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dragontat7169 · 10-18-2004, 04:06 PM

Everyone has made some valid points. I read that some of you posted that Brunell hasn't shown a "gllimmer of improvement" well, I beg to differ. I seem to remember a game where there were 7 turnovers and 4 of them he was involved in. Last week he got sacked and fumbled a ball that resulted in a TD. Yesterdays game, yes he threw an interception that resulted in a TD but I will go on record saying it was NOT his fault. It was due to a O line that broke down consistantly on pass protection. Even though they were 4 man rushes, he was still getting constantly pressured and the key was HE didn't make a mistake. So that is your improvement. IMO Brunell is playing extremely timid and without confidence but hopefully that will change after this weeks win. Unfortunately his stats have suffered because of his lack of confidence but he didn't make any "unforced errors" or mistakes throughout yesterdays game. Yes he missed a wide open Coles..but he isn't perfect and as they say..hitting a wide open receiver is sometimes the hardest. Also don't forget that at the end of the game, they still had 3 timeouts remaining. Hmm..that seems to have been a huge improvement over the last 3 games.

All in all, I have seen some improvement with Brunell. Either way he has 2 weeks in order to heal and get his confidence back before he suits up against Green Bay. If he hasn't shown significant improvement by the end of the Green Bay game then I say do what needs to be done..but changing QB's now when you have Philly in just 3 short weeks would be a drastic mistake. I know our defense is good..but Philly's O is awesome. We will definitely need to score more than 13 or 16 points against Philly to win.

Once again I have typed a long winded post..LOL..enjoy

Go Skins!!!

10-18-2004, 04:06 PM	#7
dragontat7169 Camp Scrub Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 92	Everyone has made some valid points. I read that some of you posted that Brunell hasn't shown a "gllimmer of improvement" well, I beg to differ. I seem to remember a game where there were 7 turnovers and 4 of them he was involved in. Last week he got sacked and fumbled a ball that resulted in a TD. Yesterdays game, yes he threw an interception that resulted in a TD but I will go on record saying it was NOT his fault. It was due to a O line that broke down consistantly on pass protection. Even though they were 4 man rushes, he was still getting constantly pressured and the key was HE didn't make a mistake. So that is your improvement. IMO Brunell is playing extremely timid and without confidence but hopefully that will change after this weeks win. Unfortunately his stats have suffered because of his lack of confidence but he didn't make any "unforced errors" or mistakes throughout yesterdays game. Yes he missed a wide open Coles..but he isn't perfect and as they say..hitting a wide open receiver is sometimes the hardest. Also don't forget that at the end of the game, they still had 3 timeouts remaining. Hmm..that seems to have been a huge improvement over the last 3 games. All in all, I have seen some improvement with Brunell. Either way he has 2 weeks in order to heal and get his confidence back before he suits up against Green Bay. If he hasn't shown significant improvement by the end of the Green Bay game then I say do what needs to be done..but changing QB's now when you have Philly in just 3 short weeks would be a drastic mistake. I know our defense is good..but Philly's O is awesome. We will definitely need to score more than 13 or 16 points against Philly to win. Once again I have typed a long winded post..LOL..enjoy Go Skins!!!