Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Sean Taylor is God
It was wrong of me to question Brunell's heart and desire to have the ball. I got a little caught up in my rant but I stand by my belief that Brunell is not good. He was able to get the job done, well, but that wasn't my point. I think we could have been more successful had we had a QB with better arm strength and lower risk aversion. While it's true his style reduces INT's it keeps the defense closer to the line and makes it harder for the running game to be productive. When we are down and need to be driven down the field late in the game, Mark Brunell is incapable of leading that charge.
|
It's a fair statement, our defense bailed out his 3 and outs late in the game many times.
Brunells problem with the long ball is that it has to be premediatated, he doesn't have the arm to check off and then throw deep, the recievers are to far downfield and he has to put to much air under the ball to reach them allowing the defenders to recover. During the year one analists pointed that very thing out, [may have been Aikmen] he said on a couple of particular plays that recievers were open downfield but by the time they broke open and Brunell saw them Brunells arm was incapable of reaching them. Defenses knowing that can tighten their defense closer to the line of scrimmage and make the short passing game as well as the running game more difficult to execute, than if they had to respect the ability of a QB who can flick his wrist and throw a 50 yard strike downfield.