas in philly, I dont remember who but it seemed liek everyone was excited about him this season.

He sucked last year, and could be another guy that only dominates under jim johnson, but hes still more of a threat then we have, hes worth trying out.[/QUOTE]

yea thatd be awesome

From what I heard on the radio Philly is probably his top choice, if they want him back.

As for Brunell no surprise here, Ramsey just isn't ready.

I guess that head scratcher of a move in bringing in Brunell wasn't so curious after all.

If he does go back to Philly. It would be interesting that both Trotter and Douglas go back there

Anyone else here think that Jim Johnson deserves a shot as a head coach?

I watched Hugh Douglas play against Green Bay this past week (on NFL network replay) and he did not play that bad he made some decent athletic plays chasing RB down from behind. No sacks though.

Joe wants a veteran, and Ramsey did nothing to win the job especially in the last preseason game against the Rams...............Of all the 3 from what I've seen Hasselbeck has looked the best :( Let's hope with time Mark gets more comfortable with Joe's system..............

Douglas has had knee injuries in the past. Sometimes veteran players put on a great show to get signed and then retreat to an abyssmal deep. You know what I mean? Try Armstead, Trotter, Sanders,etc....

besides that first game, hasselbeck hasn't been any better... he's literally twice as likely to throw an INT than either ramsey or brunell (TH = 5.9% ints, PR = 2.7%, MB = 2.5%)...
with hasselbecks 5 tds and 7 ints last year (vs ramseys 14 and 9), i'd say that's at least one big strike against him. I know ramsey hasn't been lighting any fires this preseason either, but hasselbeck looked really bad in the carolina game.

[url]http://nfl.com/teams/stats/WAS/2004/pre[/url]

[QUOTE=SUNRA]Douglas has had knee injuries in the past. Sometimes veteran players put on a great show to get signed and then retreat to an abyssmal deep. You know what I mean? Try Armstead, Trotter, Sanders,etc....[/QUOTE]

I understand where you are going with this, but I dont agree with the people you mentioned. Armstead hasnt had a bad year yet in his career. He was basically our mvp on devense last year. Trotter wasnt really an aging vetren with knee injuries when we got him, he got hurt when he was here, and was 25 when we signed him. Trotter wasnt steller when he played here, but over 100 tackles inst a abyssmal deep as you put it. Douglas had 30 tackles and like 2.5 sacks last year.

Id made you list be douglas, joe johnson, mabye kevin green. Dana stubblfield. Bruce smith...etc.

Oh well...

Douglas is going back to Philly.

[url]http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=pasquarelli_len&id=1871528[/url]

well he got his big paycheck and went back home, same as trotter.

Of course trotter is out with a knee injury right now..lol. and I hope he does the same for them.

If he doesnt get hurt though...thats a monster tandom of ends that they have now.

[QUOTE=smootsmack]Anyone else here think that Jim Johnson deserves a shot as a head coach?[/QUOTE]

Absolutely. He and Monte Kiffin both deserve a shot at the head coaching job. Funny thing is, both of them are on record as not being interested -- they prefer to coordinate defenses.

I'm hoping Gregg Williams has the same opinion for at least a few years so the players can stop whining about no continuity at the coaching positions. When Gibbs decides to call it quits, I wouldn't mind seeing Williams take over.

hopefully with gibbs etc he can learn how to coach offense before then.