Brunell Starting

[skinsfan0201]

Originally Posted by FirstandTen

Here's the bottom line. We all wanted to see Ramsey last year after we witnessed Brunell throwing weak ducks all over the field. Once Ramsey came in what did he do??? Not much. As much as myself and most of you wouldn’t like to admit it, this year in Preseason Ray Charles could have seen who the better QB was. And in the first quarter that trend of erratic, and turnover bound play continued. If Gibbs says Brunell was hurt last year after watching his improved play in Preseason its hard to argue with the HOF legend coach that won us three superbowls.

Ramsey in his forth year still doesn't have what it takes to be an NFL QB. He unsure, unaware, and doesn’t have a general feel for the game. He’s got a great arm but as Heath showed us that dosen’t' make a good QB. I understand those that feel Ramsey wasn't given a fair shake and hasn’t' been during his stint here in Washington but this is business. Its not our concern or Gibb's concern on being fair its about winning ball games. Right now like it or not with the Defense we have and the improved O-line Brunell is the correct choice for the Skins winning games this year. It’s the blueprint of the 2000 Ravens. Bottom line is if we can beat Dallas MONDAY NIGHT everyone will be back on the bandwagon. Don't feel bad for Ramsey he's a damn Millionaire and he's got more coming from the Bears or Miami next year. Then we will all see that he's just not cut out for the NFL.

RE: Trent Green, RICH GANNON

[SmootSmack]

What do Trent Green and Rich Gannon have to do with anything?

[skinsfan0201]

Originally Posted by TAFKAS

What do Trent Green and Rich Gannon have to do with anything?

Former Redskins quarterbacks that were not given an adequate chance..... How long have you been a fan? To be starters that is.....

[STPainmaker]

Originally Posted by skinsfan0201

Former Redskins quarterbacks that were not given an adequate chance..... How long have you been a fan? To be starters that is.....

I think it would be naive to expect every player that leaves our team especially at a position like QB to be a bum. Teams often have players that don't fit well in a particular style of play, or simply do not demonstrate the capabilties they have, or just don't progress in a timely fashion. Hindsight is 20/20, and to say that this or that player should have been kept longer is diificult because these players played themselves out of jobs. This isn't pop warner where the coaches drinking buddy's fat, stupid, slow son is the "star" running back. It hurts to see a player you once threw away become a star but every team has a couple of those guys.

[skinsfan0201]

Originally Posted by STPainmaker

I think it would be naive to expect every player that leaves our team especially at a position like QB to be a bum. Teams often have players that don't fit well in a particular style of play, or simply do not demonstrate the capabilties they have, or just don't progress in a timely fashion. Hindsight is 20/20, and to say that this or that player should have been kept longer is diificult because these players played themselves out of jobs. This isn't pop warner where the coaches drinking buddy's fat, stupid, slow son is the "star" running back. It hurts to see a player you once threw away become a star but every team has a couple of those guys.

To be honest those guys actually were starting to experience success, and the Redskins decided to trade them instead.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by skinsfan0201

Former Redskins quarterbacks that were not given an adequate chance..... How long have you been a fan? To be starters that is.....

Well I liked, still like, Trent Green and wish we could have kept him. But, I'm sure you'll recall that he was a free agent during the time the franchise was transitioning ownership from the Cooke family to Howard Millstein. Then that fell through and Dan Snyder bought the team. But with all the uncertainty about who the owner would be and not knowing what the financial situation would be, Green had no choice but to leave. I think he would have been more likely to stay if there was some ownership in place while he was on the free agent market.

Gannon was an average QB for over a decade in this league. Good for him that he was able spend the last years of his career on a high note. But he only played half a season here (the Petitbon year), his sixth I believe in the NFL, and had given no indication before hand he would be anything special and didn't for several years after that.

In fact in those 8 games he played with the Skins he had 704 yards passing (5.6 ypa), with 3 TDs and 7 INTs. Last year in 9 games Brunell had 1194 yards passing (5.0 ypa) with 7 TDs and 6 INTs. If you're going to say we should have given Gannon a chance you might as well say the same for Brunell.

Been a fan since '82

[STPainmaker]

Originally Posted by TAFKAS

Well I liked, still like, Trent Green and wish we could have kept him. But, I'm sure you'll recall that he was a free agent during the time the franchise was transitioning ownership from the Cooke family to Howard Millstein. Then that fell through and Dan Snyder bought the team. But with all the uncertainty about who the owner would be and not knowing what the financial situation would be, Green had no choice but to leave. I think he would have been more likely to stay if there was some ownership in place while he was on the free agent market.

Gannon was an average QB for over a decade in this league. Good for him that he was able spend the last years of his career on a high note. But he only played half a season here (the Petitbon year), his sixth I believe in the NFL, and had given no indication before hand he would be anything special and didn't for several years after that.

In fact in those 8 games he played with the Skins he had 704 yards passing (5.6 ypa), with 3 TDs and 7 INTs. Last year in 9 games Brunell had 1194 yards passing (5.0 ypa) with 7 TDs and 6 INTs. If you're going to say we should have given Gannon a chance you might as well say the same for Brunell.

Been a fan since '82

Great post.

[SmootSmack]

Let me also add that Gannon didn't even play in the league at all in 1994, that's how little he was thought of league-wide

[skinsfan0201]

Originally Posted by STPainmaker

Great post.

Gannon, at the very least was still in the early part of his career, and with the possibility of greatness, while Brunell is essentially supposed to be the teacher of the tricks of the trade since we all know he doen't have much left in the tank and injury prone.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by skinsfan0201

Gannon, at the very least was still in the early part of his career, and with the possibility of greatness, while Brunell is essentially supposed to be the teacher of the tricks of the trade since we all know he doen't have much left in the tank and injury prone.

Tim Hasselbeck is in an even earlier part of his career. Greatness could be bestowed upon him in 2012. Should we have held onto him?

How about Tony Banks?

[EternalEnigma21]

Originally Posted by TAFKAS

In fact in those 8 games he played with the Skins he had 704 yards passing (5.6 ypa), with 3 TDs and 7 INTs. Last year in 9 games Brunell had 1194 yards passing (5.0 ypa) with 7 TDs and 6 INTs. If you're going to say we should have given Gannon a chance you might as well say the same for Brunell.

Been a fan since '82

The difference is the age. As I posted, Brunell offers no long term solution to solidify the position. Gannon had troubles when he was young, and often times they work out. When someone gets to the end of their career and their talent and physical attributes begin to fail them, and they don't realize it, jerry rice for instance, and they can't let go, people still install faith in them and carry them through a couple of lousy years and call hindsight 20/20 when they don't produce and leave you scratching your head and smelling your finger.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by canthetuna

The difference is the age. As I posted, Brunell offers no long term solution to solidify the position. Gannon had troubles when he was young, and often times they work out. When someone gets to the end of their career and their talent and physical attributes begin to fail them, and they don't realize it, jerry rice for instance, and they can't let go, people still install faith in them and carry them through a couple of lousy years and call hindsight 20/20 when they don't produce and leave you scratching your head and smelling your finger.

A fair argument. I just don't see the Trent Green scenario as being the same. I wish we kept him but we just couldn't realistically. And I don't think people can say we drove Gannon out of town. He didn't show anything here. I mean people can say it, they have already. I just disagree