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Originally Posted by canthetuna
I think its funny in every thread how someone always says how Gibbs doesn't like Ramsey. Gibbs is trying to build a Campionship team. Gibbs doesn't like losing. Ramsey may have a lot of potential, but if he doesn't harness it he will always be a could've been. Gibbs is just buying an insurance policy that he feels is a great step. Look at some of the QBs that were passed on in the draft that weren't college superstars... Brady, Bulger, Hasslebeck.
Even if this guy wasn't projected until the second round, maybe Gibbs thought he'd rather not take the chance of letting someone else grab him. Maybe SF wanting an insurance policy on Smith (God knows they've had their share of QB failures) Hell Maurice Clarett wasn't projected to even be drafted at all, or at most a 5th or 6th rounder. But someone saw talent and stepped up. Thats what we did.
So it really doesn't matter how Gibbs feels about Ramsey. I for one don't want to sit here and lose for years and wonder what it would be like if we had a decent quarterback prepped to go in and run the offense. Ramsey is being given a chance. He's been given a lot of chances and let slide on the fact that his failures have been passed on to other coaches & systems that didnt work. Most of us like Ramsey because he's got a cannon arm and thats exciting, but winning is more exciting, and if he cant get it done, how many years is it going to take before none of us like him?
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I agree totaly. We had to either get a QB through free agency which would probaly be costly or through the draft. I won't agrue that the lost draft picks were a little to much but I do feel it was a move we had to make. If Ramsey does not step up his performace this year how would we have obtain a QB next year with the cap problems. The answer is a a late 1st round pick at a price that won't hurt the team. I think that none of use realy thought about drafting a QB when we have Ramsey, Brunell and just signed Hasselback.