989 Quarterback Challenge
 

I caught it on cbs today (5-6pm, tomorrow (the 18th) it continues from 2-3pm)... Brunell finished 4th in both mobility and accuracy, and is 5th overall. Not too bad, and I enjoyed the show... kinda wish there were more of these contests.

Any one else see it and have any thoughts about it?

those are fun to watch, I forgot that it was this weekend. Who's in the lead?

You know... I hadn't heard Bruneel in many interviews before and didn't really know his personality type. But after watching him today and listening to him talk... he seems like he has that same personality as a Jim Kelly, Boomer Esiason, John Elway had towards the end of their careers. You could tell he is a veteran who been there and done that and won't make mistakes that loses you games.

I like the way he came off today.. although he cracked that he "didn't look good in burgundy." Of course he DID follow that comment up with "but I'm getting used to it." But he seems like a really good veteran leader and a guy Ramsey will benefit GREATLY from being around.

matt hassleback is in the lead by a good bit... boomer mentioned how he proved that he was worth the 1st round pick, and matt said something like "it wasn't a 1st round, i think i traded for like, a pack of gatorade"

brunell came off really well, they asked all the QBs their favorite QBs RBs and WRs not on their team, and he picked fred taylor and jimmy smith, so they told him he couldn't pick jags either... he and hassleback came off the best i think, and I see why he's thought of as such a good guy.

for the accuracy, you're last ball can be to a real WR instead of golf cart targets... but i thought the points for the WR (which is probably an easier target) were way too high... it gave a couple guys 36 extra points, which creates too much of a gap.

HTTR, any plans to make a Sean Taylor wallpaper with #36?

I didn't even know they did those anymore. this sucks cuz I always liked watching the qb challenge especially the long ball contest when bledsoe and cunningham rocketed the ball freaking 70+ yards. it'd be kewl to see ramsey, culpepper, and vick have a long ball contest, lol.

I saw it. Although it was not the real thing such as a game, it was nice just to see players through the ball around. Brunell also looked good in a Skins uni.

skinsfan, the long ball is sunday 2pm est on cbs.. you haven't missed it yet ;)

[QUOTE=That Guy]skinsfan, the long ball is sunday 2pm est on cbs.. you haven't missed it yet ;)[/QUOTE]

kewl, I set up my vcr cuz I gotta work while its on again and I wanted to atleast see how brunnel finished out, but now I also get to see my favorite event :biggthump .

Well it looks like Brunell finished 5th. I saw the no-huddle challenge, basically a two-minute drill down the field. He looked really bad on the shorter passes, especially the curl. Seriously overthrew his receivers, but he settled down on the deep routes

looked like an old man running around. Ramsey or our Hasslebeck woulda done better. humbug.

hasslebeck won it all (except the long throw, which he thoroughly sucked at), brunell look good except on the no huddle, where he overthrew a lot... would've liked to watch ramsey in the long throw... in his interview he said he can hit 76 yards or so (palmer won with 65 yds).

btw, boldin looked great, he always had his feet set for higher points/in bounds, did some one handed catches etc... if the cards can't get 2500 yards between him and fitzgerald, i'd be shocked...

Looks like CIN finally redid their uniforms. They look hot. I especially like the white (away) jerseys.

[QUOTE=That Guy]hasslebeck won it all (except the long throw, which he thoroughly sucked at), brunell look good except on the no huddle, where he overthrew a lot... would've liked to watch ramsey in the long throw... in his interview he said he can hit 76 yards or so (palmer won with 65 yds).

btw, boldin looked great, he always had his feet set for higher points/in bounds, did some one handed catches etc... if the cards can't get 2500 yards between him and fitzgerald, i'd be shocked...[/QUOTE]

Boldin looked awesome but I wasn't impressed by McCown at all.

McCown has some talent, but he is definitely a project. Denny Green just said that because he wanted fitz!

I saw the long ball and the no-huddle. Brunell tossed the ball pretty far, but he was horrid with the 2 minute drill. Hope he plays like that in camp so he can backup a real QB!

yeah, i agree with you smootsmack... cards are going to be a case where the QB is judged by his WRs instead of his own merits... but they might end up with two top ten WRs this year, so i bet Mr. green isn't too worried...

what was the deal with Bryant last year? Did he get injured or just suck?

I cant beleive i missed the QB challenge, I wonder if it will be rerun. I used to watch that all the time as a kid. i thought they stopped doing it.

I wasn't that impressed with Brunell on the QB challenge. He wasn't accurate and he's definitely lost a step. I honestly do not see Brunell finishing the season as the starter.

A QB challenge doesn't mean much. What really matters is how Brunell performs when the bullets are live, not when he's throwing to a golf cart.

the QB challenge doesn't have much to do with real football, unless QBs start throwing multiple balls per down ;)

ugh the thing is, yeah Brunell will be good for us in the short term, but his lengthy and expensive contract will eat away at our cap for a long time after Ramsey learns what he needs to and takes his inevitable position as starting QB.

:tongue

I doubt very much that Brunell will see the end of his contract with the Redskins.

course not. but the deferred signing bonus money still has to be paid from our cap after he's cut. "dead money" (thanks Washington Post).

at least they made it excessively long, so its not a huge drain... i wish we got him cheaper, but i rather have brunell than garcia, warner, or collins.

I missed it. Will it be on again???

no idea, they're REALLY bad about replaying anything nfl related though... espn might have streaming highlights... i'd try kazaa if you have file sharing. it was good though... after seeing boldin i'm a believer; he's really good.

[QUOTE=That Guy]no idea, they're REALLY bad about replaying anything nfl related though... espn might have streaming highlights... i'd try kazaa if you have file sharing. it was good though... after seeing boldin i'm a believer; he's really good.[/QUOTE]

I'm kinda hoping boldin doesn't do as well this year cuz i just traded him away in one of my fantasy football leagues for fitzgerald and roy williams,lol. atleast I still have randy moss,lol.

holy crap thats a lot of WR talent... you playing in a 4 team league???

[QUOTE=That Guy]holy crap thats a lot of WR talent... you playing in a 4 team league???[/QUOTE]

nope its a 10 team league, lol. I even missed the draft because of work so it used my preset picks and my wr spot was pretty stacked. I've now got moss, fitzgerald, williams, jimmy smith, and rod smith as my wrs now, my rbs r fred taylor, kevin jones, julius jones( :vomit-smi ), and rudi johnson, and my qbs r pettington and brunell, lol. plus my d is tampabay. I just got pretty lucky this year with the draft and I can't wait for the drafting of the 2 free warpath leagues even though I might be a little late 4 one,lol.