Larry Gude
Strung Out
I haven't said one word in here for two weeks about Brunnell and...the world has changed.
Suddenly, he's the comeback player of the year so far this season! He's 'recovered' his arm strength. He's beautiful. He's amazing! He's a top fantasy pick!
HE IS 0-2. He couldn't get it done when he had to against two mediocre defensive teams.
Todays Post made me snap. They're gushing all over the guy and asking him and Gibbs if they all don't feel vindicated and how gutsy it was for Gibbs to pull Ramsey.
Excsue me? So now, there is a new standard? It USED TO be winning, which included not fumbling in the red zone, not taking bad sacks and not fumbling in the open field like some rookie. And, it used to mean making the plays at the end of the game. Not getting close; getting it done.
"Oh my!" the paper says. He's got a new center. A new scheme. A semi healthy Jansen. He's got Moss.
Everybody jumped on the Brunnell bandwagon when we escaped Dallas and Seattle. OK, I say, winning is winning, nevermind if the QB hurt as much as he helped. So, now what?
Gibbs said that Mark is making the right decisions and getting rid of the ball and this and that. The man is in denial. He'd have shot Ramsey for putting two balls on the ground. He pulled him for fumbling once.
Brunnel is healthy and has his arm and legs back! GREAT! Who CAN'T play well when they're 100%? Aikman, Elway, hell Terry Bradshaw could still get it done if they were 100%. The point is nobody stays 100% all season and that's why 35-38 years old is the end; you don't bounce back as quick. You're arm can't get you our of jams when you're legs are hurt like it used to.
Brunnel is inching his % up. That's good but he still isn't at even 60% let alone 65%. He's had four picks dropped in the last three games. He still has trouble with mid length slants and outs. He's starting to get sacked instead of this visions Gibbs apparently sees of him getting rid of it. His two fumbles against the Chiefs were pretty much the ball game. The first woulda happened to most people, the second was a classic case of Brunnel is what he is and no more; he's been holding the ball like a loaf of bread his whole career on scrambles. If Pat did it, that's all we'd heard about, gotta learn, gotta improve. If the 'big time know it all' vet does it...why, isn't he playing GREAT? Next question.
This is simply frustrating because it's just wasting time with Brunnel, spinning wheels. Hopefully he'll have a great game today and we win easy but then there's the Giants, Eagles and Bucs next, plus 7 more games and he's gonna keep getting beat up, keep being 35, and then the arm is gonna look weak again and what do you do? The ice cold head case Ramsey? Maybe go to the kid...
I'm sorry. It's just total horseshit to start singing some guys praises when he is not getting it done AND when he's making rookie mistakes.
It's the same story as last year; Ramsey will get the reins late and be playing catch up. If Ramsey had played this far, we'd know. Like him or not, we'd have a body of work WITH the new center, WITH a healthy Jansen, WITH Moss and Patten, with a second year Portis and so forth and so on to look at.
5-0, making all the right calls, no screws ups, make the throws you're suppossed to, we're 5-0.
Give Dallas one play back and Seattle one play back and...we're 1-5.
The Post is praising him. I hoping this thing really jell this week and hoping Mark doesn't get hurt...all season.
Becasue, right now, we're teetering on the edge of going one way or the other.
Suddenly, he's the comeback player of the year so far this season! He's 'recovered' his arm strength. He's beautiful. He's amazing! He's a top fantasy pick!
HE IS 0-2. He couldn't get it done when he had to against two mediocre defensive teams.
Todays Post made me snap. They're gushing all over the guy and asking him and Gibbs if they all don't feel vindicated and how gutsy it was for Gibbs to pull Ramsey.
Excsue me? So now, there is a new standard? It USED TO be winning, which included not fumbling in the red zone, not taking bad sacks and not fumbling in the open field like some rookie. And, it used to mean making the plays at the end of the game. Not getting close; getting it done.
"Oh my!" the paper says. He's got a new center. A new scheme. A semi healthy Jansen. He's got Moss.
Everybody jumped on the Brunnell bandwagon when we escaped Dallas and Seattle. OK, I say, winning is winning, nevermind if the QB hurt as much as he helped. So, now what?
Gibbs said that Mark is making the right decisions and getting rid of the ball and this and that. The man is in denial. He'd have shot Ramsey for putting two balls on the ground. He pulled him for fumbling once.
Brunnel is healthy and has his arm and legs back! GREAT! Who CAN'T play well when they're 100%? Aikman, Elway, hell Terry Bradshaw could still get it done if they were 100%. The point is nobody stays 100% all season and that's why 35-38 years old is the end; you don't bounce back as quick. You're arm can't get you our of jams when you're legs are hurt like it used to.
Brunnel is inching his % up. That's good but he still isn't at even 60% let alone 65%. He's had four picks dropped in the last three games. He still has trouble with mid length slants and outs. He's starting to get sacked instead of this visions Gibbs apparently sees of him getting rid of it. His two fumbles against the Chiefs were pretty much the ball game. The first woulda happened to most people, the second was a classic case of Brunnel is what he is and no more; he's been holding the ball like a loaf of bread his whole career on scrambles. If Pat did it, that's all we'd heard about, gotta learn, gotta improve. If the 'big time know it all' vet does it...why, isn't he playing GREAT? Next question.
This is simply frustrating because it's just wasting time with Brunnel, spinning wheels. Hopefully he'll have a great game today and we win easy but then there's the Giants, Eagles and Bucs next, plus 7 more games and he's gonna keep getting beat up, keep being 35, and then the arm is gonna look weak again and what do you do? The ice cold head case Ramsey? Maybe go to the kid...
I'm sorry. It's just total horseshit to start singing some guys praises when he is not getting it done AND when he's making rookie mistakes.
It's the same story as last year; Ramsey will get the reins late and be playing catch up. If Ramsey had played this far, we'd know. Like him or not, we'd have a body of work WITH the new center, WITH a healthy Jansen, WITH Moss and Patten, with a second year Portis and so forth and so on to look at.
5-0, making all the right calls, no screws ups, make the throws you're suppossed to, we're 5-0.
Give Dallas one play back and Seattle one play back and...we're 1-5.
The Post is praising him. I hoping this thing really jell this week and hoping Mark doesn't get hurt...all season.
Becasue, right now, we're teetering on the edge of going one way or the other.
I have sat here waiting for your reply for 30 minutes and this is all you could come up with?? 
. Did you see that pass to Moss? Touchdown on an opening drive. Yeah, bring in Ramsey. 