Pre injury Brunell was elite. His ability to use his legs to extend plays and his fantastic accuracy throwing on the run is what got him the 4,000 yards. Post injury I would call him good but not elite.

 

I believe the fact that he didn't throw a lot of TDs had more to do with Coughlin's style of playcalling and scoring philosophy at the time than Brunell. Coughlin was a run to score type of coach. You have to remember Coughlin got a fairly average RB in James Stewart tied for the most rushing TDs in a game. He also relied heavily on the running of Stacey Mack in later years to score.

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