[sportscurmudgeon]

Why did they draft Colt Brennan? Certainly it was not for either of these two reasons:

1. They think he will max out as a third-string QB - - aka "baseball cap wearer and clipboard holder." or

2. They think he's ready to play at the NFL level in 2008.


If they thought he could play NOW, he would never have lasted until the 6th round. The Skins would have taken him in the rounds where they took all those other guys they thought could play - - like Rhinehart and Tryon.

On the other hand, the same guys who drafted him as a "prospect/project" also took Kelly/Davis/Thomas early on to help resolve problems in the receiving corps... So, maybe he is a super-star ready to take over the league immediately - - if he can only get his shot.


Why isn't Colt Brennan ready to play now? Because he is the product of an offensive system that is not used in the NFL meaning that he has to start the learning process from next to the very beginning. Joe Flacco and Matt Ryan had a huge advantage over Colt Brennan in college because they played in systems that are far more similar to NFL offenses. And so they began the learning curve at a higher level of experience.


Will Colt Brennan ever be any good? It is waaay too early to know. So far, he has played against competition that was generally not good enough to make the NFL - - both at Hawaii and in the exhibition games. Right now, only the coaches who see him in practice all the time have any idea how close he is to being "NFL-competent" - - or how far away he is.


NFL scouting is not a science. If it were, Johnny Unitas would not have been an undrafted free-agent and the Redskins would have selected a much better receiver in the second round this year than the guys they selected. So, the jury is out on Colt Brennan and it will take a horrendous set of circumstances for anyone to see him in a game this year for anything other than mop-up duty.


But IMAGINE for a moment that Brennan is nowhere near ready to play and that is apparent to people in the Redskins practices - - including Jason Campbell. If that were the case, wouldn't it make sense for JC and his agent to work on getting that long term extension in this off-season instead of waiting. After all, IF Brennan isn't ready to play, it's not as if the Redskins have much to fall back on at the position.


Just a thought.