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Originally Posted by Beemnseven
The problem is, Brunell, as ineffective as he has been at moving the ball, never actually plays as "poorly" as, say, ... oh, I don't know -- tossing 3 interceptions in less than one half of a game.
That outing against the Giants sealed the fate of Ramsey for many, many games. Gibbs saw that performance as the reason Brunell is his guy and why he will stick with him until he's injured.
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Maybe you're right with regards to what Gibbs saw. Here's what I saw.
I saw the Giants score 10 points off Brunell's turnovers and 0 off Ramsey's. I saw Brunell leave the game after leading the Redskins to a 20-7 deficit at half time (not that this was all his fault). I saw Ramsey come into the game in a bad position and lead his team with authority down the field before Gardner dropped an easy pass in the endzone. I saw Ramsey drive the offense impressively down the field again and score a TD. I saw Ramsey throw 2 picks that were arguably not his fault and a third, in the end zone, that definitely was his fault. I saw Ramsey throw 2 of those picks late in the game when the offense had to throw the ball because of a non-existant running game and time was running out.
I saw that my friends and I actually had hope that we could win the game because Ramsey was playing. If Brunell had stayed in the game, did anyone seriously have a shred of hope that we could mount a comeback?
Personally, though Ramsey made some mistakes, I feel he showed he has a lot of promise. Hopefully Gibbs will admit that Brunell isn't playing as we all had hoped and will give Ramsey a chance in the upcoming weeks.