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Originally Posted by sportscurmudgeon
Patrick Ramsey did NOT lose the game on Sunday. Let's not get carried away here. That loss was a total team effort.
Patrick Ramsey did NOT look good in the game on Sunday. If you want to say that he had great footwork in the pocket and a timed release of the ball and is ready for his nomination to Canton Ohio, you are free to do so. You are also getting carried away in the other direction.
Gardner's drops were horrendous and did not help the Skins and made Ramsey's efforts less than wonderful. By the same token, Gardner's catch on Ramsey's "50 yard heave" was a circus catch. The ball was overthrown and Cardner put the Skins in a position to score with his extraordinary effort. It was not nearly enough.
What Ramsey lacks is consistency - same for Gardner. Is that lack of experience or lack of concentration or what? I don't read minds; I don't know. Here is what I do know. In September 2004, Patrick Ramsey is not capable of being the starting QB for an NFL football team that expects to go deep into the playoffs. Maybe a lightbulb will go off in his head and he'll "get it" all of a sudden and lead this team somewhere positive this year. But until I see on field evidence of that "got it" position, I'm not going to feel very confident if he as to start the next few games.
Kyle Boller is a second year QB with limited experience. He has played about as well as Ramsey has. Is anyone here ready to anoint Boller as a great QB yet? I didn't think so.
Marc Bulger has about the same experience base as Ramsey. Which one is better right now? Neither is star quality, but if you think Ramsey is better, you are deluding yourself.
Rex Grossman has significantly LESS experience than Ramsey. Who is the better starting QB FOR NEXT SUNDAY ?
How about AJ Feeley? I think I prefer Ramsey, but not by much?
Do not even put Ramsey in the same paragraph with Harrington or Carr as of September 2004. It makes no sense to do that.
And if you want to revel in the fact that Couch and McNown are out of the NFL (as is Akili Smith from that same draft), please do not forget to recall that Donovan McNabb and Duante Culpepper are still around and seem to have "gotten it" a whole lot sooner than Ramsey and those other guys. Or is someone here about to say that he'd rather have Ramsey over McNabb and/or Culpepper?
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I was merely pointing out Ramsey's footwork and release because others have said he hasn't improved in that area, don't confuse that for a nomination for Canton.
Right now Bulger is better than Ramsey, Feeley isn't, Grossman isn't, as for Carr and Harrington of course it's not fair to compare that trio, Carr and Harrington are the unquestioned franchise QB's, their teams have built the offenses around them, we haven't shown the same commitment to Ramsey just yet.
But just for the sake of comparing the numbers, Ramsey's does hold up pretty well when you look at each QB's first 16 starts.