Two major concerns

I'm not worried about Portis or Betts fumbling very often. I am worried about Broughton fumbling if he gets goalline carries. The question is, will he even get goalline carries? Because he's been fumbling, I'll bet Gibbs lets Portis try early in the season, since he has bulked up a little bit. If that doesn't work, he'd probably try Betts.

I'm very concerned about the INT rate of Ramsey. If you add up all of Ramsey's playing time in the 4 preseason games, it probably amounts to close to 60 minutes of action. And he threw 4 picks in that time. 4 picks over the course of one NFL game would certainly kill us every week. The underthrowing of receivers is what bothers me most, I need to see deep accuracy. I'd be very worried about INTs and it's why a small small part of me wants to see Brunell starting.

Penalties, I'm not so concerned about penalties. Most of those were committed by backups. I don't see our starting offensive line having much trouble during the season.

Thing to remember is Ramsey likely won't be throwing as much.

With the way Portis and Betts have run this preseason and the offensive line is blowing people off the ball, look for a total smashmouth attack.

Not that I'm advocating Brunell as the starter, but he was ridiculously accurate last night. If Ramsey falters in the first four or five games, Brunell very well might be the man for the job.

And look at the guys we have been running against. These are the best defenses in the league and we are moving the ball well.

I think that Ramsey has played outside of his comfort zone during the preseason. He played well down the strech last year and I don't believe he has regressed. A run first mentality will definitaly help the passing game but I think that the passing game will come into it's own around the 6th game or so. We have a defense that should provide us some comfort while waiting for the chemistry to fully develop.

I'd rather Ramsey take the occasional sack than force a throw and get picked. Better yet throw it away.

Yeah, but the only problem is it is hard to throw it away when a blitzer is in your junk within three seconds and you are still in the pocket.

Yeah, but the only problem is it is hard to throw it away when a blitzer is in your junk within three seconds and you are still in the pocket.

Good Point. In fact, he may even have been trying to throw it away last week vs Pittsburgh and just couldnt get a good release. I hate sacks, but I hate INT's more. Either way, as long as hes not forcing stupid throws, its better for the team.

Not that I'm advocating Brunell as the starter, but he was ridiculously accurate last night. If Ramsey falters in the first four or five games, Brunell very well might be the man for the job.

Not only was he accurate, but he had some zip on the ball. I mean the ball was humming a few times. The guy must have dipped his arm in some Gatorade or something!!

And look at the guys we have been running against. These are the best defenses in the league and we are moving the ball well.

I think that Ramsey has played outside of his comfort zone during the preseason. He played well down the strech last year and I don't believe he has regressed. A run first mentality will definitaly help the passing game but I think that the passing game will come into it's own around the 6th game or so. We have a defense that should provide us some comfort while waiting for the chemistry to fully develop.

I agree that we are a run first team, but if teams don't take away Portis then they are absolutely insane. Ramsey will have to throw to win and that is where we are in trouble. Ramsey will lose more games than he wins for us. And we can make all the excuses we want for Ramsey but he has not looked good at all (2 TD's, 4 INT's). We don't have time for the passing game to click....The defense ranked #1 in the NFC last year and we couldn't win more than 6 games. Anyway........sorry for all the negativity but I hate Ramsey and pray that I am wrong about him.

Not only was he accurate, but he had some zip on the ball. I mean the ball was humming a few times. The guy must have dipped his arm in some Gatorade or something!!

Yeah.... I posted the same observation in the game thread. Brunell is looking so confident and his passes are super accurate so far this preseason. Whereas, Ramsey is definitely hesitant and not throwing the ball with any zip on it at all. Why is he all of a sudden taking so much off his passes? No wonder he keeps underthrowing the receivers so bad on the longer passes.

Yeah.... I posted the same observation in the game thread. Brunell is looking so confident and his passes are super accurate so far this preseason. Whereas, Ramsey is definitely hesitant and not throwing the ball with any zip on it at all. Why is he all of a sudden taking so much off his passes? No wonder he keeps underthrowing the receivers so bad on the longer passes.

Well Ramsey has a new QB coach, Bill Musgrave. I think he's been working with him putting more touch on his passes, but I think Ramsey also needs some more time with his receivers.

Between he and Brunell, I feel Brunell has had the better preseason.