Same Ol' Story

[Longtimefan]

Listening to Brunell in the Press-Conference he admitted that he should have stepped up in the pocket on the one sack involving Samuels. Warren put a speed rush to the outside on Chris, and while Chris rode him to the outside and past Brunell, he still managed to (at the last possible moment) reach out and slap at the ball on his way past Brunell. He's of the opinion had he stepped up just as he went by, maybe he wouldn't have gotten a piece of his arm or the ball.

Unfortunately, these type plays happen sometime though I think in Brunell's case, I would like to see him hold the ball a little higher (even when rolling out) before his delivery. His holding the ball that way allows for the prospensity of having the ball stripped. I remember Lawrence Taylor made a living making the very same type plays on OB's that GW did to Brunell on Sunday. I have watched Brunell his entire career and he has always held the ball that way in preperation to pass. He' been doing it that way for so long, I don't know if he can even correct it. It could be that it's just force of habit.