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Originally Posted by Shane
Jason Campbell was a courageous draft pick by Joe Gibbs.
The reality is that Gibbs is not convinced that Ramsey is the best player to rest the Redskins' future on. I love that we can give Ramsey a last chance and bring Campbell along without the pressure.
I also am glad Mark Brunell is on the team. With him being at full health for next year, and with a stable offensive line, he may get a chance to show that the old Mark Brunell who has had such an admirable career can still play. People blithely dismiss Brunell and ignore the circumstances which dramatically limited his ability to perform. If Ramsey falters, we can go to Brunell, expect a much different calibur of play, and still let Campbell wait in the wings.
Ramsey still has a chance, and I wish him luck. But there is no way in my book that we should invest the future of the team in a player who has yet to show great promise. He may yet do that, but Gibbs owes it to the team and the fans not to gamble that Ramsey will develop the way we hope he will.
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So how was Ramseys circumstances different from Brunell, other than Brunell having the good pleasure of working with the first team and getting the majority of reps for half a season? Ramsey outplayed Brunell under worse conditions than Brunell encountered, but Brunell we are to believe was a victim of circumstances? If any body gets that kind of slack its Ramsey.
The fact that you give Brunell such praise should only bolster confidence in ramsey considering he outplayed such a savey QB, with less experience in the same offense.
I will say this for the last time Ramsey is more talented than Rypien, Schroeder, Williams, or Humphries, but he's been thrown to the wolves since day 1 give the guy a chance to have some stability, all I here is how we came on at the end of last season, but Ramsey has to go, he played half a season last year in a new offense, AGAIN! And yes it was the second half.