Does Ramsey Have Some Trade Control?

[offiss]

Originally Posted by Huddle

Well, if Salisbury and Clayton agree, I guess we can take that to the bank [forgive the sarcasm].

To answer your question...no...coaches don't tell a QB to take a seven-step drop and then plant. The QB might have four reads and he can't plant until he picks one. And, under pressure they bounce because it enables them to move quickly just as boxers stay on their toes before they plant to throw a punch.

One way for a QB to appear decisive is to cheat on his reads. Sliding quickly from your primary to your checkdown will do it. Tim Hassleback won a job with us by getting rid of the ball quickly, like a West Coast QB (I wonder who taught him that). There's no way in hell he was running through all his reads.

When Ramsey started, the ball was being distributed to different receivers. That's an indication that he was running through all his reads. Given our protection problems, it was probably a mistake on his part due to lack of experience.

Nice job with that huddle, I can see you understand the intracasies of the QB position. 1 big reason I have been a big Ramsey supporter is because he's shown the ability to get the job done when he does have reasonable protection, he has played behind some of the worse lines in the NFL during his tenure. Your point about cheating your reads are dead on, but I will elaborate, Brunell is the king of cheating on his reads, he has 1 primary and thats Moss, after that it's Cooley or out of bounds, and despite that no one seems to realize Brunell has happy feet to match anyone. through the years most of Gibbs QB's have had happy feet, problem? Gibbs ask's them to hold the ball longer than the average QB, in so doing the QB really has to have a strong trust in the O-line for him to be comfortable knowing the defense is closing in on him, it's a tough thing to ask a QB not to get happy feet under those type of circumastances, but when everything is clicking it's a beautiful offense to watch, and in order to make all that work a QB has to have experience and playing time with that offense and build a trust with the players in it, Patrick hasen't been given that opportunity.

No way I trade Patrick for a #3 or worse, he's to valuable as a backup. Further more we haven't proved we are capable of finding talent beyond the second round, judging from past history we might as well give him away because we will probably end up cutting whoever we draft with his pick if it's beyond the second round.

[irish]

Sorry, I thought he was a FA.

I do think that PR will do whatever he needs to do to get out of DC. He knows he's going nowhere here and he has a silly notion that he can actually start in the NFL (I'm not sure he can even be a good backup) so he will have to do what he needs to do (contractually) to try to become a starter somewhere.

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by offiss

No way I trade Patrick for a #3 or worse, he's to valuable as a backup. Further more we haven't proved we are capable of finding talent beyond the second round, judging from past history we might as well give him away because we will probably end up cutting whoever we draft with his pick if it's beyond the second round.

running QBs tend to go 1,2, run, as people have brought up the "maybe its brunell" theory of limited WR production from time to time.

chris cooley was a 3rd rounder. the skins' 4th 5th and 7th are till on the team (though not productive in any way as of yet).

and irish, ramsey is 10-14, that's actually REALLY good for a backup. a lot of those wins came under spurrier who didn't really care about having talent on his teams.

[#56fanatic]

Originally Posted by That Guy

for a 6th rounder we might as well keep him.

Why? wouldn't you rather get a pick that could possibly turn into some thing, or would you rather lose him outright and get absolutely nothing for a 1st rounder you took a few years ago. If we keep him, he is a free agent next year and leaves, then we get nada!! Get something, especially if you aren't going to use him.

[irish]

Originally Posted by That Guy

running QBs tend to go 1,2, run, as people have brought up the "maybe its brunell" theory of limited WR production from time to time.

chris cooley was a 3rd rounder. the skins' 4th 5th and 7th are till on the team (though not productive in any way as of yet).

and irish, ramsey is 10-14, that's actually REALLY good for a backup. a lot of those wins came under spurrier who didn't really care about having talent on his teams.

Is that his record only as a backup or a overall? The number 1 job for a back up is to not lose games by making stupid mistakes (he does not need to win the game, just not lose it) and PR has a knack for making stupid mistakes (which is why Gibbs is done with him).

[Monksdown]

Originally Posted by Huddle

Well, if Salisbury and Clayton agree, I guess we can take that to the bank [forgive the sarcasm].

To answer your question...no...coaches don't tell a QB to take a seven-step drop and then plant. The QB might have four reads and he can't plant until he picks one. And, under pressure they bounce because it enables them to move quickly just as boxers stay on their toes before they plant to throw a punch.

One way for a QB to appear decisive is to cheat on his reads. Sliding quickly from your primary to your checkdown will do it. Tim Hassleback won a job with us by getting rid of the ball quickly, like a West Coast QB (I wonder who taught him that). There's no way in hell he was running through all his reads.

When Ramsey started, the ball was being distributed to different receivers. That's an indication that he was running through all his reads. Given our protection problems, it was probably a mistake on his part due to lack of experience.

I watched a Blitz a few weeks ago, when they showed how noticeably worse Peyton was when he was bouncing in the Playoffs, vs how he normally places his feet. I would contest that many times, Patrick doesnt even plant. he just "arms" it away from himself. And his inaccuracy when doing this is as obvious as his td/int ratio.

And i would argue that coaches do instruct their qb's on how many drop steps to take while reading a particular defense.

[Huddle]

Duplicate post, sorry.

[Monksdown]

I would like to see Antwaan as our 3rd.

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by #56fanatic

Why? wouldn't you rather get a pick that could possibly turn into some thing, or would you rather lose him outright and get absolutely nothing for a 1st rounder you took a few years ago. If we keep him, he is a free agent next year and leaves, then we get nada!! Get something, especially if you aren't going to use him.

1 year with him as the backup is probably worth more than we'll get out of a 6th rounder.

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by irish

Is that his record only as a backup or a overall? The number 1 job for a back up is to not lose games by making stupid mistakes (he does not need to win the game, just not lose it) and PR has a knack for making stupid mistakes (which is why Gibbs is done with him).

that's his record for games started... how would you differentiate a backup from a starter as far as W/L goes?

[freddyg12]

Does anyone know what we get if he leaves as a free agent?
In the current cba, teams are awarded extra draft picks based on free agent departures. I can't recall the term for this, but I wonder what we'd get for losing a former 1st rounder?

[Monksdown]

That's a good question. I would think most of the value would be based on worth, not where he was drafted.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by Huddle

I think Ramsey would be smart to sign a new deal with the Dolphins, say for three years, heavily weighted toward incentives. If he were willing to do that to make the trade work, I think the Dolphins would consider the three pick a bargain price.




Well, there are many other positions in between those you mention. I don't have any doubt that Joe sees his Brunell-Ramsey decisions as being best for the team. It isn't an ego thing with him. But my not-so-humble opinion is that he's wrong.

I'm not a stats guy. Most individual statistics are worthless in my book. One exception I make is wins and losses. In 23 starts Ramsey was 10-13 (Chicago start last season not included). Over the same span, the team was 8-17 in games not started by Patrick.

I haven't seen a superstar performance, but Patrick was our best QB over a three year span and, although I'm resigned to his leaving, I think he might still be the best on our roster.

We were 10-6 this year so how do you get the 8 wins when Ramsey was not the starter and what QB's do you have in that mix a couple of Spurier boys.

[MTK]

I think Ramsey will bring much more than a 6th rounder.

A 2nd rounder would be ideal but is probably unlikely.

A 3rd or a 4th is pretty reasonable. At this point I'd take what I could get for him... he deserves the chance to start new somewhere else and he's outta here after this year anyway.

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by freddyg12

Does anyone know what we get if he leaves as a free agent?
In the current cba, teams are awarded extra draft picks based on free agent departures. I can't recall the term for this, but I wonder what we'd get for losing a former 1st rounder?

I think its based on who you lose and who you get in free agency as well as the production of the guys that left.

those picks are 3rd-6th rounders and decided on behind closed doors and i'd assume with ESP and arcane powers of some sort.