while brunell's age and injury prone-ness are definitely factors in why he didn't last last season, i don't think that that was the only factor, nor the biggest factor. i think in the end of the season, we had nobody for brunell to throw it to. by the close of the season many teams were catching on to the fact that santana was his #1 target. he started geting covered hard and we all know we didn't have much talent at WR after moss. portis was getting banged up and although i think he's one hell of a soldier, he couldn't carry the load as well as he could in the beginning of the season. and cooley, basically our only other option, was getting owned after our second game against you guys. so with no options to throw to, brunell couldn't get the stats. so while everyone blames his age for his stats slipping at the end of last season, remember that there are more things that contribute to how well a QB plays than his own abilities.