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Schneed10 · 08-16-2005, 08:45 AM

I TIVO'd the replay on NFL Network and checked it out last night. My thoughts:

Ramsey made tremendous decisions. He saw the field well and all but one of his throws were directed at an open receiver. On those 3 misses, 2 were overthrows to David Patten where Patten was at least 10 yards from the line of scrimmage. The third was the dismal deep interception. In those misses, the receiver was open and Ramsey just missed him. So for me, the results are mixed. Ramsey appears to have a really good grasp of the offense and he seems to be reading the defense really well. He never made any mental errors. But he just flat out missed on all 3 of the deeper passes, which is troubling. I don't care how much speed you have at WR, if the QB can't get the ball there accurately, then you're not much of a threat to go deep. It's only preseason of course, but I'll be watching to see if Ramsey improves his deep accuracy. Other than that, I loved him. And kudos to the O-line for giving him enough time to read the defense.

I also LOVED Mark Brunell. My two biggest complaints about the Skins offense when Brunell was playing last year:
1) The offensive line was a seive and he got chased all over the place.
2) His arm was weak and erratic.

Last night his arm looked great, which has nothing to do with the skill level of the defense. His throws were much crisper than last year. And they appeared pretty accurate. And of course, the offensive line showed they could shut down the opposing pass rush, no matter what string was playing.

I don't want to overreact to one game, so I'm still behind Ramsey and want to see him improve his deep accuracy. But I'm not afraid of Mark Brunell at all this year. Not one bit. And if Ramsey doesn't get it together on the deep passes before the preseason ends, I'll stand up and say it right now, I'll be calling for Mark Brunell against the Bears. He looked good.

All that said, it's one preseason game. I need to see more. I was definitely encouraged by the QBs' understanding of the offense. Let's see what happens against the Bengals.

PS After watching the game, I realized what a different perspective you gain from watching the game and scrutinizing than you do from just looking at the stats.

08-16-2005, 08:45 AM	#23
Schneed10 A Dude Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Newtown Square, PA Age: 46 Posts: 12,458	Re: Putting Things in Perspective I TIVO'd the replay on NFL Network and checked it out last night. My thoughts: Ramsey made tremendous decisions. He saw the field well and all but one of his throws were directed at an open receiver. On those 3 misses, 2 were overthrows to David Patten where Patten was at least 10 yards from the line of scrimmage. The third was the dismal deep interception. In those misses, the receiver was open and Ramsey just missed him. So for me, the results are mixed. Ramsey appears to have a really good grasp of the offense and he seems to be reading the defense really well. He never made any mental errors. But he just flat out missed on all 3 of the deeper passes, which is troubling. I don't care how much speed you have at WR, if the QB can't get the ball there accurately, then you're not much of a threat to go deep. It's only preseason of course, but I'll be watching to see if Ramsey improves his deep accuracy. Other than that, I loved him. And kudos to the O-line for giving him enough time to read the defense. I also LOVED Mark Brunell. My two biggest complaints about the Skins offense when Brunell was playing last year: 1) The offensive line was a seive and he got chased all over the place. 2) His arm was weak and erratic. Last night his arm looked great, which has nothing to do with the skill level of the defense. His throws were much crisper than last year. And they appeared pretty accurate. And of course, the offensive line showed they could shut down the opposing pass rush, no matter what string was playing. I don't want to overreact to one game, so I'm still behind Ramsey and want to see him improve his deep accuracy. But I'm not afraid of Mark Brunell at all this year. Not one bit. And if Ramsey doesn't get it together on the deep passes before the preseason ends, I'll stand up and say it right now, I'll be calling for Mark Brunell against the Bears. He looked good. All that said, it's one preseason game. I need to see more. I was definitely encouraged by the QBs' understanding of the offense. Let's see what happens against the Bengals. PS After watching the game, I realized what a different perspective you gain from watching the game and scrutinizing than you do from just looking at the stats.