Mark Brunell booed

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

I've become notoious for my defense of Brunell over the past 2 1/2 months, so you guys can take this with a grain of salt, but I'm gonna say it anyway.

Look, I absolutely HATE the Denver Broncos. I was the happiest non-Chiefs fan in America when they got knocked from the playoff picture. But when Jay Cutler got knocked from the game, the Denver faithful gave Jake Plummer thunderous applause.

Mark Brunell 2006 (9 games): 162/260 (62.3%), 1789 yards (6.88 yards/attempt), 8 TDs, 4 INTs, 86.5 QB Rating (#11 in league)

Jake Plummer 2006 (12 games): 175/315 (55.6%), 1994 yards (6.33 yards/attempt), 11 TDs, 12 INTs, 70.5 QB Rating (#28 in league)

It's pretty damn near fact that Mark Brunell was playing better football at the time of his benching than Jake Plummer was. So for Plummer to recieve applause while Brunell gets booed just tells me (unfortuantely) that the Broncos fans understand the value of veteran leadership, and that Redskins fans simply do not. I'm going to stop short of admitting that they are smarter than us...

#1, I watched the game (my wife is a Broncos fan) and I do not recall "thunderous applause".
#2, It's amazing how fast we forget just how bad Brunell played. If I had to take a guess, I'd guess that out of his 260 attempts, 240 of them (maybe more) were attempts of 10 yards or less. Honestly, he should have had over 70% completion when he was too much of a pussy to throw it downfield. We all remember the 22 straight completions, and 20 of them were 10 yards or less...well laaa-dee-daa. He got booed for his blatent disregard for the offensive system. He flat out refused to leave his confort zone, and utilyze his weapons. I wouldn't have booed him, but I don't blame a single soul for the dismal play of Brunell.
I am Mr. Stathead and use stats to prove points constantly, but you can't prove a thing with Brunell stats. You had to watch, and I didn't miss a single play.