I'm Not Sticking By Gibbs

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Originally Posted by LadyT

To those who have posted that the most likely reason that Gibbs isn't playing Ramsey is because he doesn't think Ramsey can get the job done - I say baloney.

Remember, it was Gibbs who reassured Ramsey that he will play a major part on this team.

If, as you speculate, he doesn't think Ramsey is the man, why would he say otherwise in the pre-season?

Conversely, if Gibbs meant what he said about Ramsey, when does he put his money where his mouth is and let Ramsey play?

Gibbs can't have it both ways - one the one hand he's trying to placate and reassure Ramsey, while on the other hand he's not letting him play when the current QB is stinking up the joint. At some point, what Gibbs says has to match what he does and who he chooses to start.

And to those of you who say we shouldn't criticize because we don't see what goes on in practice and we can't know what Gibbs is thinking - I say that, frankly, I don't care what goes on in practice nor what is in Gibbs' head. I only care about what I see during game time. That is all that counts - not what happens in practice. And what we have all been seeing in every game from the start of this season is poor play by Brunell. Is he alone in playing poorly on offense? No. But he does stand alone in consistently, game in and game out, playing poorly.

I don't think Gibbs was being hypocritical at all when he talked about Ramsey being a big part of the team. Gibbs didn't say it was now

"Patrick Ramsey has a terrific future, and I think [it's] with the Washington Redskins,'' Gibbs said. "We think we have an excellent young quarterback there, 24 years old. We're excited about that.

Of course, that was back in the spring so maybe his opinion has changed some since then.