F$ck Dallas! Game thread

Sounds good to me.
OLine and MLB, edge rusher. Need need need.

Yep, after Garnett either ILB or S whoever the best player at that position is available, also need to DL to replace Hatcher (would love one more year out of him). Can you imagine Garnett on the L, Sherff on the R.
Those 2 are serious maulers, no one would fuck with us.

Yep, after Garnett either ILB or S whoever the best player at that position is available, also need to DL to replace Hatcher (would love one more year out of him). Can you imagine Garnett on the L, Sherff on the R.

Those 2 are serious maulers, no one would fuck with us.


I have faith in SM.

7 picks, 7 positions I think are priority in no particular order. And not saying they won't or shouldn't pick 2 at same position or sign free agents instead:

TE
LG
C
WR (don't think they'll keep Jackson and Garcon)
OLB
ILB
S

You must take injuries into account the same way you take better play than you expected.
My point was simply that the team you expected to win 6-7 games probably will. It isnt a knock on you or anyone else on the board. Sorry if you take it as one. All that "better play" than you expected must be a result of coaching up the young guys which bodes very well for a young team on the rise.
Just for the record I expected to win last night in a big way. I completely underrated Dallas D. However I am trying to look at the season as a whole. If we finish with 8-9 wins I will consider it a huge success. I already consider it a success for one reason alone. This team would destroy last years team which means that under the current regime we are making strides. I dont give a shit about same old redskins chatter because it is not fair to compare this team to any other in Skins history except last years team. New players, coaches, gm. This is year two. Next year I expect to see a team that would lay this one to waste. HTTR
Edit : i never felt that way when Shanny, Zorn, Gibbs 2.0 were here. Never felt we were building the rite way. This offseason is the biggest offseason for this team in years imo.


Can't disagree with anything here. Pissed we didn't fight harder last night but losing hurts a bit more now because we know we are more competitive and actually have the potential to win most weeks.

We need ILB help. After getting roasted by Lee, the contrast was huge (although none of our LBs was particularly disruptive).


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Can't disagree with anything here. Pissed we didn't fight harder last night but losing hurts a bit more now because we know we are more competitive and actually have the potential to win most weeks.

We need ILB help. After getting roasted by Lee, the contrast was huge (although none of our LBs was particularly disruptive).


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Need ILB help in the worst way. The more i think about it the more i want that to be our number one priority in the offseason.

Garnett is the best LG in college who happens to play at Stanford where many Current OL have come out of. Mack went to Cal and is a proven pro. We make those moves it's back to the hog glory years. We will have the cash next year, Morris can be resigned on the cheap after 2 subpar years.

If Gruden is coming back there is 0 chance that Morris is resigned. It's painfully obvious that he doesn't like Morris.

Yep, after Garnett either ILB or S whoever the best player at that position is available, also need to DL to replace Hatcher (would love one more year out of him). Can you imagine Garnett on the L, Sherff on the R.
Those 2 are serious maulers, no one would fuck with us.

Like you, I feel that we need to finish the OL build.You mentioned Alex Mack. I would be 100% on board with signing him but are you sure he will be a FA?

As for DL, signing Muhammad Wilkerson as a FA would be perfect for me.

I think that Mason Foster showed us on Monday how much we need more speed at the LB positions. I've always liked Foster as a player and I hopes he sticks around as part of our ILB rotation.

I've been a Gruden defender, but last night's game really pissed me off.

I hated the offensive game plan, and the play calling.

Gruden and McVay don't go back to plays or concepts that work or burn teams.

They were killing them with boot, and short passing game.

I guess it was working too well so they need to mix it up? SMH.

If it's working, DO IT, DON'T STOP DOING IT.

EDIT:

Just heard Cooley throw out the stat that we ran the ball 75% on 1st down at 1.8 yards per carry.

I really don't understand this staff sometimes. At times they seem dynamic and innovative and last night they seemed dumb.

I agree 100%.

I'm on the fence about Gruden and here's why:

On the positive side, I think that the team plays hard for him and that he and his position coaches are doing a good job of developing young talent.

On the other hand, I think that his too-conservative and very predictable play-calling is holding back the team, as you described.

Gruden has his flaws, yet I hate the idea of going through yet another HC change. I'm wondering if SM could step in and make it work with Gruden as HC by insisting that Gruden hire an experienced and successful OC to call the plays and spice up the offense next season.

Therein lies the dilemma though. Do you fire a coach go who's scheme itself seems solid, but the play calling is questionable? Is there a way to address the play calling itself without making changes in staff?

This was one of my main issues with Kyle SHanahan being his daddy's underling. I actually quite liked Kyle's scheme concepts, however I felt he wasn't the greatest at calling plays in certain situations and I always felt that maybe his dad and him bumped heads with their philosophy and approach. I really would have liked to see what Kyle could have done without having to get approval from his daddy.

Our predictable tendencies are dictated by injuries and the lack of a few competencies at key positions. You've seen Jordan Reed get flagged a million times when trying to block. He sucks at it, doesn't get his feet into proper position to allow a powerful engagement. We don't have TEs that can block well, so we put Compton in as a 2nd TE and that just absolutely gives away that we're running.

The Niles Paul injury has been extremely costly. He was going to be our do-it-all TE. Then when we lost both Steiger and Lauvao we find ourselves getting beat in the interior too often. We set the edge pretty well - Trent and Moses do well there and Scherff is getting to the 2nd level well. But too often we give up penetration in the middle between LeRib and Long.

We can't run between the tackles because of them, everything goes to the edge. Again, too much of a tendency, but what can Jay do?

McC is doing a great job building depth but we simply need more. Give him a few more drafts and this thing might look pretty good. I don't think Jay would have the same tendencies if he had some core competencies on the field.