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Anyone else get the feeling that Joe Gibbs has absolutely no faith in Campbell? I give him three games before Gibbs puts his boy Brunell back starting (hence all the reps he is getting in camp).
Article Summary:
Softest camp ever for Gibbs 2, Jason Campbell not getting the majority of reps at QB, Lloyd sitting, Portis sitting, and no positional battles from a 5-11 team....... poor Skins.. maybe they will finally pick up a D-lineman with next year's top 5 pick.
August 07, 2007
Czabe Feels Bad Wind Blowin' At Commanders Park
Okay, I was trying NOT to be overly negative about the Commanders season. But then I started reading stuff this weekend surrounding the team’s first scrimmage vs. the Ravens.
Now, hold on. I know what you are about to say.
CZABE, YOU ARE SUCH A KNOB!! ONLY RUBES GET PANICKY ABOUT A FREAKIN’ SCRIMMAGE! GET A GRIP!
Look, I didn’t even see the scrimmage, and I don’t care about the scrimmage.
I am getting a bad vibe already just reading and seeing how things around going this time around. To wit…
1. This was supposed to be a season where they did not run a “Country Club Training Camp” like last season. In reality, this year’s camp looks even SOFTER than last.
2. Gibbs has developed an insane injury paranoia these days. I’m not saying he should run the guys into the ground, but he actually held out Jason Campbell from the 11-on-11 part of the Ravens scrimmage because he was afraid he might get hurt. EVEN THOUGH THE QB WAS WEARING A RED JERSEY! {TOOMBS: is Gibbs being careful or is he grooming his boy Brunell for his inevitable return to starting QB?}
3. There’s no heat on marginal performers to keep their jobs. I found it astounding that Brandon Lloyd – the Amazing 0 TD Wonder – actually sat out a practice with “shin splints.” If anybody on this roster should have been told to “get the f*&% out there and practice” with something like that, it’s Lloyd.
4. The coddling of Clinton continues. Portis is no fan of practice or pre-season, and they are sure giving him all the rest he wants. Knee tendonitis or not, it’s apparent: what Clinton wants, Clinton will get. So much for feeling the heat for his starting job from Ladell Betts.
5. For a 5-11 team, I’ve never seen LESS actual battles for positions in my life. This should be a team that’s wide open at 6 or more spots, but in reality the only questions are 1) Will LaRon Landry be ready by Week 1 and 2) Is Randle El the solid #2 wideout. That’s pretty much it.
And finally, I read something very disturbing from Greggggggg Williams (“The Extra G’s Stand For Super GGGGGenius!”)
about how he was going to increase the team’s historically pathetic turnovers (league record low12 last year, thank you…). He said he was instructing all players in practice (when they actually DO practice that is) to JUMP at every loose ball. Including incomplete passes! 
Oooohhhh boy.
I’ve gotta bad vibe. Really, really, really bad vibe. Especially when I look at the D-line. It’s ancient, to put it bluntly. Andre Carter is the “youngster” at 28 (with a surgically repaired back, just to note) with a bunch of 30-something platoon players across the rest of the line. And please don’t say Cornelius Griffin is all that great, because trust me, outside of Washington, nobody talks about him. He just happens to be our “best” D-lineman. That’s all.
Okay, that’s not panic people, that’s just a sober look at things I do NOT like about my team this year. I hope and pray I’m as dead wrong as Dan Rather on election night. But if I’m not wrong, at least I won’t be surprised.
Article Summary:
Softest camp ever for Gibbs 2, Jason Campbell not getting the majority of reps at QB, Lloyd sitting, Portis sitting, and no positional battles from a 5-11 team....... poor Skins.. maybe they will finally pick up a D-lineman with next year's top 5 pick.
August 07, 2007
Czabe Feels Bad Wind Blowin' At Commanders Park
Okay, I was trying NOT to be overly negative about the Commanders season. But then I started reading stuff this weekend surrounding the team’s first scrimmage vs. the Ravens.
Now, hold on. I know what you are about to say.
CZABE, YOU ARE SUCH A KNOB!! ONLY RUBES GET PANICKY ABOUT A FREAKIN’ SCRIMMAGE! GET A GRIP!
Look, I didn’t even see the scrimmage, and I don’t care about the scrimmage.
I am getting a bad vibe already just reading and seeing how things around going this time around. To wit…
1. This was supposed to be a season where they did not run a “Country Club Training Camp” like last season. In reality, this year’s camp looks even SOFTER than last.
2. Gibbs has developed an insane injury paranoia these days. I’m not saying he should run the guys into the ground, but he actually held out Jason Campbell from the 11-on-11 part of the Ravens scrimmage because he was afraid he might get hurt. EVEN THOUGH THE QB WAS WEARING A RED JERSEY! {TOOMBS: is Gibbs being careful or is he grooming his boy Brunell for his inevitable return to starting QB?}
3. There’s no heat on marginal performers to keep their jobs. I found it astounding that Brandon Lloyd – the Amazing 0 TD Wonder – actually sat out a practice with “shin splints.” If anybody on this roster should have been told to “get the f*&% out there and practice” with something like that, it’s Lloyd.
4. The coddling of Clinton continues. Portis is no fan of practice or pre-season, and they are sure giving him all the rest he wants. Knee tendonitis or not, it’s apparent: what Clinton wants, Clinton will get. So much for feeling the heat for his starting job from Ladell Betts.
5. For a 5-11 team, I’ve never seen LESS actual battles for positions in my life. This should be a team that’s wide open at 6 or more spots, but in reality the only questions are 1) Will LaRon Landry be ready by Week 1 and 2) Is Randle El the solid #2 wideout. That’s pretty much it.
And finally, I read something very disturbing from Greggggggg Williams (“The Extra G’s Stand For Super GGGGGenius!”)
about how he was going to increase the team’s historically pathetic turnovers (league record low12 last year, thank you…). He said he was instructing all players in practice (when they actually DO practice that is) to JUMP at every loose ball. Including incomplete passes! Oooohhhh boy.
I’ve gotta bad vibe. Really, really, really bad vibe. Especially when I look at the D-line. It’s ancient, to put it bluntly. Andre Carter is the “youngster” at 28 (with a surgically repaired back, just to note) with a bunch of 30-something platoon players across the rest of the line. And please don’t say Cornelius Griffin is all that great, because trust me, outside of Washington, nobody talks about him. He just happens to be our “best” D-lineman. That’s all.
Okay, that’s not panic people, that’s just a sober look at things I do NOT like about my team this year. I hope and pray I’m as dead wrong as Dan Rather on election night. But if I’m not wrong, at least I won’t be surprised.
