What if...?

[4TH RING]

Originally Posted by SUNRA

We all know that before one ball is thrown in practice the players have to review a complex playbook. A veteran would certainly understand a little more about the offensive schemes than a younger QB, so of course Rothlisberger would be on the bench. Brunell is suppose to be here until Ramsey is ready to take over the helm, right? Wrong. Brunell has a seven year contract, while Ramsey has a three year conract. It's obvious that Brunell will not be here for another three years. I would not be surprised that Ramsey could be traded for a draft pick. Gibbs is more comfortable with older veteran QB's and that's not going to change. So, if Ramsey doesn't play this year he will not want to be a Redskin next year. It was a sticky situation when Brunell arrived and Gibbs handled it the way he knew best. It is unfortunate that Ramsey's only appearance was as distasterous as last years season. But time will tell.

If I can remember back to last year Ramsey had some very good games. Also I don't think he lost the starting job because of poor performance, actually he was playing with a bad foot most of the season and eventually had to be put on the IR list. I don't know how that could be percieved as disasterious. In what sense, that he was'nt able to perform in a system that was getting him consantly hit because of poor blocking schemes. I put that one on Spurrier. Also i'm gonna go out on a limb and say that the players that Ben has surrounding him on offense are better than what we had last season. As you pointed out Brunnell has a big contract that would be hard to justify if he were riding the pine. Gibbs knew all along who was going to be starting. Ramsey never had a chance, he's "too young". So I don't agree you can call him a bust and like you said time will tell.