RI: Jeremy Bridges agrees to terms

[CRedskinsRule]

I would like to see our line stay healthy for a season. I know this is highly age related, but people do realize the Giants O-line has been one unit for 3 years. That would be great. The O-line, and the D-line, is not just individual players but also a cohesive unit. a side note, just got a text that Levi Jones was just released!!

[JoeRedskin]

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. If I wouldn't even have been in that situation then I wouldn't have been in the situation."
washingtonpost.com

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.

[Pocket$ $traight]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

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. If I wouldn't even have been in that situation then I wouldn't have been in the situation."
washingtonpost.com

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.

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.

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

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. If I wouldn't even have been in that situation then I wouldn't have been in the situation."
washingtonpost.com

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.

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.

[Oolak]

Originally Posted by Lotus

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.

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

[53Fan]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

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. If I wouldn't even have been in that situation then I wouldn't have been in the situation."
washingtonpost.com

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.

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.

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

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. If I wouldn't even have been in that situation then I wouldn't have been in the situation."
washingtonpost.com

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.

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?

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by tryfuhl

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?

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.

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

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.

hahah

[Number44]

His nickname should be Yogi.

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

[Pocket$ $traight]

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!"

[sportscurmudgeon]

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."

[FRPLG]

Originally Posted by sportscurmudgeon

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."

SC is full of positivity lately. I like to see it.

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

SC is full of positivity lately. I like to see it.

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 40 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.

[sportscurmudgeon]

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.