Ramsey update

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Originally Posted by Southpaw

Career Numbers:

Joey Harrington - Average of 186 yards per start. Two more picks than TD's for his career. 68.1 career QB Rating.

David Carr - Average of 180 yards per start. Five more picks than TD's for his career. 73.7 career QB Rating.

Patrick Ramsey - Average of 235 yards per start. Five more TD's than picks for his career. 75.0 career QB Rating.

And yet, Carr and Harrington have each "earned" 30+ more starts than Ramsey...

Ok, I can see your point - stat-wise Ramsey is a little better than Harrington and Carr. You could also chalk that slight difference up to Ramsey be surrounded by generally better personnel than Carr or Harrington.

Even looking at the stats though doesn't really say much about ANY of them. It's like arguing that this turd smells better than that one. All three of them are abysmal.

Like Matty and 12th said, Gibbs nor anyone else on the team is obligated to owe Ramsey anything, and a truly great QB would rise above the challenge. I just watched the Skins vs Bears game from last season and Ramsey was pretty atrocious prior to being pulled. Gibbs was justified in doing that.

I'm not sure why people can't even entertain the possibility that Ramsey is not cut out to be a #1 QB. How many years of mediocracy does it take? Blaming the system or the coach just gets silly after a while. Just because teams like the Texans or Lions (keep in mind these are consistently mismanaged, losing organizations) give their crappy QB more of a chance doesn't mean we should. If anything we should do the exact opposite and try to avoid the same fate as either of those two.

If you have a subpar QB you pull him and put someone else in. Supporting mediocracy for year after year is exactly why the Texans and Lions suck donkey balls, and I'm glad Coach Gibbs is smarter than that.