Patrick Ramsey

[sportscurmudgeon]

Absent some major offseason move to bring in yet another QB to this team - one that I really do NOT want to see unless that QB is named Peyton Manning - Patrick Ramsey should be the starting QB next year. He has earned it not by being tough or anything like that; he earned it by playing better than Brunell. And that is what QB competition is all about.

Someone said it was never a question of whether or not Ramsey was smart enough, tough enough or talented enough. I'll agree with the last two; his courage and his arm were never much in doubt. But the confusion and the ineptitude that he showed in the pre-season and in the 1st Giants game when he came in in relief of Brunell told me he might just not be smart enough. He has progressed nicely; his "bad decisions" - translation: blockheaded plays - are far fewer now than they were a month ago. All signs are headed in the right direction and he should be the QB next year.

But I'm still not ready to anoint him as "great" just yet...