Why Brunell is Struggling

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

I hate to keep going back to the same thing, but Todd Collins said it would take a full season for the QBs to get up to speed in this offense. When I first heard that I was like yeah right, but maybe now it seems he was indeed telling the truth.

Getting back to your point Schneed, I agree Brunell has never been the prototypical dropback, pocket QB. Right now he's struggling with adjusting to this new style of offense, and he doesn't seem to trust what he's seeing.

That's a very good point. Given that the playbook is supposedly 700 pages, it's no surprise that Brunell has struggled a bit to get plays downfield. Perhaps because Mark is relatively unfamiliar with the playbook, he is not comfortable with throwing to a spot and anticipating that a receiver will be there.