Jacobs Down, Who Steps Up?
 

So Taylor Jacobs is out for at least a [URL=http://www.thewarpath.net/showthread.php?t=7163]week[/URL]

Bad news for TJ, but with the extended playing time it's a great opportunity for Dyson and McCants to step up. McCants especially. If McCants wants to be part of this team I think this is the week (including Saturday's game) that he shows it

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hopefully McCants steps up, because he is on the roster borderline right now. That sucks about T.J. though.

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Will Dmac PLEASE step up??? I just don't get it with that guy. I realize that not everyone can be a 110% practice guy, but come on. By all accounts he's just been half-stepping at TC.

Anyway, I hope it'll be Dmac. Maybe this will give him time on the field in preseason games, and, if he really is a "gamer" it will show.

PS who is that guy who made the one handed grab in the scrimmage (or was it at fan day?)

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It was a fan day, it was Jamin Elliot. I was there, and it was totally great.

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McCants i hope because he is close to being executed, if he plays as bad as i hear he has been playing he might be out of a job. To much talent for that spot and to many players, who knows who will be here in the end.
i really am hoping for brown to be our surprise of the year. As long as he can catch and many have said that he was having great days at camp. he looked good at the scrimmage and there hasn't been anything lately that should make us think he can't crack top 3 if jacobs is out.
Also thrash could step up to take the number 3 spot this week but i doubt it.
Mcants has been sketchy
Dyson has been average
brown has Gibbs's backing and has done well over since OTAs
Thrash is our STs guy that can play very very decently at WR

lets wait till the depth chart [url="http://www.redskins.com/team/depthchart.jsp"]http://www.redskins.com/team/depthchart.jsp[/url]
when does that come out usually, is it during preseason or after, obviously we can infer who is where during the preseason but......

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Honestly, outside of Jacobs I don't really like any of our secondary receivers.. Thrash is a good special teams player, but I don't want him on the field much as part of the offense, McCants SHOULD be the guy, but the saying in the NFL is you are who you are so I don't know why we should expect much different from him, Dyson can't stay healthy and has (by all accounts) be unimpressive thusfar and Brown is probably too little.. Jacobs needs to get and stay healthy this year.. I've said all along that he is the key to our passing game getting on track..

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I think Antonio Brown will take advantage of this and continue to solidify himself.

Sounds like Jacobs shouldn't miss too much time though, so his spot as the #3 WR shouldn't be in jeopardy.

I think it's time to forget about DMac and move on. I'm done with hoping he's going to somehow step up, plus his involvement on special teams is very limited compared to guys like Thrash and Brown making his stock even lower with the coaching staff.

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[QUOTE=Mattyk72]....Sounds like Jacobs shouldn't miss too much time though, so his spot as the #3 WR shouldn't be in jeopardy.....

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I don't mean to sound negative :cheeky-sm .......but I do not see Jacobs being able to take the physical side of being an NFL WR. The guy is injured way too much. Maybe in non-contact practices he looks like the next Jerry Rice, but as soon as the hitting starts he crumbles.
Hate to say I told you so, but I have said several time this offseason when folks started raving about TJ's non-contact practice showings, but I said as soon as the hitting starts TJ will get hurt.
He riminds me of a less talented Michael Westbrook. At some point you can not continue to hold up a roster spot for a guy that is hurt half the time.

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To be fair this wasn't a contact related injury. This kind of thing could have happened to anyone.

TJ hasn't had much luck when it comes to injuries. He had that wacky internal injury in his rookie year, you can't really chalk that up to someone being soft or not in shape. And now he strained a toe, again I don't think you can chalk that up to him being soft. Or maybe he's been slacking on his toe curls lately, I dunno.

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[QUOTE=BigSKINBauer]
lets wait till the depth chart [url="http://www.redskins.com/team/depthchart.jsp"]http://www.redskins.com/team/depthchart.jsp[/url]
when does that come out usually, is it during preseason or after, obviously we can infer who is where during the preseason but......[/QUOTE]

It's out!

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Daniels at starting end baby...

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Where does Antonio Brown fall on this chart? He's not at either receiver spot.

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I'd still love to see Campbell move up to 2nd string by the beginning of the season.

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If Campbell plays well during the preseason, I can see him pushing Brunell for the #2 spot.

I was really impressed with his poise in the scrimmage. He just looks like a natural in the pocket.

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Excellent. Good to know that we could possibly have a decent backup for once...

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Brunell looks like a mongoloid riding a unicycle on ice being attacked by killer bees.

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[QUOTE=Defensewins]I don't mean to sound negative :cheeky-sm .......but I do not see Jacobs being able to take the physical side of being an NFL WR. The guy is injured way too much. Maybe in non-contact practices he looks like the next Jerry Rice, but as soon as the hitting starts he crumbles.
Hate to say I told you so, but I have said several time this offseason when folks started raving about TJ's non-contact practice showings, but I said as soon as the hitting starts TJ will get hurt.
He riminds me of a less talented Michael Westbrook. At some point you can not continue to hold up a roster spot for a guy that is hurt half the time.[/QUOTE]

WE need to be careful how quickly we judge our 2nd round draft pick and not make the same mistake the Cowboys made with there former 2nd round draft pick, Jimmy Smith - who was labeled as being "injury prone."

Smith had ZERO catches in 3 years with the Cowboys and only played in 7 games ... then he only had 22 in his first year in JAX - he turned out alright!

Keenan Mcardell only had 24 catches his first four years in the league ...guess who drafted him and failed to give him a chance, yep - the skins! So lets wait a little before we kill off TJ ...

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I just hope it doesn't turn out Gardner-like, where we give enough chances. I still think he'll be fine. He's just had bad luck.

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As far as I know, TJ wasn't oft injured in college, so I don't think he has a history of injuries. Antonio Brown is who I hope steps up and fills in. This group reminds me a little of the Alvin Garrett, Virgil Seay era of "the smurfs". They did pretty well. Who will be our Gary Clark?

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[QUOTE=GoSkins!]It's out![/QUOTE]
lol it wasn't up when i posted it, it said something like the depth chart will not be posted in the offseason

Guys really look at it, clark over bowen, lamar then smith then mccune, what about holdman. Antrell hawkins and Garnell 2nd CBs

arrington not on list? Holdman starter with washington on other side

ladell on KOF duties, Brown on Punt duties, John hall starting,

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Yeah, it's a little bit strange as of now. I DO like to see Sean Taylor at first string where he belongs.

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yes sir, GW scared me in his brilliance by putting sean in later.

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[QUOTE=TheMalcolmConnection]I'd still love to see Campbell move up to 2nd string by the beginning of the season.[/QUOTE]


As much as I was against us picking him I to would like him in the #2 backup role, I would also like to see Spinner who Gibbs has had some good things to say about land in the #3 spot, although cap wise I doubt that's possible, but I do think we have to move on and get as far away as possible from Brunell, all he's doing now is eating up cap space and retarding the growth of Campbell.

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I'm also saying that there's NO REASON we should ever put Brunell back in there. I mean I really don't think he has much gas left in the tank. He might not be as bad as he showed last year, but I still don't think he's capable of getting it done.

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We shoulda let the Cowboys have Brunnel last season

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i would move campbell up to the second string. after watching brunell in minicamps, and hearing about him at the scrimmage, im convinced that mark brunell needs to move to the broadcast booth.

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[QUOTE=Jamaican'Skin]We shoulda let the Cowboys have Brunnel last season[/QUOTE]

And then he's light the world on fire when he played us. It ALWAYS happens like that to former Skins.

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[QUOTE=TheMalcolmConnection]I'm also saying that there's NO REASON we should ever put Brunell back in there. I mean I really don't think he has much gas left in <a href='http://67.15.154.58/cmapp/zx-hclick.php?hid=2' target='_blank'>the</a> tank. He might not be as bad as he showed last year, but I still don't think he's capable of getting it done.[/QUOTE]

Absolutly!