RAMSEY TO START FOR 'SKINS?
Word out of D.C. is that Patrick "Potato Sack" Ramsey will end up winning the starting job over newcomer Mark Brunell, despite the widely held belief that Brunell was in line to nudge Ramsey to the bench.
An industry source says that the former Jaguars starter looks "terrible" in training camp, and that he's picked up the nickname "Out of Bounds" Brunell due to his errant throws.
Our guess is that Brunell will get an ample opportunity to win the job, since the team game him an $8.6 million bonus as part of a seven-year, $34 million deal. Dropping Brunell on the bench would be tantamount to admitting that they made a big mistake.
Don't expect a formal announcement of any such move, if the 'Skins ultimately decides that Ramsey should get the nod. We're hearing that coach Joe Gibbs is paranoid that spies are tracking the team's activities.
Brunell will play with the first unit on Monday night in Canton, and Ramsey will start the second preseason game. They'll continue to flip-flop until the regular season opens.
In our experience, folks who are obsessed that others are up to something usually are the people who have the foreign objects up their sleeves. Look, then, for Gibbs to keep quiet about the status of the starter for as long as possible, in order to diminish the ability of their Week One opponents, the Buccaneers, to prepare to face Ramsey.
