Defense still shining.
 

Overall defense: 3rd
Pass defense: 5th
Rush defense: 2nd

Wow. Can't believe we can't win games with that alone! I hope we hide Greg Williams in the basement of Fedex so no one can hire him!

Williams' basically said that he likes being a coordinator better than a HC. He has done an excellent job, so we'll see if this changes when the GMs come calling this offseason.

He's also very well paid, more so than alot of head coaches, I think it would take alot to pry him away.

I can't believe I haven't read one thread discussing the special teams and there poor tackling on the Sams return. We have spent a lot of time talking about Portis and Brunell that I guess it wasn't an issue. However, it is a serious issue that has reared it's ugly head for the second week in a row. There was almost a return in the Cleveland game too. Let me hear your comments.

we've said every single game that our ST sucks and smith isn't getting it done... dunno how you missed it, its off topic for this thread though ;)

I hink Williams is going to stick around for two reasons. One he has the bitter taste of being run out of Buffalo after not doing that bad a job really . Alot of HC don't want to go through that again in a hurry, I meen look at Ray Rhodes who activly avoids HC jobs after Philly.

Secondly if he wants a HC possition in a few years he may as well stick it out in Washington. Gibbs is not going to be here forever and however long he is Williamscan learn from him. Previous DC have been run or lured out of town by changes in HC, Rhodes was run out by Shottenhimer, Kurt Shottenhimer was kind of run out by Spurrier, Lewis was going to take any HC job that came his way and Nolan and the Spurrier DC whos name escapes me were disposed of because they simply stunk the place up

Williams has been awesome this season. If we don't have him this year I think we might be 0-5. That said IMO as soon as JG gets the offense going and if we don't have any more injuries on D, I think we end the season as one of the better teams in the league. It might be wishful thinking but, the way our defense is playing if we just average twenty points a game, it would equate to more time of possesion. That would leave our D nice and fresh ready to finish teams in the 4th quarter.

welcome to the board 4th Ring!

Thanks SMOOTSMACK, it's been tough these past few years, but I believe that with this coaching staff things are going in the right direction. Our team despite all the problems on offense seem more united than i've seen them in a long time. Gibbs has way to much passion for our team to let them be mediocre. Williams is coaching his ass off I mean who would have guessed that almost every player on D is playing above their heads. How many do you think will make the pro-bowl? It's only a matter of time til our offense starts scoring TD's instead of field goals. I'm putting my money on gibbs that it will happen this year. Let's be patient maybe the playoffs are out of reach, although I believe the foundation for a 4th trophy is being layed.

the problem with the pro bowl is our defense spreads the work around pretty evenly, everyone looks good, no one looks dominant...

arrington is a bit of a shoe-in, i wouldn't be suprised to see washington or springs there either... smoot has an outside shot too, as does sean taylor, but only if he can turn into ed reed asap, otherwise it'll be next year for him ;) i think bowen may have even had a shot the way he was playing, but the turf gremlins have been very very upset with the NFL gods this year... i've never seen so many people curl over in the open field like they have this year.

anyways, i'm hoping for ramsey to come in a start up the offense, or brunell to 180 in the next 4 days...

the problem with the pro bowl is our defense spreads the work around pretty evenly, everyone looks good, no one looks dominant...

arrington is a bit of a shoe-in, i wouldn't be suprised to see washington or springs there either... smoot has an outside shot too, as does sean taylor, but only if he can turn into ed reed asap, otherwise it'll be next year for him ;) i think bowen may have even had a shot the way he was playing, but the turf gremlins have been very very upset with the NFL gods this year... i've never seen so many people curl over in the open field like they have this year.

anyways, i'm hoping for ramsey to come in a start up the offense, or brunell to 180 in the next 4 days...

grrr... it says server is busy try again later, but it posts anyways :(

Hopefully Greg Williams will stay a few years, long enough to get a shot at our HC position once Gibbs retires. This guy brings it every game. You gotta love watching a defense like this.

Amen!
I love watching a good D.
4th Ring brings up a great point we have been trying to stress to the dissapointed Redskins fans on the The Warpath.
I think we have a ton of angry redskin fans that expected Gibbs to walk in and make this team instantly a playoff team. I can't believe some of the shit I have read the last few weeks. I have stayed away because I am not going to try and reason with such negative talk. I actually read where someone said we were better off with Spurrier. LOL
Our record may not show it, but we are playing a much more sound and disciplined football. I think the negative fans that are angry at Gibbs have a real short memory about last year. So far the Skins have only lost by small margins:

2004
W 16 - 10
L 14 - 20
L 18 - 21
L 13 - 17
L 10 - 17

But in 2003 we had some real ugly games:

L 13-35 to Tampa Bay on Oct. 12th
L 7-24 to Buffalo on Oct. 19th
L 0-27 to F-ing DALLAS on Dec. 14th
L 7-31 to Philly on Dec. 27th

Just thought I would remind some that last year was much worse, especially the coaching, schemes and play.

i bet the defenses' back sure hurts...
cos they're carrying the TEAM!!!!!



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bedlamVR:

Ray Rhodes was coach of the year in Philly in his first year making the playoffs an winning a first round game over the Lions. Then he proceeded to screw up the roster and several drafts and turned that team into the WORST team in the NFL (2-14). They had 2nd pick in the draft only because Cleveland had the 1st pick as an expansion franchise.

That series of events got Ray Rhodes canned in Philly. The NEXT SEASON he was the head coach of the Packers; he missed not a single game as an unemployed head coach. After missing the playoffs there, he was told that on the basis of his one-year tenure that his services were no longer required.

There may be a bit more behind Ray Rhodes not being a head coach than his not wanting to deal with pressures.


That Guy:

Based on what I've seen in the first 5 games, Marcus Washington is the best bet for the Pro Bowl this year. Arrington has been very ordinary because he tried to play hurt and then had the knee scoped. If he goes there this year, it may be on reputation and not performance.

Sean Taylor is the 4th best player at his position in the NFC East at the moment. (There are only 4 teams in that division so that is not a big feather in his cap.) If he makes the Pro Bowl this year, check to see if space aliens have abducted about 10 of the NFC starters at that position. So far, Taylor's on the field performance has been insignificantly different from Iffy's performance on the field last year. My summary of Sean Taylor's accomplilshments so far is simple:

He's always in the right place but not at the right time...

ST won't be in the Pro Bowl this year and I think your assessment of him is pretty accurate, SC.

However I think by year's end we'll start to see some flashes of what's in store for next year.

I think he's very close to busting out.

i was talking more long term than just this year, sorry... yeah ST has sucked up and arrington has missed a good deal of time already... and winning in the playoffs/SB gets you extra pro bowl nods too, so i doubt we'll get many in this year, but next year it looks like we could send more than 1 player (coles was an alt and champ skipped town)...