What Is RIGHT with the Redskins?

If only Haynesworth wasn't going to command mad money this off-season.

Go get him

A lot of talk, but your saying nothing. Where do I start playoffs, do you think we advanced or play well in those ??? Thats comical. We won 1 game (TY ST)

I'm glad you noted that your not or won't listen to reality or reason when I speak. Look, to call me out...are you standing by Snyder???



I will absolutely stand by Daniel Snyder. Look at all the other owners and name 5 better?? What do you base it on?
I will say I don't like every FO move, but ...

DS wants our team to win.
DS is willing to put his money into the assets that he believes will bring a championship to the Skins
DS has made costly mistakes, fans have suffered, but he has learned.
DS cares about his players, I saw him at Canton watching the ST tribute, he cares, and he listens
DS cares about the fans (yes we pay him lots of money), but he has tried to make most Redskins experiences better.
DS meddles at times :( but it is his team.
DS has not disgraced what it means to be a Redskins fan. Instead every move is to embolden the Redskin name.

Is DS perfect far from it, but if you can name more than 5 other owners you would rather have, I would be surprised.

That is honestly the most disturbing comment I have ever read.

You think...lol...that b/c Snyder is making money.....lol....that somehow you or I but rather all of us should be happy during the season/after the season that the goal is to put money in his bank account other than stacking trophies by the podium for pressers than you have done your self in

....when the Giants held up that super bowl trophy were you boasting we are profitable ? or every team in our division has been to the SUper Bowl since us that its cool, we have a lucrative team???

B/c that is what your saying in your statement to me as you sit there with a smile like you dropped some knowledge.

I say your the one who needs to be educated or re-educated if you think you have already obtained this enlightenment and ask yourself....

Does the statement "Snyder is running this team into the ground" pertain only about money??

If you say it is all about money than you accept,forgive,and continue to serve/protect Snyder or any notion to exploit the fans hearts and dedication to simply become a football merchant at any costs.

Its not fair to call me out. I have points to make and I prefer to make those among our community and be challenged intelligently.
Some people on this site like to degrade people who want Campbell benched or have another strong opinon..they also claim that because you feel this way you have no football knowledge or you dont know anything even about football.. which in most cases they have never played football on any level except Madden.

That is honestly the most disturbing comment I have ever read.

You think...lol...that b/c Snyder is making money.....lol....that somehow you or I but rather all of us should be happy during the season/after the season that the goal is to put money in his bank account other than stacking trophies by the podium for pressers than you have done your self in

....when the Giants held up that super bowl trophy were you boasting we are profitable ? or every team in our division has been to the SUper Bowl since us that its cool, we have a lucrative team???

B/c that is what your saying in your statement to me as you sit there with a smile like you dropped some knowledge.

I say your the one who needs to be educated or re-educated if you think you have already obtained this enlightenment and ask yourself....

Does the statement "Snyder is running this team into the ground" pertain only about money??

If you say it is all about money than you accept,forgive,and continue to serve/protect Snyder or any notion to exploit the fans hearts and dedication to simply become a football merchant at any costs.

Its not fair to call me out. I have points to make and I prefer to make those among our community and be challenged intelligently.

I don't think people are calling you out for giving your oppinion or making a point, but you are obviously going against the whole purpose of this thread. This is probably right now the only thread where something remotely positive is being said about the team. Yet, you decide to bash the team and just about everyone for giving a positive opinion. I know it's hard to find positives right now, but hey there are worst teams than ours (i.e. Detroit Lions, Oakland Raiders, etc., etc).

I don't think people are calling you out for giving your oppinion or making a point, but you are obviously going against the whole purpose of this thread. This is probably right now the only thread where something remotely positive is being said about the team. Yet, you decide to bash the team and just about everyone for giving a positive opinion. I know it's hard to find positives right now, but hey there are worst teams than ours (i.e. Detroit Lions, Oakland Raiders, etc., etc).

Don't waste your time. He obviously doesn't get it.

I love our young safety tandem in LaRon Landry and Chris Horton.

Mr. Redskin is syntactically and grammatically challenged :confused: but his point about the absolute irrelevance of "Redskins profitability" is absolutely correct. Citing that as a "success" or "strength" of the Redskins organization is an important point for bankers who are considering lending Danny Boy some more money so he can buy up a couple more radio stations or an amusement park somewhere. For people who pay to get into games and buy Skins' gear, it is irrelevant at the very best. Redskin fans ought to want Super Bowl Trophies and parades - - while the team barely breaks even - - far more than a AAA credit rating for Danny Boy. :biggthump


Those who think the profitability thing is important probably cannot wait for the annual evaluation by Forbes Magazine listing the putative value that they put on sports franchises so they can see the Redskins at or near the top of the list. I know that is always a big day on the calendar for me. :party-smi


And don't forget that big ranking in Fortune Magazine when they list the richest people in the world and we all get to see Danny Boy on the list. Gives me goosebumps every time it happens. :cool:


Now, Mr. Redskin is wrong to say there is nothing right with this team. There are plenty of things to build on:

1. Good young QB.

2. One very good RB and a very good back-up RB.

3. One very good TE - - and a rookie TE who was really good in college but who hasn't yet shown anything at the NFL level.

4. Good defensive ends.

5. A very good MLB.

6. Two young OLBs who might actually learn how to play their position instead of trying to rely on "athleticism" to make every play.

7. One good young CB (Rogers), one physically talented young CB (Hall) and several able veteran CBs.

8. One excellent and one very good safety.

Well I'm gonna ignore the recent negativity on this thread and just throw my two cents in regarding the thread title.

When you look at two football teams lined up pre-snap, 11 on 11, what should be right with a team should start at the core- the front lines on both sides- and be built around that. Unfortunately we don't have that, at least as far as offense is concerned.

However, as SportsCurmudgeon points out, we have some very solid complimentary pieces. I don't think we're too far off from taking this pretty average team to pretty good. We need to build up the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball, particularly offense.

But we've got pass catchers, all of whom are under 30 (thrash aside), a pair of very good backs, a solid young QB, a monster FB, and a damn good good defense.

Fix the o-line up and get more comfortable in WCO, and we could contend.

I'm finding as I sort out the Redskins-Ravens game, that the problem is not that we're out-personneled on the front five or front four (although, obviously, sans Samuels and Jansen this is a totally different issue), but that our backs are horrible at finding the guy they are supposed to block. The schemes are effective enough to work, but pass blocking on passing downs becomes a counting game so often, and the back is supposed to block the inside guy if he's got too many people to pick up, BUT a lot of times, we have enough guys to pick it up, and the backs go inside anyway.

This becomes a huge problem when Sellers/Portis DOESN'T think we have the right protection to pick up the blitz (actually a 4 man rush in many cases), but Campbell/the receivers counts the rushers and DOES think it's going to be picked up.

It's not that Campbell isn't looking to urgently getting the ball out, it's that he's got to allow the routes to develop, and he has no idea he's about to be killed from his blindside.

The result is a potential for turnovers. And it's not the fault of the offensive line, though I'm not sure whether it would kill Randy Thomas to help Jansen if no ones coming. We didn't extend his contract so he and Rabach could stand there.

The main point here is that we would actually be better off if the defense would send more than we could pick up. Because then Campbell would know that he's responsible for the outside guy, and he's athletic enough to evade him. But he has to know that he's not going to get blocked to do so.

So when people say "we need to draft offensive lineman", what they really mean is that "we have to do a better job of protecting the QB". Because we do a piss poor job of the latter, but not always because of the former.