Mark Brunell: 'The Real Take'

I tried to stick with Brunell as long as I could but I now admit I was dead wrong. The guy is washed up. Either something is physically wrong with the guy or he's just plain lost it.

There's no defending his play any longer. He stinks, thank god Gibbs finally made the switch. I was so damn happy after the game even though we lost. To me there's finally some hope. Hope that we can start moving forward with a QB that has potential.

Mark Brunell's demise reminds me of Chuck Knoblauch, Mark Wohlers, or Rick Ankiel in baseball. Suddenly they just couldn't hit anything. It's almost like a mental block.

I mean Brunell was benched after 3 games last year to make room for Leftwich, but at the time he had 484 yards passing, 2 TDs and 0 INTs. And if you look at his numbers over the past several years they're really not all that bad. Though, it is interesting to note that his YPA went down each of the last five years (though not drastically)

I guess Brunell should be happy the fans here aren't doing this (http://www.sportsline.com/general/story/7891932)

I know this has been dismissed already, but maybe, just maybe Brunell sucking is due to trouble with the system. Remember, he was Farve's back-up for a year, then was basically in the same system in Jax for his whole career....then last year when there was a coaching change, he got hurt and they went with the young guy. So maybe he has had trouble with the system, whether it be the terminology or just the types of plays. Just a thought....

Anyway, I am SOOO glad that Gibbs finally saw the light and put in Ramsey. Yeah, he'll probably struggle some at first, but will still be a ton better than Brunell has been, and I think by the end of the year, we'll know for sure that he is the Redskins QB for now, and for years to come.

i saw when ramsey went in, while he was off the field, he was TALKING TO RECEIVERS, something i never really saw brunell do... coles and mccants really seem to like PR too...

i saw when ramsey went in, while he was off the field, he was TALKING TO RECEIVERS, something i never really saw brunell do... coles and mccants really seem to like PR too...
Coles has looked VERY unhappy this year...more than just because we're losing...but really seemed to perk up when Ramsey came in.

Coles has looked VERY unhappy this year...more than just because we're losing...but really seemed to perk up when Ramsey came in.
Probably because he knows Ramsey can hit him in stride, Brunell was lucky to just get the ball in his general vicinity.

Mark Brunell's demise reminds me of Chuck Knoblauch, Mark Wohlers, or Rick Ankiel in baseball. Suddenly they just couldn't hit anything. It's almost like a mental block.

I guess I'm not the only one that thinks this (http://washtimes.com/sports/20041117-121604-4947r.htm)

I tried to stick with Brunell as long as I could but I now admit I was dead wrong. The guy is washed up. Either something is physically wrong with the guy or he's just plain lost it.

There's no defending his play any longer. He stinks, thank god Gibbs finally made the switch. I was so damn happy after the game even though we lost. To me there's finally some hope. Hope that we can start moving forward with a QB that has potential.

I've been so wrong and you've been right on so many things (i.e. our defense wouldn't be that good because we'd get killed blitzing our LBs :smashfrea ) that it was about time I was finally right and you were wrong about something. :laughing-

People had plenty of reasons to think Brunell would at some point catch on. He was so good in JAX that it is crazy to think he's been a complete bust here.

I guess he just got to that "over-the-hill" stage quicker than any of us assumed.

maybe its that he's only ever been in one system and he's too used to throwing to jimmy smith? even an injury isn't enough to explain how bad he's been... unless someone ripped out his spinal cord.