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NFLeurope · 12-01-2005, 06:56 PM

Also... if i may add...i think people really ought to distinguish between who WHO GIVES US THE BEST CHANCE TO WIN. And WHO SHOULD PLAY. The two are usually identical...but they dont neccessarily have to be.

One example that comes to mind is that of the bengals declaring carson Palmer the starter after john Kitna had just had a really good season and brought the team to its first non losing season in a ridiculously long time.

In this instance the bengals did not declare Palmer the starter because he gave them the best chance to win. They declared him the starter because they knew that they had invested a great deal into him...and that before leading the team to winning football he would have to get out his growing pains.

The team held the development of their QB of the future above the desire to win immediately. It is that vision that i believe some people are not taking into account. The skins have been losing for sooooo long that there is enormous pressure to just win now. But what about if playing Ramsey, while not giving us the best immediate chance to win, would have been a case of placing the future of the franchise above the need to win immediately. After all...the only way for a QB to get through his growing pains...is to play on sundays.

This is not to say i am advocating switching to Ramsey now...with 5 games left...while we still have a chance to make the playoffs... However, if we are out of the playoff hunt at some point, then i would be for Gibbs playing Ramsey or Cambell in place of Brunell, thereby sacrificing the best chance to win immediately, in hopes of winning alot more later on... Just some food for thought.

12-01-2005, 06:56 PM	#89
NFLeurope Camp Scrub Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 85	Re: Thoughts on Ramsey and Brunell... Also... if i may add...i think people really ought to distinguish between who WHO GIVES US THE BEST CHANCE TO WIN. And WHO SHOULD PLAY. The two are usually identical...but they dont neccessarily have to be. One example that comes to mind is that of the bengals declaring carson Palmer the starter after john Kitna had just had a really good season and brought the team to its first non losing season in a ridiculously long time. In this instance the bengals did not declare Palmer the starter because he gave them the best chance to win. They declared him the starter because they knew that they had invested a great deal into him...and that before leading the team to winning football he would have to get out his growing pains. The team held the development of their QB of the future above the desire to win immediately. It is that vision that i believe some people are not taking into account. The skins have been losing for sooooo long that there is enormous pressure to just win now. But what about if playing Ramsey, while not giving us the best immediate chance to win, would have been a case of placing the future of the franchise above the need to win immediately. After all...the only way for a QB to get through his growing pains...is to play on sundays. This is not to say i am advocating switching to Ramsey now...with 5 games left...while we still have a chance to make the playoffs... However, if we are out of the playoff hunt at some point, then i would be for Gibbs playing Ramsey or Cambell in place of Brunell, thereby sacrificing the best chance to win immediately, in hopes of winning alot more later on... Just some food for thought.