Message from Coach Gibbs

they better have cap room to resign Smoot

Print that press conference quote up and frame it.

Anybody out there who thinks he's lost it is mistaken. If you were to walk away from your job and returned 12 years later things would be very different. Everything in the game is constantly evolving. So it's going to take some time to adjust. What Gibbs brings to the table though is something that in every team sport is vital. Loyalty, accountability, trust, and an overall sense of family within the team. It's something all great coaches seem to have & I think he'd be successful in any era. The way the team is united right now in the rough times is a testament to that. I think the foundation is there and once he get's his offense up to speed all the doubters will disappear.

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This is right on the money. Gibbs knew it would take time to get caught up, so what did he do? He hired the top defensive guy available to get the defense to carry the team in the meantime. Granted, no one expected the (passing) offense to be quite as anemic as it is, but he most definitely knows what he's doing.
I know it isn't true, but sometimes I almost get the impression that this bad start was intentional....to see how the players respond to adversity to find out who the real Redskins are. Like I said, I don't think it was, but if the long term results of a 1-4 start are anything like the 0-5 start in '81, that's fine with me!

Oh yeah, of course he's talking about Smoot (among others)....Fred will be a LIFETIME Redskin!

We can use every once of cap room on Smoot and I wont care (exaturation). That is a guy that we NEED to have on this football team. I really wish we resigned him already, but thats the only thing I want to see in the offseason. This guy has to be a lifetime Redskin. Sunday wasent the first time he came up like that, remember the chest injury he suffered against Tampa last year? It kept him out a week, but he still went back into the TB game after it happend and kept playing. That guy is a warrior.

Sign Smoot before the end of the season. It will go over huge in the locker room as players will see a guy playing with heart and character being rewarded w/out the usual BS offseason signing shenanigans.

I feel like I remember Cerrato being quoted somewhere (about a month ago) saying that resigning Smoot was the number one priority. I was never a huge Smoot fan before (don't get me wrong, I didn't dislike him or anything), but this season is really turning me into one.

Honestly, before Champ left, I thought Champ was the man, and Smoot was just a really good CB. Now that Champ has left, Smoot has really seemed to step up even more. If I could, I'd sign Smoot myself in order to get him here for the rest of his career. Shoot, I'd cut off two arms and a leg to ensure he stays here.

Everyone thought it was Champ! But Smoot & Springs are great! Add ST, and we have a good start in the secondary. We need a couple more warriors though, with Bowen out!

I was not a big backer of Springs, but he also walks the talk! He was on the Monday night post game show, and he's bigger than I thought, and is clear headed and concisive in speaking! Kind of the Anti-Smoot! He levels out our Secondary!

Interesting.......I think he was talking about Smoot.

Could this mean that we will re-sign him in the offseason?

He was referring to Smoot. Gibb's the President of the team. If he wants Smoot, Smoot is here for the duration that he's here.

they better have cap room to resign Smoot

Smoot will probably be re-signed at the end of this season. Players that are certainly being considered for release are McCants, Noble, Samuels and Gardner. I'm sure at least two out of the bunch will not be here freeing up a considerable amount of cap money.