The Curse of Rypien and Williams

[jsarno]

Well, Williams actually had talent, but Rypien was a product of our system. Rypien was NOT a good qb.
However, what you inadvertantly stumbled on is that Rypien was a nickel and dime qb. He threw mainly short passes and let the receivers do the work. So the fact that Brunell has been nickel and diming his way to success (albeit 1 week) doesn't really mean we are doomed.

I don't think any of us are trying to relive any glory days of Williams or Rypien...some are with Theismann, but we have never had a top 5 qb, we are about having a great running game. Someone touched upon the fact that the game has changed and qb's are a vital aspect. The era we are in is about airing it out over grinding it out. That being said, as long as Brunell can occasionally throw deep to open the offense (think Dallas game last year) and does not create any turnovers, he too could join Redskins elite status like the subpar Rypien.

[skinsguy]

Originally Posted by jsarno

Well, Williams actually had talent, but Rypien was a product of our system. Rypien was NOT a good qb.
However, what you inadvertantly stumbled on is that Rypien was a nickel and dime qb.

Whooaa.... you might need to rethink that. I remember Mark throwing quite a few bombs to Clark, Sanders, Monk. Although what I will say is that Mark had that one really, really good season (the SB year.) The season before that he was on the rise, but really...a couple of really good seasons and that was about it. The same can be said about Doug Williams. Really, J.T. and J.S. were probably our better...constant QBs..with Theismann being more of a consistant face on our offense.

Which is what really makes it outstanding when you think how many different QBs Gibbs went through, during an era where the same guys came back each and every year to the same team. Gibbs won championships with 3 different QBs...all within a decade of coaching. That really says more about Joe Gibbs and how he can make just about any QB a winner eventually.