Why Brunell is Struggling

[MTK]

I hate to keep going back to the same thing, but Todd Collins said it would take a full season for the QBs to get up to speed in this offense. When I first heard that I was like yeah right, but maybe now it seems he was indeed telling the truth.

Getting back to your point Schneed, I agree Brunell has never been the prototypical dropback, pocket QB. Right now he's struggling with adjusting to this new style of offense, and he doesn't seem to trust what he's seeing.

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

I hate to keep going back to the same thing, but Todd Collins said it would take a full season for the QBs to get up to speed in this offense. When I first heard that I was like yeah right, but maybe now it seems he was indeed telling the truth.

Getting back to your point Schneed, I agree Brunell has never been the prototypical dropback, pocket QB. Right now he's struggling with adjusting to this new style of offense, and he doesn't seem to trust what he's seeing.

That's a very good point. Given that the playbook is supposedly 700 pages, it's no surprise that Brunell has struggled a bit to get plays downfield. Perhaps because Mark is relatively unfamiliar with the playbook, he is not comfortable with throwing to a spot and anticipating that a receiver will be there.

[illdefined]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

I hate to keep going back to the same thing, but Todd Collins said it would take a full season for the QBs to get up to speed in this offense. When I first heard that I was like yeah right, but maybe now it seems he was indeed telling the truth.

Getting back to your point Schneed, I agree Brunell has never been the prototypical dropback, pocket QB. Right now he's struggling with adjusting to this new style of offense, and he doesn't seem to trust what he's seeing.

that's why the decision to try and teach Brunell this whole new offense this late in his career, has to be questioned. it just has to.

with the dire (and mostly unavoidable) state of our defense, you look to the QB to pick the team up and try and win games. 5 losses (especially the WAY we've lost them) has been too many to realize that Brunell wasn't about to "win now".

he's obviously struggled with it despite the ENORMOUS investment in him, while we now risk losing another season trying to teach this system to the next quarterback.

[Chief X_Phackter]

Originally Posted by illdefined

with the dire (and mostly unavoidable) state of our defense, you look to the QB to pick the team up and try and win games. 5 losses (especially the WAY we've lost them) has been too many to realize that Brunell wasn't about to "win now".

Our defense has lost us the games...not our offense. You can't seriously be thinking Campbell would be able to put up more points than Brunell has to this point, just learning the offense himself, can you?

[illdefined]

Originally Posted by Chief X_Phackter

Our defense has lost us the games...not our offense. You can't seriously be thinking Campbell would be able to put up more points than Brunell has to this point, just learning the offense himself, can you?

yeah i think Campbell could definitely get us more points than Brunell on physical abilities alone. all our recievers are going to complete waste, and i know Campbell would escape alot more rushes and wouldn't be so quick to check down.

at this point, a long bomb on a broken 3rd down play is worth more to us than a 3yd check down and guaranteed punt. even if its an INT 50yds downfield, at least its DOWNFIELD.

[Eriwar]

Originally Posted by Chief X_Phackter

Our defense has lost us the games...not our offense. You can't seriously be thinking Campbell would be able to put up more points than Brunell has to this point, just learning the offense himself, can you?

Do you remember the playoff game we won against Tampa Bay. Your boy MB set a record passing ( 41 yards in a winning effort with 1 interception). MB is washed up.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Eriwar

Do you remember the playoff game we won against Tampa Bay. Your boy MB set a record passing ( 41 yards in a winning effort with 1 interception). MB is washed up.

That's great but we're talking about this year and what the defense has done, or hasn't done to be more specific.