[sportscurmudgeon]

Matty:

My point is that yardage stats by themselves are shallow and often misleading. Yesterday, the leading passer in the NFL in terms of yardage was Aaron Brooks; he lost. The second leading passer was Shaun King; he lost. the third highest was Marc Bulger; he lost.

QBs MAY accumulate gaudy stats by being in games where they have to throw a lot just to stay in the game. QBs can also accumulate gaudy stats by being in a "pass-happy offense" such as the one that Ramsey played in with Spurrier.

Ramsey is the best QB on the Redskins' roster at the moment and certainly his future is brighter than the other two guys. But, it is folly to say that he is a competent or even a quality QB as of the moment because he isn't. He has the physical tools to turn into one, but he isn't one yet. And if he does not improve a whole lot in the remaining games this year, then the Skins will go on another QB hunt in the off-season and we know how that story ends...

This Redskin team is much further away from being a contending team than a single player or two. Of the 22 starting positions, I think 8 are seriously in need of upgrading. I know that a lot of people here think that 20 of the present 22 starters will go to the Hall of Fame - along with several guys on the practice squad - but that is just not the case.

You are absolutely right; the team around Ramsey is part of the reason that he has put up a losing record so far in his career. But to absolve Ramsey from blame and to say that he "played well" yesterday is silly. He played an entire game and the Redskins scored ZERO touchdowns. Was that all his fault? Of course not. But as I said in another post, really good QBs can ovecome some of the limitations of the players around them and score points. Ramsey isn't there yet. I sure hope he does get there sometime in the next couple of months because if he doesn't there will be another expensive off-season QB acquisition in the wings...