Interview with Portis
 

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[b]Q: Do you expect to see more stretch running plays in the ground game this year?[/b]
A: "You know, coach just made a point where we averaged five yards a carry on a stretch play last year. If I had known that, that would have been the only call we would have been making in the games. I think we are changing a lot of things up. We are going to get this right. We are tweaking things."

Interesting stat there, 5.0 yards per carry on stretch plays. There's some reason for optimism right there, Gibbs has stated that he wants to see more stretch plays in the offense!

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HA! I was just getting ready to post that. Nice job Mr. Quicky Quick. ;)

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Getting VERY excited after reading that post. Let's keep the upbeat player interviews coming. That's what gets me through the preseason.

By the way, is it just me, or does Portis give a really good interview (both in this interview and in others he's given)? I really love how he seems to have stepped up right into the role of offensive team leader / team spokesman. He could have taken the money and gotten lazy or complacent, but he really seems to want this team to do well. I'm getting more and more excited about the season by the minute.

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Great! Look for Portis to have over 1500 yds and hopefully a trip to Hawaii. If we can average 5.0 yds a carry, just imagine how that can help our playaction passes.

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Teams will still stack the run and make Patrick, Moss, and Patten beat them! Which I hope they can baby!

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Hopefully this happens, but I agree with skinny. The running game will come down to having a passing game. If we can show that we CAN hurt them with our passing game then we're set.

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[QUOTE=Daseal]Hopefully this happens, but I agree with skinny. The running game will come down to having a passing game. If we can show that we CAN hurt them with our passing game then we're set.[/QUOTE]

Yeah agreed.

I like the O-Line's chances at giving Ramsey enough time to get the ball off. They showed solid pass protection towards the end of last year, and now we have Jansen back, plus Rabach.

I like the speed of Santana Moss and David Patten, there's no reason they can't at least threaten the safeties on deep routes. Moss will need to stay healthy, of course.

And I like Ramsey's arm strength.

The things to watch for are Ramsey's accuracy on the deep balls (can he actually connect), and can our smaller receivers get off the jam that physical corners are sure to put on them. The illegal contact rule helps our smurfs, but they've still got to contend with those first five yards. They both showed they can do it with big yards-per-catch numbers last year. So if Ramsey's accuracy is there, I can see it coming together nicely.

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The good thing is, I know Ramsey has done it in the past. In the Spurrier-era when he was throwing downfield a lot, he had a pretty good touch on the ball, especially to McCants.

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i feel good about the redskins this year. i hope they run some more stretch plays too.

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this is a little off the subject, but, even the most casaul football or even Joe Gibbs/redskins fan knows that the redskins offense held back a lot during last years's preseason. . .


1. do you guys think that had an effect on our crappy offense being out of sync all year?

2. do you think St. Joe will roll out the shotgun and stretch plays at all this preseason, or keep them guarded until week 1?

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I think we need to start with intermediate passing so we can get our QB/WR's some in game experience together.

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[QUOTE=TheMalcolmConnection]The good thing is, I know Ramsey has done it in the past. In the Spurrier-era when he was throwing downfield a lot, he had a pretty good touch on the ball, especially to McCants.[/QUOTE]


I agree with ya....Ramsey can make all the throws (except maybe the touch throws!) but Gibbs won't test teams DEEP as much as Spurrier did. His opportunities will be less in Gibbs' system......I hope he can take advantage of the opportunities that Gibbs will give him!

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[QUOTE=gortiz]this is a little off the subject, but, even the most casaul football or even Joe Gibbs/redskins fan knows that the redskins offense held back a lot during last years's preseason. . .


1. do you guys think that had an effect on our crappy offense being out of sync all year?

2. do you think St. Joe will roll out the shotgun and stretch plays at all this preseason, or keep them guarded until week 1?[/QUOTE]

1. I dont think that the preseason had any real effect on the crappy offense. It was Brunnel, time management, Gibbs adjustment, bad special teams, WR's injuries, and bad officiating that cost us 3 or 4 games last year. Add Ramsey with a years experience, Gibbs with a years adjustment, better special teams, and normal officiating, we pick up those 4 games and go to the playoffs.

2. I think we will certainly see the shotgun in preseason. I hope Gibbs gets back to the old self where he lined up and dared you to stop him. No big surprises, just perfect execution.

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Nevermind.

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[quote]
Reason: I decided my post was pointless.
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That never stops the rest of us. ;)

Take this one for example. :P

--Phin

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we could really do some damaged if we contiue to play as a team.especially if the line comes toether then it's going to shame on ya to the other teams. c'mon regular season.

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Last year's D was a perfect example of how drive and passion outweighs talent. Not to say our D wasn't well-coached and adequately talented but they played with the passion that the offense was lacking.

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I liked this part of what Portis had to say.
I would not have expected to hear Royal was doing that well.
I would not have thought of Royal as one of our weapons.
I figured him as a June 1 cut.
I am glad to be wrong.
I think we are all hoping for the best for Jacobs....He has so much potential.

"Q: When you look at the offense during practice at OTAs, which players stand out to you?
A: "I think (Chris) Cooley is going to be a big part of this game plan. You have Santana Moss and David Patten. You have Robert Royal coming on strong. You have a lot of weapons. Hopefully, Taylor Jacobs is going to explode onto the scene like everyone knows he can and become the player that they thought he was when they drafted him. We have a lot of weapons that people have not seen and we are waiting to show them."

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Yeah, I mean like I said before with Williams, you don't MAKE that kind of stuff up. I mean it was way too specific to be scripted. AND he's not a coach so I don't expect a lot of BS about our players from other players.

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"Hopefully, Taylor Jacobs is going to explode onto the scene like everyone knows he can and become the player that they thought he was when they drafted him."

Gotta love talk like that.

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You know what else we need to remember. Our offense only needs to improve. They don't have to be stellar. Look at how much the NFC blew last year. Other than the Eagles, where was the threat. I think the playoffs are a realistic goal, if the rest of the NFC continues to blow as badly. Of course, it would be nice to win a couple of games in our division.

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Too bad we play a butt load of teams from the West this year...

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I love his attitude. He could be a monster this year.

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[QUOTE=Daseal]Hopefully this happens, but I agree with skinny. The running game will come down to having a passing game. If we can show that we CAN hurt them with our passing game then we're set.[/QUOTE]

And the passing game will come down to having a running game................

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On our news here in Texas they showed Portis in the stands at the wizards games.......and for a tv station here to show a Redskin player that's truely amazing...but gee he wore a gaudy suit........ :)

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Monk - when the other team has every player "except the two guys guarding our WR's" in the box, it makes running hard. We're going to have trouble running until we prove that we can hurt you deep if you don't respect us.

Obviously we're a running team, but until we establish that we can pass - our running game won't be able to produce as much as we'd like.

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[QUOTE=Daseal]Monk - when the other team has every player "except the two guys guarding our WR's" in the box, it makes running hard. We're going to have trouble running until we prove that we can hurt you deep if you don't respect us.

Obviously we're a running team, but until we establish that we can pass - our running game won't be able to produce as much as we'd like.[/QUOTE]

With Jansen back, an upgrade at center in Rabach, it should help BOTH the running and passing game...........Portis will get the holes to run through, and Ramsey will get the protection to throw deep...........

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Doesn't matter if he has a whole the size texas when there are 3 extra guys waiting on 2 feet on the other side.

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Agreed with Daseal here. Normally the run sets up the pass, but everyone last year feared our run and no one cared about our ability to throw the ball... Especially deep. They could keep a lot of guys in the box which stifles the running game but also closed alot of the short passing lanes... And if you remember last year all it was was short passes we were throwing.