Brunell Revisited

[jdlea]

I don't see a why lot of you think that he's a great or even capable QB. I see him throw balls high all the time. Coles drops balls because he has to outstretch all the time. He does drop a few that are thrown right to him, but the "fumble" was Brunell's fault. I see Brunell throw balls away when he doesn't have pressure on him. I see him start to run around the pocket when a blitzer gets close, but is demolished by Portis. I see him hold the ball too long. Most of all, I see why his passer rating is so high...all he does is check down. Clearly that's not all he does, but more often than not. People wonder why the Skins don't throw downfield, I guarantee Gibbs is calling the plays, but Brunell is checking down. Brunell has played 1 very good quarter of football this season. People blame clock management for the Cowboys loss, how about the check down that wasted over 10 seconds on the first play of the possession? How about the fact that he threw the last pass to Terrance Newman and Rod had to go over his back. Had he put the ball to the sideline Rod would have been out of bounds.

People say he didn't lose the Browns game: 13 of 24, 125 yards, no TD's; tell me how he did enough to win.