Fans Show Impatience and Short-term Memory Loss in NFL

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Published: August 11, 2009

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... all of you "fans" who are calling for Jason Campbell's head (despite playing in only one full season in his career), let me relay to you a true story from a Redskins game I witnessed.

The year 2004 was a year of change for the Redskins. They had a new coach in Joe Gibbs and a new QB in Mark Brunell (although calling either of these men new is laughable).

The offense started out very cold. Brunell was playing very safe, throwing every third pass into the stands. The 'Skins didn't turn the ball over much, but they didn't make a play much either.

About halfway through the season the Redskins played the Bengals (I think, the team they played is fuzzy, but the circumstances surrounding the game are etched in my memory) at home and I had tickets.

Brunell started out ice cold. His first eight passes went incomplete, and every miss was followed by louder and louder chants of "Ramsey, Ramsey, Ramsey."

Finally Gibbs had seen enough. He...

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