Some Recent Skins Articles....

Peter King

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...rankings/5.html

preseason ranking:

18. Washington. I can't think of a team in the NFL with more questions. With a big need at pass-rusher, the Redskins stayed out of the free-agent market totally and went receiver-tight end-receiver on their first three draft picks. I don't know if Jason Campbell is the long-term answer at quarterback; certainly the Redskins don't know either. Can Jim Zorn head-coach? Who knows? The one thing I do know is I like Dan Snyder getting off the Steinbrenner-esque spend-spend-spend merry-go-round and becoming a guy who just might be learning how to build a team. Might, I said.

Also look at his ten things I think I think for another Skins tidbit.

John Clayton

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/colum...john&id=3382195

The Redskins' Malcolm Kelly showed great hands, while their other new receiver, Devin Thomas, showed great speed. Both should expand the Redskins' offense. Plus, they are big targets, Kelly checking in at 225 pounds and Thomas at 224.

New Redskins coach Jim Zorn had the most entertaining minicamp. Jason Campbell seems to be responding to Zorn's unique coaching methods. Clinton Portis, in his best shape as a Redskin, almost beat safety LaRon Landry in a match race. Landry ran a 4.35 40 coming out of college, but Portis wanted to challenge him. Then there was second-round pick Fred Davis. He couldn't sleep Saturday night because his roommate wouldn't shut up. So he went to the desk of the hotel and asked for a different room. He slept until 11 a.m., and the team couldn't find him because he wasn't in the right room. Zorn wants his players alert -- but Fred, tell the roommate to shut up and don't forget the wakeup call.

USA Today

Redskins begin West Coast overhaul on offense - USATODAY.com (http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/redskins/2008-05-04-redskins-notes_N.htm)

"I ran the West Coast my senior year at Auburn," Campbell said after the first minicamp practice on Friday. "A lot of the things we're doing, I've seen it before."

His adaptive nature runs parallel to the course of a franchise with a track record for frequent changes. Zorn, formerly the Seattle Seahawks' quarterbacks coach, is the Redskins' fifth coach in nine years.

Once again, there's a fresh start at Redskin Park.

Here is another one -- but its confusing:
FOX Sports on MSN - NFL - (http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/8107036/Five-teams-that-could-get-over-playoff-hump)

He lists the Eagles as a team, but in the intro he says:

"I strongly considered going with the Washington Redskins here, but decided that if the Redskins aren't convinced regarding Jason Campbell's current level of performance, then my skepticism should prevail."

What does that mean exactly?

PK thinks the Skins have the most questions in the league??

Here is another one -- but its confusing:
FOX Sports on MSN - NFL - (http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/8107036/Five-teams-that-could-get-over-playoff-hump)

He lists the Eagles as a team, but in the intro he says:

"I strongly considered going with the Washington Redskins here, but decided that if the Redskins aren't convinced regarding Jason Campbell's current level of performance, then my skepticism should prevail."

What does that mean exactly?

Means he doesn't think it's the Skins, he thinks it's the Eagles.

PK thinks the Skins have the most questions in the league??

I do see what he means:

Will the defense continue it's performance under Blache that it gave under GW? We as Skins fans assume it will, but it's still a change. Blache is changing some things after all, he's reducing the number of packages. We assume that will work, but are we sure?

Can our offensive line protect well enough when we're 4 and 5 wide?

Are our new WRs bums, or do we actually have depth now?

Can Andre Carter keep it up?

Can Campbell and the WRs pick up Zorn's new offense or will our timing be all funky for the first half of the year?

Will Zorn be capable of holding the team together through challenges like Gibbs always could? Will the team fight hard down the stretch like it did for Gibbs?

I could see us going 5-11, and I could see us going 11-5, and anywhere in between. I agree, we have a ton of questions.

I'm not doubting we have questions but I think there are a bunch of teams far worse off.

The press has to make a living during the offseason too. I just wish that they would make it talking about something that they might have a clue about (Facts versus speculation). There are questions about every team right now. Thanks for the insight genius. The truth is that we won't know anything until next Superbowl Sunday. Until the playoffs begin everyone still has a shot. Every team has strengths and weaknesses. It will pan out when it pans out. Stop pounding my team just because it doesn't stack up to your expectations of what a championship caliber team should have. There is no one team template that you can lay out and say "This team is going to win". They tried to do it with NE last season and look what happened. NE's weakness got exploited and they lost. Every team has a shot, so save that preseason speculation shit. Right now teams like Miami, St. Louis, and Atlanta scare me. Why?, because nobody can see them comming yet. At the same time for the same reasons people should fear the Skins. Because they didn't do enough, they have too many questions, and they drafted a punter. Nobody sees us comming.

Here is another one -- but its confusing:
FOX Sports on MSN - NFL - (http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/8107036/Five-teams-that-could-get-over-playoff-hump)

He lists the Eagles as a team, but in the intro he says:

"I strongly considered going with the Washington Redskins here, but decided that if the Redskins aren't convinced regarding Jason Campbell's current level of performance, then my skepticism should prevail."

What does that mean exactly?

Ok I'm confused, this article is supposed to be about teams that missed the playoffs last year.


Each qualifying team must satisfy the burden of having been either mediocre or downright awful in 2007.


:doh:

I'm not doubting we have questions but I think there are a bunch of teams far worse off.

I'd agree, but lots of questions don't necessitate a bad team. It just means you have so many questions that it's really hard to predict what's going to happen with the team.

PK thinks the Skins have the most questions in the league??

lol...come on man, it's hard to make shit up for all 32 teams in the league.