Mark Brunell signs with the Saints.

GTripp0012

In three seasons, the Saints have moved their QB situation from Aaron Brooks backed up by Todd Bouman to Drew Brees backed up by Mark Brunell.

That's some good work by the Saints, I'll tell ya what.

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Longtimefan

Are you going to consider changing your user name? j/k

Glad to see MB caught on in NO. I was for a long time one of Brunell's staunch supporters even when it became evident many of his skills had eroded. He was a consummate professional during his time here in Washington, and I wish the best for him. He may even get a chance to play in NO.

GTripp0012

One of the things that I always loved about Brunell is no matter how poorly his skills eroded (save the one year abberation in 2004), he always found a way to continue producing. If he gets called on in New Orleans, theres no doubt he will find a way to keep that offense rolling. That's a good situation for his twilight years.

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"It's mind-boggling to me, really. Look at the tape. Look at my impact on the game. The guys who make it are good players, and I'm not saying I'm better than all of them. But I wish people would watch the games, watch the tape." - London Fletcher on his pro bowl candidacy.

Paintrain

Did we watch the same Brunell? He had about 7 decent games in a Redskins uniform in almost 3 years as a starter.. He'll go down as one of the WORST QB we've had, especially since he was a veteran who was supposed to come in and lead the offense.. He may be a great guy, but he was done when he got here, sucked while he was here and I'm glad he's no longer here. Good riddance.

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Jason Campbell 8/7/08-"I'm just going to go out and have a Pro Bowl-type season and let everything ride."

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GTripp0012

I feel like I've done this 100 times, but I'd definately calling the BS here.

If you are of the opinion that the QB is responsible for the quality of the passing game, it's hard to defend your statement. 11th in 2005, 9th for the first 9 games of 2006. That 9th was even more impressive when you realize that it was done while we f'ed around with the Brandon Lloyd freakshow, and a bunch of poor games from a still-learning Randle El.

Presumably, Campbell is going to achieve more here than Brunell did, and Collins was successful in limited time also. But the guys who preceeded MB were Ramsey, Matthews, Wuerffel, Tony Banks, and Jeff George. Any objective (and I mean any) measure will show you that Brunell was far better than any of those players here.

He was as successful as Brad Johnson was, and you can keep going back, and back in time and find that our QB production was pretty terrible prior to 2005. Since 2005, we've been incredibly stable, and certainly Collins and Campbell deserve their credit for that, but Brunell has played more snaps than either of those guys as a Redskin.

So, yeah, saying he's one of the worst QBs we've had makes about as much sense as saying that Patrick Ramsey deserved eight more shots at the starting job here. No matter how much objective evidence can be addressed, some people just won't give up the point.

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"It's mind-boggling to me, really. Look at the tape. Look at my impact on the game. The guys who make it are good players, and I'm not saying I'm better than all of them. But I wish people would watch the games, watch the tape." - London Fletcher on his pro bowl candidacy.

GTripp0012

To add to my last point, you have to go back to the Turner era to even find the last time the Redskins were league average in passing offense prior to 2005. Jeff George '00 was the last Redskins' QB prior to Brunell '05 to have even a mediocre season, and by the next year he was replaced with the career awful passer, Tony Banks.

There were a few problems with the offense in the second Gibbs era, but Brunell is not your culprit here, and I tell you that with overwhelming confidence.

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"It's mind-boggling to me, really. Look at the tape. Look at my impact on the game. The guys who make it are good players, and I'm not saying I'm better than all of them. But I wish people would watch the games, watch the tape." - London Fletcher on his pro bowl candidacy.

Dirtbag359

I think that last year the Falcons would have loved to have Brunell. If I remember right the Falcons flirted with the idea of trading for him after the Vick fiasco but decided that Joey Harrington was their guy. This was during training camp and before the Falcons realized that they were going to need every draft pick if they wanted to get better.

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Redskins_P

I was one of the many here that always criticized MB. He took alot of crap from the fanbase and all he did was go out and do his job like a true professional. I have alot of respect for him.

Good luck MB. You were a true class act in DC.

Paintrain

Ok, calling him one of the worst Redskins QB was overstating it BUT with the level of expectation that came with him and what he represented (Gibbs first player he targeted), what we gave up (a draft pick when he was going to be released) and the was he was so indignantly defended by the coaching staff when it was OBVIOUS he was done made his tenure torturous to bear.

As to the passing rankings, I'm not as interested as where they finished statistically as results.. He had one good year in 3, 2005. Other than that he was garbage. I could complete 70% of my passes if I didn't throw more than 5 yards downfield for a majority of the game. I was one of the biggest critics of Gibbs offense during 2.0 but MB played a big role in that.

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Jason Campbell 8/7/08-"I'm just going to go out and have a Pro Bowl-type season and let everything ride."

I love it!

Jesse E. Timmons

finally

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Angry

Thanks for the 2 great games you played in a period of 4 years.

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freddyg12

We've had a few here in recent years, but it would have to be between he & Lavar as the most polarizing.

I think in time Brunell will be more appreciated by the fans. As has been mentioend, the 14-13 monday night game is one of the greatest of all time. He came in & out w/Gibbs.

In a way he was the on field embodiment of Joe Gibbs.

BrunellMVP?

While I understand your points, I think they are somewhat misplaced. Just because we've had a string of horrible qb's doesn't justify going out and trading (dropping serious coin) on a talent that was only marginally better. In my opinion, we paid for a 2000 bently and got a used 1985 honda instead. Any way you slice it, his performance did not merit his cost (salary itself as well as the time spent squandered on his broken, oft injured body). I don't understand how you can defend him just because of our past, as if somehow we should rejoice and or applaud just becuase we are used to futility. I expect more.

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