a Reason for Optimism....with fingers crossed

by CJHutch on Oct 23, 2009 9:11 PM EDT Comment 10 comments

OK fellas, I started to put this on Sugar's "Dash of Hope" post, but it was starting to take a wrong turn into the abyss. I KNOW everyone is tired of the drama and futility of this team. I am as well. (and I STILL can't believe the dropped Marcus) We all know that things aren't gonna get better for good until Danny either sells the team or has an epiphany and hires a REAL GM. We also know we're doomed in the long run without a professional grade offensive line. The problem right now is, none of that can be addressed at least until the offseason. In the meantime, there are still games going on and I don't know about the rest of you jackasses, but I'm still planning on tuning in every week to watch this team, painful as it may be. So, with that said, let's see if we can uncover a silver lining here.

First of all, what has been one of the biggest concerns over this team for the past few years? (On the field, that is) I think it's the fact that we play down to our opponents. Obviously this sucks when you have a string of games against the dregs of the league. But the flip side if this coin is, we also play WELL against the better teams. Which means, HOPEFULLY, we haven't seen this teams best performance yet. Do they break out their 'A' game against the Eagles on Monday night (another problem for us) to show a spark still exists within the dying embers? Personally, I think it's a very good possibility. Obviously there's the fact that we swept them last year, which means we can beat them. Next, the blueprint for beating them is fresh with their loss to a team worse than us last week. Then when you factor in their O-line issues (almost as bad as ours), and their injuries around the rest of the roster, the sun seems to be trying it's best to pierce that black cloud that's been hovering over us.

Obviously Philly can score points. But McNabb isn't the athlete he used to be, which Oakland proved last week. So if our defense can continue to improve in the pass rush, this may be the first time in a LONG time where we actually get to McNabb consistently. Boy wouldn't that be nice. Couple that with the fact that there's a good possibility that we could have the right plays called at the right time on offense this week, and I starting to get a little tingly. How about you?

One more thing - as I'm writing this I'm recalling the last time our season was seemingly past the point of no return this early . OK, OTHER than the Spurrier years. Anyway, I'm thinking of the Marty year. And I'm remembering a certain dynamic playmaker at SLB making a play that turned our season around. Could THIS be the week Orakpophobia is unleashed?

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I'm with you

I know the team sucks and the owner is the anti-christ but I still wanna win every game we have. Plus I’d love to win our 4th straight against the Eagles. The real key to the Eagles-Skins matchups the previous 2 seasons was that Fletcher shuts down all the screens and stuff they do for Westbrook. Fletch runs that down or blankets Westbrook in coverage. I am worried about the D-Hall-D. Jackson matchup. This is gonna be a big week for our defensive line. I love how Mosley from ESPN labels Haynesworth the biggest disappointment when that dude makes 2-4 great plays a game and Philly invested a bajillion dollars in the Andrews brothers in a truly Snyderrato-type obvious to fail plan. Totally Lazy reporting. Shawn Andrews was a OG who struggled with his weight and had missed the previous season to depression and a serious back injury. So they decide to move him to RT and sign his brother, Stacy, for big bucks even though that dude was in the process of recovering from a serious knee injury. Stacy is a 3rd string guard and Shawn hasn’t played all season. Great plan Iggles!! Anyways I think we might see Orakpo’s first multi-sack game(he’s had atleast 1/2 sack the last 4 games).
Thanks for putting a substantive football post up. It sucks how nowadays around HH you have to start every post or comment with a diatribe about the owner/O-line/ blah blah blah or else your labeled as some clueless Snyder lover. I doubt anyone on this site supports Snyder or thinks the O-line is good. It’s a given it doesn’t need to be mentioned every time. So thanks for putting something up about the game this week instead of a rehashing of what everyone knows.

by BayAreaBullet on Oct 23, 2009 10:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

U R Spot on Dude

"I love how Mosley from ESPN labels Haynesworth the biggest disappointment when that dude makes 2-4 great plays a game "

I would just like to add one more point, last season our DE’s had what, maybe 4 sacks each for the season IF THAT, and now with Big Al they are getting to the QB every single game

I have not checked the stats but I would not be suprised if we already had more Sacks this year than we did for the whole of last season

Pommylee

by Pommylee on Oct 25, 2009 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Our defense has 11 sacks

in the last 3 games. 15 total this season and 24 last season.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvIX3S0f-2c&feature=player_embedded

by VA_Skin on Oct 25, 2009 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yet they still criticise Haynesworth

I get it that he gets paid a hell of a lot of money, but he is playing well and more importantly his presence is helping others play well.

The one good thing about Snyder is he will spend the money and I know the Draft is the way to go, but I dont mind Free Agency, that way you pick up established players without sacrificing picks, the Salary cap is another story but we always seem to be over and dont get punished in any way so I am not sure how the Cap is enforced anywayy…. going off on a tangent here so I will stop..

Basically HAYNESWORTH IS DOING FINE and I am glad I have found some ppl on here who agree, cos the radio dudes, sonny and Larry Michael and that constantly criticise him ( I live in Australia and wake at 4am to listen to the radio broadcase of games, so not sure if the TV ppl are as harsh on him also)

Pommylee

by Pommylee on Oct 25, 2009 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Carter has like 2 more sacks than last year

becuase he doesn’t see double teams any more. Orakpo helps with that but Haynesworth is having a pretty good year and I think he gets alot of credit for ressurecting the corpse of Andre carter.

by BayAreaBullet on Oct 26, 2009 5:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Salary Cap Space

The main problem for the Redskins and free agency is that they have tended to give a few players too much money which prevents them from being a more balanced team. It becomes a dead end strategy. Above replacement, replacement, below replacement quality (baseball terms) applied to the Skins.. Rick Tandler discussed this when evaluating the Skins’s roster – http://realredskins.com/2009/10/the-talent-imbalance.html

by Jefferson1935 on Oct 26, 2009 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs