Dear Mark, I'm sorry...

[Longtimefan]

The thing we must remember about the Gibbs Ramsey relationship that may differ from other comparisions you mention is that before Gibbs conducted his first practice with the Redskins he had established "what he called an open competition" where the QB's were concerned. Ramsey had been considered the starter prior to Gibbs arival, and it would seem to me if Gibbs had the utmost confidence in Ramsey he would have automatically been given the opportunity to maintain his starting position going into the 04 season. Instead, halfway through the pre-season last year it had become clear that Brunell, not Ramsey would start the regular season. Further, I am not of the opinion that Ramsey playing at all last year had anything to do with confidence or lack thereof Gibbs may have had in him. The offence was going so poorly, the fans began to boo,and Gibbs was under pressure to do something in an attempt to get the team going. He had no one else to turn to but Ramsey because at that point in time he felt that move gave him the best opportunity to win. Had he had faith going into the season that PR could get the job done he probably would have been named the starter going into the season, as opposed to some nine games later.