[Hogskin]

Matty, I know I was not on this site last year, but I was commenting to folks about the slow decision-making and slow release of Ramsey during the season. And regardless of how many 3/5/7-step drops TH was taking, the line very suddenly "looked" better with him in there. And he WAS throwing some deep passes. If you recall, it was not just the 7-step drops or deep pass plays that were a problem when Ramsey was in. But I will agree it was not ALL Ramsey's fault. There WAS some troublesome line play, but it was exacerbated by Ramsey's issues. Bottom line, if I said that was the entire reason, I sure did not mean to. But it was a huge factor, to me.

As far as your comparison of Brunell/Ramsey sacks. Brunell was not sacked one time in week one (and that same TB defense had 4 sacks against a good Seattle team last weekend). In the Giants game, Brunell was in for about 34 minutes of the game - 39 plays - and was sacked for his first time this year. Ramsey was in for 26 minutes (34 plays), and was sacked 3 times. Reminiscent of last season, I am afraid. The coaches last year and this have deflected a lot of the criticism away from their young project QB, and I am glad they have. But they are seeing the same things we are. Ramsey really needs to step up and at least BEGIN correcting his problems if he is going to have a real shot. As I have said before, I would love to see it, but believe it is an extremely longshot deal.