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Originally Posted by NFLeurope
I agree with what you say for the most part #56 fanatic. Brunell overall has certainly exceeded my expectations for him this season (partly because they were so low after last year) but overall he has been pretty solid. And i do agree that you typically do not want to switch a QB heading into the final stretch when you are still fighting for a playoff spot.
My only caveat with this...is that what if Brunell isnt going to get us there??? Do you just let him come up short...and have us miss playoffs...or do you do something...like switch the QB's, which certainly isnt ideal at this point...but may provide some sort of spark.
i took the liberty to compare some of Brunells key stats from the first 6 games of the season to his stats in the past 7 games. Here are the results:
Brunell 1st 6 games: ......................................Brunell past 7 games:
Passer Rating: 98.7 .......................................Passer Rating: 71.4
Interceptions: 2 ...........................................Interce ptions: 6
Avg. Yards/game: 248.6 ................................Avg. Yards/game: 163.14
Fumbles: 3.................................................. . Fumbles: 8
Team record : 4-2 ........................................ Team Record: 3-4
Now i mean...i dont know what you guys think of this...but the numbers dont lie...he is simply not playing as well as he did earlier in the year.
Now a bunch of people have been saying..."well you cant place the blame on Brunells shoulders just because of playcalling problems and lack of receving threats, inconsistant offensive line play, and poor defensive play etc..." Fine...i agree...not all the blame should be placed on Brunell's shoulders. But can none of the blame be placed on his shoulders??
I mean i want to reiterate. I am NOT CALLING FOR GIBBS TO BENCH BRUNELL. However, i do believe that the top priority has to be the skins making the playoffs. And i also believe that Brunell's diminished play in the second half of the season has to some extent called into quesiton his ability to get the job done.
So at this point i would say its his job to lose. He is in my mind the unquestioned starter going into next week. However, because he has started off the past two weeks playing like crap against only modest competition I do believe he needs to show up to play in order to keep the job.
Thus...in conclusion...if Brunell shows up to play next week...win or lose...he deserves to keep the job...and i will support him as always as the redskins starting QB.
If Brunell comes out looking limp next week like he has the past two weeks...and the offense is going nowhere with him then Gibbs needs to make a call about whether or not Brunell is likely to get us the W. At this point in the season when there is no room for error...we cannot worry about loyalty to a player, or how it looks in the media or whatever...we need to do whatever we need to do to win THIS GAME (Please of please let them beat Dallas). Thus if Brunell doesnt look like he can get the job done Gibbs should pull him...and put in Ramsey... so that win or lose at least we will have done all that we could to win the game! That is my opinion.
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All of your stats regarding yardage and passer rating goes with the fact that we have basically 1 receiver worth a damn. And he is getting double teams almost every play. Brunells rating has gone down due to the fact he throws balls away when he can not find an open receiver. We are also relying on Royal, Betts,Portis,Sellers on our #3 option, which is not a high percentage of catches. The interseptions(which of the six, 3 came yesterday) have to be looked at if they are all to blame on Brunell. Which they are not. The 1st pass Cooley should have caught, it was in his hands, the second one was an over throw, the 3rd one I believe Cooley should have undercut the safety instead of going behind him. That is a timing route and brunell was throwing to a spot and Cooley didn't get there. I cant recall the other 3 that have come in the other games, they may have been his fault, may not of been. Brunells quality of play may, by numbers,may have fallen off but his management of the game and overall play hasn't diminished as much as the support around him has. Lets face it, when your #2 guy cant get open, but for 1 catch max a game, and your #1 guy in constantly doubled your passing game is going to struggle. His passer rating, and completion percentage will start to even out over the next few games if we continue to try and run the ball as much as we have the last two weeks. This will limit the amount of throws by brunell and thus the amount of incompletions by throwing the ball away.