Brunell and Redskins Reportedly Close to Restructured Deal

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Originally Posted by 70Chip

This makes sense both financially and for the football side, as Schneed pointed out. Brunell could be very effective as a spot reliever. Without the pressure of being the starter he would be more willing to take chances. It' a whole different psychology.

If this comes off as reported without a big hoo-ha it will be a credit to the leadership of Gibbs and hopefully indicative of a more measured and reasoned approach to personell decisions.

To those who say Brunell is inadequate as a backup, I say "Name me someone else."

How about bringing in an undrafted FA who has nice physical skills to play 3rd string? Many teams do this. Some guys can play but don't get drafted. They just need a chance. Brady was drafted in the 6th round. Garcia had to play in the CFL.

I'm not going to get into a debate about Brunell. But honestly, bringing him back makes no sense to me. He simply can't play anymore and if he has to play then we are in trouble. Why bring him back even as back up if you know the guy can't get it done? QB's get hurt all the time in the NFL. Collins can handle playing if needed. He knows the offense and played OK during the pre season. Since Brunell has been here he has played 1/2 of a good season in three years, that in 05. I doubt Collins could do worse than that. Plus Brunell can't stay healthy. And I don't give a damn about Brunell's passing rating. His rating is flawed becase all he does is throw 5 yard passes to keep up his % and rating up. A college QB can come in and throw screens and check downs. Brunell doesn't even have confidence in his own abilities anymore, otherwise he would challenge opposing defenses vertically. We brought in all these WR's so we could have a vertical passing game. And if Brunell has to play then we go back to dink and dunk. It's not personal becasue I don't think he has been treated fairly by the fans. But it is soooooooo time to move on it's not even funny.

The FO should bring in a young guy that can grow and learn the offense. Let's face it. We are not going to the Super Bowl next year. Not with our defense. So bringing back an old aging QB without skills, coming off major shoulder surgery makes no sense at all. And I don't care about the cap crap. If Gibbs were not coaching this team it wouldn't even be a discussion. He would be gone. And if we had a GM who was not attached to the players he would be gone.