Lets look at future positives

So, shit sucks for this year, and I don't see us being a superbowl team anytime soon, but I can draw some (hopeful) positives from this year.

1. Laron Landry going on IR and Fred Davis getting suspended in their contract years. Will probably lower the price on both their heads to retain (hopefully other teams don't swoop in and overbid for either one of them...which I'm kinda afraid of)

2. Perry Riley starting over rocky. I dunno how well he's actually played considering I've been watching less and less of the Redskins as the year goes on, but I hate rocky and its good to see that one of our draft picks has outplayed him.

3. Roy Helu looks like he can contribute in the backfield. I'm still not sold on him being our featured back. The numbers are there but my personal philosophy likes consistency over 1-2 good runs a game that inflate the numbers (especially on 3rd and long draws), which I don't believe Helu is doing. But he looks good enough to contribute to our team for a while.

4. Jarvis Jenkins, Leonard Hankerson, Kory Lichtensteiger, and possibly Tim Hightower coming back. Especially Jenkins, who looked like a beast in pre-season. I'm not going to be sold on either rookie until they produce well for a solid season, but I'm hopeful that they both will be positives on our teams to come. The run game had a significant drop off after Kory went down. Hightower looks like more of a workhorse than helu, but I don't like big backs...don't think they last too long.

5. Our (hopefully) high draft picks. Here's to hopefully doing worse than the dolphins, and the jaguars new head coach taking a chance on gabbert (who I'm saying right now, will never be good). And Here's to there hopefully being quality nfl qbs beyond Luck in the draft. What I believe the most underrated part of having a top pick is that EVERY round we have a top pick. The worst team's 2nd pick is essentially the same value as the best team's first.

6. Trent Williams/Fred Davis's suspension. Hopefully they realize they are in the doghouse, come back with new attitudes and take the game more seriously.

7. The outside linebackers blitzing better. We all love the orakpo/kerrigan mix, but I'm not as in love as everyone else. Orakpo seemed like a much better DE, and Kerrigan seems to get his numbers when he gets mismatches. I'm looking for both of them to have better years after another year in Hasletts system. I think they'll need it as I anticipate a worse year for our secondary.

That pretty much summs it up, not a bad assessment rook. Itl be interesting to see how Hightower heals, i liked how he ran, but if not for his injury we might not have seen much of the other rb's.

These might be the most backhanded positive I've ever read

These might be the most backhanded positive I've ever read

Lol sorry, just trying to be realistic. I do believe that all the things I said are potential positives though, but I don't like hoping for things that probably won't happen (i.e. terrence austin becoming a competent receiver).

These might be the most backhanded positive I've ever read

lol seriously

hey lets look at the kinda sorta somewhat positives we may possibly have going for us... maybe

lol seriously

hey lets look at the kinda sorta somewhat positives we may possibly have going for us... maybeHere's a positive for the near future: we only have to watch terrible football for a few more weeks!!! Yay for the offseason!

Here's a positive for the near future: we only have to watch terrible football for a few more weeks!!! Yay for the offseason!

And if they dont get the ship right, we're gona be watching it for 16 weeks again next year!!! This years draft to me is the most important one we have had since we got the 2nd and 3rd picks way back when!!!

I'm not sure there are any real positives on the horizon under the existing regime i.e. the risk/reward ratio just doesn't engender optimism. FO/coaching decisions at QB, and probably on offense as a whole, have been one mistake after another for two consecutive seasons, and I don't think the law of averages applies in this case to "reward" them with better luck in the third season. Fundamental errors, based on poor player/talent evaluation, do not tend to correct themselves.

On the other hand, given our draft outlook and personnel on defense especially (though probably in a version of the 4-3), we could be optimistic under a different regime and FO structure.

Here's a positive for the near future: we only have to watch terrible football for a few more weeks!!! Yay for the offseason!

The big positive is playoff football is right around the corner. Whether the Skins are involved or not, it's always the best time of the year.

The big positive is playoff football is right around the corner. Whether the Skins are involved or not, it's always the best time of the year.

Gotta agree with that...