Brunell and Redskins Reportedly Close to Restructured Deal

You may want to talk to somebody that has had arthroscopic shoulder surgery about it not being a big deal. I know 2 guys in their 30s that have had it and said it is the most painful thing they have ever experienced. In fact one of the guys said if he had to have it again he'd just tell the Dr to chop his arm off (LOL) because the apain was unbelievable. No matter how you sit stand or lay it hurts.

Speaking from personal experience, shoulder pain is nothing to scoff at. I have a partially torn rotator cuff and need to have surgery. Mine is so small that you can barely see it on an MRI and I will have a 6 month rehab. It hurts so much sometimes that I can't raise my arm to shoulder level without it almost bringing me to tears. I've had knee injuries, ankle injuries, pulled muscles and broken bones (no, I'm not Taylor Jacobs) and nothing compares to the shoulder pain.

I'm so happy we are keeping MB!!! :)

I'm so happy we are keeping MB!!! :)

THAT'S humor!

Good grief! People are so worried that Brunell is going to step out on the field. Lord forbid he does and leads this team to the Super Bowl. Maybe saying the name "Mark Brunell" should be added to the list of the "PC" movement instead of Redskin. Just sounds like to me that a few get offended whenever he does something to help the team. The guy is a team player and has contributed alot of positives to this thing. For ever negative he has contributed can be said for all of our other players this past year as well. The fact of the matter is, I trust Mark Brunell a whole heck of a lot more as our #2 guy than somebody like Todd Collins who is up there in age as well and has hardly thrown a ball in the NFL that mattered to anybody.

Or, he could take a team with a great wideout, a solid TE, Clinton Portis and a top ten offensive line, complete 11-25 passes, 65 yards, 0 tds, 0 ints, throw the ball out of bounds on third down and lose 19-3 -- and some people will wonder why fans are so hard on him; so much so in fact, that they're worried his feelings might be hurt and maybe he should just leave town.I'm pretty sure this nor a situation similar to this ever happened.

collins is probably going to opt out of his deal and leave.

Why? Where in the hell is he going to go? His only option would probably be back to KC.

Wow. The hate for MB always amazes me. Yes, he had/has his physical limitations and some of the blame for a losing season has to fall on him. But, lordy, some of you act like he is evil incarnate.

Oh wait, maybe YOU are evil incarnate and you cannot help but hate on a god-fearing noodle armed QB.

LOL! Noodle armed QB? Looks like your doing some hating too. In a good way of course.

This makes sense both financially and for the football side, as Schneed pointed out. Brunell could be very effective as a spot reliever. Without the pressure of being the starter he would be more willing to take chances. It' a whole different psychology.

If this comes off as reported without a big hoo-ha it will be a credit to the leadership of Gibbs and hopefully indicative of a more measured and reasoned approach to personell decisions.

To those who say Brunell is inadequate as a backup, I say "Name me someone else."

Good grief! People are so worried that Brunell is going to step out on the field. Lord forbid he does and leads this team to the Super Bowl. Maybe saying the name "Mark Brunell" should be added to the list of the "PC" movement instead of Redskin. Just sounds like to me that a few get offended whenever he does something to help the team. The guy is a team player and has contributed alot of positives to this thing. For ever negative he has contributed can be said for all of our other players this past year as well. The fact of the matter is, I trust Mark Brunell a whole heck of a lot more as our #2 guy than somebody like Todd Collins who is up there in age as well and has hardly thrown a ball in the NFL that mattered to anybody.

Perhaps "HE who shall not be named"

I would hope they dont make a trade for Bly. that would mean giving up a future pick, or a player that we need. The safest bet is to pick Smoot back up. Word is he is going to get released by next week. My bet is he will willingly sign with Washington since he found the grass wasn't greener on the other side. Plus, he was in GW system and wouldn't have to learn another and fact he was loved in the DC area.

I think that may put a damper on the Clements thing. I dont know that Smoot would sign knowing he is a backup, and if Rogers is benched he will become a problem. Springs will more than likely be let go. I dont see him restructuring. He could be one of those releases that sign back once he see's he isn't worth what he thinks.