Do you support Gibbs' decision to start Brunell? (Merged)

[Defensewins]

Yes.

I am amazed that some on this board are bigger Ramsey fans than they Redskins or Joe Gibbs fans.
I have not posted anything until now about this because there are some angry people about this subject. Comments like 'I hope ramsey comes back on another team and torches us...'...etc... etc.
I realize some folks really love Ramsey as a person, but his QB play has not developed or approached the level of play that I expect of our starter. While Brunnell is not the answer he is not going to throw a ton of interception, get sacked all the time and play as inconsistantly as Ramsey.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Defensewins

I am amazed that some on this board are bigger Ramsey fans than they Redskins or Joe Gibbs fans.

That is something that's puzzling to me as well.

[skins052bgr8]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

That is something that's puzzling to me as well.

I don't think it is bigger Ramsey fans than Gibbs more so, than it is just alot of our opinions that is was a bad choice or decision given the timing, the circumstances to yank him after the injury as an excuse not to go back to him after a quarter of play this year. Ramsey should have had a longer string this year and i think everyone can agree that it was not a fair or accurate choice. You don't pull your staring QB and then make the statement I am waiting for a QB to step forward and establish himself. Say Brunell throws and int and throws for 120 yds and we lose does he go back to ramsey due to Brunell did not establish himself highly unlikely.

[illdefined]

Originally Posted by Defensewins

I am amazed that some on this board are bigger Ramsey fans than they Redskins or Joe Gibbs fans.

i think above all else we are fans of winning, and Ramsey won more last season *in spite* of Gibbs decision to maintain Brunell. if Brunell was really injured, it just makes the decision even more baffling. i think for the most part we all love Gibbs, we're just waiting for the rust to come off and the good instincts to come back.

[LadyT]

Originally Posted by illdefined

i think above all else we are fans of winning, and Ramsey won more last season *in spite* of Gibbs decision to maintain Brunell. if Brunell was really injured, it just makes the decision even more baffling. i think for the most part we all love Gibbs, we're just waiting for the rust to come off and the good instincts to come back.

As you said, I don't favor Ramsey over Gibbs. That's a silly comparison to make. I favor winning - something we've had very little of in the past 10 seasons or so.

And, I don't think Gibbs' decision will help us to win. My feelings are not personal towards Ramsey, Brunell or Gibbs. I just want us to win. Brunell proved to me last year that he can't get us there. Ramsey is still a question mark for me because, under Gibbs, he has not been given a chance to prove himself one way or the other. I want him to be given that chance and that means being allowed to play, in the regular season, for a lot longer than 1/3 of a game.

[DirtBagZ]

Originally Posted by Defensewins

Yes.

I am amazed that some on this board are bigger Ramsey fans than they Redskins or Joe Gibbs fans.

What have the Redskins done over the past ten years to merit any sort of the benefit of the doubt? Thank God for the Nationals, there is finally some added sports competition in this town and it is not going be Redskins only. I have been a fan of the team for a long time but I am sick of the non-stop boneheaded decision making of the front office with regards to contracts and player personnel.

In Michael Wilbon's column today he states that we spent three picks for Campbell, a first, third, and a fourth. For most teams with good evaluators of player personnel that is three starters. Just think Kyle Orton, who looked pretty damn good was a fourth round pick. Not knocking Cambell, but if we have spent so much on him, and if Ramsey is not the answer, then in my opinion neither is Brunell, put the rookie out there and see what he can do.

Also Gibbs deserves a lot of criticism for his handling of this, he does not get an automatic pass because of his prior history. In his own words when he came back he said the past is just that, the past. As a fan of the team I would love to be proved wrong, but I have not seen anything out of Brunell to make me think he is going to get this team to the next level. The Brunell of five years, no contest, that player is head and shoulders above Ramsey, the Mark Brunell of now and last year, I don't think so. And let's be honest Gibbs must not have either, for why did he go with Patrick to start the season?