Very disappointing Call Playing...could have cost us game!!!

We weren't doing anything but pounding it up the middle. Not even ATTEMPTING a first down. Gibbs admitted that himself in the press conference.

I have to agree. It's one thing to control the clock but three and outs were definitely tiring our defense. They're great but if you keep giving the opposition the ball, eventualy they'll get a score. I don't understand how if you don't trust your QB, he is still in the game? The lions didn't even pretend to play the pass the second half. we've got to bury these teams when they're down rather then letting them off the mat time and time again.

We only had one drive over 45 yards... our touchdown drive was 7 plays 71 yards. Here are the plays we ran that drive....

Portis Run 21 yrds
Portis Run 21 Yrds again
Portis Run -1 Yrds
Portis Run 1 Yrds
Brunell Pass 8 yrds
Portis run 2 yrds
Portis Pass to Coles 15 yrds...

The Moral of the Story.... Portis Rules and Brunell does nothing.

Gmac, we're not disputing that fact. I think even if it's not successful you need to throw time to time. SOmeone would have been so open after playaction Brunell coulda gotten it to them. Also, the method of running was different at the end.

Brunnel threw for a whopping 58 yards. How the hell is he still our Quaterback.

Brunnel threw for a whopping 58 yards. How the hell is he still our Quaterback.

No INT's. No sacks. No fumbles. Even if he did, Ramsey won't be ready for what we are about to encounter in the next five weeks. Bengals,Eagles,Steelers,Giants and the Eagles again. Now if you think Ramsey can play in this atmosphere with no sacks, fumbles or INT's your'e kidding yourself. Brunell will stay in just long enough to hand the ball off to Portis and not throw INT's. That's it.

Gmac, we're not disputing that fact. I think even if it's not successful you need to throw time to time. SOmeone would have been so open after playaction Brunell coulda gotten it to them. Also, the method of running was different at the end.


Oh I'm not trying to argue with the playcalling. I just wanted to post that somewhere and figured this would be the best spot. Coach Gibbs has lost all confidence in Brunell, at least thats what the playcalling will tell you. You could say its just sitting on the lead, but it was just hard to watch. Thank god we won.

No INT's. No sacks. No fumbles. Even if he did, Ramsey won't be ready for what we are about to encounter in the next five weeks. Bengals,Eagles,Steelers,Giants and the Eagles again. Now if you think Ramsey can play in this atmosphere with no sacks, fumbles or INT's your'e kidding yourself. Brunell will stay in just long enough to hand the ball off to Portis and not throw INT's. That's it.


If all we do is hand the ball off to Portis the next 5 weeks, as good as he is, we will be at best 1-4 during that stretch, maybe beating the Bengals. We cant just settle for no mistakes and hand it off to Portis, he will be stopped because the defenses have nothing else to worry about. I'm not reay to concede the season just to keep Brunell in there. I'll take the risk that comes with playing Ramsey, if were going to have a threatening pass offense.

I dont know , i will say that our O-line does not always give Brunell enough time to get his passes off, but overall, he still has not been anywhere close to what he use to be. As for the 4th quarter playcalling, Brunell defied the odds by not having a fumble OR interception, so i can understand why we didnt pass ....

Heybigstar, I'm in full agreement. Our entire offense isnt doing exactly what they should, and Brunell is under pressure. ITS NOT ALL BRUNELLS FAULT, I'm not going to ever say it is. However, enough of it is his fault, in my opinon that he should be benched. He's just not good anymore, and is hurting the team. Its that simple, hes not good, and hes not what he used to be.