Excellent perspective on Pats game

If Robert Kraft died, then yes.

Damn. You cold

Too soon? ;)

Oh I get it... because of what the giants did to us after THEIR owner died last year.

Very good.

oh... thats funny... i get jokes...

In related news, Dan Snyder has agreed to "die" every Thursday this season. Ok, I better stop now...TMC, I'll see you in hell I guess

I get the top bunk!

Of course they would, they've done similar things in the past.

In 2004 Gregg Williams wanted Sean Taylor to get a taste of getting burned in a preseason game against the Rams, so he left him with no help and go figure he got burned. Williams basically laughed at the media after the game saying they didn't know what the hell was going on when they asked why the secondary was so shaky.

Think of these preseason games as an extension of practice. The coaches are setting up certain scenarios, letting mismatches get created against them, all to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of individual players.

They're coming at these games from an entirely different perspective than we can probably even totally understand. We look at the score, stats, and if player A got beat by player B. I can guarantee they're looking at things ALOT differently than we are.

Wasn't Gibbs' postgame reactions a little odd after the Patriots game?? He didn't look frazzled or frustrated as he usually does after a loss, especially a complete ass whoppin' like that.

What better time is there to give the team a taste of humility than when the games don't count? What better time to strike a fire in this team's belly than in the preseason? What better frame of reference for the team to have headed into a nationally televised season opener than this horrible preseason?? You just know the coaches are using this to their advantage, so when the team comes out of that tunnel on 9/11 they're going to be chomping at the bit to show the world what they're really made of.

well i really didnt think of it like that...getting burned on one single play okay....but to basically "throw a game" in essence as a motivation ploy?....i dont know seems like i am drawing at one heck of a straw. I am a die hard redskin fan of 34 years and I am just a little worried to play like this. There have been no glimpses of any promise except for maybe Jason Campbell. I have liked alot of what I have seen of him. All I can say my friend is I hope you are right.

OK so in this guys mind getting your QB get hit what 5 or 6 times is part of a game plan to see if he can stay healthy.

Look we all know coaches don't try to show a lot and try to put their team in scenarios to see how the can handle it and correct some things before the season starts.

But if that was the case and as much said it of oline with only 5 lineman and quick passes still the scenario was a loss Brunnel couldn't move the ball the Oline couldn't protect him the D looked vanilla against a Patriot's team that also wasn't trying to show much.

And in 3 games the offense hasn't click you can say any scenario Saunders or Gibbs are trying to see of their players but at some point they want to see what they've been practicing work move some chains get rhythm and some confidence in the system.

Look is not time to push the panic button at all but you can't be so naive to say everything is OK it was all planned Gibbs meant to made your offense look like crap for 3 games in a row and the defense look lost and out of position the hole game it's just not real.

You say all this stuff, but do you REALLY think this team has regressed THIS much while keeping the entire offensive and defensive lines intact? The Redskins have only added quality players while losing only malcontents.

You say all this stuff, but do you REALLY think this team has regressed THIS much while keeping the entire offensive and defensive lines intact? The Redskins have only added quality players while losing only malcontents.

that's all true MC, but we also totally rejiggered the offense. took us most of last season to get Gibbs' offense working right. and we were working with it for years.

i'm concerned changing to Saunders's scheme may have been a bigger disruption to this offense than anticipated.