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Originally Posted by Mattyk72
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Just answer this simple question, what has Ramsey done this preseason to earn the job?
Ok, I lied, answer two questions, who has looked better so far, Ramsey or Brunell?
The writing is on the wall. Ramsey is not the answer right now, he needs work. Meanwhile Brunell has shown that he can be efficient and he doesn't turn the ball over. It would be silly to keep forcing the issue with Ramsey right now. Gibbs probably should have pulled the plug in training camp.
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Brunell looked better in preseason, but Ramsey looked better in the Bears' game. Say what you will about him throwing the first pick and the fumble, he made things happen for us on offense. Brunell simply lacks the ability to make plays. The game on Sunday looked exactly like last season, except he had a little better arm strength. Still dink and dump, and still nothing dynamic whatsoever.
He can probably provide us with consistent mediocrity, but who wants that? Sure, Ramsey makes some bad plays, but I think his good plays outweigh that. We might even lose a game because of Ramsey, but I promise you we will never WIN a game because of Brunell. Why is everyone all of a sudden happy that we are putting in a QB who, basically by his own admission, is there to play "not to lose"? As much as I hate to say it, this team is not good enough to win 9 games with a QB who won't take chances. Our defense is amazing and our running game is solid. But the holes that have looked so big for Portis thus far will start closing up the instant teams realize Brunell is no threat to beat them deep.
I guess it's a question of whether you'd rather beat all the teams we ought to beat with Brunell, and none of the teams on our own plane, or maybe lose a game we could've won with Ramsey, and then come out and get hot and beat some good teams. Quite frankly, I'd MUCH rather see the latter, because it's the only way this team has a shot at making the playoffs, which SHOULD be the goal of every player, every coach, every executive, and every fan. Simply finishing 7-9 is not sufficient. Well, not sufficient for me anyway.
As an addendum, and I believe RamseyFan may have addressed this by now, it was not Ramsey's job to earn. It was Ramsey's job, period. It was Brunell's job to earn, and IMO the only way he could've done that (after last season, which still counts by the way, even if you converted Brunell fans don't want it to) is to play light-out. He hasn't done that. He's played good, safe, efficient ball, which is what you want from your BACKUP. He didn't set the world on fire, and, IMO, certainly didn't do enough to take the job from Ramsey one quarter into the season.