Commanders Still 7m over the cap of 102m...maybe

[Jarv]

If Sean Taylor is convicted and sent to jail, is that a big cap hit on you guys ?

 

[1fisher]

it was my fault for trying to have an actual, intelligent football debate with 1fisher. what was i thinking?

sorry about bringing you down....Mr Intellegent... go on back to ES where you can gloat!

 

[Chuck 54]

If Sean Taylor is convicted and sent to jail, is that a big cap hit on you guys ?

I think they can suspend him without pay for being unavailable.

 

[Chuck 54]

Once again, some fans have laughed prematurely. Looks like the Commanders will have upwards of 15 million in free money this year...whatever they are doing seems to continue working for them.

http://Commanders.scout.com/2/506822.html

I hear lots of arguing over radio reports...did anyone actually read the article here, dated just yesterday in reaction to the new CBA: http://Commanders.scout.com/2/506822.html

 

[kingwhicker]

you'll never be able to reason with a skins fan....... they can't see beyond their burgundy glasses and hog noses!:laugh2:

Commanders fans=MostIgnorantFanBaseInSports (MIFBIS)- plain and simple

 

[DragonCowboy]

lol, latest report on ES..."LeCharles Bentley to Skins!!!"

 

[silverbear]

and if you're content gambling on chemistry. Then I'll just wish you good luck.

Where did you get the notion that I was "content gambling on chemistry"?? I said that was the response of the Skins fans I encountered last year when the Skins weren't being all that active...

Me, I believe what Jimmy Johnson believed, you win with playmakers... the team with the most talent wins a lot more often than not...

We had our fair share of injuries.

No, really, you didn't... not until late in the season... to the best of my recollection (I researched the subject a few months back), the Skins had 2 players on IR going into their 14th game (the one where Randy Thomas broke his leg against the Boys)... we're talking about Brandon Noble, and he wasn't even able to put on a uniform in training camp, so that wasn't a big loss, and David Patten, who got IR'ed after week 9...

They were just very low compared to the past few years. We lost Rogers for a number of games

He played 12 games...

Springs for a few.

He missed 1 game...

Lavar wasn't right until later in the season.

Missed 3 games, 2 of them in December... I'd call that "later in the season", wouldn't you?? And I think (but I'm not sure) that the game he missed early in the season was a coach's decision, not a decision forced by injury...

Patten

Already gave you that one...

Thrash, Jacobs, Brunell,

Thrash missed 4 games, Jacobs 1, Brunell played in all 16...

Randy Thomas all missed time for injuries

Thomas started all 14 games until he broke his leg, which is consistent with my claim that the Skins stayed healthy until "late in the season"...

and Sean Taylor missed the 1st Tampa game because he was hurt.

Wow, one whole game??

Griffin missed a few games. Wynn broke him arm.

Griffin missed 3 games, it's true... Wynn didn't miss any...

So, you've given me 7 players besides the 2 I already gave you, none of whom went on IR, but who combined to miss all of 18 games (17, if I'm right about the early season game that Arrington missed being due to a coach's decision and not an injury)... add in the 2 games missed by Thomas and the 7 missed by Patten, and you have 9 players who were hurt sufficiently badly to miss a LITTLE time (only one of them missed more than 4 games), combining for 29 games missed...

The Cowboys had THREE players who combined to miss 26 games, three starters who wound up on IR-- Flozell Adams, Dat Nguyen and Al Singleton... they had a lot of other players who missed time, too... I'll bet if you added them all up, you'd find that the Boys' players missed nearly twice as many games as their Skins' counterparts did...

I repeat, the Skins were quite fortunate on the injury front last year, by normal NFL standards...

So..... what you're saying is. you need health AND good fortune. Like every other team in the league.

Not every other team in the league is as thin as the Skins are... some are, most of the good ones aren't...

Give me a real #2 WR, 1 outside LB with some depth along the lines and secondary...and I'll be happy with that offseason.

So, all the Skins need to do is find about 8 good players??

Good luck gettin' that job done, with no first round pick, and less than an optimal cap situation... meanwhile, if the Boys were able to add six quality free agents last year with their cap room, it is entirely reasonable to expect them at add seven or eight more with their greater cap room this offseason, and they still have their first round pick...

I ask you, which team is in better position to upgrade their talent more significantly this offseason (barring really stupid moves on either team's part)??

BTW, I'd suggest you need a bit more than "depth" in your secondary, when the only semi-reliable DBs you currently have under contract are Springs, Taylor, Rogers and Prioleau... IMO, they need to make re-signing Clark a priority, then they need to pursue at least one and possibly two free agents, and then they need to draft one as well... you need at least seven good DBs, and right now you guys are three short... as for your offensive line, it's my opinion that position should be priority one, if you guys want to become serious Super Bowl contenders in the near future... you simply can't count on your starting five staying healthy all season long (and I don't think that Rabach is all that in the first place)...

 

[silverbear]

Absolutely right, Silverbear, quality depth is critical to going all the way. Injuries are simply a fact of life in the NFL, especially late in the year when the play becomes much more intense. Witness the difference in the Cowboys in the first half vs. the second half last year. The Skins basically have a good squad but it's thin and that will be its Achilles' heel.

The flip side of that coin is that any team that stays healthy for most of the season, and I mean ANY team, is likely to find themselves in the playoffs...

 

[5Stars]

Man!! silverbear is slapping these Commanders around like little kids! :laugh1:

 

[theogt]

feel free to post a coherent, intelligent response rather than random insults.

Yet another laughable post. Lets see if you can distinguish which post has more substance and intelligence.

Post #1 - Washington played their hand well.

Post #2 - Washington did not play their hand well.

More words does not equal substance or intelligence. Pot, meet kettle.

 

[WoodysGirl]

Some of you in this thread need to tone it down.

If you think this post is directed at you, then it probably is...

 

[silverbear]

lol, latest report on ES..."LeCharles Bentley to Skins!!!"

Why would they want Bentley, when they went out and signed the immortal Casey Rabach last year??

Could it be that the Skins didn't think Rabach played all that well last season??

 

[silverbear]

Man!! silverbear is slapping these Commanders around like little kids! :laugh1:

A rotten 'tude combined with the ability to research facts is a lethal combination...

 

[david_jackson]

I find the Commander fans as intellegent and well informed as any other NonCowboy fan. Of course they have their bandwagoners that can't see reality past their biasis......but then that is true of other club's fans as well.

I think the fact that this board lets strong opinions contrary to the majority be posted here is what make this a great board. I welcome the imput of Riggo, Talen and others....The sharp disagreement keep thing interesting.

 

[riggo]

I find the Commander fans as intellegent and well informed as any other NonCowboy fan. Of course they have their bandwagoners that can't see reality past their biasis......but then that is true of other club's fans as well.

I think the fact that this board lets strong opinions contrary to the majority be posted here is what make this a great board. I welcome the imput of Riggo, Talen and others....The sharp disagreement keep thing interesting.

thank you. much obliged.

 

[riggo]

Yet another laughable post. Lets see if you can distinguish which post has more substance and intelligence.

Post #1 - Washington played their hand well.

Post #2 - Washington did not play their hand well.

More words does not equal substance or intelligence. Pot, meet kettle.

agreed. more words do not equal more substance or intelligence.

was there another point to this post?

 

[theogt]

agreed. more words do not equal more substance or intelligence.

was there another point to this post?

Sure there was. Lets work on the reading comp skills. You said #1. I said #2. You accused me of lacking substance and intelligence when I was holding up a mirror.

 

[1fisher]

Some of you in this thread need to tone it down.

If you think this post is directed at you, then it probably is...

:whip:

 

[riggo]

Sure there was. Lets work on the reading comp skills. You said #1. I said #2. You accused me of lacking substance and intelligence when I was holding up a mirror.

now, we're getting somewhere. (the old 'reading comp skills', though not original, is a good one when you need that little extra 'oomph' to make your point.)

this board was littered with posts proclaiming the skins as being in cap hell. it appears that not only are they not in cap hell, they are pursuing some free agents.

so, how did they 'not manage their cap well'?

 

[riggo]

:whip:

i think she was talking about you, fish.