McCants: Your thoughts?

[skinsguy]

Originally Posted by offiss

I agree! My point was how mentaly ready was Brunell compared to Ramsey?
As for the INT's let's face it 1 should have never happened it came after the Gardner drop and he threw 1 up for grabs late in the game, persoanlly I think the cause of those INT's was Ramsey's willingness to try to make something happen in an offense with recievers who were running easily covered routes, where as Brunell just threw the ball away.

Obviously my thought on the capability of our QB's lies with gibbs and his offense last season, and not the QB's themselves, let's face it I am not, nor ever been a big Brunell fan, but even I have to admit that Brunell is a much better QB than what we saw last season, and I believe that falls on Gibbs.

I think both quarterbacks suffered from mental flaws this past year. Ramsey wasn't mentally ready because he probably still had a certain amount of shell shock from the previous year, coupled with having to learn a new system. In preseason, Ramsey to me just did not look ready.

Brunell, I think he lacked the mental toughness in different way. Brunell had been out for what, a year or two with an injury? I believe overall, he knew how to manage the offense and he knew how the offense should have been ran. The problem was, I think Brunell tried to play too safe and conservative. That could be Gibbs fault, then again, it could have been Brunell wanting to make the least amount of mistakes as possible in addition to realizing he didn't have the arm he once had. In my opinion, it just looked like a quarterback who couldn't realize that his career probably ended a couple years ago.

In regards to the playcalling, yes, Gibbs wasn't the mastermind like I have known him to be in his previous stint. At times, he played it rather conservative; maybe putting too much emphasis on getting the most out of the least(running on 3rd and 4.) However, I give him the benefit of the doubt, because I haven't known any coach that can come back to a sport he has been away from for over a decade and pick up from where he left off 11 or 12 years ago. However, to ignore the fact that the execution was poor would not be wise. Even with Brunell in the game, he made some high percentage throws to our receivers only to see them drop a football that was heading between the numbers. So, it wasn't all on Joe Gibbs and it wasn't all on the players.

For the most part, I felt by season's end everything had improved. Playcalling was better, execution was better. I feel execution and playcalling go hand in hand. The reason is that when players continue to execute successfully on a consistant bases, it opens your playbook more. If your players can't execute the high percentage plays, I can't see adding a lower percentage play to be very logical or helpful. By that point, if you do, then you're gambling and guessing...which can put you in more trouble in games than keeping things simple. So, in that respect, certainly it would be on Joe Gibbs' playcalling..what choice did he have?