Ramsey wants to be traded (merged)

[MTK]

Originally Posted by illdefined

cuz of his performance in the regular season last year? when he was 34? think thats a reasonable basis to assume dont you? sure, he may have improved in the regular season, but its sucks that we didn't get to see if Ramsey did too.

Last year is what it is.

But, look at the whole picture. Call me crazy, but I've said before that it's hard to believe that a quality QB like Brunell all of a sudden just lost it. Sure those things do happen, I'm not saying it's not possible, but based on his past success over the course of his career along with his improved play this preseason, I think it's worth giving him a 2nd shot. After seeing him this preseason it appears that last year might have been more of a fluke than an indication his career was over.

People seem to be hanging on the potential of Ramsey, he might do this, and he might be able to do that. But what about the potential of Brunell? Why is this being completely dismissed? Because of one bad stretch last year?

To clarify I'm not talking about long-term potential with Brunell. Obviously he's nearing the end of his career, I'm talking about short-term potential. Who's to say he can't go back in and be a productive and winning QB for this team? Plenty of QBs have their most productive years in their 30s nowadays. Plenty of players have an off year or even a bad year, only to turn around and resurrect their careers.

People have seemingly closed the book on Brunell, and I think that might be a bit premature. Remember when Gibbs said the final chapters on Brunell haven't been written yet? We all thought he was crazy. Then after a solid preseason many of us raised our eyebrows and said hmmm, maybe he wasn't kidding.

[illdefined]

it's the favoring of a couple of 2nd half preseason performance as a standard over 16 regular season games i have a problem with.

Strahan, Kearse, and Ware on the road in a division game is light years different from Billy Bob who isn't even given the whole scheme, in the second half of a preseason game with a team we won't even play in the regular season.

last season is the best indication of real performance under fire we really have, and should have at least earned Ramsey more than a quarter of play is all.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by illdefined

it's the favoring of a couple of 2nd half preseason performance as a standard over 16 regular season games i have a problem with.

Strahan, Kearse, and Ware on the road in a division game is light years different from Billy Bob who isn't even given the whole scheme, in the second half of a preseason game with a team we won't even play in the regular season.

last season is the best indication of real performance under fire we really have, and should have at least earned Ramsey more than a quarter of play is all.

Regardless of the competition, Brunell's passes had something behind them and he was on target. You just can't deny that.

As for Ramsey, I guess Gibbs should have just tossed out the offseason and preseason in his mind and said Ramsey deserves to start because of what he did at the end of the 2004 season? His performance since then should have no merit in the evaluation process?

[illdefined]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Regardless of the competition, Brunell's passes had something behind them and he was on target. You just can't deny that.

As for Ramsey, I guess Gibbs should have just tossed out the offseason and preseason in his mind and said Ramsey deserves to start because of what he did at the end of the 2004 season? His performance since then should have no merit in the evaluation process?

nah, I won't deny it. but i've seen Brunell look great in the limited circumstances of preseason before. i've seen specks of brilliance in regular season play from him too. what i haven't seen is Brunell take it through a whole real game. maybe its the conditioning of a mid-thirties QB, i don't know.

if we get 80% of "preseason Brunell" in regular season games i think we'd go deep into the playoffs, but we don't get that. i guess Gibbs is betting on things being different enough for him to try again.

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Last year is what it is.

But, look at the whole picture. Call me crazy, but I've said before that it's hard to believe that a quality QB like Brunell all of a sudden just lost it.

kurt warner.