Even 'Skins are hopeful in pre-season...

[5Stars]

Same off-season garbage coming from the RedStinks...every freaking year, year in and year out!

We should just archive this thread until next off season, break it out around this time next year and save everyone from having to type the same crap over and over and over...!

Never underestimate a Joe Gibb's coached 5 and 11 team...got it!

 

[skinsfunguy]

Or what? He will lose to us some more?

Hes 4-2 against you guys in his three seasons back.

 

[sacase]

Hes 4-2 against you guys in his three seasons back.

hmm I could have sworn it was 3-3...

Don't let those pesky facts get in the way of a good argument.

 

[apickmans]

hmm I could have sworn it was 3-3...

Don't let those pesky facts get in the way of a good argument.

it is 3-3

 

[redskins1]

Same off-season garbage coming from the RedStinks...every freaking year, year in and year out!

We should just archive this thread until next off season, break it out around this time next year and save everyone from having to type the same crap over and over and over...!

Never underestimate a Joe Gibb's coached 5 and 11 team...got it!

I hope what im about to say does not tick off the mods,but you cowboys talk the same thing every year,your pumped your positive,and your club has not won a playoff game in 11 yrs..so why is your team any different from my Commanders?

 

[vicjagger]

The original poster didn't put the author of the article in his post.

Of course the writer is none other than Mark Steven or one Om on Extremeskins. He's a longtime Mod on extremeskins, and while he is a terrific writer (one of the best anywhere on the internet, IMO), he is far, far, far away from unbiased.

This is correct and I am the guilty party. This article is from a blog, written by the Skins fan/moderator mentioned above.

I apologize if anyone thought it was written by a paid journalist.

It is well researched and written....

 

[AsthmaField]

This is correct and I am the guilty party. This article is from a blog, written by the Skins fan/moderator mentioned above.

I apologize if anyone thought it was written by a paid journalist.

It is well researched and written....

No problem with you... I didn't feel like you were trying to pass it off as a real journalist or anything... I just didn't want everyone here to think it was anything but the biased piece that it is.

 

[silverbear]

Against the Steelers I saw an offense that moved the ball down the field very well.

LOL... 228 yards of total offense, 3.9 yards per play, is "moving the ball down the field very well"?? 5.1 yards per pass, 2.0 yards per carry, that sounds like a pretty feeble offensive output to me...

 

[silverbear]

It means don't underestimate a Joe Gibbs-coached football team.

That might have been true once, but isn't any more... this time around, Gibbs is what he is, which is to say he's a sub-.500 coach...

The plain truth is, Gibbs is not doing a good job at all, either as a GM or as a head coach...

 

[5Stars]

That might have been true once, but isn't any more... this time around, Gibbs is what he is, which is to say he's a sub-.500 coach...

The plain truth is, Gibbs is not doing a good job at all, either as a GM or as a head coach...

Easy! Don't break their little hearts, bear!

:laugh2:

 

[silverbear]

While our offense has looked a little shaky this preseason, especially in regards to the running game, it should be of note that our left side of the offensive line has been completely different then what it will be once the season starts. We are using an undrafted rookie at LT and are in the process of trying to find Dockerys replacement. I believe once Samuels comes back we will see a MUCH improved offensive line.

This points out two different, rather serious problems the Skins have on the offensive line:

1) You guys don't have an adequate replacement for Derrick Dockery at guard... I suspect this shortcoming will create another problem, in that Dockery gave Rabach more than a little help at center, help Rabach won't be getting this year... so now you have a hole at guard, and some problem at center...

2) You guys have absolutely no quality depth on the offensive line... even one injury that forces a starter out of the lineup will cause the Skins serious issues... two injuries on the line would be quite devastating...

Finally, I'd say if you think that the return of Samuels will fix all the problems on your offensive line, you're in for a major disappointment... it will help, of course, but there will still be problems with that unit...

 

[silverbear]

Actually our linebackers have looked great this preseason. London Fletcher has been everywhere and 2nd year WLB Rocky McIntosh has probably been our MVP on defense thus far.

While what you say is basically true, it is also true that the Skins are still tinkering with their linebacking corps, having recently sent Lemar Marshall packing and brought in Randall Godfrey...

If the Skins were content with their linebacking corps, I rather doubt they'd be making changes to it at this late date... once again, it looks like a case of your starters being quite adequate, perhaps even good, but your backups represent a serious dropoff in talent...

This has been the Skins' approach for a few years now-- spend all your money on starters, leaving you little to spend on quality backups... this leads to a team that can be competitive so long as they stay really, really healthy... but when the injuries start to pile up, the quality of their play drops off precipitously...

I know that depth is an issue for all teams in the NFL in this era of the salary cap, but the Skins have a good deal less quality depth than most teams...

 

[silverbear]

Yes, Washington does have a dislocated albow. However apparently it is not to big of a deal and he will be starting by week one.

So, you have the guy who is supposed to be your leading tackler trying to play through a dislocated elbow??

Heck, that shouldn't impair his tackling ability any...

I for one like the Godfrey signing. He is a hardnosed vet that knows Greg Williams system.

Godfrey is best known for his cover skills, not for being "hardnosed"... he has more passes defensed and ints than he has sacks...

 

[silverbear]

Easy! Don't break their little hearts, bear!

:laugh2:

No soup for them!!!

 

[5Stars]

No soup for them!!!

They don't need any stupid soup! They live on ART Cheese...made by the St.Gibbs/Midget Cheese Factory!

 

[silverbear]

They don't need any stupid soup! They live on ART Cheese...made by the St.Gibbs/Midget Cheese Factory!

"Art cheese"??

Man, that doesn't even SOUND good...

 

[skinsngibbs4life]

For the record, I do think they'll be better on defense. Kind of hard to do that poorly again... but I just can't see them being a dominant type of unit without any help on the DL.

Just out of curiousty, what was 2004 and 2005 then?

 

[zrinkill]

Hes 4-2 against you guys in his three seasons back.

You must have got those stats from Extreme Skins

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Just out of curiousty, what was 2004 and 2005 then?

it wasn't dominant, just good

 

[AsthmaField]

Just out of curiousty, what was 2004 and 2005 then?

Fair enough question:

2004 and 2005 were the same thing that 2003 was for Dallas' #1 ranked defense: Not Dominant.

Our #1 ranking was for yards surrendered... just like the 2004 and 2005 top 10 (or top 5) rankings were for you guys. That doesn't make it a dominant defense.

You guys were solid against the run and didn't give up too much through the air... but you still didn't get very many sacks, pressures and turnovers... and neither did the 2003 Dallas Cowboys. That's why none of those units are considered dominant. The Ravens of around 2000 was a dominant defense.

Last year's San Diego unit was much more dominant than the Cowboys 2003 #1 ranked unit. Pressure. Pressure and turnovers. That makes a defense dominant.

Now if you consider good against the run, solid against the pass and ranked even in the top 5 to be a dominating defense... then our definition differs significantly.

With your DL, I just can't see you being a dominating defense. Period. You don't have the horses up front.