DMc Is good for the Redskins.

If anything, having a well-functioning offense means more attractive trade bait, like how Shanny was able to turn Tatum Bell and George Foster into Dre Bly.

That's cool. SS and Matty run a great site, so whatever their motives were for asking you to stop, I'm sure they know what they're doing.

I do enjoy reading your perspectives. I'm oh so cautiously optimistic about the 2010 version of the Redskins. A brand new defense, a brand new coach, and a brand new QB. I don't see how it can come together right away, even if all three are upgrades. I personally see us as a competitive 8-8, 9-7 type of team. I think we'll be in the hunt for a playoff spot up until the end.

A part of me really wanted to see what Jason Campbell could have accomplished under Shanahan's tutelage.

I agree with this here. Like the article said: a franchise QB can make a bad team competitive, competitive team good, and good team great -- we were a bad team that hopefully just got competitive.

I am waiting on predictions til the end of training camp. I do believe that DM instantly makes us better. With the coadhing and offensive scheme of KS and MS I beleive we have the 3 major components in place to build off of. Does it mean we will be excellent this year, no, but like the article mentioned we have a head start on our division as they have not seen this combo in action thus having no game tape. (Mentioned this in a different thread sometime back) So I do think we can jump out to a quick start, and my hope is we sustain it through out the season as teams get a good idea of what we are going to run.

If anything, having a well-functioning offense means more attractive trade bait, like how Shanny was able to turn Tatum Bell and George Foster into Dre Bly.

interesting point if we can move the ball and keep the defence fresh we will beat dallas week 1 . remember last year we had 2 field goals just to be beaten by a last minute touchdown becuase the defence was tired

Why do we always go back to 2009 and Jim Z's bad decisions? We all know that Bartel is the second coming of Tom Brady, but good ol' Zorny blew it again. I really do think that Shanahan is going to make the same mistake. I bet he doesn't even give him a chance to really shine.

I think you are right that Shanny will make the same mistake. It's bartelism at its ugliest.

I dont know about playoff contender just yet, let me see em play at least 2 games together, but I do think the talent is there to make a push for the wildcard at the least, with some lucky bounces of the ball and avoiding the injury bug.