Time to bench Brunell? (Mega Man Merge)

[Monkeydad]

[quote=Southpaw;217879]
All the quarterbacks you named fall into two categories. Dilfer, Roethlisberger, Delhomme, and O’Donnell all played teams where their respective defenses were top five or higher for those particular seasons. All they had to do was put 17 points on the board and not screw up, and they could rack up 11+ wins for the season.

Like Brunell last year.

Originally Posted by Southpaw

Brunell doesn’t have the luxury of a top five defense(at least not at this point in the season), and I’m not positive he could put up 17 points, without the help of penalties and turnovers.

We do have one of the top defenses in the NFL, as we did last year. When Springs is back and they don't have to play 3/4 of the game from 3-and-outs, I think this group will be better than last year's squad. We've only improved it. Our only major loss was Arrington, who was worthless to us last year anyways.

Originally Posted by Southpaw

Warner, Hostettler, Chandler, and Collins were all veteran journeymen who had a nice one or two season run, in which they fit perfectly in the system they were in. Warner in particular, was the leader of one of the most prolific offenses ever. Brunell will NEVER break 30 TD’s or 4,000 passing yards in a season, so I don’t think these comparisons are valid.

We'll have to wait a little longer than 2 weeks with no running game to see how Brunell fits in this system. Don't forget Saunders' QB in KC was a former Redskin. I'm not sure if that's worth anything, but it is interesting. Warner had big numbers that year but has since proven he's more of a grocery bagger than a star QB. He's really mediocre, but just benefitted from a good system. Our system IS proven, just not implemented completely yet due to the newness of it and not having the main part of the system, the top RB. I still can't blame Brunell for the whole team's struggles.