Take 70Chip's Mark Brunell Rorshock Test

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Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha

GTripp,

No QB could have won that game for us? That's a little bit of an overstatement. The defense gave up 20 points. I think there are a lot of teams that could put up 20+ points on the Eagles.

So Brunell gets a pass because the weather was bad and he was on the road in a division game. I hate to break it to you, but you are EXPECTED to play well, even if it is wet outside, you are playing an away game, or are playing in your division.

Also, Philly plays an agressive style of defense, but Burnell wasn't exactly forcing them to back off. Does ANYONE in the league respect our deep pasing game? Nope. Brunell bears some of the blame for opponents attacking.

What situation did the coaches put Brunell in? They are to blame for the rain? They are to blame for the road game? They are to blame for having our team play division opponents?

No one thinks Campbell is going to save our season, Brunell and others have lost it for us. It's just time to start working towards the future.

OK, lets say for a second that you are right and I am wrong, and Tom Brady would have won this game for us. That means Brunell had a bad game. Colosselly bad, or just bad, it's all sort of moot. I guarentee you if allowed to start the rest of the season, he would not play a game anywere near this bad rest of the year.

Of course there will be a point where we have to cut our losses and start JC while playing for next year. And we are certainly on the doorstep. But my ONLY point is that starting him against TB would be counterproductive on many levels.

I think if your point is that no matter how well our team had played, that Brunell's performance would have lost the game, I would agree with you. We could not have won with those kind of numbers from Brunell. Not possible. But if you actually want to investigate into WHY he was so horrible, it's obvious that none of the reasons will carry over to next week, save maybe the Portis one.

A lot of people have the stance that Brunell is part of the team's problems. How about this one? The team is part of Brunell's problem.