Take 70Chip's Mark Brunell Rorshock Test

I would say that fans fall into one of three categories.

1. Mark Brunell is washed up and is the reason we are 3 - 6. For many of these folks, it's become personal. Their hatred of Brunell is so strong that is is bleeding on to Gibbs. If Mark Brunell led us to 7 straight wins and a Super Bowl victory, they would still find things to complain about. I suspect that some of them were almost pleased when Bunell threw the pick today. A further subset of this group believes that there is something untoward about the fact that Gibbs and Brunell are both Christians. Another subset consists of the "Fedayeen Ramsey". They were horrified that Ramsey was benched during last year's Chicago game and have never recovered.

2. Mark Brunell is not the entire reason we are 3 - 6, but when you take into account his play, his age, and the investment we have in Campbell, it adds up to a switch. These folks have nothing against Brunell and understand that every team cannot have a Peyton Manning, but believe that Campbell should play now. There most compelling argument is the need Campbell has for playing time and the fact that our playoff hopes are basically gone. They sometimes wonder if it is possible for Campbell to be WORSE than Brunell. Today they thought that. Powerful logic.

3. Mark Brunell still gives us the best chance to win. These folks are becoming rarer by the day. They will concede that Brunell has his faults but they suspect that Campbell must not be all that or else he would be playing already. Yes he has trouble with pressure, but the O-Line needs to play better. Yes he throws short too much, but Al Saunders is at fault as well. These folks consider the #1s to be rather unsophisticated and irrational. Any suggestion that Gibbs is biased towards Brunell is itself evidence of bias. Often these folks will fall back on my favorite gem: "Brunell is a quarterback who needs everyone around him to play well".

I was a #3 until today when I became a #2. How about the rest of y'all?

Same here. #3 but now after today I'm at #2. If Campbell can't go 2-5 (the equivalent of MB's record so far) then we are screwed either way but at least we can move on with next year's preparations in finding a decent QB.

Yeah, I'll now officially go on record...

It's time for Jason Campbell....

Why does 2005 make me so angry. I kept thinking.... "it's coming... the turn-around is coming".... We'll see what happends, but right now I've lost patience, and I'm ready to start screaming and yelling and shooting in the air. It's time for JC, if not only for entertainment value.

#2 now getting close to #1

between 2 and 1

I'm not sure which category I fit into. I've said for a long time that Brunell sucks and I'd like to see Campbell in. He's looked awful in our losses. However, I understood Gibbs' decision to stick by him until we were mathmatically eliminated from the playoff hunt. He did enough in the games against the Texans, Jags, an Cowboys to justify his starting.

Now that we are basically eliminated from the playoff race, I cannot understand how ANYONE could argue that Brunell should stay in the game.

I am inbetween 2 and 3, closer to 2.

Good work 70Chip, you put alot of thought into this thread.

If we had last years defense, I'd be a number 3 guy.

We don't have last years defense. We don't get turnovers. We don't tackle well. We have problems against the pass, and the run.

The defense we have requires that we have a QB that will go out and win the game for us. Brunell is not that guy. Gibbs has a pretty good resume and he has never required his QB to be that guy so there is no Ramsey/Christian/Personal issue going on here. I'm not a number 1.

Number 2 is the only resonable choice left to make. I'm not benching Brunell for bad play, I'm just ready to start Campbell's on the job training.

I'm not sure which category I fit into. I've said for a long time that Brunell sucks and I'd like to see Campbell in. He's looked awful in our losses. However, I understood Gibbs' decision to stick by him until we were mathmatically eliminated from the playoff hunt. He did enough in the games against the Texans, Jags, an Cowboys to justify his starting.

Now that we are basically eliminated from the playoff race, I cannot understand how ANYONE could argue that Brunell should stay in the game.


I first typed, "It sounds like you're a pretty solid #2" but I don't want this to go off in that direction, so I will instead say that you are "squarely in the #2 camp".

Im between 2 and 1. Closer to 1 by a bit.