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[MTK]

The 36 yard pass from Brunell to Hoag on 4th down was pretty nice, even the biggest Brunell haters have to give him some credit for that throw. Down the middle, split the coverage, and dead on accuracy.

I think MB will be fine if we needed him for a spot start, but at his age he just wears down too quickly to last an entire season as the starter.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

The 36 yard pass from Brunell to Hoag on 4th down was pretty nice, even the biggest Brunell haters have to give him some credit for that throw. Down the middle, split the coverage, and dead on accuracy.

I think MB will be fine if we needed him for a spot start, but at his age he just wears down too quickly to last an entire season as the starter.

Yep, exactly. If we were discussing him being the starter instead of backup, people would be right to bring up his age and durability. However, he's a backup and his experience is very valuable as the backup.

God forbid Campbell goes down, but if he does, we have more of a chance with Brunell than Collins, a QB who has been in 12 years and averaged 1.42 starts a season. If there's a longterm need for a backup to start, we can always just ride Mark as long as we can and then go to Collins in relief.

In that situation, our season would be shot anyways.

[hooskins]

Originally Posted by Buster

Yep, exactly. If we were discussing him being the starter instead of backup, people would be right to bring up his age and durability. However, he's a backup and his experience is very valuable as the backup.

God forbid Campbell goes down, but if he does, we have more of a chance with Brunell than Collins, a QB who has been in 12 years and averaged 1.42 starts a season. If there's a longterm need for a backup to start, we can always just ride Mark as long as we can and then go to Collins in relief.

In that situation, our season would be shot anyways.

I personally think Brunell would be the better QB in comeback situation because he is a game experienced vet. Collins would probably be better just managing the offense.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by hooskins

I personally think Brunell would be the better QB in comeback situation because he is a game experienced vet. Collins would probably be better just managing the offense.

Yes, Collins would be better if we call the season lost.

If the D is playing as well as they look and Brunell has all of the offensive weapons healthy, we could still have a shot, like in 2005.

[hooskins]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

The 36 yard pass from Brunell to Hoag on 4th down was pretty nice, even the biggest Brunell haters have to give him some credit for that throw. Down the middle, split the coverage, and dead on accuracy.

I think MB will be fine if we needed him for a spot start, but at his age he just wears down too quickly to last an entire season as the starter.

Yeah that was a beautiful pass only to be taken out of the picture by that stupid delay of game penalty. I cannot believe the coaches would not keep that on their minds after the big pass. That is beyond stupid.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by hooskins

Yeah that was a beautiful pass only to be taken out of the picture by that stupid delay of game penalty. I cannot believe the coaches would not keep that on their minds after the big pass. That is beyond stupid.

Yeah but like the announcers said, that's what happens when you're dealing with all these young inexperienced players. I'm not sure if MB was totally to blame on that.

[hooskins]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Yeah but like the announcers said, that's what happens when you're dealing with all these young inexperienced players. I'm not sure if MB was totally to blame on that.

I agree, I dont think that penalty was the players fault. In that position the coaches should be pushing everyone to run and be timely.