Favre Back for Another Year

[That Guy]

well, old QBs CAN just lose it if they're scramblers that didn't have great arms to begin with (or couldn't make the transition to pocket passing), or if they become more injury prone and wear down easily (making it impossible to get through a full season).

brunell suffered from both a weak arm and a frail body... and the amazing ability to play craptasticly while injured (and refusing to sit).

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by That Guy

well, old QBs CAN just lose it if they're scramblers that didn't have great arms to begin with (or couldn't make the transition to pocket passing), or if they become more injury prone and wear down easily (making it impossible to get through a full season).

brunell suffered from both a weak arm and a frail body... and the amazing ability to play craptasticly while injured (and refusing to sit).

Brunells scrambling was a big part of his game, true. But he was also a very efficient passer with a good but not world class arm in Jacksonville, and thats what he was for us these last two seasons.

He seemed so much more hesitant to scramble in 2006 then he was in 2005. Whether that was the offense or just something he decided to do himself, I can't tell.

I would argue that a pure scrambler who never developed a passing game never had a game to lose. Quarterbacks have to be able to complete passes, and for example a guy like Vick with a career % of 54 just isn't a passer, at least yet.