Brunell is Bad

[Sean Taylor is God]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

Dude, name me one QB in the playoffs this year who didn't have a helluva supporting cast? Which, yes, included a very good defense?

Simms, Delhomme, Grossman

[BrudLee]

Originally Posted by Sean Taylor is God

Simms, Delhomme, Grossman

Simms - I believe Tampa's Defense was OK, let me check the numbers. Ah yes. Number one overall. Add the 1178 yard rookie RB, the 1287 yard WR, and you've got a supporting cast.
Delhomme - Steve Smith is OK, as was the number three overall defense.
Grossman - Chicago had the number two defense, and their RB set a team record for yardage.

[Sean Taylor is God]

Originally Posted by BrudLee

Simms - I believe Tampa's Defense was OK, let me check the numbers. Ah yes. Number one overall. Add the 1178 yard rookie RB, the 1287 yard WR, and you've got a supporting cast.
Delhomme - Steve Smith is OK, as was the number three overall defense.
Grossman - Chicago had the number two defense, and their RB set a team record for yardage.

The one common thread of these three teams is great defense. By supporting cast i meant several players on offense. each team has one guy who excelled except the bucs who we beat, with defense.

[BrudLee]

Originally Posted by Sean Taylor is God

The one common thread of these three teams is great defense. By supporting cast i meant several players on offense. each team has one guy who excelled except the bucs who we beat, with defense.

To be perfectly fair, the Panthers had 17 rushing TDs, which puts them tied for 2nd in the NFC (behind Alexander the stat-whore and his Seahawks). Injuries to Stephen Davis (how do you not see that coming?) kept him out of a short-yardage role that had him at 12 tds in 10 games, or on pace for 19 TDs all by his lonesome. They also think enopugh of DeShaun Foster to "transition" him, giving them right to match any deal he gets.

As for the Bears, if you're looking for a receiving threat, you would have to filter their statistics through a Kyle Orton filter. The Bears won games where he went 12-26, 6-17, and 2-10. The fact that Muhammed caught 50+ balls from him probably equates to an 80 catch season anywhere else.

STiG, sorry if it seems like I'm loading up on you. I think we agree that this can't be Brunell's team if we want to continue to improve. We likely saw his best stuff last year. However, I'/m not willing to smack his best stuff, even if it wasn't gaudy, seeing as how it got us into the playoffs.

[CrazyCanuck]

[Sean Taylor is God]

There is no need to apologize. I wrote my comments to instigate people and it has worked. Before you can clean the rug you must agitate it to make the dirt rise. I had Brunell on my fantasy team and found him quite servicable. I think that his price and age are troublesome and I did not feel confident in his ability to lead us down the field with the game on the line.