Give Props to Brunell

[Big C]

brunell was efficient once again for us, pretty solid game aside from the botched snap, but the win is what really matters. we are limiting turnovers, but not creating them

[Fan4Life]

Im with ya rat. No way in hell ill give him props. Too many throws should have been picked. And so what he played fair. We all know he cant play good two weeks in a row. Fought guts out my ass. If owens caught that ball this would be a brunell bashing thread from hell.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by Fan4Life

If owens caught that ball this would be a brunell bashing thread from hell.

And it would still be unjustified.

And this is how many weeks hes played 'well' in a row? What's the number that comes after 1?

I think his last bad game was the first Dallas game. He deserves a lot of the blame for that game, but it was also the most unfavorable of situations.

[SmootSmack]

I think if you're going to "bash" him for near INTs and say we almost lost the game you have to also say our receivers have dropped passes this season and we've almost won games. For example, while it wasn't necessarily a dropped pass, Brunell's endzone pass to Moss against the Vikings was right on the money. A great play by Sharper prevented a TD and probably a win. But it's part of the game. It's a game of inches as they say

[rotahe39]

I'm just glad they were throwing the ball over the middle and down the field....on third and long he actually threw it past the first down marker unlike the last game when it be third and long and he dump it off for 2 yards..

[RedskinRat]

Here's why I don't think you can let it just be a mindless celebration: Brunell did not play well. It sets the cause back if the cause is a Super Bowl run. I can't blindly wave the flag and Rah-Rah and unless the rules of the forum have changed I believe that we're free to dissent?

I don't enjoy being called stupid by someone who's displaying their own stupidity by making a statement with no facts to back it up.

Watch the film, see what Brunell did, come back and defend what you saw as 'excellent' or 'unbelieveable'. I'll enjoy the debate.

[hesscl34]

If you think I'm "stupid" enough to get pulled into this mudslinging contest, think again.

[RedskinRat]

Originally Posted by hesscl34

If you think I'm "stupid" enough to get pulled into this mudslinging contest, think again.

I'm stating facts.

[hesscl34]

Fact: We Won!

[illdefined]

Originally Posted by hesscl34

Fact: We Won!

devil's advocate: so if Novak missed the 2nd kick and we lost, Brunell played lousy? one point doesn't necessarily make the other true.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by illdefined

devil's advocate: so if Novak missed the 2nd kick and we lost, Brunell played lousy? one point doesn't necessarily make the other true.

If only I had gotten you to say this when we were losing.

[illdefined]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

If only I had gotten you to say this when we were losing.

aw hell i spoke too soon. GTripp thinks Brunell plays this "good" practically every week. well you're wrong, regardless of the stats you have on your calculator, Brunell didn't rely on YAC and short yardage dinks to get him some decent stats *this* game.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by illdefined

aw hell i spoke too soon. GTripp thinks Brunell plays this "good" practically every week. well you're wrong, regardless of the stats you have on your calculator, Brunell didn't rely on YAC and short yardage dinks to get him some decent stats *this* game.

But your "best" point before was that MB wasn't getting it done at 2-5. It's obvious that teams lose football games, not QBs. It doesn't take a whole lot of thought to come to that conclusion.

The gameplan was quite obviously different this game then the other games. It called for MB to throw down the middle a whole lot more. And it was just as effective, if not a bit more than Al's other gameplans (possibly because Gibbs had imput). We moved the ball, a lot. We didn't turn it over minus that one fumble. We didn't throw all that much and his normal stats are pedistrian. A futher investigation shows that he was quite effieient.

So yeah, everyone is right. Brunell isn't the reason we won. He also hasn't been the reason we have been losing. His numbers have been consistent between the wins and losses, minus the first Dallas game in which they were horrible.

Obviously, if we had lost on Vandy's FG, Brunell bashing would be rampant right now. I think a lot of others have reached this conclusion This goes back to MHeisig's point from last week. Fans, in general, are fickle. Note how Brunell didn't see the field between Novak's missed first FG and the end of the game. But that sequence of events determined what the fans thought of Brunell's performance.

A microchosm of Brunell's entire season. It can be quite easily proven that his performance has remained relatively steady. I hope you don't challenge me to do so, but I warn you that I'm ready.

[RedskinRat]

Originally Posted by hesscl34

Fact: We Won!

Not something I'm arguing about.

People are posting like Brunell was dominant. He was barely adequate. While he stays as the starting QB we have to put up with mediocre/sub-par QB play and that's the kind of attitude that prolonges the inevitable.

Watch the game again and tell me what you think.

[hesscl34]

Originally Posted by RedskinRat

Not something I'm arguing about.

People are posting like Brunell was dominant. He was barely adequate. While he stays as the starting QB we have to put up with mediocre/sub-par QB play and that's the kind of attitude that prolonges the inevitable.

Watch the game again and tell me what you think.

You need to go back and re-read these posts. Most people are saying he wasn't perfect, but he got the job done. You just won't give the guy credit AT ALL. It makes people very aggravated that you look at his play so critically, but in reality it really wasn't that bad over all. You pick the guy to pieces, and that isn’t fair. If that makes me sound like a 5yr old, so be it. I don’t give a damn.