Are we the Detroit Lions?

[724Skinsfan]

Originally Posted by evan

I cant agree more, the skins are a laughfing stock and they will always be with Danny boy and his racket ball buddy calling the shots. Gibbbs always said were in this together well he jumped ship and left his coordnaitors behind and now the team is a complete mess. Im starting to think that snyder might of forced gibbs out seeing how he fired Williams and Saunders..

DS: "Listen to me, Gibbs! I want you to resign. You are going to go spend more friggin' time with your family. Do you hear me!"

JG: "Aw shucks, Danny, don't force me out with a weak excuse like that. I'm not really big into doing things with my family."

[skinsguy]

We need to up the anti-depressant medication I'm afraid. There is no comparison between the Lions and the Redskins. That is ridiculous.

[CrazyCanuck]

Gotta love the Warpath.

One thread compares us to the Lions, while another explains why we need to use our draft picks on receivers.

[Dirtbag59]

Die Troll Die!!!

[SKINSnCANES]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

The Skins haven't been an elite team in quite some time, but they certainly haven't been quite as bad as the Detroits and Arizonas of the NFL world. Last time I checked neither of those teams made the playoffs 2 of the last 3 seasons.

but if you look at the last five years we either made the playoffs, or we had a top 10 pick. its not like we are a consistent team that is always on the verge of making the playoffs at 8-8. its like 5 wins total, or five in a row at the end to make the playoffs...

I know we made the playoffs two out of the last three years, and you cant ignore that, but I would say that we are similar to both Arizona and Detroit in that we are always the sleeper pick, or people think its out year becuase of free agents and top ten draft picks. we just were more fortunate to get big wins late in the year those two years.

what about the last 15 years? we made the playoffs three times. I wonder about those two, ill try and look it up later

[DynamiteRave]

Originally Posted by skinsguy

We need to up the anti-depressant medication I'm afraid. There is no comparison between the Lions and the Redskins. That is ridiculous.

Duhhhh. We aren't the Lions, we're the Dolphins! (No offense Finslady). We might as well just admit the fact that we are absolutely going to crash and burn next season even though we have decent players and potentially a decent staff. We might as well just quit the NFL and not play a game next season because there's obviously no way a team that made it to the playoffs this season, is going to make it next season, especially under a new HC, OC and DC. Forget that we came from being a shitty team to a playoff team in a matter of a few years. We have no continuity, which automatically means: We suck. Damn yous, Redskins organization! Damn yous!

(Note: This post is dripping with sarcasm)

[SKINSnCANES]

Originally Posted by skinsguy

We need to up the anti-depressant medication I'm afraid. There is no comparison between the Lions and the Redskins. That is ridiculous.

why because they drafted a lot of receivers? two of which were busts

"Since drafting Art Monk (first round, 1980) and Charlie Brown (eighth round, 1981), the Redskins have not had a great deal of success in drafting wide receivers. The rest of the 1980s included relative unknowns in Curtland Thomas and Eric Yarber. The 1990s included high-profile picks Desmond Howard and Michael Westbrook, neither of whom made a long-term impact. (Keenan McCardell was selected in the 12th round of the 1991 draft, but he played sparingly for the Redskins.) In recent years, Rod Gardner, Darnerien McCants and Taylor Jacobs were among selections at wide receiver. "

theres our track record on drafting receivers...

or because we had two years in the last five with winning records and they didnt.In 03 we were both 5-11, in 2004 we were both 6-10. In 2005 we were 10-6 while they were only 5-11. In 2006 we were killed them with a 5-11 record, they only had three wins...then this year we had two more wins after they fell apart with a 6-2 start.

But youre right, we have nothing in common. they have a horrible GM. We dotn have a GM so technically our GM has never made a bad signing. Though if you look at whatever the hell Vinnys title he, Im pretty sure hes signed a free agent or two that turned out to be overpayed and under performed.

we both rotate coachs as if you only get a one year contract (over the last ten years).

and sadly, they have had less starting qbs than us too...

Im not sayign we are the same team, but if everyone is going to just keep bashing peoples comments lets put some reasons behind it. There are plenty of reasons why we are different, try doing some research

[Monksdown]

This opening thread is stream of consciousness garbage. There are no hard facts that draw any correlation between the Lions and the Redskins. In fact, i'll argue the one i was sort of able to pull out of the mud. You compared the national sports fan reaction to our drafts as comparable to that of Detroits drafts?? I don't understand, our biggest criticism has been the fact that we're never actually in the draft. We all know that since 99 we have dished our draft picks in the wrong trades. Detroit hasnt done that, they've just drafted the wrong guys. I think the few draft picks we've had, we've made the most of.

Again, draw some more connections for me. Something other than your opinion that we currently suck, and your opinion that Detroit currently sucks. I need something a touch more concrete.

[DynamiteRave]

I don't understand why the correlation to the Lions? I'm sure you could compare and contrast the Skins with any team if you tried hard enough.

Sounds like people are just trying to find things to bitch about now.

[BaltimoreSkins]

Originally Posted by Redskins_P

Since the Cowboys last Super Bowl appearance, they haven't even won a playoff game. Thats one less than the Redskins.

We actually have two more than the cokeboys. '99 and '05. Ironically one of them was Detroit

[firstdown]

No we are the Redskins. A good way to tell them apart is that we have an indians face on our stuff and the lions. Well, they have a Lion on their stuff.

[SmootSmack]

We're probably laughed at more so for having such dumb fans. Seriously, I bet DynamiteRave feels like she's that girl from the Thriller trapped as zombies close in all around her. Except, instead of a pack of zombies it's a bunch of morons.

(there's a song here, I know it)

[skinsguy]

Originally Posted by SKINSnCANES

why because they drafted a lot of receivers? two of which were busts

"Since drafting Art Monk (first round, 1980) and Charlie Brown (eighth round, 1981), the Redskins have not had a great deal of success in drafting wide receivers. The rest of the 1980s included relative unknowns in Curtland Thomas and Eric Yarber. The 1990s included high-profile picks Desmond Howard and Michael Westbrook, neither of whom made a long-term impact. (Keenan McCardell was selected in the 12th round of the 1991 draft, but he played sparingly for the Redskins.) In recent years, Rod Gardner, Darnerien McCants and Taylor Jacobs were among selections at wide receiver. "

theres our track record on drafting receivers...

or because we had two years in the last five with winning records and they didnt.In 03 we were both 5-11, in 2004 we were both 6-10. In 2005 we were 10-6 while they were only 5-11. In 2006 we were killed them with a 5-11 record, they only had three wins...then this year we had two more wins after they fell apart with a 6-2 start.

But youre right, we have nothing in common. they have a horrible GM. We dotn have a GM so technically our GM has never made a bad signing. Though if you look at whatever the hell Vinnys title he, Im pretty sure hes signed a free agent or two that turned out to be overpayed and under performed.

we both rotate coachs as if you only get a one year contract (over the last ten years).

and sadly, they have had less starting qbs than us too...

Im not sayign we are the same team, but if everyone is going to just keep bashing peoples comments lets put some reasons behind it. There are plenty of reasons why we are different, try doing some research

Oh please, stop with all of that. If you feel fine comparing the Redskins to the Lions, by all means, go right ahead. However, I need not do any research because I am not comparing them to a franchise that has never been in the Super Bowl. It's all ridiculous and just shows that Redskins "fans" aren't happy unless they're whining about something.

[SKINSnCANES]

I dont acutally think we are like the Lions, I was just calling you out for saying there is no comparisson because Im tired of everyone else whinning and writing comments that just bash other peoples opinion and give no reason. So if you just wrote that because youre tired of people whinning too then tooche.

[firstdown]

I like the argument that we have too much turn over like Snyder fired Gibbs.