Brian Orakpo will win NFL DPOY and other predictions

Look guys I've decoded his message! We need to send help immediately.

Seriously though I like your optimism.

dude that is hilarious.. I was thinking that GTripp got hacked.. I agree that if Tripp is this positive we must be in for something special!

I conclude with great certainty that RGIII will throw for over 4000 yards this season. I think Dez Briscoe will be a breakout player for us. I think we will get a wildcard spot PROVIDED that the team is not decimated by injuries to the line and our secondary can scrap together some respectable play.

I love how: I've been kidnapped and am being held hostage by Ravens fans is considered more believable than I think Brian Orakpo is going to have the best season of his career, despite how gushingly positive I've always been about Orakpo.

Seriously though, you guys are the best. And it's Saints week.

I love how: I've been kidnapped and am being held hostage by Ravens fans is considered more believable than I think Brian Orakpo is going to have the best season of his career, despite how gushingly positive I've always been about Orakpo.

Seriously though, you guys are the best. And it's Saints week.


I agree with you Tripp! Orakpo is poised for a breakout season and you have been one of his biggest advocates - even if it took getting laid by your kidnappers at M&T Bank stadium to make your prediction!

if i had to guess, i'd think griffin would be closer to 3200 yards this year. I'd also say 10 ints before 20 tds is much more likely. we'll see though.

Kerrigan's our best defensive player. Was last year and will be again this year. Rak seems too inconsistent at times. He's good player, but I'm starting to feel he's a bit overrated.

But this coming from the guy who thinks D.Hall is the best thing since sliced bread, so what do I know.I mean, Kerrigan is going to be one of the better defensive players in the NFL, no doubt. I just think Orakpo --particularly with Suggs on the mend this year-- is poised to be the top defensive player in the NFL this year. He's already the top guy on the Redskins.

Hey GTRIPP, do you think any other top tier DE has a leg up based on an easy schedule (relative to OL they face)?

I mean, Kerrigan is going to be one of the better defensive players in the NFL, no doubt. I just think Orakpo --particularly with Suggs on the mend this year-- is poised to be the top defensive player in the NFL this year. He's already the top guy on the Redskins.


Orakpo showed how great he was two years ago when he was being held consistently on every pass rush. He knows how to rush the passer but he has to learn how to fight through two defenders in order to get to the quarterback because the opposing coaches know what he's capable of. On a play last season when Orakpo sacked Cam Newton, he was more gratified with getting to the sack than going for the strip. Orakpo has to learn how to go for the strip in order to make himself even more respectable and feared.

Kerrigan's our best defensive player. Was last year and will be again this year. Rak seems too inconsistent at times. He's good player, but I'm starting to feel he's a bit overrated.

But this coming from the guy who thinks D.Hall is the best thing since sliced bread, so what do I know.

Certainly wasn't the case last year, isn't the case now and won't be this season. Kerrigan could be our best defensive player after Fletcher is gone, but that's not a foregone conclusion.

It's sad, if not a little irritating, that even some Skins fans, who've supposedly watched a lot of Skins games the last several years, somehow fail to understand/appreciate Fletcher as not only our best player on defense, but the guy who actually holds the defense together. This fact was reaffirmed already in preseason when Fletcher sat out of the Bears game and our defense looked mediocre at best. And it will be the same all season long and really until we have an ILB who can lead/motivate the defense like Fletcher.

Orakpo and Kerrigan's success will depend largely on how much Bowen, Cofield, and Carriker can collapse the pocket.