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EternalEnigma21 · 09-14-2005, 12:21 AM

Wow... I go away for a couple of days and come back and have to read a 17 page thread just to get warmed up, and then find out we're getting quoted on the news. In your face xtremeskinners lol.

As some of you know I've been caught up in this contraversy since before the season and have taken the side of Ramsey. I never thought he was given a supportive chance. Supportive being the operative term. However, he has proven that he does not have what it takes to be strong enough to manage a game when his support falters, so if Gibbs says he goes he goes...

BUT Scott Brunell (lol) has not shown me anything more than ramsey has. He played decent against some second stringers in the preseason. I'm all for starting him when we have a second string team on the schedule, but until that happens I think Brunell is not the answer. He was basically handed the job last year and even before the hammy pull he sucked. The injury was an excuse. He sucked in the QB challenge before camp; he sucked in camp; he sucked in preseason; he sucked in the regular season. I don't get how people are giving a 35 year old veteran who had the worst stats in the league last year every excuse for playing terribly, but ousting a young guy who has been shit on his entire career.

The main reason I don't want to see brunell starting, though, is his age. At 35 he may be able to play still, but for how long? We're gonna have to go throught this same crap in a couple of years and I as a skins fan am sick of having a QB contraversey every year. Thats the one thing I think I want more than anything now that we have a little stability in the coaching ranks, is a steady option at QB. Not even a superstar, but just someone who wont go in and blow games. I think the high turnover rate of QBs in our franchise is a direct result of itself, (meaning every QB is so concerned about keeping a job here that it affects their play and they lose it [trent green, brad johnson, tony banks, gus ferrotte, etc]) and sometimes a team will stick it out with a promising young talent throught a tought year and build around him and the position will stabilize itself.

Right now, basically if Jason Campbell doesn't become the next Daunte Culpeper, we're screwed in a year or two down the road, because we have no other option, and no real bargaining chips for next year.

09-14-2005, 12:21 AM	#174
EternalEnigma21 Assistant Regional Mod Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Carbondale CO Age: 46 Posts: 2,958	Re: Brunell Starting Wow... I go away for a couple of days and come back and have to read a 17 page thread just to get warmed up, and then find out we're getting quoted on the news. In your face xtremeskinners lol. As some of you know I've been caught up in this contraversy since before the season and have taken the side of Ramsey. I never thought he was given a supportive chance. Supportive being the operative term. However, he has proven that he does not have what it takes to be strong enough to manage a game when his support falters, so if Gibbs says he goes he goes... BUT Scott Brunell (lol) has not shown me anything more than ramsey has. He played decent against some second stringers in the preseason. I'm all for starting him when we have a second string team on the schedule, but until that happens I think Brunell is not the answer. He was basically handed the job last year and even before the hammy pull he sucked. The injury was an excuse. He sucked in the QB challenge before camp; he sucked in camp; he sucked in preseason; he sucked in the regular season. I don't get how people are giving a 35 year old veteran who had the worst stats in the league last year every excuse for playing terribly, but ousting a young guy who has been shit on his entire career. The main reason I don't want to see brunell starting, though, is his age. At 35 he may be able to play still, but for how long? We're gonna have to go throught this same crap in a couple of years and I as a skins fan am sick of having a QB contraversey every year. Thats the one thing I think I want more than anything now that we have a little stability in the coaching ranks, is a steady option at QB. Not even a superstar, but just someone who wont go in and blow games. I think the high turnover rate of QBs in our franchise is a direct result of itself, (meaning every QB is so concerned about keeping a job here that it affects their play and they lose it [trent green, brad johnson, tony banks, gus ferrotte, etc]) and sometimes a team will stick it out with a promising young talent throught a tought year and build around him and the position will stabilize itself. Right now, basically if Jason Campbell doesn't become the next Daunte Culpeper, we're screwed in a year or two down the road, because we have no other option, and no real bargaining chips for next year.