Giants at Redskins Post Game Thread

[skinsfaninok]

Originally Posted by EARTHQUAKE2689

We have had this convo before. Growing up somewhere does not mean you have to be a fan of the hometown team.

Exactly

[punch it in]

I would have to root for the frickin giants. Ugggh.

[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by EARTHQUAKE2689

We have had this convo before. Growing up somewhere does not mean you have to be a fan of the hometown team.

Yeah, but you wouldn't be a fan of one team in once city, and a fan of another team in another city. Chances are if you were a Dallas Cowboys fan living in Ohio, you would also be a Mavericks and Texas Rangers fan as well. The fact he's pulling for a football team in Texas, and a baseball team in New York screams band wagon.

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

Yeah, but you wouldn't be a fan of one team in once city, and a fan of another team in another city. Chances are if you were a Dallas Cowboys fan living in Ohio, you would also be a Mavericks and Texas Rangers fan as well. The fact he's pulling for a football team in Texas, and a baseball team in New York screams band wagon.

Well i root for the flyers the sixers the yankees and the redskins. I dont think its bandwagon unless you begin rooting when you are older or switch teams. When your 5-10 years old and begin rooting for a popular winning team i dont think thats bandwagon. Lol. I remember rooting for Notre Dame when Alan Pinkett was there. They were always on tv and they were popular. Luckily i grew out of that. Lol.
Edit: its got nothing to do with the city. A kid who roots for the cowboys roots for the cowboys not the city of Dallas.

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

Yeah, but you wouldn't be a fan of one team in once city, and a fan of another team in another city. Chances are if you were a Dallas Cowboys fan living in Ohio, you would also be a Mavericks and Texas Rangers fan as well. The fact he's pulling for a football team in Texas, and a baseball team in New York screams band wagon.

Not really, maybe he just likes them, I live in NC like you and I don't like any of the teams here.

Redskins, Nats (before they got here I was a Red Sox fan), Mavs, Caps

What about states with multiple teams like Maryland, Texas, Cali??

[The Goat]

Originally Posted by TheMalcolmConnection

Know what else is driving me nuts? All this talk about his "playing style" and how it's going to hurt his longevity in the league. I mean other QBs get hit a ton more than he does. Sure, he takes SOME unnecessary shots when he runs, but he's been REALLY smart about it lately.

NFL Stats: by Team Category

Take a look there sonny. Just six teams have allowed more hits on their QB, and believe four of those QBs are done for the season or been out for multiple games. One thing striking is those teams have serious injury along the oline, whereas we've been remarkably healthy among that group.

Anyway, yep you're right six teams give up more hits and it certainly seems to take it's toll.

I'm more than a little irritated at the stupidity among fans saying the hits don't matter. It's one thing for the 23 yr old goofball on here because he's just a kiddo, but anyone in their 30s, 40s, 50s and upward have seen far too many fantastic QBs sent to early retirement for the beating they took behind a crap oline and/or poor scheme.

Let's not play the fool here...if we want RG3 as a franchise QB the pass protection must improve dramatically.

[Bucket]

Originally Posted by The Goat

NFL Stats: by Team Category

Take a look there sonny. Just six teams have allowed more hits on their QB, and believe four of those QBs are done for the season or been out for multiple games. One thing striking is those teams have serious injury along the oline, whereas we've been remarkably healthy among that group.

Anyway, yep you're right six teams give up more hits and it certainly seems to take it's toll.

I'm more than a little irritated at the stupidity among fans saying the hits don't matter. It's one thing for the 23 yr old goofball on here because he's just a kiddo, but anyone in their 30s, 40s, 50s and upward have seen far too many fantastic QBs sent to early retirement for the beating they took behind a crap oline and/or poor scheme.

Let's not play the fool here...if we want RG3 as a franchise QB the pass protection must improve dramatically.

Not a very good argument since we are discussing a mobile QB, and one that holds the ball on a lot of occasions to long to prevent a turnover or throwing a INT

[SFREDSKIN]

Originally Posted by punch it in

Would you root for the Browns and the Indians? Lol.

He'll yeah! Haven't you been rooting for the Redskins for the last 20 years? I've been living in the SF Bay Area for the last 30 years and could have changed my allegiances to the 49ers (they were my second favorite team before I moved here). After the 80's and early 90's I despise the 49ers more than the Cowboys.

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by SFREDSKIN

He'll yeah! Haven't you been rooting for the Redskins for the last 20 years? I've been living in the SF Bay Area for the last 30 years and could have changed my allegiances to the 49ers (they were my second favorite team before I moved here). After the 80's and early 90's I despise the 49ers more than the Cowboys.

Yeah but im from NJ - i never lived in Maryland so im already breaking "the rules". Also I was probably 6 or so when I became a Skins fan - by the time I was about 12 and understood the game they were winning superbowls so it was a while before they were browns - like. Lol. All of my teams are based off of childhood choices - i like the uniforms? I Like the nick name? Thought a certain player was like a superhero - - Riggo. I dont root for a certain city? I wouldnt want the Skins to move to LA because they are the "Washington" Redskins - but that is out of tradition not a love for the area or anything.
Edit: i often wonder if this team was moved and another team sprung up in Washington what I would do. There could be a situation like Cleveland/Baltimore - team literally becomes a different one with different name - than the Browns come back? or St Louis Cardinals moving to a different city as the same team?
I think if the Skins pulled a Browns - I would root for the "new skins" but if they just switched cities i would follow them. Id stick with the uniform.

[tryfuhl]

What a game.. we had that stadium rocking! Seriously never heard it so loud there. Had a wannabe hardass Giants fan in front of me and I had him playing hide and shut the eff up by the 3rd quarter. Good thing I wasn't drunk drunk because he was realllly annoying me until then. Had a cool Giants fan beside me.. really cute girl a few seats down that gave me her number after the game. But most of all surrounded by some awesome fans. First time sitting in upper.. at midfield 10 rows up.. lol early on some guy was like "sit down!' and everyone laughed and heckled him.. he started standing too

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

Yeah, but you wouldn't be a fan of one team in once city, and a fan of another team in another city. Chances are if you were a Dallas Cowboys fan living in Ohio, you would also be a Mavericks and Texas Rangers fan as well. The fact he's pulling for a football team in Texas, and a baseball team in New York screams band wagon.

Don't forget he grew up a Bulls fan

[htownskinfan]

Originally Posted by tryfuhl

What a game.. we had that stadium rocking! Seriously never heard it so loud there. Had a wannabe hardass Giants fan in front of me and I had him playing hide and shut the eff up by the 3rd quarter. Good thing I wasn't drunk drunk because he was realllly annoying me until then. Had a cool Giants fan beside me.. really cute girl a few seats down that gave me her number after the game. But most of all surrounded by some awesome fans. First time sitting in upper.. at midfield 10 rows up.. lol early on some guy was like "sit down!' and everyone laughed and heckled him.. he started standing too

What about at the beginning of game,hell most of the game when we were on offense? Especially first half,when we were on offense,the crowd was especially silent.I commented on it in gameday thread,I dont remember it being that quiet in other games,seemed like there was no excitement in the stands whatsoever.Thats how it came across to me on tv.Of course crowd cheered when we made big plays and stuff.Mainly what im talking about is when team was in huddle {on off} and then go to line,crowd seemed unusually quiet to me,maybe it was just me?

[Bushead]

Originally Posted by htownskinfan

What about at the beginning of game,hell most of the game when we were on offense? Especially first half,when we were on offense,the crowd was especially silent.I commented on it in gameday thread,I dont remember it being that quiet in other games,seemed like there was no excitement in the stands whatsoever.Thats how it came across to me on tv.Of course crowd cheered when we made big plays and stuff.Mainly what im talking about is when team was in huddle {on off} and then go to line,crowd seemed unusually quiet to me,maybe it was just me?

The offensive players continuously told us to quiet down before they got into the huddle.

[Mattyk]

Originally Posted by htownskinfan

What about at the beginning of game,hell most of the game when we were on offense? Especially first half,when we were on offense,the crowd was especially silent.I commented on it in gameday thread,I dont remember it being that quiet in other games,seemed like there was no excitement in the stands whatsoever.Thats how it came across to me on tv.Of course crowd cheered when we made big plays and stuff.Mainly what im talking about is when team was in huddle {on off} and then go to line,crowd seemed unusually quiet to me,maybe it was just me?

That's how you want the crowd to be when you're on offense.

[Mattyk]

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