Brunell rib injury (1 Viewer)

[redman]

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Brunell's got a strained rib muscle. Make sure to follow his progress during the week.

What's interesting here is that Campbell has been taking all of the first team snaps the last two weeks while Brunell's been resting and the team had its bye. The depth chart for the purposes of QB changes if Brunell is injured during a game is:

Brunell

Collins

Campbell

The idea behind this is that if Brunell goes down in a game, the veteran Collins would be better able to handle the offense off the bench without a week's worth of preparation beforehand. If, however, Gibbs made the QB change mid-week, then the depth chart would be:

Brunell

Campbell

Collins

The reason why this is interesting is, hypothetically, Brunell is still listed as the starter but he's Questionable going into Sunday and is then pulled from the lineup before the start of the game, Campbell would have gotten in a lot of work this week. Would that be good enough to allow him to start? Gibbs insisted that the system I outlined above would continue to hold and would apply to this upcoming game, but I still wonder whether he'd flat out declare Campbell the starter beforehand if he could avoid it.

Either way, monitor Brunell if he's in the mix to start for you this week.

 

[southeastjerome]

Tomorrow will be a very telling day. Brunell is supposedly going to practice tomorrow (wednesday).

I heard Gibbs say in his interview with Sonny Jurgensen and Larry Michael on NBC4 that Campbell is ready to play. So I took that as meaning not that he'll start this week, but that he'll probably be the guy who would come in if MB were not able to start or finish the game. I did hear Gibbs say his depth chart speal earlier this year, but I would think that Campbell would be the guy regardless. Just some food for thought.

I guess if anyone is forced to have to start the Redskins QB this week, they have some qb depth issues.

 

[redman]

I guess if anyone is forced to have to start the Redskins QB this week, they have some qb depth issues.

Brunell's not been awful for fantasy purposes. He's ranked 19th in both of my leagues, which means that he's very much in play as a QB2 for most leagues, especially in a week where guys like McNabb, Delhomme, Leinart and Pennington are on byes.

 

[Trap Play]

Nothing more than a gut feeling, but I think we've seen the last of Mark Brunell, as a Redskin anyway. All these 'injuries' that seem to manifest themselves out of thin air seem to be nothing more than a nice way of Gibbs saying, "Have a nice season, guy".

 

[dgreen]

All these 'injuries' that seem to manifest themselves out of thin air...

 

[southeastjerome]

I guess if anyone is forced to have to start the Redskins QB this week, they have some qb depth issues.

Brunell's not been awful for fantasy purposes. He's ranked 19th in both of my leagues, which means that he's very much in play as a QB2 for most leagues, especially in a week where guys like McNabb, Delhomme, Leinart and Pennington are on byes.

True, I guess if you have McNabb or Delhomme you could be forced to play the Skins QB this week. If you are forced to play a skins qb b/c your other qb is leinart and pennington, you do have some depth issues. Brunell has been careful with the ball this year, its tough to throw a lot of INTs when he throws 3 and 4 yard dink and dunks. As a skins fan and from a fantasy perspective, it would be nice to see what exactly jason campbell has to offer.

 

[redman]

Nothing more than a gut feeling, but I think we've seen the last of Mark Brunell, as a Redskin anyway. All these 'injuries' that seem to manifest themselves out of thin air seem to be nothing more than a nice way of Gibbs saying, "Have a nice season, guy".

He took a few shots to the body during the Colts game. I doubt this is something that's been made up. I also believe that Gibbs does not feel the need to come up with contrived reasons to replace his QB's. Ramsey's the only time I've ever seen that happen, and even he had to come out of that 2005 Bears game for at least a short time.

 

[Trap Play]

Like I said, nothing more than a gut feeling. It's the impression I get anyway. Sometimes the injuries are real, but the severity of them seem to skyrocket when you're 2-5 and in your division's basement. As for:

I also believe that Gibbs does not feel the need to come up with contrived reasons to replace his QB's.

I've never understood why any coach feels the need to do this. The only legitimate reason I can think of would be locker room chemistry, but, honestly, if you're contriving reasons to bench your starting QB, shouldn't the locker room be on to that anyway?

 

[redman]

Brunell returned to practice yesterday and is listed as "Probable".

Here are his stats from his four starts against Dallas with the Redskins (since 2004):

+----------+--------------------------+----------------+| WK  OPP  |  CMP  ATT   PYD  TD  INT |  RSH	YD  TD |+----------+--------------------------+----------------+|  3  dal  |   25   43   325   2   0  |	1	 0   0 ||  2  dal  |   20   34   291   2   1  |	4	35   0 || 15  dal  |   12   20   163   4   0  |	1	-1   0 ||  2  dal  |   18   33   197   0   1  |	2	15   0 |+----------+--------------------------+----------------+|  TOTAL   |   75  130  976   8   2  |	8	49   0 |+----------+--------------------------+----------------+

 

[Aaronl5]

I would say that Brunell is awful for fantasy purposes.....He has laid several eggs this year....only two ok games fantasy wise.....Moss is injured as well......

 

[jeter23]

Any update? Is Brunell starting?

 

[redman]

Any update? Is Brunell starting?

He's listed as Probable, and unlike with Santana Moss nobody's saying anything to imply he won't play.