New level of disrespect

I'm not a Brunell lover, but he is a more then adequate backup. who cares what people write, anyway?


Brunell is a horrible quarterback and if Campbell goes down the season is over except for the suffering.

Brunell is a horrible quarterback and if Campbell goes down the season is over except for the suffering.

Nah, Brunell is a guy who can manage games and not make the big mistake, which may not win you the superbowl, but is all you can really ask for from a backup.

What is so ridiculous about it? Reality doesn't sit well around here.

The fact's are we have a young unproven starter, and absolutly nothing behind him, Brunell and Collins are both a joke and have been since their arrival. Then we may have 2 possible backup's who have never taken a snap in the NFL. Once you come to the realization that Brunell is and has been finished since his arrival, and Collins is nothing more than an individual who understands Saunders offense but can't run it, there you have it, we have all our eggs in 1 basket, and that basket is a young inexperienced QB, after that we have nothing!

For as much as I hate to admit it, I think you're right.
However, we do have the potential to prove a ton of people wrong. I hope we do.
I do scratch my head at the raiders though. That's not right.

Nah, Brunell is a guy who can manage games and not make the big mistake, which may not win you the superbowl, but is all you can really ask for from a backup.

Well, I think you can ask more of your backup. The point of a backup is to be the guy in waiting to take over then show your stuff. Brunell won't show us anything, and he has already proven he can't win anything significant. Sure if has to play 4 games, he will likely win 2 of them, but our hopes lie with Campbell...quite frankly he didn't overly impress me last year...but I think he has good potential. Hopefully he did a lot of studying this offseason.

Cincinnati is #4 on this list.

Their backup is Doug Johnson.

Doug Johnson.

Makes Todd Collins look like Brett Favre.

But they have Carson Palmer...Carson Palmer!

I can't understand how a young, athletic QB with a cannon where an arm should be, can be so lowly rated. For his first half year starting he was really good, IMO. His decision making will get alot better this year (always does with new QB's).

The only thing i can say is that when he leads us to the playoffs this year, it is going to be even sweeter for us when these hacks are made to eat their words!

I can't understand how a young, athletic QB with a cannon where an arm should be, can be so lowly rated. For his first half year starting he was really good, IMO. His decision making will get alot better this year (always does with new QB's).

The only thing i can say is that when he leads us to the playoffs this year, it is going to be even sweeter for us when these hacks are made to eat their words!

Yeah but we have...Casey Bramlet. World Bowl MVP. Watch. He'll be our #3 this year and he'll have to come in and he'll become the new Frank Reich.

I didn't see anybody repost the whole article, so here is the write up. I copied and pasted it from insider:

30. Washington Redskins (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/clubhouse?team=was)
With a full offseason as the starter, young Jason Campbell (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=7201) is expected to show vast improvement in 2007 and take over this team. He has excellent overall skills, a strong arm and a potentially outstanding deep ball, but he makes bad decisions at times and throws into coverage. The hope is that another year in the offensive system will help his recognition. The coaches will also utilize a run-oriented offense to take the pressure off. Veteran Mark Brunell (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=2485) restructured his contract to stay as Campbell's mentor and backup. Even though his skills and arm strength are diminishing, he still knows this offense and his leadership and poise could be invaluable if Campbell falters and he was forced to play. The No. 3 QB will be Todd Collins (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=2244). He has a great grasp of this offense and he's probably better than a lot of No. 2 QBs in this league.

Whatever. Until we actually win something, this is the way things go.

I prefer being underrated to over-hyped. It will make winning all the more sweet.

(For what it's worth, the write-up doesn't sound bad at all, except that it's number 30. Whatever.)

Brunell is a horrible quarterback and if Campbell goes down the season is over except for the suffering.Be careful not to let the facts get in the way of a good story.

FOOTBALL OUTSIDERS: Football analysis and NFL stats for the Moneyball era - Authors of Pro Football Prospectus 2007 (http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/qb.php)