Brunell

[djnemo65]

I was very impressed with his poise, especially down the stretch. His performance in OT, including that remarkable third down scramble, was awesome. I have to say, I'm not sure we would have won that game with Ramsey playing.

[htownskinfan]

I thought Brunell played great,he was a late on some long throws,his scrambling was big,his throw to the endzone on the run that was ruled out was a thing of beauty,and I dont think the int was his fault,if we would have lost this game,I would not have blamed Brunell,but I'm still unhappy with the playcalling,Seattle was still stacking the box against the run,Portis 3.6 yrds a carry,Betts 2.9,so much for those passes to Moss last week stretching the defense,didnt seem to help at all,where are the audibles when Seattle's stacking the box against the run? It also seems like are run blocking is great in the 1st qtr and by the 4th it's practically non-existant

[illdefined]

we could handle Seattle's pass rush. a QB with time becomes a pro-bowler. how we handle teams with a true pass rush will determine how far we go this season.

[offiss]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Key stat for today, Brunell was 11-for-15 for 138 yards on 3rd downs. I don't care who you are, that's big.

No way I can dispute that, I have alway's maintained the key to a great QB is his ability to make a play on third down and keep the drive moving, I would say Brunell was outstanding today in that department.

The problem he has is he waits to long to make his throws, he has recievers open and he's still holding the ball, I noticed on the replay early in the game when he hit Cooley about 25 yards downfield, Cooley was wide open as soon as he made his break but Brunell waited allowing the defense to catch up, so instead of a real big gain and possible TD, we just had a 25 yd gain, right after that the analist started to make those same statements.

He also made a poor throw to [ I believe it was Patten ] on a deep ball late in the game when he had badly burned the corner, but instead of throwing it towards the middle of the field away from the saftey, he threw it directly to the reciever which alowed the saftey to come over and bust up the pass, all he had to do was lead the reciver away from the saftey and it's an easy TD, it's things like that, that keep teams in games, Seattle shouldn't have been remotly close late in the game.

[JWsleep]

Offiss--I agree. Brunnell was late on a number of throws. With our speed, hitting guys in stride is crucial. Seems like the read process is slow. But Brunnell made it happen when he had to. Very clutch plays (minus the int--whoever's fault it was, that cannot happen), and that scramble was vintage stuff.

[VTSkins897]

Originally Posted by SKINSnCANES

what do you mean its not like hitting the bullseye in darts, I dont get what you are saying? Brunell might have a hard time hitting the bullseye on a dart board with a football. Which is just weird underthrowing a stationary object.

Brunell is getting a lot better, but the bottom line is the scoreboard... Im very glad to have a defense that keeps us in these games.

Heres to our offense continually getting better and makign our defense better since they wont hvae to try for a shut out all the time

no i think you're misunderstood. you don't play darts with a football. i feel that if it hits the rec. in the hands he should snag it. to me that throw wasn't so grossly thrown that CP couldn't pull it in.

as for the darts i was sorta implying that i dont feel the QB doesnt have to hit him on the numbers every time in my opinion... wasnt the best analogy. but i went to VT so dont expect much.

[SKINSnCANES]

Originally Posted by VTSkins897

no i think you're misunderstood. you don't play darts with a football. i feel that if it hits the rec. in the hands he should snag it. to me that throw wasn't so grossly thrown that CP couldn't pull it in.

as for the darts i was sorta implying that i dont feel the QB doesnt have to hit him on the numbers every time in my opinion... wasnt the best analogy. but i went to VT so dont expect much.

heh, its cool, we cant all be canes j/p

anyhow, as far as the throw, portis was stretched out diving and being jumped on. Hitting someone in the hands means the receiver puts his hands up and the qb puts the ball there. A dump off pass should not require a stretch dive.

[SUNRA]

As a true supporter of Brunell and his overall play today, I must admit that he ran an efficient offense to say the least. He threw to five different receivers and scrambled for a first down drive. He was robbed of his best pass of the day to Moss in the endzone, but certainly showed poise and conviction in the redzone to Royal and Sellers. Let's chalk this one up, we are 3-0 sitting on top of the NFC East Baby!

[MTK]

Let's also remember that Brunell didn't get much work in the offseason with the starters, so he's still working on getting his timing down with those guys.

[SUNRA]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Let's also remember that Brunell didn't get much work in the offseason with the starters, so he's still working on getting his timing down with those guys.

True that.

[offiss]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Let's also remember that Brunell didn't get much work in the offseason with the starters, so he's still working on getting his timing down with those guys.

He's had 3 regular season games plus the by week, if that's the case why didn't we here this about Ramsey? That's more quality time than he was given.

[SKINSnCANES]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Let's also remember that Brunell didn't get much work in the offseason with the starters, so he's still working on getting his timing down with those guys.

but hey, did you notice how great our defense was at stopping the screen pass...it was almost like our defense, regardless of our starting qb, gets a lot of pratice during the week at stopping the screen. lol

[skinsguy]

Overall, Brunell had a great day! That one INT was crucial and it definitely wasn't Portis' fault.

Not sure why people are complaining about the playcalling. I thought Gibbs called a great game today. Nice ball controlled offense that kept the number 2 offense off the field. If anything, think about our defense allowing the Seahawks to go 90+ yards down the field to tie the game.

[wolfeskins]

Originally Posted by skinsguy

Overall, Brunell had a great day! That one INT was crucial and it definitely wasn't Portis' fault.

Not sure why people are complaining about the playcalling. I thought Gibbs called a great game today. Nice ball controlled offense that kept the number 2 offense off the field. If anything, think about our defense allowing the Seahawks to go 90+ yards down the field to tie the game.

i agree with you 100%, the only reason the game was close is because the defense had a few breakdowns today.

[SUNRA]

Originally Posted by skinsguy

Overall, Brunell had a great day! That one INT was crucial and it definitely wasn't Portis' fault.

Not sure why people are complaining about the playcalling. I thought Gibbs called a great game today. Nice ball controlled offense that kept the number 2 offense off the field. If anything, think about our defense allowing the Seahawks to go 90+ yards down the field to tie the game.

12 of 17 first downs is outrageously good! The majority were on third downs and notice the penalties were at a minimum. The play calling is fine, the execution has to keep getting better. The pass to Portis would have picked up the first down. That's just the risk you take to win. We didn't play to not lose, we clearly played to win and that has been the difference this year.