Ramsey and McCants

[TheMalcolmConnection]

I posted this in another thread, but the similarities are hard to ignore.

But first, let's start with the differences.

Ramsey is a QB, which normally brings much more merit than a #2 or #3 wide receiver. Ramsey is a first round pick while McCants is a fifth round pick. Ramsey tried his hardest and McCants had some questionable practice habits That's basically where the differences end.

During their tenure together, Ramsey did not have the protection to get the ball to McCants effectively basically negating any progress the two could have made as a duo. Then Joe Gibbs steps in bringing his own ideas, his own beliefs on how a team should be run and instantly we have Patrick Ramsey and Darnerian McCants fighting for their respective professional lives.

Granted, work habits cannot be ignored, but neither can red zone statistics. McCants played at a decent enough level to be effective last year when he ACTUALLY got in the game. Ramsey played hard and still was not better than Brunell in preseason and there we have set the tone for the beginning of the 2004 season.

Fast forward to now, Ramsey gets benched after basically twenty minutes of action. I think what this comes down to is not the fact that Ramsey is getting benched, it's how Gibbs went about it.

McCants got benched first and then cut. Ramsey hasn't produced so well himself.

So I ask again, why are we so attached to Ramsey and we let McCants go with hardly an afterthought?