Mark Brunell vs. Steve Young

jcsteel66 said:

The OP raises a good question.  The answer depends on your scheme.  I'm using Brunell with Set Feet Lead, Hot Route Master & Fearless for 5 AP.  I run the Jets playbook and a Gun Split scheme that relies on the run, complemented by quick & intermediate passes.  That works GREAT with Brunell's Slinger 1 release.  Now, Brunell is NOT great on the super deep throws, as Slinger 1 struggles with passes >40 yards downfield.

So if your scheme doesn't rely on a ton of bombs, I'd go with Brunell.  If you want to be able to throw bombs with a good release, stick with Young.

Good to see you on this site JC. Always value your input brother.

I run gun split also actually. Mostly with Ekeler because of his receiving skills. But I run it from the Niners O because I like the Deebo package also. I am actually going with Danny Dimes (I really prefer HRM but I am honoring my Giants for now by using him. With gunslinger his release is much better than I expected it to be).

When I run the ball traditionally I am using that Quadfather card because I like power running

wkward83 said:

So I sold Brunell and got young and I have no regrets . Young is doing doing great for me and his release with gunsling actually feels a bit fast than Brunells to me . Really enjoying the young card.

Nice! I’m enjoying using Young as well. Probably gonna stick with him for a while.

jcsteel66 said:

The OP raises a good question.  The answer depends on your scheme.  I'm using Brunell with Set Feet Lead, Hot Route Master & Fearless for 5 AP.  I run the Jets playbook and a Gun Split scheme that relies on the run, complemented by quick & intermediate passes.  That works GREAT with Brunell's Slinger 1 release.  Now, Brunell is NOT great on the super deep throws, as Slinger 1 struggles with passes >40 yards downfield.

So if your scheme doesn't rely on a ton of bombs, I'd go with Brunell.  If you want to be able to throw bombs with a good release, stick with Young.

Thanks for the advice! I do take my team in the short/mid range to work my way down the field. I throw a couple bombs when I see the opportunity but the opportunities seem to be getter fewer with faster DB’s lately.

I still plan on at least trying Brunell once I can buy his 96 closer to 400k. If I don’t like it as well I will switch back to Young. I am interested in giving Fearless a try.

SlowAndSteady said:

Thanks for the advice! I do take my team in the short/mid range to work my way down the field. I throw a couple bombs when I see the opportunity but the opportunities seem to be getter fewer with faster DB’s lately.

I still plan on at least trying Brunell once I can buy his 96 closer to 400k. If I don’t like it as well I will switch back to Young. I am interested in giving Fearless a try.

You won’t go back to Young but I’m guessing you will keep him at backup like I did.  He’s fun.  Brunell without GS and just running fearless and SFL to me just plays way better and gives me a better record in H2H.  He’s a faster left handed Elway after all.   Like you, I use short/mid to work down field and only bomb when I catch my opponent sleeping.  3ap is nice but even with HRM 5ap is nice too.  When I ran Elway I used GS. I can barely tell that I’m not using it on Brunell.  He’s the best in game I do believe.