Brunell is a Different Quarterback

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Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Raise your hand if you thought Gibbs had lost his marbles when he said at the end of last season that the final chapter on Brunell hadn't been written.

I've been a staunch supporter of Brunell, as has TAFKAS, but even I have to admit I had my doubts.

I think it's pretty clear now that Brunell was banged up more than the team let on last year, and that his hamstring injury severly messed up his mechanics which in turn took away his accuracy.

Even though he's been going up against backups this preseason, the thing to look at here is his accuracy. All preseason he's been very accurate. He should have been 7/7 last night but Brown couldn't haul in a pass that hit him right in the kisser.

We should feel very confident in our QB situation with Brunell looking so sharp.

We should definitely be feeling pretty good about our QB situation. I'm sure Brunell would have more supporters if not for that big contract. But I always found it kind of remarkable that so often we'd hear the phrase "Hey it's Joe Gibbs, 3 time Super Bowl champion. The man knows what he's talking about." Yet no matter how many times he insisted last year was not all Brunell's fault, and the last chapter wasn't written on his career no one seemed to want to listen to JG in this case. Nobody, it seems, wanted to step back and look at the whole situation-new offense, slow, hurt receivers, injured Brunell. But what's done is done, onward and upward to 2005