Official Bench Ramsey / Start Brunell Thread

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Ramseyfan

As much as I love Ramsey and would like to see him start next week, I can't really get livid with him if he goes with Brunell. Ramsey's three drives went like this - interception, fumble (recovered) and punt, and fumble (lost).

I'm with you, I want Ramsey to play and be successful, but the proof is right there, he played 3 series and threw 1 INT and fumbled twice.

I really can't blame Gibbs if he doesn't have 100% confidence in him right now, how can you?

With this defense and running game, the last thing we need is the QB turning it over.

Like it or not, this is the kind of team we are, we're going to win by running the ball and playing hard nosed defense.

Perhaps Brunell is the exact kind of QB we need right now. I don't understand all the hate people still have for him. He played well in the preseason and he was efficient again today. Nothing spectacular, but he didn't turn it over and he converted on some key 3rd downs to keep drives moving.

[skinsfan0201]

I'm sorry but you are going to blame Ramsey for the last fumble that he lost when he was linch pinned around the neck? Unfortunately the penately was not called but that certainly can not be blamed on him. That was a serious situation that no person would be able to with stand. Thankfully he was not severely injury (thank goodness). So please, when you are attributing mistakes, reasonably that one should be eliminated from the tally. In addition this was Ramsey's first game and he was bound to be a little nervous. How many chances did Brunell get last year without any production. His arm did not look too wonderful today either, and as far as mistakes, I think that it was rather difficult for Brunell to make many with the conservative offense that the Redskins called (Gibbs called) while he was in there, because of the great production that we were getting from our running backs. Compare that to the relatively fresh defense that Ramsey had to face in the beginning of the game and report back. Ramsey in essence had more success on the Bears, and if he had not sustained that injury would have continued to produce throughout the rest of the game in my opinion.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by skinsfan0201

I'm sorry but you are going to blame Ramsey for the last fumble that he lost when he was linch pinned around the neck? Unfortunately the penately was not called but that certainly can not be blamed on him. That was a serious situation that no person would be able to with stand. Thankfully he was not severely injury (thank goodness). So please, when you are attributing mistakes, reasonably that one should be eliminated from the tally. In addition this was Ramsey's first game and he was bound to be a little nervous. How many chances did Brunell get last year without any production. His arm did not look too wonderful today either, and as far as mistakes, I think that it was rather difficult for Brunell to make many with the conservative offense that the Redskins called (Gibbs called) while he was in there, because of the great production that we were getting from our running backs. Compare that to the relatively fresh defense that Ramsey had to face in the beginning of the game and report back. Ramsey in essence had more success on the Bears, and if he had not sustained that injury would have continued to produce throughout the rest of the game in my opinion.

In the end it doesn't matter if the fumble was his fault or not, in the stat book he fumbled twice and threw an INT.

Look, I'm a Ramsey supporter. I hope he comes back strong and plays well. All I'm saying is it's obvious why Gibbs might not have a ton of confidence in him right now.

[DragoJT87]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

I'm with you, I want Ramsey to play and be successful, but the proof is right there, he played 3 series and threw 1 INT and fumbled twice.

I really can't blame Gibbs if he doesn't have 100% confidence in him right now, how can you?

With this defense and running game, the last thing we need is the QB turning it over.

Like it or not, this is the kind of team we are, we're going to win by running the ball and playing hard nosed defense.

Perhaps Brunell is the exact kind of QB we need right now. I don't understand all the hate people still have for him. He played well in the preseason and he was efficient again today. Nothing spectacular, but he didn't turn it over and he converted on some key 3rd downs to keep drives moving.

I do like it. Unfortunately, so do 31 defenses in the NFL. So unless we plan to run the wing T like Navy, they are going to stop the run.