Lighten Up On Snyder

The rivalry will never die. We've split with them the past few years including a sweep in 2005.

That means it's Skins 5-3 since 2005.

Your last sentence sounds erily simular to what Tony Dungy said on NBC Sunday night. I agree it is a culture thing.

No! That means that Dungy likely won't come here.

Snyder has been receiving a lot of negative backlash after this loss to the Lions. Everyone should lighten up because Snyder isn't such a bad guy. Though it's hard to find some things that ingratiate him right now check out this article from last year.

The cellphone trick he pulls is just hiliarious!...too funny...Snyder's not so bad.

It's a rich rivalry for Dallas Cowboys, Redskins owners: Jerry Jones and Daniel Snyder are friendly rivals (http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2008/09/28/3673802.htm)

I will lighten up the minute he fires Vinny.

No! That means that Dungy likely won't come here.

Dungy wasn't coming here anyways. He's done with day to day football.

The rivalry is pretty much gone dude. It is pretty hard to maintain rivalry status when it has been one sided for such a long time, plus it hasn't meant that much like when Gibbs and Landry were going at it. You have to remember, it is pretty much a business anymore, and that in itself has hurt both the college and pro game. If the game isn't being played you are subjected to constant commercialism, etc. Once you keep that in mind then the Jones/Snyder thing isn't so hard to fathom. To them money is the bottom line. They rely on you to care about things like the rivalry, etc, to keep the money flowing.

You said it, not me.

If it is about the money than would you say that it's not about winning?

If it is about money than what does winning have to do with anything? If it's about money than what does a competitive rivalry have to do wiith anything?

Unfortunately I believe that you're right when you say the rivalry is nothing to them because it's about their bottom line.

...It's not out of the question though to say that you can put the rivalry and winning in the same category and THAT is why I'm really disgruntled with the fact that Snyder and Jones are best pals.

Really?...Your uncle is a scout for the Skins?...Or am I being gulliable?

Jackson and Royal are just the receivers I can think of from the top of my head that are out performing our 2 WR's drafted before them. I'm sure there is more. Just the fact with our roster and percieved Super Bowl push with Gibbs leftover roster, we needed to hit on either of those the year they were drafted. Jackson and Royal hit but we didn't hit with either and had even had to deal with predisposed injury with Kelly.

Cerrato traded 2nd rounder for Taylor...given...We didn't have a 4th this year...I guess I'm basing it off of the fact that we haven't had our full line of draft picks every year.

You're gullible

I think for every time we bring up DeSean Jackson we should also bring up James Hardy

This is the last statement I'm going to make on this subject, but just one thing on the Jason Taylor trade.

For me it was not so much the trade itself, rather the reason Cerrato gave to reporters in an interview when asked why he made it. He said [quote] "The morale of the team in the lockeroom went thud and felt he needed to do something to inflate the teams spirits after the loss of Daniels" [unquote]. Now you may beg to disagree and I won't fault you for doing so, but don't you feel that to be a rather odd reason for trading away what could possibly have turned out to be a starting player here for years to come? We're talking about a 37yr. old DE with diminishing returns being the reason for a decision that could so drastically affect the way you draft for the future. Hard to believe a player so far to the downside of his career could have such an impact on your lockeroom.

This is just one example of why the leadership of this team should not be trusted to people blessed with such shallow insight, plus Jason Taylor was never going to be a good fit for the defense.

Strong points. Taylor was ultimately a mistake because he's a pass rusher and Daniels is a run stopping DE. However, he is very influential in the locker room. Teammates look up to him. And the notion that the responsibility to motivate should fall entirely on the coach is highly inaccurate. Ask the Ravens how the locker room would feel if Ray Lewis is gone for the year or how the Bears felt when Brian Urlacher was injured and lost for the year

Being upset that Snyder and Jerry Jones are friends is one of the more ridiculous arguments I have ever heard. That's just desperation to find any reason to hate Snyder. This isn't kindergarten.

Being upset that Snyder and Jerry Jones are friends is one of the more ridiculous arguments I have ever heard. That's just desperation to find any reason to hate Snyder. This isn't kindergarten.

I give up.

Seriously.

Being upset that Snyder and Jerry Jones are friends is one of the more ridiculous arguments I have ever heard. That's just desperation to find any reason to hate Snyder. This isn't kindergarten.

Oh boy...I got the Snyder & Jones hate running all through me...and if that is childish then so be it.

It's also childish to wear my favorite team's football jersey and to loudly cheer them on Sundays but I find time to do that.

The simple point is Snyder could care less about a rivalry or remaining competitive against NFL teams...it all seems to come back to the money...it's hard to agrue that as childish.