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This thread is all about giving props to players (other than the obvious choices like RG3 or Morris) that have really stepped up and made a difference this year.

Mine goes to Trent Williams with an honorable mention to Perry Riley.

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Mine goes to Garcon. 5-1 when he's played. Plus that guy is so fast. Geez. Every week I'm awed.

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Mine goes to Paulsen. Dude has really came through big since he's been thrust into the starting spot. I don't think anybody expect him to contribute as much as he has.

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Leonard Hankerson for having made key first down's on last 2 games winning drives.
Stephen Bowen for plugging the middle.
Kai Forbath for being perfect.
Lorenzo Alexander doing it all
Montgomery opening holes for Morris

So many players deserve props.

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Cobra Kai Forbath

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Chris Chester

And I really think Morgan doesn't get enough credit for all the "little things" he does

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Joshua with the blocks!

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[quote=SmootSmack;971504]Chris Chester

And I really think Morgan doesn't get enough credit for all the "little things" he does[/quote]

My boy Morgan was a good signing even though he made that costly mistake against the Rams.

TRENT WILLIAMS - best left tackle in the NFL, and if u don't think so tell me who is better right now? He shut down Ware and then shut down JPP and OSI.

P.G - he's a true stud when healthy, imagine what our record would be with him all year? 8-4 would be my guess.

D.Hall - I know he's the devil around here but he has played well lately.

STEPHEN BOWEN - just a very good player, does the dirty work well

Finally - Mike and Kyle for shutting me up and many others around here. They have my full support until they leave as far as I'm concerned.

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Perry Riley has come into his own this year. Thought he'd be a good one and he has stepped up and played well. Montgomery has played better than I thought he could. Josh Morgan for his receiving but especially for his blocking. Knew he could catch...didn't expect such good effort from him blocking. Logan Paulsen. He's become a much more dependable receiver I think than anyone expected. Santana Moss. Came into camp lighter and faster. He's done great in the slot.

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Tyler Polumbus is legit...I really enjoyed seeing him mug Tuck all night. I think it's fair to say we have seen the last of Jammal in Redskins uniform.

Robinson gets props for burning and that dance in Dallas...stylin'on'em. Keep on vroom vrooming.

Moss, unsung hero...7 TDs and counting.

Forbath for sticking it between the polls all day every day. It's nice to have someone that can execute a FINISH HIM! move.

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Gotta go for Young here. He's doing it all. Great blocking, nice hands, short yardage.

Cant believe nobody has mentioned Darrell Young. Dude has been clutch when he gets the ball and a true unsung hero doing all the dirty work for Almo.
.....and someone even called my man "soft" - forget who but you can find it on pages 199 and 213 I think of the Skins vs Bucs gameday thread.
Edit : Well nobody mentioned him between me typing and hitting save. Lol.

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[quote=DynamiteRave;971497]Mine goes to Garcon. 5-1 when he's played. Plus that guy is so fast. Geez. Every week I'm awed.[/quote]

He's been an absolute stud these last 2 weeks. The foot must be feeling better. This offense could be downright scary with him and Davis back to 100% next year.

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Cedric Griffin- Has been our most consistent CB all season.

Will Montgomery- Anchoring that middle with relative ease this season.

Darrel Young- Obviously

Stephen Bowen and Barry Cofield- Playing way better than last season.

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Props:

* The Shanahans have, at this point, earned their rep as offensive masterminds. They created an "RG3 offense" that is not only perfectly tailored to help him as a rookie with limited decisions to make passing-wise, but one that keeps the defensive ends and middle linebackers baffled all game.

* Completely agree on Paulsen... he has played FAR better than expected.

* Riley too... It's good to know we have someone to step in for Fletch at some point and be decent.

* Trent Williams for apparently growing up a little and becoming our new Chris Samuels.

No Props:
It's funny you mention Polumbus because he is the one guy who I am shocked has an NFL job. If you truly watch him throughout the game, he completely whiffs on blocks and gets tossed around regularly.

Now, the Shanahans have been MASTERFUL at putting makeup on this in the form of the new pistol/east coast offense which is incredible at keeping the D-Ends from pinning their ears back, moving the pocket around on them, and wearing them out on stretch runs all game.

However, watch the next time we have to do "normal" passing plays if we are playing catch-up (5-7 step drop passing game)... Polumbus is a turn-style.

But hey... seriously I am not trying to hate... he is just the one guy that when I actually isolate and watch him, I want to throw my TV against the wall.

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Moss - He's taken an unjustifiably reduced role in stride and still proved to be the best pure receiver on the roster. Anyone else notice we don't score as many points in the games Moss isn't given at least a handful of opportunities.

Young - No frills, just great blocking and an awesome outlet for quick dives, misdirection or dump passes.

Trent - Mostly for playing through what sounds like an extremely painful injury

Fletcher - He's probably in more pain than anyone on the field, and still nearly elite.

Riley - Emerging as a top ILB

Bowen - IMO he's the only guy on the active roster who has any business starting as a 3-4 defensive lineman

Kai, PG and Trent.

I had my doubts on PG but he is one hell of a player. He plays with heart and just exudes effort on every play. The team is truly different with him on the field.

Trent has stepped his game up to "top tier" level. Every year since TW came into the league we kept hearing what he could develop into. In the NFL the "could be potential" rarely develops but I'm proud to say TW seems to have realized his potential and has a football mind now. It's not about what he can do outside of football but he considers himself a leader and doesn't let other players push any of his teammates around. He is the first to step in and let other teams know that BS isn't going to fly when he is around. Teammates respect that! I am really proud that he beat the odds and is establishing a new punishing attitude on the line.

Kai what else to say. The dude makes kicks and if he was here all year we could easily be 9-3 right now.

Garcon. So happy to have him back. Imagine if we had him and Gaffney line up together.

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Trent- playing like an All Pro LT..Surprised me since coming out of college he was considered lazy at times....you know what...
...The Whole OLine has been playing great IMO.

Polumbus is the worst one on the line, and we need to upgrade that position come the offseason, but the fact of the matter is, we can win with this guy at RT if need be, because RG3 makes the line this much better.

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Pierre Garcon -- I really hope he and RG3 become one of the great QB-WR tandems for the next few years.

Darrell Young -- Alfred Morris is great but having a Fullback who opens up holes for you has to help. Plus he is there for RG3 on all the pistor formation plays

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Not a player (but since the Shanahans got some I am going here)

Dan Snyder - for being the owner that stepped back, and let the FO make the decisions, but kept the checkbook open.

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1. Pierre Garcon for playing with an injured toe. He has been playing some excellent football.

2. Kai Forbath for being perfect on FGs. I love his consistency.

3. London Fletcher for leading the team while injured and being the tackling machine that he is.

4. Chris Cooley for coming back and being an excellent teammate while dealing with his demotion with class.

5. Perry Riley for being great on defense. He's becoming one great ILB.

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1. Kai Forbath
2. WIl Montgomery
3. Chris Chester
4. Darrel Young
5. Santana Moss

These are the guys I didnt expect who have stepped and been the difference in wins and losses.

Forbath has been a real nice surprise.

I think the Oline as a unit has been the most surprising. I really dont buy the arguement RG3 makes the unit "better", these guys have taken nice steps. Check the individual grades of Trent, Montgomery and Chester. These guys have graded out in the top half of the league all year.

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Just about anybody on offense. Monty and Young strike me as the most suprising. KL is coming of major knee surgery and has gotten the job done. Paulsen has stepped up when we were in trouble at TE. All of our WRs are a huge part of our running game in a very unrecognized fashion.

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1. Kai Forbath
2. The offensive line - I think collectively they have really played pretty well down the stretch.
3. Darrel Young
4. Josh Morgan
5. L. Hankerson
6. Paulsen for stepping up and filling the void while Fred Davis has been injured.

Last but not least: The fans who were lucky enough to show up to Fed Ex Field on Monday night and help electrify the stadium. Even at home watching on TV, it felt like it did when the 'skins played at RFK.

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Another obvious is Morris....his second level burst of showmanship after that NY fumble was a game closer that got us here. You'de have to be blind not to see how the event poured from him. That's got me told!.. U can say that for all of them now too. Keep Fighting!

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Great thread, I think everyone is caught up in the RG3 hype right now and Morris is only seeing a spit of it. I'll give mine out to:

[B]OL:[/B] what a suprise. supposed to the be weakest link.
[B]WR's:[/B] Garcon is getting a lot of hype also but in reality Hankerson, Morgan, Robinson, Moss.... they all are pulling some form of weight.

[B]OC:[/B] my biggie. 4 wks ago we were ready to run the Shanahan's out of town. smart to get back to what worked in the first few games.

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[quote=Hail to the Redskins;971528]Props:

* The Shanahans have, at this point, earned their rep as offensive masterminds. They created an "RG3 offense" that is not only perfectly tailored to help him as a rookie with limited decisions to make passing-wise, but one that keeps the defensive ends and middle linebackers baffled all game.

* Completely agree on Paulsen... he has played FAR better than expected.

* Riley too... It's good to know we have someone to step in for Fletch at some point and be decent.

* Trent Williams for apparently growing up a little and becoming our new Chris Samuels.

No Props:
It's funny you mention Polumbus because he is the one guy who I am shocked has an NFL job. If you truly watch him throughout the game, he completely whiffs on blocks and gets tossed around regularly.

Now, the Shanahans have been MASTERFUL at putting makeup on this in the form of the new pistol/east coast offense which is incredible at keeping the D-Ends from pinning their ears back, moving the pocket around on them, and wearing them out on stretch runs all game.

However, watch the next time we have to do "normal" passing plays if we are playing catch-up (5-7 step drop passing game)... Polumbus is a turn-style.

But hey... seriously I am not trying to hate... he is just the one guy that when I actually isolate and watch him, I want to throw my TV against the wall.[/quote]

I read this after my OL props. I will agree to an extent. I don't watch Polumbus specifically but what I've noticed is the play action really helps our offense. We all know this but it seemed KS had gotten away from the stretch plays and had RG3 getting rushed on. Then after the bye week it seemed like the team went back to what worked in the first few games.

Play action
Stretch plays
Options plays

All these keep the defense honest allowing RG3 to work his magic.

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[quote=hooskins;971538]Garcon. So happy to have him back. Imagine if we had him and Gaffney line up together.[/quote]

Uh, no on Gaffney. Besides I thought someone just let him go recently? If he was that great the Redskins would bring him back for your dream scenario.

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Props to all of the players who have played hurt.

London Fletcher - Can't keep him off the field.
Trent Williams - He has been gutting it out for weeks.
Pierre Garcon - His courageous performances mean so much to the team.

I'm sure there are many more injuries we don't even know about.

Also, props to DeAngelo Hall who is on crutches and yet he is vowing to play against the Ravems this week. I'd bet on him.

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Gotta be Darrel Young. Def one of the rising starts at that position.

Dude runs hard between the tackles, good blocker, and has nice hands out the backfield. He's a keeper for sho.

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Props to John Beck for going gently into that good night.

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My choice is Dan Snyder:

Doesn't throw a pass or make a tackle, but, he's finally seen the light and backed the hell away from football related things and let the football guys do what their paid to do.

My other choice is, oddly, Mike Shannahan:

He has made some very questionable moves, bad coaching decisions, and overall, seems like kind of a jerk honestly (at least that is the book on him from several former players) Had serious doubts about his personnel acumen/decisions as well. However, whether or not he wins a SuperBowl in Washington, he has clearly changed the culture of this team. We could miss the playoffs this year however, I would be the first to give him props for making this team a REAL football team again. We are once again relevant, a few years from dominant, but very damn relevant. His selection of RG3 was great but the way he has put his ego aside and do what RG3 does well, is most telling of what Mike's legacy will be here. Almost forgot, it seems, as much crap as he has taken in terms of personnel, we actually are beginning to see the makings of serious depth. We have a lot of second string guys out there getting valuable playing time due to injury, which, in time, will mean excellent depth. Also, most of the free agent signings appear to be panning out.

My last choice...please don't stone me...Jim Haslett:

Is he the best 3-4 guy out there...nope. Would I rather have someone else...yep. But, it would be crazy to not give him props for having kept the defense together after it was ravaged by injury. Late round draft picks are getting meaningful playing time and contributing. They may not be the most talented bunch but the biggest things I've noticed is that they are playing with passion!!! They are doing the best they can do and seem to really fight game in, game out. He seems to be evolving in terms of the blitz packages as well. Not consistent pressure but timely pressure, lately, he's made some damn good play calls in some key situations.

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I would give it to Trent Williams. He's playing hurt yet still playing at a Pro Bowl level. Also it looks like we finally have a freakin kicker.

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[quote=Rev.SkinsFan;971598]My choice is Dan Snyder:

Doesn't throw a pass or make a tackle, but, he's finally seen the light and backed the hell away from football related things and let the football guys do what their paid to do.

My other choice is, oddly, Mike Shannahan:

He has made some very questionable moves, bad coaching decisions, and overall, seems like kind of a jerk honestly (at least that is the book on him from several former players) Had serious doubts about his personnel acumen/decisions as well. However, whether or not he wins a SuperBowl in Washington, he has clearly changed the culture of this team. We could miss the ( this year however, I would be the first to give him props for making this team a REAL football team again. We are once again relevant, a few years from dominant, but very damn relevant. His selection of RG3 was great but the way he has put his ego aside and do what RG3 does well, is most telling of what Mike's legacy will be here. Almost forgot, it seems, as much crap as he has taken in terms of personnel, we actually are beginning to see the makings of serious depth. We have a lot of second string guys out there getting valuable playing time due to injury, which, in time, will mean excellent depth. Also, most of the free agent signings appear to be panning out.

My last choice...please don't stone me...Jim Haslett:

Is he the best 3-4 guy out there...nope. Would I rather have someone else...yep. But, it would be crazy to not give him props for having kept the defense together after it was ravaged by injury. Late round draft picks are getting meaningful playing time and contributing. They may not be the most talented bunch but the biggest things I've noticed is that they are playing with passion!!! They are doing the best they can do and seem to really fight game in, game out. He seems to be evolving in terms of the blitz packages as well. Not consistent pressure but timely pressure, lately, he's made some damn good play calls in some key situations.[/quote]

Strangely....I find myself agreeing with this post. Well said Rev.!

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[quote=Rev.SkinsFan;971598]My choice is Dan Snyder:
<SNIP>.[/quote]

Top quality post.

:goodjob:

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Young
Morgan
Paulsen
Garcon obviously
Riley
Moss
Chester
Williams

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Another little front office prop.

Not sure if Eddie Royal has been injured, but he's having a mediocre year. 16 rec, 134 yds, 1 TD. Turns out to be a good non-move.

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[quote=NC_Skins;971499]Mine goes to Paulsen. Dude has really came through big since he's been thrust into the starting spot. I don't think anybody expect him to contribute as much as he has.[/quote]

Paulsen is ok, but thats it IMO . . . last week he had 2 BAD penalties and 2 drops . . . he played horrible . . . notice it was Cooley that made the great block to open the lane for morris on that last play too . . .