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Originally Posted by jdlea

I gotta disagree. I remember when he was in his rookie season and Spurrier pulled Mathews to throw Ramsey in down 13 or 19 to the Giants, he leads a TD drive, the D gives one up, he leads another, and the D gets him the ball back. McCants fumbles the game away. I think he could have been a great leader. I don't think him getting the shit kicked out of him for the first few years of his career helped and then his confidence was destroyed when they brought in Brunell. I think he should have been able to overcome that, but he couldn't, that's his problem, IMO. I think he had everything I would look for in an NFL QB, (Mort agreed. He said he has 4 out of the 5 tools you need and he only lacked wheels) however, I think he needed to be the man and learn. He didn't really get that opportunity.

I know, we've all heard, "he never got a fair shake." I'm not saying it wasn't necessarily fair, but young QB's need to be able to trot out there and learn how to play without the fear of getting pulled. Kinda like the way Campbell did at the end of last season, now he's the unquestioned starter. Ramsey never got that chance. Regardless of the circumstances, if he were playing better it wouldn't have been an issue, but I just don't think he was ever allowed to become confident in the NFL.

Well said!