thread of reason

Brunell is taking way too much heat for the offensive struggles right now.

At lunch I was listening to ESPN radio and a show called "The Heard" I think, well it was abuzz with talk over talk of how the game has passed Gibbs by, Brunell stinks, blah blah. It just made me laugh.

Well Ramsey fan has a good point on mostly everything, but let me be the one that says his opions on Brunell is CRAP.

:laughing- fair enough

Brunell is taking way too much heat for the offensive struggles right now.

At lunch I was listening to ESPN radio and a show called "The Heard" I think, well it was abuzz with talk over talk of how the game has passed Gibbs by, Brunell stinks, blah blah. It just made me laugh.
I love it, Matty. Gibbs comes here in 81, after a 6-10 season, after they won 24 of their 48 games in the previous 3 years. He went 0-5 to start the year. But somehow he managed to follow it up with 4 Super Bowls in the next 11 years. That was all fine and good.

Now, he comes back after a 5-11 season, after they only won 20 of their previous 48 games. He goes 1-3 (2-2 without the NFL-acknowledged official's errors), and that is an indication the game has passed him by.

BRILLIANT!!!!!

BRILLIANT!!!!!

I'm glad you were able to laugh at it. The great joy, though, will be getting the LAST laugh. I am hopeful and expectant that it will be coming to us.

OK, I'll admit it, the game may have passed Gibbs by....BUT, Gibbs is the master of adjustments. I'm positive that even as we speak, he is already adjusting and adapting his coaching style and offense to the "new" NFL. It took him 5 games to do it the first time around, and this time he started out one win ahead of the curve. Needless to say, I was VERY dissappointed after yesterday's game, but I have the confidence that it will get better....soon (please!!!).

I've finally calmed down and I think my head is now cool enough to post in this thread.

The way I see it - this team could very easily be 4-0. I'm sure most would agree with me. That's not to say that I think this team is elite, but I do think they are solid. Unfortunately with parity in the NFL, there are about 24 other teams in the same boat as the Skins.

When you are at this level your W-L will be ultimately be decided by how you do the "little things", and right now the Skins could not be worse in that department.

I really think if we can eliminate the turnovers and manage the clock a little better this team can go on a run and make the playoffs. But time is running out.

I agree CC, this team could easily be 4-0.

Turnovers have absolutely killed them (and a few bad calls against Dallas).

Ya I tried not to blame the penalties but that Dallas game was a joke. In our home park no less!

PS - To the NFL - please don't fine a guy (Roy Williams) if you're not gonna throw the flag when it counts!

The way I see it - this team could very easily be 4-0. I'm sure most would agree with me. That's not to say that I think this team is elite, but I do think they are solid. Unfortunately with parity in the NFL, there are about 24 other teams in the same boat as the Skins.

When you are at this level your W-L will be ultimately be decided by how you do the "little things", and right now the Skins could not be worse in that department.

I really think if we can eliminate the turnovers and manage the clock a little better this team can go on a run and make the playoffs. But time is running out.

totally agree with you vs. the Giants and the Girls, but man, the Browns. they are bad and hurt, and our offense had no better defense to go up against and hone and gain some confidence. now we're going into Bmore's defense, and while i know we have the talent and the plays to win, im not sure we have the confidence or the juju. and if we lose ONE more game, even if its close, it will REALLY take a toll on the players and they wont truly WANT to execute. we need to show improvement N O W. get to the bye with some optimism.

if we lose ONE more game, even if its close, it will REALLY take a toll on the players and they wont truly WANT to execute. we need to show improvement N O W. get to the bye with some optimism.

Couldn't agree more. I think our 2004 fate will be decided in the next 2 games.

The team could be 4-0, but they are not. Were if's and but's candy and nuts oh what a Christmas there'd be.

They could also be 0-4, but they are not. Think about that possibility too...

The Redskins are what they are and that is a team that is not at the elite level of the NFL at this point and also not in the depths of the NFL either.

I'm not a fan of Vinny Cerato by any stretch of the imagination but this is not his fault.

I am frustrated by Matty's edict here that we use reason and logic in this thread:

I wanted to call for Don Breaux to be drawn and quartered and fed to the vultures just because it is obviously his white hair on the sidelines that is blinding the pass receivers and making them drop the ball.

I wanted to bash Bubba Tyrer for allowing Jon Jansen and LaVar Arrington to get hurt. What is he doing to to earn his keep here?

I wanted to suggest that the FO trade Sultan McCullough off the practice squad and cash in on his HoF potential and get Payton Manning, Marvin Harrison and next year's first and second round picks from Indy in return. And if they don't do that, then they should be boiled in mule snot. And they damned well better hurry up with that trade because the trade deadline is almost upon us.

I wanted to suggest that if the fans would just yell more everything would be just fine. Yeah, right...

I think that the Hogettes have to take some blame too. They are probably distracting to Joe Bugel because it reminds him about how a really talented offensive line can work and then he has to go and work with this bunch of no-account sorry-assed hominids.

And don't forget Danny Boy. He still looks like he has too much starch in his shorts and that has to be weighing on the players' minds as they go through their pregame stretching exercises.

Oh, did I mention the rumor that Joe Gibbs was actually kidnapped by space aliens and that his brain was replaced by Richie Kotite's? Yeah, well that too...

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