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Originally Posted by offiss
The problem with Brunell is not confidance in his recievers particularly Jacobs, but Brunell wont take the hit any longer, that was the knock on him when the Jags were about to cut him, he is afraid to be hit at this stage of his career, so all he does is looks for his primary [Moss] if he's covered it's Cooley or throw it away, he wont hang in there to go to a 3rd or 4th WR. Jacobs hasen't helped himself by not being able to stay on the field but I do think he has a lot lot more to offer other than what we have seen up till now.
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I guess we'll see how much of his throwing the ball away was due to what he was being asked to do in the offense vs. his not wanting to take a hit.
I'd say it's hard to hang in the pocket for your 3rd and 4th option when those options are the likes of Taylor Jacobs and Jimmy Farris.
We didn't have any depth at WR last year, it was Moss and then Cooley as the main options. This year there will be no excuses. If Brunell is still throwing it away after looking at just his first two reads I'll buy this notion that he's scared to take a hit. Until then, my take is he was doing what he was asked to do and was limited by the lack of depth at WR.