HUGE difference from 2009 preseason to 2010 present!

sorry o great one... i forget you see all sometimes. http://www.thewarpath.net/images/icons/icon10.gif

Ha! Apology accepted :)

Nothing wrong with taking a peek at the stats this time of year, but really you can't take much from them. At this time of year I think you want to see things like effort, players executing the fundamentals, mental focus, things you can't necessarily fit neatly in a stat category. And from that perspective it's safe to say this isn't the 2009 Redskins. I'm definitely excited about this season and the new regime in place. Time to let the past go folks. There is finally some real change taking place.

I only got to watch the Ravens-Redskins game thus far, and I was much more impressed with our QB pocket presence than from a year ago. I liked JC, but if he was under center in that Ravens game they would have had about four sacks and a safety in the first half. That alone is a huge improvement.

Nothing wrong with taking a peek at the stats this time of year, but really you can't take much from them. At this time of year I think you want to see things like effort, players executing the fundamentals, mental focus, things you can't necessarily fit neatly in a stat category. And from that perspective it's safe to say this isn't the 2009 Redskins. I'm definitely excited about this season and the new regime in place. Time to let the past go folks. There is finally some real change taking place.


Stop stop you had me at nothing you had me at nothing LOL. Oh hell yeah really excited about this season 2 things competitive & adjustments 2 things this orgainization will be/do this season.

Given that we're in the middle of a major change throughout the organization, I expected preseason to be a bit messy. Still, I think there are some decent signs for the team:

1. Passing attack. Light years beyond Zorn's offense (and Gibbs II, for what it's worth).
2. Turnovers on D--an emphasis and it's played out well so far.
3. Better QB play. The reads from all our QBs make me happy, after the slow-motion JC era.

Worries:

1. Run offense. Here I think the time it takes to implement Shanny's zone scheme is showing. Also, we don't yet have the players to do it, IMO.
2. Run D. Worries at the nose--is Keemu healthy? But this may also be a learning curve deal. Still, I don't think we yet have the personnel here.
3. Depth.

My feeling is that it's going to take Allen and Shanny a few seasons to get everything in place, no matter what they say about McNabb and "win now."

Bottom line: at least we don't look like a goofy gimick team out there. We look like a football team, for the first time in a while. Even if we're not contenders yet, I think it's hard to doubt we're moving in the right direction.

An experienced coach like MS also can mask deficiencies better than a coach like JZ. Early on that might be enough to eek out a win (or two). ie the running stats look better just because the passing game spreads the field.