Time to bench Brunell? (Mega Man Merge)

[RobH4413]

I wasn't attacking your character onlydarksets. I was just having a little fun.

I felt like you were assuming some things incorrectly and I just wanted to clarify them a bit. I'm all about elevated discourse, but sometimes I slip (when I'm tired and frustrated from school) into childish banter.

[RobH4413]

Originally Posted by onlydarksets

F- it, if a bunch of you are going to jump on a brother while he's down, then I'm going to keep posting.

RobH4413:
For what it's worth, I don't think I disagree with anything you stated (it was kinda long, so I might have missed something). I think we both agree that:
1. Saunders called a great game.
2. Brunell executed the plan to near perfection, and he played a great game given what was asked of him.
3. The game plan used against the Texans will not win against most other teams in the league.
4. We have to have a long ball option.

Please, correct me if I have misstated your position at all.

All that leaves us with is whether or not Brunell can throw the long ball now. I recognize that the team has more offensive threats now than it did last year. I have never said that it's Brunell's fault that the long ball options haven't been there. Obviously, more offensive threats equals more options for Brunell.

My concern is with the throws he has made and the throws he could have attempted but backed off of. Sunday's game didn't test Brunell's arm, so, IMO, the jury is still out on that issue. He showed he could get it there last year. However, he's old enough that each year makes a difference, and he tends to run down.

If you (or the others who chimed in) feel 100% confident in Brunell's ability to thow the long ball, then I guess we do disagree. Otherwise, if you would like to see Brunell actually throw deep a few times before passing judgment, then I think we're probably on the same page (scary as that is to me and you).

I'm a worrier, that's what I do. I don't go to sleep at night feeling totally confident that Mark Brunell is going to play like Peyton Manning. I can say that he hasn't disproved himself as of yet, so there really is no reason to doubt him. My only point was that there is no reason to say the sky is falling based on Brunell's play. There will always be reason to worry no matter what.

[onlydarksets]

No worries - I was thinking the same about your assumptions. All is well (assuming Brunell can throw the long ball, of course ).

"Brothers gotta hug!" - Thomas 'Tommy' Callahan III

[RobH4413]

great movie...

I love the new portis avatars by the way.

[DaveyFoSho]

I think it would be fun to create a new shld we bench brunell poll

[jdlea]

I would only change my vote from "yes" to "give him a few more weeks." As "good" as he looked last week, I think he only made about 5 throws that it required an NFL QB to make. Everything else was dink and dunk and hope that the receiver/back could make plays. If they had lost that game everyone would be complaining that all he did was throw the short pass. I don't think he made more than 3 plays Campbell couldn't make and I tink he made maybe 5-7 passes I couldn't make!

I'm not trying to say he didn't manage the game very well, cause he did. But that's all he did. Manage the game. He did that to perfection and they were able to destroy Houston with that, but if you think that's gonna work against the Jags you're sadly mistaken.

[DaveyFoSho]

Hey jdlea...im a jr at CP...good times and yea id probably say give him til the giants