What should we be looking for/at in the 1st Pre-Season Game.

I know it's still early but I'm worried that Brandon banks doesn't make the team. One of the NFC east teams will surely sign him. And whether shanahan admits it or not. He's a difference maker.

I know it's still early but I'm worried that Brandon banks doesn't make the team. One of the NFC east teams will surely sign him. And whether shanahan admits it or not. He's a difference maker.

Especially since the rosters got expanded with the new CBA, it's like keeping him for free! Even if all he is mostly good for is running back 2-3 kick/punt returns for TDs.

I hope after this game the redskins surprise the whole league with some of the pieces on the team. I want the defense to be playing young and hungry -- the way shanahan envisioned it when he picked up the new players. And I want the bookend o tackles to humble Harrison and the rest of his linebacking corps at least a little. I don't expect any of the qbs to be ready enough to be impressive, but I want the rookie wideouts and running backs to score at a couple of tds between them.

I want the veteran receivers, including Fred Davis, to show that they can carry the burden of being the main targets in the passing game as far as receptions and receiving yards are concerned.

If all of this happened, I'd be happy.

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Worse then stiches yo. Fo real.

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A. No Injuries

B. Since I expect them to keep their schemes rather vanilla in the preseason, and especially in the first game, I want to see how they execute the basic schemes so far.

C. As listed in the article, individual performances. Namely the new starters, especially the big one on one battles, like T.Will against Harrison, etc.

D. No injuries, this time for emphasis. We are playing the Steelers, and even though it's preseason, it might not matter to a guy like James Harrison, etc.


Points A and D are THE MOST IMPORTANT things to look for in this exhibition game and the next three exhibition games.

Recall that the Detroit Lions went 4-0 one Exhibition Season and then went 0-16 in the games that counted.

These games mean nothing - - unless someone gets hurt. Remember these guys have been practicing under coaching supervision for only about 2 weeks at best. Las Vegas ought to be offering an Over/Under bet on the number of hamstring pulls this weekend...

I've been hearing from different media outlets like blogs.washingtonpost.com/redskinsinsider and rotoworld.com that kerrigans been coming along slowly and Lou Spanos has been all over him yelling at him daily. plus him getting injured doesn't help him get any better on the field...its already tough enough for rookies this strike year, lets not make it any shorter.

You think that there's a rookie out there NOT getting yelled at? Yeah there have been reports that he hasn't fully made the transformation but what do you expect at this point?

I'll definitely be looking for improvement on the defense(especially the D-Line) and some flow to our offense.

I know it's still early but I'm worried that Brandon banks doesn't make the team. One of the NFC east teams will surely sign him. And whether shanahan admits it or not. He's a difference maker.


All this man-crush on Banks kills me. No team in all this time has bothered to put him on their team, even when he was on our practice squad last year. Zilch. Nobody. (including NFC East teams) That is even after the fact that freaking Devin "i'd rather be modeling than learning football" Thomas got picked up by not one, but two teams. (one being a NFC East team)

He's 150lbs. He doesn't contribute jack at the WR spot. At least Hester, Cribbs, and many other of the KR/PR contribute at some level at the WR spot.

I don't expect the passing game to look like much of anything. But I want to see what we have at the RB spot. I want to see Hightower running decisively, even if his blockers aren't opening many holes. I want to see Helu shred the 3rd team defense, that will tell me he can contribute a bit during the season.

I want to see our defensive line hold up against the run. There's not a lot of scheme to learn there, it's a physical position and I want to see them hold the line and let the LBs flow to the ballcarrier.

Honestly with the lockout all I am hoping for is no injuries and a moderate grasp of what we want to do by the new guys