McCants: Your thoughts?

I agree! My point was how mentaly ready was Brunell compared to Ramsey?
As for the INT's let's face it 1 should have never happened it came after the Gardner drop and he threw 1 up for grabs late in the game, persoanlly I think the cause of those INT's was Ramsey's willingness to try to make something happen in an offense with recievers who were running easily covered routes, where as Brunell just threw the ball away.

Obviously my thought on the capability of our QB's lies with gibbs and his offense last season, and not the QB's themselves, let's face it I am not, nor ever been a big Brunell fan, but even I have to admit that Brunell is a much better QB than what we saw last season, and I believe that falls on Gibbs.

I think both quarterbacks suffered from mental flaws this past year. Ramsey wasn't mentally ready because he probably still had a certain amount of shell shock from the previous year, coupled with having to learn a new system. In preseason, Ramsey to me just did not look ready.

Brunell, I think he lacked the mental toughness in different way. Brunell had been out for what, a year or two with an injury? I believe overall, he knew how to manage the offense and he knew how the offense should have been ran. The problem was, I think Brunell tried to play too safe and conservative. That could be Gibbs fault, then again, it could have been Brunell wanting to make the least amount of mistakes as possible in addition to realizing he didn't have the arm he once had. In my opinion, it just looked like a quarterback who couldn't realize that his career probably ended a couple years ago.

In regards to the playcalling, yes, Gibbs wasn't the mastermind like I have known him to be in his previous stint. At times, he played it rather conservative; maybe putting too much emphasis on getting the most out of the least(running on 3rd and 4.) However, I give him the benefit of the doubt, because I haven't known any coach that can come back to a sport he has been away from for over a decade and pick up from where he left off 11 or 12 years ago. However, to ignore the fact that the execution was poor would not be wise. Even with Brunell in the game, he made some high percentage throws to our receivers only to see them drop a football that was heading between the numbers. So, it wasn't all on Joe Gibbs and it wasn't all on the players.

For the most part, I felt by season's end everything had improved. Playcalling was better, execution was better. I feel execution and playcalling go hand in hand. The reason is that when players continue to execute successfully on a consistant bases, it opens your playbook more. If your players can't execute the high percentage plays, I can't see adding a lower percentage play to be very logical or helpful. By that point, if you do, then you're gambling and guessing...which can put you in more trouble in games than keeping things simple. So, in that respect, certainly it would be on Joe Gibbs' playcalling..what choice did he have?

Another thing to consider here is that Ramsey had to look over his shoulder for Brunell and now again this pick shows Gibbs overall distrust that Patrick can run the offense. He can do it and Gibbs needs to make his Quarterback, the field general of the football team, feel as comfortable as possible and get him to perform on the field. If Gibb's is such the magician of developing QBs then he should do it. It isn't as if Ramsey doesn't have all of the tools.

I agree! My point was how mentaly ready was Brunell compared to Ramsey?
As for the INT's let's face it 1 should have never happened it came after the Gardner drop and he threw 1 up for grabs late in the game, persoanlly I think the cause of those INT's was Ramsey's willingness to try to make something happen in an offense with recievers who were running easily covered routes, where as Brunell just threw the ball away.
Ramsey also inherited a deficit (sounds like a defense of a politician). When he made it into the game we were down 20-7, so the Giants knew we were throwing, and adjusted their defense accordingly. Brunell left in the middle of the third quarter with a hamstring strain (dance! dance!) and ramsey had 18 attempts in the remainder of the game. To compare, Brunell had (I believe) three full games with fewer attempts, so that's a pretty big number for the team at that time.

Ramsey also inherited a deficit (sounds like a defense of a politician). When he made it into the game we were down 20-7, so the Giants knew we were throwing, and adjusted their defense accordingly. Brunell left in the middle of the third quarter with a hamstring strain (dance! dance!) and ramsey had 18 attempts in the remainder of the game. To compare, Brunell had (I believe) three full games with fewer attempts, so that's a pretty big number for the team at that time.

HUH? Which makes it even more impressive that Ramsey was moving the ball on them when they knew he was going to throw...

Another thing to consider here is that Ramsey had to look over his shoulder for Brunell and now again this pick shows Gibbs overall distrust that Patrick can run the offense. He can do it and Gibbs needs to make his Quarterback, the field general of the football team, feel as comfortable as possible and get him to perform on the field. If Gibb's is such the magician of developing QBs then he should do it. It isn't as if Ramsey doesn't have all of the tools.


Gibbs named Ramsey the starter for 2005 before the 2004 season was even completed from what I remember or at least shortly after. At that point, I don't believe Ramsey was having to look over his shoulder.

Hey, Gibbs can only do so much...it's up to Ramsey to prove himself a field general and if he can't do the job, we obviously have to go to someone else who can.

Gibbs also said Ramsey was the quarterback of the future. This pick will further shatter Ramsey's confidence.

Gibbs named Ramsey the starter for 2005 before the 2004 season was even completed from what I remember or at least shortly after. At that point, I don't believe Ramsey was having to look over his shoulder.

Hey, Gibbs can only do so much...it's up to Ramsey to prove himself a field general and if he can't do the job, we obviously have to go to someone else who can.

Agreed, but don't you think that bringing in 2 quarterbacks in 2 years with an incumbant starter could kind of screw with his head a bit??? I really think confidence is a HUGE factor in a QB. Everyone wants to compare our team lately with NE because of WR, what if every year Belichek (sp?) brought in guys to compete for Brady's job??? Again, I don't consider these guys in the same ball park right now, but Ramsey has a lot of upside and if he had some continuity in the team and coaches he would be a lot farther along than he is right now. I mean the guy when in two polar opposite directions in Offense from Spurrier to Gibbs... I think we need to give this guy a full season in Gibbs system.

Oh, and Gibbs said that Brunell was the starter for 2004 and he didn't finish the season that way ( Thank God!!!)

I'm glad everyone is finally starting to remember what I stated when Campbell was first brought in. I know Gibbs wants people with nerves of steel, but a person can only take so much. Ramsey has officially been shafted these past couple of years.

Even so, he can put a lot of that blame on himself for not winning the job in training camp. If I were Ramsey, this is how I would think about the situation in his obviously college-educated brain:

"If they are going to pay Brunell so many millions of dollars, why WOULDN'T they start him, regardless of how he does in training camp or not?"

I mean, you don't bring someone in with that much money and not start them.

Do you mean Ramsey's confidence is so weak that we can not have another good QB on the roster or it will 'mess with his head?
If so, get rid of him. We can not have a QB we have hold his hand and have to reassure all time for him to play well. This the NFL and you will always have competition/back ups on your team.

RedskinsJunkie said, "Everyone wants to compare our team lately with NE because of WR, what if every year Belichek (sp?) brought in guys to compete for Brady's job??? Again, I don't consider these guys in the same ball park right now, but Ramsey has a lot of upside and if he had some continuity in the team and coaches he would be a lot farther along than he is right now."

In the first SB season Brady was the backup that came in after Bledsoe got hurt, and when Bledsoe got healthy there was a huge QB controversy. Imagine having a probowl Qb (Bledsoe) on our bench that had previously led his team to the superbowl? Brady played great, the pressure did not effect him. Under your logic Ramsey would have folded like a cheap suit if he had Beldsee on his team.

Do you mean Ramsey's confidence is so weak that we can not have another good QB on the roster or it will 'mess with his head?
If so, get rid of him. We can not have a QB we have hold his hand and have to reassure all time for him to play well. This the NFL and you will always have competition/back ups on your team.

RedskinsJunkie said, "Everyone wants to compare our team lately with NE because of WR, what if every year Belichek (sp?) brought in guys to compete for Brady's job??? Again, I don't consider these guys in the same ball park right now, but Ramsey has a lot of upside and if he had some continuity in the team and coaches he would be a lot farther along than he is right now."

In the first SB season Brady was the backup that came in after Bledsoe got hurt, and when Bledsoe got healthy there was a huge QB controversy. Imagine having a probowl Qb (Bledsoe) on our bench that had previously led his team to the superbowl? Brady played great, the pressure did not effect him. Under your logic Ramsey would have folded like a cheap suit if he had Beldsee on his team.

2 different situations. Brady came in because a guy was hurt. It was a much easier decision to make when the incumbant is a) hurt b) old and c) going into a contract year. Belichek obviously didn't see that much difference in the 2 QBs to pay out the money to keep Bledsoe and he knew that he could get good value from him by trading him for picks. Ramsey/Brunell/Campbell is a completely different scenerio.