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OUCH!
Just 4 days into the Commanders season, we already have our first DEFCON 1 controversy.
Why exactly, did Shawn Springs NOT start last weekend against Miami? The answer, as has been typical in the Snyder-Gibbs era, is simply lies and vengeance.
Snyder exacts the revenge, and Gibbs is pushed out in front of the mics to lie about it.
If you ever thought that somehow Gibbs would “tame” Danny in a football sense, reel him in, wall him off, you are wrong. Dead wrong.
Dan Snyder continues to play God with his football team on a daily basis. He loves it. He lives it. And that will never change.
If you cross Snyder as a Commander player, you will feel the wrath.
See Coles, Laveranues and the “flat screen TV.”
See Arrington, Lavar and the “he plays out of position” excuse.
Now, it’s Springs’ turn to feel the wrath. Why? He dared to know his true value, and to refuse a pay cut in the off-season. Springs didn’t re-work his contract as the team asked, putting them in a mild salary cap bind.
And believe me, Snyder hasn’t forgotten.
There’s no other rational explanation for Springs being left off the field for big chunks on Sunday as Fred Smoot turned a golden brown by various Dolphin receivers who found generous 10 yard cushions at the line of scrimmage.
Springs was as healthy as he’s ever been as a Commander. He practiced fully all week. He did not appear at all on the injury report.
And yet, here came Saint Joe to lie to the congregation at the Monday press conference.
“We were kind of worried a little the week before about him from a health standpoint,” Gibbs said in his best liar’s poker voice. “Certainly, I am sure he will start this year but we feel like we’re real solid at corner and we’ve got three guys there who have started a bunch.”
Sure.
Smoot was benched in Minnesota last year and gladly released from one of the worst pass defenses in the NFL.
Springs meanwhile has a $5 million cap number, and his absence was widely, and consistently mentioned as the reason why the Skins D had bottomed out last season.
Sure, “we’ve got three solid guys”. Go lie to somebody else Joe. This is not 1984. The sports media marketplace has changed. Fans and media know way more, and everything is scrutinized. You don’t have the Lombardi trophies to hide behind this go ‘round.
I had said before that Gibbs seemed delusional at times about certain things happening to, and around, his football team. I had even dubbed him “Corrado Gibbs” for his sometimes Uncle Junior-like disconnect from reality.
But I never felt that he was lying in a direct, and cynical sense. I always thought that it was just Joe’s desperate “coping mechanism” in order to cushion the disappointment of his comeback record.
No more. The jig is up. He’s just a liar. And a bad one at that.
Remember the “Archuleta hasn’t been benched, he’s out there in ‘packages’ comments” from last year? Good times.
Said Springs: “I felt better going into that game Sunday than I have in four years. I don’t know what Gibbs is talking about.”
To quote Steve Buckhantz: “Dagger!”
Why would Gibbs stoop to such levels just to carry out a Danny grudge? Because Joe’s massive salary and racing team success requires it. He’s not stupid, Gibbs. He’s just compromising a little bit of his coaching integrity. It happens all the time. Many of us just thought that Saint Joe was beyond such hard cold financial calculations.
We were duped.
But hey, on the bright side, Gibbs’ racing team has never been stronger. The #11 FedEx car was made possible by this return to NFL coaching and the wonderful corporate suite synergies at FedEx Field. Kyle Busch is coming on next year, and Toyota has backed up their Tundra truck full of cash for Gibbs to switch makers for next year.
Life is good. Relax. We may even win a few football games this year, if that matters to anybody.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
OUCH!
Just 4 days into the Commanders season, we already have our first DEFCON 1 controversy.
Why exactly, did Shawn Springs NOT start last weekend against Miami? The answer, as has been typical in the Snyder-Gibbs era, is simply lies and vengeance.
Snyder exacts the revenge, and Gibbs is pushed out in front of the mics to lie about it.
If you ever thought that somehow Gibbs would “tame” Danny in a football sense, reel him in, wall him off, you are wrong. Dead wrong.
Dan Snyder continues to play God with his football team on a daily basis. He loves it. He lives it. And that will never change.
If you cross Snyder as a Commander player, you will feel the wrath.
See Coles, Laveranues and the “flat screen TV.”
See Arrington, Lavar and the “he plays out of position” excuse.
Now, it’s Springs’ turn to feel the wrath. Why? He dared to know his true value, and to refuse a pay cut in the off-season. Springs didn’t re-work his contract as the team asked, putting them in a mild salary cap bind.
And believe me, Snyder hasn’t forgotten.
There’s no other rational explanation for Springs being left off the field for big chunks on Sunday as Fred Smoot turned a golden brown by various Dolphin receivers who found generous 10 yard cushions at the line of scrimmage.
Springs was as healthy as he’s ever been as a Commander. He practiced fully all week. He did not appear at all on the injury report.
And yet, here came Saint Joe to lie to the congregation at the Monday press conference.
“We were kind of worried a little the week before about him from a health standpoint,” Gibbs said in his best liar’s poker voice. “Certainly, I am sure he will start this year but we feel like we’re real solid at corner and we’ve got three guys there who have started a bunch.”
Sure.
Smoot was benched in Minnesota last year and gladly released from one of the worst pass defenses in the NFL.
Springs meanwhile has a $5 million cap number, and his absence was widely, and consistently mentioned as the reason why the Skins D had bottomed out last season.
Sure, “we’ve got three solid guys”. Go lie to somebody else Joe. This is not 1984. The sports media marketplace has changed. Fans and media know way more, and everything is scrutinized. You don’t have the Lombardi trophies to hide behind this go ‘round.
I had said before that Gibbs seemed delusional at times about certain things happening to, and around, his football team. I had even dubbed him “Corrado Gibbs” for his sometimes Uncle Junior-like disconnect from reality.
But I never felt that he was lying in a direct, and cynical sense. I always thought that it was just Joe’s desperate “coping mechanism” in order to cushion the disappointment of his comeback record.
No more. The jig is up. He’s just a liar. And a bad one at that.
Remember the “Archuleta hasn’t been benched, he’s out there in ‘packages’ comments” from last year? Good times.
Said Springs: “I felt better going into that game Sunday than I have in four years. I don’t know what Gibbs is talking about.”
To quote Steve Buckhantz: “Dagger!”
Why would Gibbs stoop to such levels just to carry out a Danny grudge? Because Joe’s massive salary and racing team success requires it. He’s not stupid, Gibbs. He’s just compromising a little bit of his coaching integrity. It happens all the time. Many of us just thought that Saint Joe was beyond such hard cold financial calculations.
We were duped.
But hey, on the bright side, Gibbs’ racing team has never been stronger. The #11 FedEx car was made possible by this return to NFL coaching and the wonderful corporate suite synergies at FedEx Field. Kyle Busch is coming on next year, and Toyota has backed up their Tundra truck full of cash for Gibbs to switch makers for next year.
Life is good. Relax. We may even win a few football games this year, if that matters to anybody.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
