Quote:I believe he would have been elite with that team. It's always the age old question...does the receiver make the QB or does the QB make the receiver. I tend to agree with both sides in that it's a little bit of both. That being said the thought that it was the team that made him better is unjust. Brunell was the best QB our franchise ever had and was one game from leading us to a super bowl. He was a top 3 QB in the league when passing the ball was much more difficult. In this era of football Brunell would have lead this team to many playoffs and have been in that elite status.

 

When was he a top 3 quarterback? In the Jaguars run of 96-99, Favre and Young were clearly better.

 

Hell, Vinny Testaverde had multiple seasons in that stretch with more TD passes than Brunell ever had.

 

I like Brunell. He was the first jersey I owned. He brought the fans alot of great memories. But being the first face of this franchise, and the mostly terrible quarterbacks that have followed him, have inflated his legacy.

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