steveo395
03-10-2006, 08:19 PM
Look at Patten's career numbers. He is never going to be a world beater. And last year he set career lows for yards per catch, under 10. He's 32, has never been great, and missed 7 games last year with near career low production.
And some of you guys complained Bruce was too old? Old Man Bruce caught for more yards and TD's in his last 3 years than Patten has in his last 5.
He's a WR2 and that's all fine and good, but you shouldn't be looking at a guy in his TENTH year and going "oh he'll be better with Al Saunders".
i'm not saying that we don't need to sign another WR, im just saying that we shouldn't cut patten
and unless he gets a horrible injury, he will be better with saunders
GoSkins!
03-10-2006, 08:49 PM
86 yards a game? On what planet?
9 games played, 217 total yards, 0 TD. That's 24 yards a game. One game with > 60 yards receiving. ONE. And he had 7 catches that game, so the ypc is pretty abysmal.
Dump Patten. Dump Thrash. Dump Jacobs. Your net loss there is 25 yards a game of receiving. If you can't get a 25 yard/game guy off the FA wire, might as well hang it up.
I'm not sure, but I think the 86 yards per game refers to the drop off in team passing yards once he left.
We need another receiver, but Patten was not doing a bad job. Brunnel and him were not in sync early, and once they started to get it together, he got hurt. Go back and look at the game film and you will see what I'm talking about.
SmootSmack
03-10-2006, 08:57 PM
I have a feeling that David Patten will be like this year's Mark Brunell. A year ago at this time 2/3rds of Redskins fans (rough estimate) were saying he had to go. That all changed in 2005. I think the same may happen with Patten
There's no need to go crazy and cut all of our WRs.
You can't have all-stars at every position.
Patten will be a quality #3.
SmootSmack
03-10-2006, 09:49 PM
There's no need to go crazy and cut all of our WRs.
You can't have all-stars at every position.
Patten will be a quality #3.
Do you think we'll cut Thrash? And what about Antonio Brown? I know AB is our KR, but that's another WR on our roster taking away from another position.
SKINFANFOLIFE
03-10-2006, 09:54 PM
I Think Thrash May Be A Camp Casulty And Brown Maybe To. Brown However Needs To Improve At Reciever To Make This Team. I Know He Is A Good Returner B/c Of Speed But Another Fumble He'll Never See Another Redskin Uniform As Long As He Lives.
Do you think we'll cut Thrash? And what about Antonio Brown? I know AB is our KR, but that's another WR on our roster taking away from another position.
I think Thrash may be safe now that the CBA isn't an issue. He seems to be a Gibbs' favorite.
Good question on Brown, guess it depends on who we acquire. He could get squeezed out.
Pocket$ $traight
03-10-2006, 09:56 PM
david patten,, i hate that guy,, plus he sucks.. i know it aint gonna happen but still it would be nice,m hey isnt fred smooth a free agent or getting released from the vikes ? hmm that would be cool if he came back
I thought about starting a thread on this.
That would be awesome if they could get Smoot for cheap. He was terrible last year and would be a great 3rd corner.
He would definitely come back.
SKINFANFOLIFE
03-10-2006, 10:07 PM
Is The Vikes Really Conna Release Him
SmootSmack
03-10-2006, 10:10 PM
I don't think Smoot is going anywhere. I hear he's added 11 pounds of muscle, according to twincities.com
He must have gotten the 'roids from Clinton Portis. ;)