Time to bench Brunell? (Mega Man Merge)

Based on last year, I still think Brunell knowing this offense would take us further than Campbell would at this point if he equally knew the offense. Campbell should get garbage time this year and take over next year. Remember, he still has not taken a single regular-season snap and until this year, hadn't even taken a preseason snap against another team.

didn't you just say it's a new offense? i just don't see the value of trying to teach this old dog new tricks. by all measures, he's already had alot more problems with it than anticipated. if we're not going to win now, then better JC win later, not MB.

Campbell did see playing time last year in presaeson.

Did you mean to quote me? I didn't mention Campbell. I was just stating that Brunell is not in the same situation as any of the quarterbacks mentioned.

Brunell has got to be physically done. Heck Kurt Warner was bagging groceries when he picked up this offense and he became an MVP.

I don't know why I forgot to bring this up before, but this is from Bill Simmon's NFL preview right before the season started...

To the dumbest plan of the year: the Redskins investing in two free agent receivers (Antwan Randle-El and Brandon Lloyd) and an expensive offensive coordinator (Al Saunders) to go with their expensive gamebreakers (Clinton Portis and Santana Moss) … only they're going with a washed-up Mark Brunell at QB again. How does that make sense? Does Joe Gibbs do this with NASCAR, too? Does he spend a ton of money on his cars and pit crews, then find the most mediocre drivers possible?

I think I wrote this off at the time that it came out, but seems like he might be right on.

Like Brunell last year. :)

Yeah... like Brunell last year when everything was running perfectly. As soon as Portis got a little dinged up, and Brunell was relied on to put points on the board, he fell apart.

We do have one of the top defenses in the NFL, as we did last year. When Springs is back and they don't have to play 3/4 of the game from 3-and-outs, I think this group will be better than last year's squad. We've only improved it. Our only major loss was Arrington, who was worthless to us last year anyways.

Washington's "top defense" is ranked 22nd in the league, right now. While I do think the return of Springs will help, one player is not going to fix all the problems with the defense. Certainly not the main problem, which is the unit having to be on the field for 40 minutes of the game, because Brunell can't complete a third down pass.

Can I vote to bench Brunnell more than once?

in one of John Madden's more lucid moments, he also focused directly on Brunell not being the right guy.

I say lucid, because he quite astutely remarked on how much Brunell historically throws outside the numbers. as long as i've been watching, i've never seen the official stat before.

I caught that stat from Madden too, Ill. Very interesting stat.

On a side note, I'm impressed how this thread has managed to stay on track on different levels. :)

in one of John Madden's more lucid moments, he also focused directly on Brunell not being the right guy.

I say lucid, because he quite astutely remarked on how much Brunell historically throws outside the numbers. as long as i've been watching, i've never seen the official stat before.

Yes, it was an insightful comment from Madden. Of course, with the national TV audience, now everyone watching knows how Brunell is struggling.

has anyone talked about that statistic that they had on sunday night fb? the one that MB was the leading passer outside the #s and the worst inside the #s.

can anyone make anything of that. i'd think it'd be tougher to make throws all the way to the sideline but maybe he just doesn't have the touch to thread the needle anymore? maybe this explains why he can't make the pressure throws in Al's offense.

i don't know i'm just speculating. it was just an interesting statistic. i know that we rolled out a bunch last year but worst and first?

hmmm...