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[quote=vallin21;555408][/b] Funny, but very true which is why I hope he's grown up because there are more people in DC to piss you off (sometimes):). Bro, I haven't been to the club in like 4 yrs which is ironically where I met my fiance'e.:confused:[/quote]

I was in Jersey for a B-party a couple of weeks ago. All nude and great lapdances and BYOB. I fell in love twice in less than 3 hours.... ha ha

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[quote=freddyg12;555328]Don't mean to make fun of you Grid, but this post sounds like Emmitt Smith!
:)[/quote]


Lol :yeahright I ain't gonna be like any of those cowgirl players :)

JLC on Bridges: [url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/redskinsinsider/-gratuitous-zorn-shot-gratuito.html]Redskins Insider - Bridges Looks for Fresh Start With Skins[/url]

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[quote=vallin21;555408][/B] Funny, but very true which is why I hope he's grown up because there are more people in DC to piss you off (sometimes):). Bro, I haven't been to the club in like 4 yrs which is ironically where I met my fiance'e.:confused:[/quote]

I don't know about everyone else...but I'd sure like to hear the rest of this story

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Well, he does seem to have a firm grasp on the obvious. In describing the two incidents that occurred in Carolina, Bridges said:

"Things happen and I can't blame nobody but myself. [B]If I wouldn't even have been in that situation then I wouldn't have been in the situation.[/B]"
[url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/06/AR2009050603787.html]washingtonpost.com[/url]

He seems to think that his being in the situation resulted from his being in the situation. Actually, it is somewhat zenlike. Maybe he is presenting us with a koan that challenges us to think beyond his situation...

Or, maybe he is just a meathead.

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[quote=JoeRedskin;555621]Well, he does seem to have a firm grasp on the obvious. In describing the two incidents that occurred in Carolina, Bridges said:

"Things happen and I can't blame nobody but myself. [B]If I wouldn't even have been in that situation then I wouldn't have been in the situation.[/B]"
[URL="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/06/AR2009050603787.html"]washingtonpost.com[/URL]

He seems to think that his being in the situation resulted from his being in the situation. Actually, it is somewhat zenlike. Maybe he is presenting us with a koan that challenges us to think beyond his situation...

Or, maybe he is just a meathead.[/quote]

He is 326 and plays football so meathead is probably more accurate. I talked to a Panthers fan who was disappointed that he was gone (despite the issues). He said that Bridges is a pretty good player.

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[quote=JoeRedskin;555621]Well, he does seem to have a firm grasp on the obvious. In describing the two incidents that occurred in Carolina, Bridges said:

"Things happen and I can't blame nobody but myself. [B]If I wouldn't even have been in that situation then I wouldn't have been in the situation.[/B]"
[url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/06/AR2009050603787.html]washingtonpost.com[/url]

He seems to think that his being in the situation resulted from his being in the situation. Actually, it is somewhat zenlike. Maybe he is presenting us with a koan that challenges us to think beyond his situation...

Or, maybe he is just a meathead.[/quote]

Oh, that is very Zen-like! Bridges obviously can serve as the roshi for the OL, instilling the line with deep Buddhist values! Then the OL can block without blocking and we can win the Super Bowl by not winning it.

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[quote=Lotus;555629]Oh, that is very Zen-like! Bridges obviously can serve as the roshi for the OL, instilling the line with deep Buddhist values! Then the OL can block without blocking and we can win the Super Bowl by not winning it.[/quote]

I'd rather have Jedi linemen
"this is not the quarterback you are looking to sack... find Manning"
*Tuck runs toward Eli, hilarity ensues

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[quote=JoeRedskin;555621]Well, he does seem to have a firm grasp on the obvious. In describing the two incidents that occurred in Carolina, Bridges said:

"Things happen and I can't blame nobody but myself. [B]If I wouldn't even have been in that situation then I wouldn't have been in the situation.[/B]"
[url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/06/AR2009050603787.html]washingtonpost.com[/url]

He seems to think that his being in the situation resulted from his being in the situation. Actually, it is somewhat zenlike. Maybe he is presenting us with a koan that challenges us to think beyond his situation...

Or, maybe he is just a meathead.[/quote]
That's some deep stuff yo. I wouldn't have replied to this post if I hadn't of replied to this post. That's some far out mystic s**t man. Wow. I'm down with it. :pimp:

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[quote=Lotus;555178]Just have to keep him away from alcohol. He's one of those guys who is sweet when sober but hell on wheels when tanked.[/quote]

Or...to try another tack...maybe we GET HIM buzzed on gamedays?

I'm just sayin' - :silly:

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[quote=BigRedskinDaddy;555669]Or...to try another tack...maybe we GET HIM buzzed on gamedays?

I'm just sayin' - :silly:[/quote]

So you're saying give him a few and "Unleash the Beast?" :) I imagine he'd play like Incognito of the Rams. I still can't get over what a moron that guy is.

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[quote=Pocket$ $traight;555281]I have lived in both. I don't necessarily think that DC is going to have more distractions. More people are assholes up here and have a inflated level of self-worth so it might be easier to get into an argument but then again most of them don't have a spine so they back down pretty quickly.

If you hang around the wrong people or find the wrong part of town in any city you will get into trouble.

P.S. As far as the strip clubs, I think they are better in Charlotte. You can have lap dances (If there is a club in DC with lap dances let me know!). And definitely no pasties like the Commonwealth...[/quote]

I've also lived in both, albeit not here in Charlotte for very long.

The strip clubs in DC suck, as do they in VA; but B'more is very near by. The last thing that we need is a Pacman, and I agree with matty that if he can behave he's got a very good shot at being the starting RT.

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[quote=JoeRedskin;555621]Well, he does seem to have a firm grasp on the obvious. In describing the two incidents that occurred in Carolina, Bridges said:

"Things happen and I can't blame nobody but myself. [B]If I wouldn't even have been in that situation then I wouldn't have been in the situation.[/B]"
[URL="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/06/AR2009050603787.html"]washingtonpost.com[/URL]

He seems to think that his being in the situation resulted from his being in the situation. Actually, it is somewhat zenlike. Maybe he is presenting us with a koan that challenges us to think beyond his situation...

Or, maybe he is just a meathead.[/quote]

He's just saying had he not been where he was, or put himself into the possibility of those situations, then nothing would've happened.. and that's how it should've been.

does have a lil bushism ring to it though, no?

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[quote=53Fan;555671]So you're saying give him a few and "Unleash the Beast?" :) I imagine he'd play like Incognito of the Rams. I still can't get over what a moron that guy is.[/quote]

LOL, good point. I was thinking belligerent alcoholism didn't necessarily HAVE TO be a vice in this guy's case (:))...but you have reminded me why that probably isn't possible.

Incognito. What a tool. Imagine THAT combined w/drunken courage. <shudder>

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[quote=BigRedskinDaddy;555686]LOL, good point. I was thinking belligerent alcoholism didn't necessarily HAVE TO be a vice in this guy's case (:))...but you have reminded me why that probably isn't possible.

[B]Incognito. What a tool. Imagine THAT combined w/drunken courage. <shudder[/B]>[/quote]

I'm never really actually[B] for[/B] whacking somebody up side the head with a 2X4, but....well, you get my drift. :)

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[quote=tryfuhl;555675]He's just saying had he not been where he was, or put himself into the possibility of those situations, then nothing would've happened.. and that's how it should've been.

does have a lil bushism ring to it though, no?[/quote]

Oh, I understood exactly what he meant. I don't know if that's b/c of the depth or shallowness of his statement.

But, he is here... mission accomplished.

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[quote=53Fan;555671]So you're saying give him a few and "Unleash the Beast?" :) I imagine he'd play like Incognito of the Rams. I still can't get over what a moron that guy is.[/quote] I would to really hate piss that guy off ,,,,, crazy dude

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Jeremy Bridges can play in the NFL. That has never been mysterious to coaches in the league.

Jeremy Bridges has "self-control problems"; that is what has gotten him on the wrong side of coaches in the league.

IF the Skins can find a way to mentor him and counsel him and keep him under control - - on the field as well as off the field and during the season as well as during the off-season - - then this signing may be as important in improving the Skins' team as anything else they have done in this off-season.

IF on the other hand, Bridges "loses it", then the skins will release him and it will not have cost them all that much. Low risk/High reward. The FO should get a pat on the back for this move.

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[quote=sportscurmudgeon;555749]Jeremy Bridges can play in the NFL. That has never been mysterious to coaches in the league.

Jeremy Bridges has "self-control problems"; that is what has gotten him on the wrong side of coaches in the league.

IF the Skins can find a way to mentor him and counsel him and keep him under control - - on the field as well as off the field and during the season as well as during the off-season - - then this signing may be as important in improving the Skins' team as anything else they have done in this off-season.

IF on the other hand, Bridges "loses it", then the skins will release him and it will not have cost them all that much. Low risk/High reward. The FO should get a pat on the back for this move.[/quote]

Holy crap I think the space time continuum just cracked.

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His nickname should be Yogi.

"90% of the game is half-mental." "It ain't over 'til it's over."

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He could have quoted the Macho Man Randy Savage the week before Hollywood Hogan took back what belonged to him, "IT IS WHAT IT IS!"

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FRPLG:

The space-time continuum did not crack - - it didn't even experience an increase in its warp.


Signing Jeremy Bridges was a Low risk/High reward move. Those are good things. The Skins' FO doesn't do nearly enough of those kinds of things.


So, when they do, it is a good idea to praise them for such moves in the hopes that they might do more of them at some future time.


As Mr. Spock would say, "It's just logical, Captain."

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[quote=JoeRedskin;555715]Oh, I understood exactly what he meant. I don't know if that's b/c of the depth or shallowness of his statement.

But, he is here... [B]mission accomplished[/B].[/quote]
;) hahah

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[quote=sportscurmudgeon;555869]FRPLG:

The space-time continuum did not crack - - it didn't even experience an increase in its warp.


Signing Jeremy Bridges was a Low risk/High reward move. Those are good things. The Skins' FO doesn't do nearly enough of those kinds of things.


So, when they do, it is a good idea to praise them for such moves in the hopes that they might do more of them at some future time.


As Mr. Spock would say, "It's just logical, Captain."[/quote]
SC is full of positivity lately. I like to see it.

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[quote=FRPLG;555943]SC is full of positivity lately. I like to see it.[/quote]

Yes. It's confusing to me. I... I... I feel as if the universe is somehow out of balance and it has me unsettled.

THE FO SUCKS!! SIGNING THIS HEADCASE AND M WILLIAMS REEKS OF DESPARATION AND LACK OF PLANNING! IF THEY HAD USED MORE THAN 5 OF THERE LAST [I][B]40[/B][/I] DRAFT PICKS ON LINEMEN, WE WOULDN'T NEED THIS HEADCASE!!

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. I feel so much better.

In reality, good signing (risk/reward thing). The critique about the draft picks is legit though. Since 2003 we have drafted !!five!! Olineman out of 40 picks:

2003 Rnd 3(81) Derrick Dockery
2004 Rnd 5 (151) Mark Wilson
2004 Rnd 6(180) Jim Molinaro
2006 Rnd 7(230) Kili Lefotu
2008 Rnd 3(96) Chad Rinehart

In that same time we have drafted:
8 DB's
4 DLmen
8 LB's
3 RB's
4 QB's
3 TE's
4 WR's
Punter.

Just from a distribution point of view, drafting one OLman more than QB's seems to me to be wrong. Part fo this comes from trading picks but, in the time span covered, if we had traded no picks and gotten no compensatory picks, we would have only had 42 picks. Of the 34 picks made prior to this year, 19 are still with the team (9 from last year's 10 picks).

BPA is great, BUT sometimes you gotta plan ahead and ignoring the oline year in and year out requires us to find diamands in the rough or depend on guys like Fabini.

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Joe Redskin:

Just to put your mind at ease, I do not think highly of the Mike Williams signing.

Like the Bridges' signing, the Williams signing is "low risk" - - other than the danger that he might mistake Albert Haynesworth's leg for a roast beef and eat half of it. However, the upside is limited due to the fact that he has been injured and out of football for a couple of years AND his weight ballooned to the point where he is now 60 lbs over the weight he used to play at.

Let's do some math. Training camp starts in 8 weeks. To get to playing weight, he has to lose 7.5 lbs a week - - without losing strength.

Since it is a low risk move to bring him in, there is no need to bash the FO for doing it. However, the chances that the Williams move turns out to be the key to the Skins making a run to the NFC Championship Game are vanishingly small.

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[quote=sportscurmudgeon;556020]Joe Redskin:

Just to put your mind at ease, I do not think highly of the Mike Williams signing.

Like the Bridges' signing, the Williams signing is "low risk" - - other than the danger that he might mistake Albert Haynesworth's leg for a roast beef and eat half of it. However, the upside is limited due to the fact that he has been injured and out of football for a couple of years AND his weight ballooned to the point where he is now 60 lbs over the weight he used to play at.

Let's do some math. Training camp starts in 8 weeks. To get to playing weight, he has to lose 7.5 lbs a week - - without losing strength.

Since it is a low risk move to bring him in, there is no need to bash the FO for doing it. However, the chances that the Williams move turns out to be the key to the Skins making a run to the NFC Championship Game are vanishingly small.[/quote]
Yeah Williams can't by any stretch be expected to come into training camp in the perfect shape at this point. And be can't be relied on to be ready by Game 1. But if he can really start rounding(pun sorta intended) back into shape and shows good skill then he'd be nice depth. Providing he can also provide the versatility of a T/G. I don't think it is out of the realm of expectation that he could be in starting shape by week 4. Now staying healthy is a whole other issue of curse. Carrying that much weight increases his chance on injury. They really need to get him back down to sub-320. I guess he'll either progress as needed or he'll be gone.

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I found Zorn's comments about the right tackle competition interesting. Specifically not mentioning Jansen at all:

"Well, it's still open, and we're still trying to work [B]Mike Williams[/B] in, we've got [B]Stephon Heyer[/B] working in there, [B][Jeremy] Bridges[/B] is gonna be working in there now ... we've got some candidates, but that position probably won't be solidified until we do work through training camp, we get these guys into games, and we find that chemistry and that combination."

Then, when asked about Jansen, Zorn focuses mainly on his work at center:

"Well, Jon's been great, because Jon's worked at right tackle, he's worked at guard, and he's helping us at center. And to be honest with you, he's doing a great job at center, communicating with the guards and getting people put in the right place. You know, center's a very communicative position, and he's doing a great job with that. The quarterbacks like him because his butt's so tall, they can just stand up and look at things. They don't have to squat down."

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[quote=GMScud;556240][B]I found Zorn's comments about the right tackle competition interesting. Specifically not mentioning Jansen at all:[/B]

"Well, it's still open, and we're still trying to work [B]Mike Williams[/B] in, we've got [B]Stephon Heyer[/B] working in there, [B][Jeremy] Bridges[/B] is gonna be working in there now ... we've got some candidates, but that position probably won't be solidified until we do work through training camp, we get these guys into games, and we find that chemistry and that combination."

Then, when asked about Jansen, Zorn focuses mainly on his work at center:

"Well, Jon's been great, because Jon's worked at right tackle, he's worked at guard, and he's helping us at center. And to be honest with you, he's doing a great job at center, communicating with the guards and getting people put in the right place. You know, center's a very communicative position, and he's doing a great job with that. The quarterbacks like him because his butt's so tall, they can just stand up and look at things. They don't have to squat down."[/quote]

I noticed the same thing. It's telling.

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Anybody else catch the Mike Williams interview that was just on Redskins Nation? It's hard not to root for this guy.....If he can do what Dmitri Young did in his comeback with the Nationals a couple of seasons ago......I"m just saying...

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[quote=Warren85Ellard;556244]Anybody else catch the Mike Williams interview that was just on Redskins Nation? It's hard not to root for this guy[B].....If he can do what Dmitri Young did in his comeback with the Nationals a couple of seasons ago......I"m just saying[/B]...[/quote]

That's a good point, especiallly if he's motivated and can shed 30lbs.

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I'm not sure yet but I think I like the idea of Jansen playing at center.. Jansen is slightly bigger than Rabach, and he played at RT - handled all kinds of DEs and blitzers.. It should help his blocking with interior and NTs..

And beside, just like Zorn said, Campbell doesn't have to squat when he's under center..

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[quote=GridIron26;556415]I'm not sure yet but I think I like the idea of Jansen playing at center.. Jansen is slightly bigger than Rabach, and he played at RT - handled all kinds of DEs and blitzers.. It should help his blocking with interior and NTs..

And beside, just like Zorn said, Campbell doesn't have to squat when he's under center..[/quote]

I agree. Jansen appears to have lost some mobility, which will be less of a factor at center.

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since you guys hate new threads I'll bump this month old one

Bridges had the pending charges against him dropped

[url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/redskinsinsider/a-couple-of-brief-updates.html?wprss=redskinsinsider]Redskins Insider - Rogers Ailing; Charges against Bridges Dropped[/url]

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[quote=tryfuhl;561064]since you guys hate new threads I'll bump this month old one

Bridges had the pending charges against him dropped

[url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/redskinsinsider/a-couple-of-brief-updates.html?wprss=redskinsinsider]Redskins Insider - Rogers Ailing; Charges against Bridges Dropped[/url][/quote]

Good to hear this, I hope Bridges stays out of trouble.

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I wouldn't be surprised if he beat out Heyer and won the starting RT job, but he has to stay out of trouble especially in a big market area like DC.

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sounded to me like heyer was the man for now at RT, zorn didnt have anything specific to say about anyone else having a legit shot at this point. i guess it is only june 2nd.

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I am not sure how many people have been tracking this but Jeremy Bridges is playing tonight for Arizona as their left tackle. He also played last week and dominated Jared Allen.

I do not think enough attention has been paid to the horrible move of releasing this guy and keeping Heyer, Batiste and Montgomery.

Heyer is our worst starting lineman. He is absolutely terrible. How the hell do we let a guy with Bridges versatility and talent go for guys who probably shouldn't be in the league?

Nothing can be done now, but it is a big checkmark against someone in the front office in my opinion.

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I really thought this guy could have started for us. Oh well.

[url=http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/148095]Cards notes: Bridges shines in fill-in role | Cardinals / NFL | eastvalleytribune.com[/url]

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hes certainly better than baptiste. he is just terrible. why did we cut bridges over him?

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Dude so what. Seriously, what is it around here every time a released player goes to another team and performs it means that the front office effed up. It means nothing. People come and go in the NFL, bro. You win some, you lose some. Evaluating talent isn't an exact science. You act like we effin let Steve Hutchinson go or something! lol I wish people would get off their high horse and realize that sometimes.

How about Quinton Ganther. He's starting and producing isn't he? How about giving props for bringing in Sherm Lewis. How do you grade the front office on that move? And what about bringing DDocks back this year. He's been steady and has started every game to the best of my knowledge. And Levi Jones, while not great, has been holding it down big time.

Sometimes I think we nitpick just to bitch and moan.