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FINALLY!!!!
Considering how good philly looked last night, I think it's a lock that the skins cover the spread next week.....but i have a terrible record when I take the skins, so take it for what it's worth.....
Ramsey to start for Redskins against Philly
By JOSEPH WHITE, AP Sports Writer
November 15, 2004
ASHBURN, Va. (AP) -- Patrick Ramsey will start instead of Mark Brunell at quarterback for the Washington Redskins, a move coach Joe Gibbs hopes will end the team's worst scoring drought in seven decades.
``We have to sink or swim with the way I feel about things,'' Gibbs said Monday. ``We're going to go with Patrick and hopefully he's going to play great for us, and we're all going to support him.''
Gibbs benched Brunell in the second quarter of Sunday's 17-10 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals, but the coach waited until Monday to announce that Ramsey will start next week's game at Philadelphia.
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``It'll be a tough assignment for him,'' Gibbs said. ``It's probably the biggest underdog we've ever been going to Philly.''
Brunell was 1-for-8 for 6 yards when he was benched with the Redskins trailing 17-0. He ranks last in the league in completion percentage (49.8), yards per attempt (5.04) and overall rating (63.9).
The Redskins (3-6) haven't scored more than 18 points in a game all season.
Not since the Redskins played their home games in Boston, during the dark ages of scoring in the 1930s, had the team gone 10 games without scoring 20 points. The slump began with the season-ending 31-7 loss to Philadelphia last year and has continued through the first nine games of this season, bridging the coaching regimes of two coaches, Steve Spurrier and Gibbs, who built their reputations with big-scoring offenses.
Ramsey had 16 starts over two seasons under Spurrier, but his starting role became in jeopardy when Gibbs traded for Brunell and signed the veteran to a seven-year, $43 million contract with an $8.6 million signing bonus.
Brunell officially won the job in training camp when Ramsey played poorly. Ramsey has since appeared in two games in relief, with mixed results.
``I think the most significant difference for me is that I will able to run our plays against the defense in practice throughout the week,'' Ramsey said. ``And hopefully that will allow me to play better.
FINALLY!!!!
Considering how good philly looked last night, I think it's a lock that the skins cover the spread next week.....but i have a terrible record when I take the skins, so take it for what it's worth.....
A day late and a dollar short IMO.
Redskins stand about as much of a chance as Dallas did, but you can bet I will be pulling for them. Somebody please kill NcNabb and TO for me! Those two are overdue for due process. Why can't these jocks handle success without rubbing the civilized world the wrong way? Eagles and their fans deserve each other.
I concur with Brother Hook. If the Redskins knock out T.O. I will put "Hail to the Redskins" in my sig line for the rest of the season.
Why the hate for McNabb? I can understand the dislike for Owens but McNabb is easily one of the most likeable guys on the planet.
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