Shawn Springs to have surgery

not throw in the towel, just keep a big eye on the waiver wire and see about some last minute trades...not involving 49ers..

Springs is my favorite Redskin so it sucks to see him out. But better in August/early September than November/early December.

As has already been mentioned in this thread and others injuries are part of the game, and depth is a concern no matter what team you root for. But let's not forget that we have Gibbs, Williams, and Saunders. No other team has that. We (and almost everyone else) have talked all off-season about how getting Al Saunders was our biggest acquisition "Look what he did in KC, top ranked offense with Eddie Kennison, Marc Boeritger, and Samie Parker as his top WRs." And on defense, "Look at Gregg Williams, top ranked defense with an undrafted free agent leading the charge at middle linebacker. And he's got three defensive coordinators on his staff!" And don't forget Gibbs "This guy has won 3 Super Bowls with 3 different QBs and RBs. He won with Mark Rypien at QB! He won with Timmy Smith at RB!"

Obviously having your full starting roster and having talent helps. But, and I may be wrong, I don't think either way it's really talent that's going to separate us from the rest. It's our coaching staff and what they can do those 53 men (talented or not so talented).

I agree here, TAF. Injuries in today's NFL and depth concerns are the norm. Man just look around the league right now, actually I think we're still in good shape. If I had my druthers, I would rather the O-line go into the season completely healthy with Portis a little dinged than have it the other way around. The Panthers just got Steve Smith back, and you can bet they'll be holding him out of some things until they feel comfortable with the hamstring injury. We all know how those flare up. Speaking of the Panthers remember last year they lost their most dominant DL for the season and they still knocked on the door for the big dance. My only point is, we can't become unraveled, we just to allow the coaches to ,well, coach someone up till these ailments work themselves out.

As far as Prealou (sp) I think he's more of safety/nickel type.

I just rewatched the Bengals scrimmage again. Aside from the INT by Brunell, running totally vanilla schemes our first team offense looked GREAT. If we can get Portis and Springs back by the Cowboys game, we are going to be FINE.

Why didn't we get Andre Dyson or Ty Law?

I just rewatched the Bengals scrimmage again. Aside from the INT by Brunell, running totally vanilla schemes our first team offense looked GREAT. If we can get Portis and Springs back by the Cowboys game, we are going to be FINE.

I thought the same thing after rewatching the first two series. They were using a plain jane offensive scheme and ran only three running plays yet were moving the ball relatively well. I don't think anyone needs to go into panic mode just yet.

Passing game looked pretty good too. Portis will come back fine. I'm slightly more worried about Springs, but as long as he's back for the Cowboys game, I'm good.

paulskin do you accept my apology? and 12th, keep it up and ill start posting the pictures...oppps


No problem dmek, I think with some counseling we'll be ok, maybe Dr. Phil.

I just rewatched the Bengals scrimmage again. Aside from the INT by Brunell, running totally vanilla schemes our first team offense looked GREAT. If we can get Portis and Springs back by the Cowboys game, we are going to be FINE.

Yeah. Didn't the starting defense play three series? And didn't two of those series end in 3-and-outs resulting in punts on 4th and 26 and 4th and 17 or something like that?

The starting D looked downright NASTY to me. Daniels, Salave'a and Griffin all got really good penetration.