Ten Yard Fight: Don't Bogart the Rex

Well done.

1. Rex Grossman, Rex Grossman, Rex Grossman…what’s the big deal? Listen, Rex Grossman isn’t some quarterback you spend a lot of time critiquing and analyzing. He is a drug you inject on Sundays and ride out. Sometimes it is good and sometimes it freaks you out. It is a hell of a rush either way. As long as we are awaiting the next Chosen One’s arrival, I say we keep trotting out the Human Needle and mainlining the unpredictability.

Next year, when Jenkins comes back, and we’ve further solidified our team. Kerrigan will no longer be a rookie, and will come into his own.

I love the piling in Tony Romo!

"I don’t understand this guy," Sanders said, via the Dallas Morning News. "Just when you want to believe in him, heroic effort, came back against San Francisco, they said punctured lung and everything. And we praised him, we said, ‘Yeah, he’s that leader, he’s their guy.’ And then you come and do this. What are you thinking? Sooner or later we’ve just got to quit guessing and assuming that this guy’s is the guy to get you over the hump, and say, ‘You know what? This guy is always going to be great statistically, but he’s not that guy that can take you to where you want to go.’ And that’s the Super Bowl.

Geez, I mean….even Rex took a team to the Super Bowl!!! LMBO

Barnes has done some nice things, but he’s also worried me on more plays than I’d like.

The skins of old were not only good but also fun to watch and had characters you loved to identify with. We had the hogs, the fun bunch, just to name two.

Unfortunately the game is different today and probably not comparable to the days of old.
If we could bring back the collect high five celebration then maybe we can start comparing.

Meanwhile, it is good to see that we are going back to getting the right kind of players needed for building not only a good team but hopefully one that will dominate the division once again!

Go SKins!

If Luck is the guy and the pick is for sale, I’m probably just asking whomever owns the pick to tell me what it will cost and then gladly pay it. If we find ourselves deep in the first round, we will be out of range of the elite quarterbacks in the draft anyway, so we might as well pay for the best.

This team is now built to run, protect the QB and play defense. I would much rather have another QB that won’t cost this team the future, or draft another offensive lineman or receiver.

Last decade was Samuels and Jansen, two high picks at a premium position playing outstanding football and making us forget how hard it is to find quality tackles.

This decade, it’ll be Sackpo and Kerrigan doing the exact same thing at the outside linebacker position. The only difference is that both of them might make the pro bowl in the same year at least once, which Jansen was never able to do.

but does anyone else think the offense has taken a step back since Cooley has been on the field more?

This team has a long, long way to go to match the enjoyability, and lovability of those 80s teams. Just think of the large personalities (Manly, Clark, Riggo, Theismann) the solid, quiet production (Monk, Green, Sanders, Didier, Butz, Olkewicz) and, of course the unit that all the success was built on, The Hogs. They were consistent, fun to watch, and not only won, but did so in often dominating fashion, yet respectful to the game and their opponents. We are lucky to have seen that group perform.

This team is nice. Perhaps as nice as we’ve had in 20 years. But they have to be more than 3-1 to be in the discussion and they have to do it every year for 10+ years. Here’s hoping.

aren’t at all warranted yet. Those teams had multiple HOF players in their primes. Sean Taylor was probably HOF had he lived. Orakkpo could develop, but isn’t close to that level now. Also, this team hasn’t shown anything yet. The first super bowl was a surprise team, but after that, you could tell before the year even started. After the Miami game, they were essentially expected to win, led the league in scoring, and lost to the raiders due to overconfidence. The second and third super bowl winners had both lost in the NFC championship the year before, so they were expected to win. Especially the 91 team, which could have gone undefeated except one bad day in Dallas.

This team isn’t all there yet, but you can see the path towards there. For the first time since Gibbs 1, there is more than hope, there is a realistic reason to expect some future success.

I would like to hear from some of the older readers—those who recall the teams from the 80’s under Joe Gibbs. I was just a wee lad, but I remember those teams being impossible not to love. Let’s not compare this team to those in an X’s and O’s fashion. Talk about how this team makes you feel relative to those Super Bowl teams. Is it just me or is the current iteration beginning to challenge those old teams in terms of lovability?

A lot of great players but it was not the players as much as it was the system, remember 3 superbowls with 3 different QBs. Joe Gibbs established football which was considered Redskin’s football, players changed but the system remained and the results were achieved.

I see the same thing starting with the new Shanahan Redskins, some great players but it’s about the game planning and system players that build a team to produce a winner. A very very similar feeling to 80’s just a different type system, I’m getting excited about what the next 10 years bring with the Redskins!

While I agree with some of what the earlier posters said my take is a little different. It wasn’t one thing with those teams it was everything. You had a great front office that you knew would bring in the right people, You had a coaching staff that had the team prepared every week., and of course you had a core group of (for the most part) lifelong Skins such as Monk, Green, Mann, Manley, Butz, The Hogs, etc. that you loved for the long term.

The excitement with this team is that we are starting down that path. After 1982 you had a confidence that we would go out and win. After 1987 it was expected we would be in contention for the Superbowl. Now the 1991 team was something else. They were Gods and you knew we were taking it that season.

It seems like we are getting ready to start down that path again. That’s what is great about this team.

promoting drug use…

…may still be good luck because then we could find a way to trade down, or just draft a solid Center.

but they’ve got some great stuff. Dukes was just going off on Tony Romo. Straight up ripping on the guy. It was great.

Trading everything away for Luck is to risky. I Know he seems to be the guy with the most potenial but I would rather fill up other positions of need or have the coaches draft a different QB with the 1st or 2nd round pick. Maybe 3rd round but would be a QB that would most likely need more time.

Just a gut feeling no QBs will be worthy in the 1st round or rather all the good ones will be gone so we’ll end up picking an interior lineman and then taking Nick Foles in the 2nd Round. Probably a Cornerback in the 3rd round.

For Luck will be too high. I have NEVER-NEVERNEVERNEVERNEVER- been an advocate for trading up. However, I think next year may be the time to do it. Multiple factors come into play to make the planets seemingly align.

1 – We have completely revamped the age and overall talent of our roster.
2 – (kinda goes with 1) we just had more than double the amount of our normal draft picks. Who knows, maybe Shanny and Bruce planned it this way: replenish us with young talent this year, so that we can absorb the hit of having less draftees next year.
3 – its almost like we’re already getting a first round talent next year with the return of JJ. Sure, its iffy on whether he will comeback at the same level, but aren’t all draft picks “iffy”? And the same argument applies to whether his preseason production would’ve definitely translated to the regular season. It’s not like you wouldn’t ask that question of any other early drafted rookie. On the other hand, does anyone around here not believe that, even though he was still a high draft pick, we most likely hit the jackpot by getting first round talent in the 2nd round? Personally, I think he’s gonna come back BETTER, as long as he sticks to his claim of working out and eating better to get himself in better shape for next year.
4 – while we definitely have a bunch of youth who will (hopefully) help us for years to come, it would be nice to see guys like Fletch and Tana enjoy some success here before their time is up. The earlier we can get our “franchise QB” up and running, the sooner it’ll be before the (so far pretty good looking) team we have now can take that next step.

For years I’ve been saying, along with many of you, that we shouldn’t draft a QB because we don’t have a good enough team around him. Well, I think we have that team now. Not just because we’re 3-1, but because the young talent and exuberance is evident. I think we fit the Atlanta and Matt Ryan/ Baltimore and Flacco mold moreso than the Houston with David Carr/ Detroit with Joey Harrington mold.

Forget about Baltimore and Dilfer, or even Chicago and Rex. Look around the league – there are more very good to great QB’s in the game than there have been at one time in a long time. These days, the way to win is with at least very good QB play. The way to DOMINATE is with great QB play. Sign me up for door #2.

By the way, like I said, Luck would cost us too much. But how come nobody’s weighed in on trading up for Jones?