Quote:kinda like Brunell's elbow "injury" that year 2003, when they wanted to play Leftwich? I remember Brunell telling people that he felt like he could play and wanted to play but it was the coach's decision not to play him. I also remember a few weeks after that "severe" injury, whispers eminating from Houston that Schaub felt he was fine and didn't know why he wasn't out there. 

 

I could see why the Jags played Leftwich - the new regime at the time a lot vested in him, plus Brunell was the "old regime's" QB. The Texans with Keenum? Notsomuch. 

 

Once again, twisting facts to suit your agenda.

 

Brunell had surgery to remove the bursa sac from his elbow.  He wasn't even allowed back at the stadium after the surgery because of a staph infection.  By the time he was healthy enough to return, the team had made the move to Leftwich, and they were letting their first round selection establish himself as the starter.  To add to that, Brunell did himself no favors by getting into a contract dispute with the team that ultimately lead to them drafting Leftwich.  You conveniently ignored that tidbit. 

 

FYI, if you ask Brunell today if he was really ready to play at the time, you'd get a different answer.

 

Yes, a player has never declared that they were fine despite the fact that they weren't medically cleared to get back on the field, or they really weren't ready to play.  Torn ligaments in an ankle is such a minor injury that the team simply followed the orders of McNair to fluff the medical reports to make it sound worse than it was.  I'm sure the NFLPA wouldn't have a problem with that at all. 

 

Keenum was an undrafted player.  Leftwich was a first round selection on a team that had just undergone a fight over reworking Brunell's contract.  Leftwich was expected to take over as the starting QB at some point.  So, the situations are very different, but I know you need a straw man to hoist up that conspiracy theory of yours. 

 

It just keeps sounding more and more desperate as you try to prop up this idiotic conspiracy theory. 

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