It's not Brunell's fault!

I'll put it on the D right now, by a hair over Brunell. The Dallas game will tell us a lot about whom to blame between these two though. The D will have 6 starters healthy and hopefully ready to play (Griffin, Salavea, Marshall, Washington, Springs, and Rogers) with two weeks to prepare for a Dallas team that will be coming here after traveling to Carolina.

What I'm saying is suppose Campbell comes out there and he's throwing the same passes, 3 step drop and screen. And we see that whoever is at QB we're still running the same offense, then who do we blame-Gibbs, Saunders, Campbell, the O-line? All I'm saying is we all assume that Campbell is going to come in and launch bombs all game long, but isn't it entirely possible that may not be the case?

If you've heard any of Saunders' comments, he's constantly talking about limiting his play calling. He doesn't directly say that Brunell can't handle it, but he says things like "Mark is good at shorter passes and quick drops" i.e. he can't throw deep. I'm positive that a lot of it is play calling, but it's directly related to Brunell's ability. I don't think Saunders would refrain from calling long passes with Campbell in the lineup.

First of all, Campbell is not a cure-all. I've said plenty of times he doesn't translate to wins. What it means is that since they're going to lose, they'll now lose with a purpose so that a 22/23 year old can learn how to play. Not for a 36 year old to try to learn how to play QB in this system. They're 2-5, they're not going to make the playoffs. Everyone can try to feed me this bs about being 2.5 games back of Philly. Well, the Skins have yet to win 3 games this season against a few mediocre teams so far. So, what makes everyone think they'd somehow make up 3 games against Philly? Cause they play them twice? Well, the d stops no one and the O doesn't put points on the board...that doesn't translate to many wins.

I'm not saying that it is all on Mark Brunell. However, he's the only change that can be made. You can't replace 11 guys on defense. You're not gonna find replacements for everyone playing poorly on defense. You can replace the quarterback, if for nothing else, just ot let the kid learn how to play in the NFL. That's what's important now, getting Campbell ready to play. Leaving Mark in is just stupid.

Now, to absolve Mark Brunell from blame is wrong. I don't understand how anyone can watch that game and think "if they stretched the field they wouldn't be a better team." The defense is bad, so you have to put up points to win. Does anyone ever see a defense's win-loss record? No, but guess what you do see...a quarterback's win-loss record. Mark Brunell's with the Skins? 16-21. That's bad. If he were young I'd say he's developing, but he's old, so he's regressing. There is no reason to leave him in. They could have gone 2-5 with Campbell. And Brunell didn't show me anything that Campbell couldn't have done yesterday. I don't watch Brunell and even think that I can't make the throws he's making. It's embarassing.

Tom Jackson regularly references "the eye test." That's his football eye, Mark Brunell doesn't pass that. Hell, Aikman (a pretty damn good qb in his day) was wondering aloud why Brunell kept checking the damn ball down. So, I would say that's someone around the league that doesn't think he's getting the job done. Oh, and Shannon Sharpe called him out last week. He doesn't think he's getting it done either.

To the question as to what I would think if Campbell came in and did the same thing? I'd blame the coaches. However, I don't believe that Saunders' offense is all checkdowns and screens. I refuse to believe it. Maybe they'd put Jason in and leave the training wheels on for a while so they would be short passes, but I'll be really disappointed. If this is the offense, there's something wrong. I'd say heads should roll, but that doesn't usually help build stability (not the Skins strong point recently). However, I think Gibbs is smart enough to know that you can't win in the NFL throwing that many short passes.

If you've heard any of Saunders' comments, he's constantly talking about limiting his play calling. He doesn't directly say that Brunell can't handle it, but he says things like "Mark is good at shorter passes and quick drops" i.e. he can't throw deep. I'm positive that a lot of it is play calling, but it's directly related to Brunell's ability. I don't think Saunders would refrain from calling long passes with Campbell in the lineup.

saunders is just covering his @$$. he's already implied he can be vetoed, that brunell isn't any good, that campbell is stupid, that he can't run his offense, the whole portis taking himself out of games things (only AFTER the 3rd down wasn't converted, not before), said that the playbook wasn't being used (AFTER people complained in preseason), and complained that he couldn't see the players in preseason (AFTER they fell flat in week 1), and complained that the talent isn't there.

if you need an excuse, he's the guy to ask.

maybe thats the reason the guy cant get a head coaching job. not ready to accept any responsibility for anything. i guess that 700 page playbook is second only to the bible:)

Last time i checked Saunders system worked pretty good other places. The other places had the right qb though.

saunders is just covering his @$$. he's already implied he can be vetoed, that brunell isn't any good, that campbell is stupid, that he can't run his offense, the whole portis taking himself out of games things (only AFTER the 3rd down wasn't converted, not before), said that the playbook wasn't being used (AFTER people complained in preseason), and complained that he couldn't see the players in preseason (AFTER they fell flat in week 1), and complained that the talent isn't there.

if you need an excuse, he's the guy to ask.

Saunders is making excuses, but there's some validity to them. Do you really think Brunell is capable of throwing intermediate to deep passes with any reliability?

Okay, but all justifications aside, why is he still the 11th rated QB in the 6th rated offense? You make him sound like a horrid player. I'd say as bad as you make his tendencies sound, he's still quite effective against NFL defenses.

What 6th rated offense?

Saunders is making excuses, but there's some validity to them. Do you really think Brunell is capable of throwing intermediate to deep passes with any reliability?

there has to be, or else he wouldn't make them. it's just nice how he always has an answer as to why it's not his fault only after the fact.

The Hell It's Not Screw Brunell And Gibbs Old People Don't Win Superbowl's Especailly At The Qb Position, Unless Your Name In Bret Favre And Mark Is Not Favre