Time for a good look at Shaun Alexander

[LBrown43]

Will Shaun start on Sunday night?
I think it is best to let Clinton heal completely.
This is the reason why we got him so I say give him the ball 15 - 20 times and see if he still has it.

[J. Spanky]

give it to rock 15-20 times. alexander 5-10. let campbell air it out.

[irish]

This is SA's moment to shine and show he belongs back in the NFL. I think they should let him run it a lot to minimize the amount of passes Campbell needs to throw.

[sd5692]

This is a must win for the redskins, they lost the last home game, can't afford to lose this one, especially at home again. Play Portis!!

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by sd5692

This is a must win for the redskins, they lost the last home game, can't afford to lose this one, especially at home again. Play Portis!!

So you think they should play Portis even though it could cause more damage to his kneee and missing more then this game. I'm not sure if he even sits out this game that he could play the following week.

[cdskins26]

Originally Posted by sd5692

This is a must win for the redskins, they lost the last home game, can't afford to lose this one, especially at home again. Play Portis!!

I dont like to disagree, but we are gonna need portis in the upcoming games, so i think we can rest him. When we play dallas, and i said this before the first time we played them when they seemed immortal, i said that someway somehow we find ways to beat dallas, and if you need an example think back 2 years to the game vs dallas at home. We should rest portis for this week and if we have to, next week at seattle, so he can be 100% against ny giants. I want SA starting. On a side note, i think SA should have some carries next week in seattle.

[TaylorMade21]

Originally Posted by cdskins26

I dont like to disagree, but we are gonna need portis in the upcoming games, so i think we can rest him. When we play dallas, and i said this before the first time we played them when they seemed immortal, i said that someway somehow we find ways to beat dallas, and if you need an example think back 2 years to the game vs dallas at home. We should rest portis for this week and if we have to, next week at seattle, so he can be 100% against ny giants. I want SA starting. On a side note, i think SA should have some carries next week in seattle.

Yeah if Alexander plays well against Dallas we should start him against Seattle anyways, just to give Portis more of a rest (and mostly because Seattle isn't doing much this season). Against Dallas I expect Rock and SA to split carries in the first quarter, and depending on who is toting it better Zorn will begin to hand it to that person more.

[LBrown43]

I understand the importance of the game, but one bad cut or hit in the knee and we could lose Clinton for longer than a game. If Shaun isn't doing it we can always bring him in but I would hate to see us lose Clinton for the season by pushing it.
I think if Shaun gets some carries and into the flow he can have impact.

[SOUL-SKINS]

We should all be thankful right now that we have someone like SA to fill in when our two top backs are banged up. If we combine for 100 yards rushing and avoid stupid f'ing penalties (Jansen, Rabach) we will put ourselves in a good postition to pull out the "W".

[GTripp0012]

Hello?! You play to win the game. You play. To win the game.

In all seriousness, check this analysis out:

Alexander The…Great? | postgameheroes.com

[htownskinfan]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

Hello?! You play to win the game. You play. To win the game.

In all seriousness, check this analysis out:

Alexander The…Great? | postgameheroes.com

I havent seen the games where SA played,but after watching that it gives me hope,he looked better than i thought he would look,and he should be even better now

[dmvskinzfan08]

Originally Posted by htownskinfan

I havent seen the games where SA played,but after watching that it gives me hope,he looked better than i thought he would look,and he should be even better now

I dont know where all this looking good and hope comes from. We can have hope for him to have a good game but from the clips I saw on that video..Umm. He didn't look good. He hesitates at the hole too much. He had maybe two good plays on that video. I dont know where all the optimism comes from as far as this video goes. But I hope I am wrong. But that video shows me nothing.

[MTK]

I'm not giving up hope on Portis just yet, I'd rather have CP at 80% than Alexander at 100%.

[xxjuschylnxx]

this is a big game, no doubt about it.. but i think that we should step back and take a long look at the bigger picture. if we can have a running game "by committee" where we can see doses of ladell (if healthy), shaun and rock, we should have a healthy run game against dallas' soft defense. what makes a great run game isn't always the runner himself - take benjarvis green-ellis and any back that plays in denver - its usually the offensive line. other than the silly penalty here and there, our o-line + sellers + cooley on the block has been fairly unstoppable. we don't need to feed just one rb.

[LBrown43]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

I'm not giving up hope on Portis just yet, I'd rather have CP at 80% than Alexander at 100%.

Again I know the importance of the game and all but I will be wincing on every cut Clinton makes if he plays. There is a lot more season to go and would hate to imagine it with out him.

Here is a thought:
If Shaun plays at 80% of what he was in Seattle in his hey day then that is equivalent to roughly 85% of what Clinton would be, were he playing at 80% of what he has been playing at this season. Making any sense?

Time for #37 to run of the Cow-sissies.