Starting Campbell Now Makes Cap Sense

The Colts game means almost nothing. Think about it. If you lose the game, and ended up winning out (all but the road Phili game), you would likely hold the tiebreaker at 10-6. If you won the game, you still have the same conference record, meaning that you would likely not have the tiebreaker (If the Eagles or Cowboys or whoever also went 11-5).

How can you still be so homerish? Win out after the bye? What team have you been watching for the last 14 years? They will absolutely not win eight out of the next ten. They'll be LUCKY to win four of the next ten with Brunell running the show.

And earlier you made a comment about Brunell completeing 60% of his passes and only have three int's all season. Great, but when 85% of your completions are dumpoff's you're not scaring anyone. Just look how well the Titans defended the dink and dunks yesterday. It's because everyone know's it's coming.

And yes, three interceptions is nice, but what about five touchdowns threw six games? That puts him on pace for about 14 for the season. Niiiice... That's with a group of receivers(Moss, Lloyd, Cooley, Randle El, Sellers) who had 29 combined touchdown catches last season.

Brunell will count $6.6 million against the cap if he's on the roster in 2007. If we cut him before June 1, he'll have a dead cap hit of 4.3 million in 2007, representing a savings of $2.3 million. If we cut him after June 1, he'll count only $1.5 million (approx) in 2007, a savings of about $5 million compared to the $6.6 million he'd count if on the roster.


I believe the the new CBA allows us to cut him before June and still spread the cap hit over two years. The new CBA allows two vet players to be cut before June and still treated as if they were cut after June 1. I don't think he gets cut in almost any circumstance but just raising the point.

That's great but you can't run a football team with one eye on the cap during the season.

A few more losses and I'm all for putting in Campbell, but right now while there is still a glimmer of hope Brunell will remain the starter.

Regardless of what happens I don't see Brunell on the roster next year, unless it's with a huge paycut and he's the unquestioned backup. Year 3 for Campbell, it's time to start no matter what.

Im all for benching Brunell, for either cap or performance issues. He is one of the most inconsistent and irratic QBs the skins have ever had. He had all day yesterday and couldnt make a play to save his life (or our season). Throwing a hail mary into triple coverage when there is still a min left is moronic. There are quite a few qbs starting in the NFL and winning that have the similar or less experience than JC, (Rivers, Young, Smith, Leinart, Manning, Palmer) give him the damn ball already. I would be happier watching the skins lose and in the thick of it, rather than them going three and out over and over again cause our over the hill qb cant complete a simple pass over ten yards. I know he only had one pick yesterday but he should have had 4! Pull the trigger JOE!

i hate it when people say Brunell is inconsistent, he's TOO consistent. everyone knows exactly what to expect from him and that's the problem. when you KNOW his first read on a blitz is the dump off, you game plan that. when you KNOW he'll only throw deep near the sideline, you go cover-2. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.

Brunell: the best way to lose games without getting INTs.

I'd rather let Campbell get a game under his belt before the Bye week. That gives him two weeks after his first NFL start to get his questions answered, watch film, and might give him a better chance at understanding what's expected and what he has to work on. We're done. Brunell's done. Lets toss in the kid, hope for a spark of light, but most importantly give him a chance when expectations are low to start working.

The problems on this team run soooo much deeper than one person, I can't believe how much debate goes on over this.

The problems on this team run soooo much deeper than one person, I can't believe how much debate goes on over this.

LOL seriously

And no ones saying Campbell will come in and light the place up. It's possible. We want him to have starting experience because this season is most likely gone, and Mark Brunell has played poorly.

The problems on this team run soooo much deeper than one person, I can't believe how much debate goes on over this.

unlike the DB situation, or the Dline situation, or the Oline situation, the QB is a position we can actually do something about.