Take 70Chip's Mark Brunell Rorshock Test

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Originally Posted by GTripp0012

I'm still a #3 because absolutely no QB in the league would have won this game for us, but Brunell was dreadful today. He was put in the worst possible conditions (Bad weather, on the road, in the division, Portis out, trailing early, questionable playcalling, defensive scheme that attacks) and played exactly the way I would expect a guy put in those conditions to play. Ties the first Dallas game for ineptitude, although the deck was stacked heavily against him. The interception should never have been thrown.

I wouldn't make the switch this week for multiple reasons. Number 1, you don't want to break Jason Campbell in on the road when the team isn't playing well. Number 2, it would be a significant injustice to Mark Brunell to bench him after forcing him into the situation that the coaching staff and team did. Number 3, we will never play another game that is this difficult to win this season. So although we have next to nil chance to win the division, a wild card berth is a possibility if we win out against a schedule where we have all of our tough games at home, where weve been right in every contest over the last two seasons. It still would be a bad decision to try to have Campbell save the season.

The switch is certainly on the horizion though. If we as a team can't beat Tampa Bay, the switch should be made. I'm guessing this is the way Gibbs is thinking right now.

But if you are relying on a 2nd year inexpirenced player to save the franchise, you have another thing coming.

First, let me say at the beginning of the season I was a number 3. In fact, I would have been a #4 - Mark Brunell is a QB that is capable of carrying us to a Super Bowl championship given the talent and coaching staff he has around him.

But now I'm firmly in the #2 camp, in my eyes the season is over and we're looking forward to next year. And GTripp, I don't get where you're coming from.

First, far be it for the Redskins to ever think long-term, but I do. Campbell needs to play now because the team needs to find out what he's made of. We need to see some glimmer of hope that he could be the answer next season. Throwing him in against Tampa is the perfect situation. If a QB is going to have a fragile phyche and have trouble dealing with a road game against below-.500 Tampa Bay, then he doesn't have the mindset to be my QB... EVER. It's the perfect time to put him in. If the line protects him, we'll find out if he's accurate, if he knows the reads, if he can make the throws, and if he can execute the offense. If the line doesn't protect him, we'll find out how he responds: will he get sacked 5 times and get right back up and lead us down the field? Or will he get the Jeff George deer-in-headlights look?

These are not high-schoolers we're playing with. These are men. If Jason Campbell is going to be our QB, he's going to exhibit the leadership qualities that a grown-up QB should - win or lose. Throw him into the fire - sink or swim. He's a man, he can take it. We don't have to baby him and wait for a home game to find out what he's made of.