Redskins vs. Bengals Post Game Reaction

maybe I missed this but don't we have a new secondary coach? How come no trashing him?

maybe I missed this but don't we have a new secondary coach? How come no trashing him?

It's hard to trash him if we don't know the whole situation. What if he is actually against the way Haslett is running the defense and would rather control the secondary his way? Who knows who is actually running the show back there. I would think Haslett is still calling the plays for the defense, and I'm pretty sure most of them already have a plan for the db's in place. But like I said, I have no idea how much input he has in the situation so I'm not gonna criticize him.

Given the circumstances at the time the decisions had to be made Shanahan absolutely made the right call.
It's easy to second guess down the road when you know the outcome.

this is one truth. another truth is there are no absolutes. lets say we kept rogers at his price, do we know he would have mimiced his pro bowl year? we don't.

what would 18mill in cap space last offseason meant to our oline depth and/or secondary? probably 2 upgraded bodies competing in camp. SS's point about offenses playing down to our offense makes alot of sense to me at this point.

this is one truth. another truth is there are no absolutes. lets say we kept rogers at his price, do we know he would have mimiced his pro bowl year? we don't.

what would 18mill in cap space last offseason meant to our oline depth and/or secondary? probably 2 upgraded bodies competing in camp. SS's point about offenses playing down to our offense makes alot of sense to me at this point.

We could have upgraded two positions anyway by giving up on known weaknesses. This is what we chose.

All these Hall cry babies are making me sick. Get the f*ck over it, you can cut Hall fifty times over this season and the team will still have a million problems.

Furthermore, I hate when people cry about people like Carlos Rogers, who played like sh*t for the team and left on his own accord or Laron Landry who also sucked when he played here. You know what? F*CK Rogers and F*CK Landry, they don't play for my team anymore.

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Good overview by Keim:

Bengals 38, Redskins 31: Ten Observations | WashingtonExaminer.com (http://washingtonexaminer.com/bengals-38-redskins-31-ten-observations/article/2508829#.UF_Bao1lRcp)

Here's the point that I'm making with Orakpo: it's easy to find fault with anyone after they are gone. The shanahans have made an Art of it. If Orakpo doesn't have a rebound year in 2013 and the defense continues to struggle, you can either try to build around your best players, or point out that they want more money that you're willing to play and move on without them. Doing the latter gets you the Redskins current secondary. It almost cost the Redskins London Fletcher. It could cost them Orakpo.

So to summarize you're suggesting we should have overpaid for Rogers and Landry. Regardless of what course of action the Shanahans decided on they would have been wrong. And you're also trying to tie Brian Orakpo into the same argument by comparing him to two underwhelming performing secondary players.
And no, we were never in danger of losing Fletcher...

More thoughts on today's game:

Initial Thoughts & Observations: Bengals 38, Redskins 31 - Washington Times (http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/redskins-watch/2012/sep/23/initial-thoughts-observations-bengals-38-redskins-/)

Good overview by Keim:

Bengals 38, Redskins 31: Ten Observations | WashingtonExaminer.com (http://washingtonexaminer.com/bengals-38-redskins-31-ten-observations/article/2508829#.UF_Bao1lRcp)

Keim is great.

So to summarize you're suggesting we should have overpaid for Rogers and Landry. Regardless of what course of action the Shanahans decided on they would have been wrong. And you're also trying to tie Brian Orakpo into the same argument by comparing him to two underwhelming performing secondary players.
And no, we were never in danger of losing Fletcher...

I am not suggesting that we should have overpaid for anyone, and in particular not the players we did overpay who are contributing to a defense near the bottom of the league.