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Originally Posted by Ramseyfan
I don't know what to do with Brunell.
On the one hand I think, "If this guy could just get another weapon on offense, he could be amazing." Given that he only had two viable receiving threats, it's quite amazing that he was able to do so well. Moreover, he took us to the playoffs for the first time in 6 years.
On the other hand I think, "He's 35, inconsistent, and we need to build towards the future while Gibbs is still here."
I really don't know what we should do.
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I really notice when watching some other quality QBs how just well crappy Brunell looks in the pocket. They slide around and make passing lanes. They step up in the pocket to diminsh pressure. They calmly throw accurate passes. They just look a lot smoother. I think this is really a function of age because to me he looks a lot like another old QB: Brett Favre. Favre makes much worse decisions and would simply be a disaster on this type of team, but Brunell just doesn't look to me like he has the physical ability to be a SB QB. He looks like a good game manager with an adequate arm and a little wiggle left. He knows what to do and how to do it but he also knows what he can no longer do so he doesn't even try. It seems like drop back find the open guy or roll out. There's no hang in the pocket and make a play happen using a progression. And when he does check down it LOOKS like a check down rather than a smooth play. It seems almost manic. I am just struck by the difference between say Brady and Brunell. It is 100% obvious to me. Of course I know crap and maybe it is function of something else that I don't know about. If it is then I say I am an idiot and lets fix this other thing but from my years of watching this game I think Brunell just has a ceiling too low for a contending to able to reasonably expect to be in the hunt on a year to year basis. There's a reason Dilfer wasn't the QB in Balt long. He isn't that good. He did great that SB year keeping them out of bad situations but they knew they needed to get someone better in there to be successful long term(they just didn't find the right guy). I like long term planning.