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FRPLG · 07-27-2005, 08:27 AM

I think Riggo raises valid points. I would quibble with the "1700" or losing record deal and the statement that we downgraded our WR corp but I would admit that I don't think we upgraded talent wise at WR and Portis DOES have to have a good year for the Skins to be successful. In the case of the WRs I think it can be argued they upgraded by changing the strengths of the WR corp rather than adding overall talent. That remains to be seen though. And the statement about Portis...no kidding! Every team has to have their best players play well to win. That is no surprise. I pay no attention to what the talking heads say since the NFL is so darn close in parity. As bad as the Skins were last year it is conceivable that with a break here or there they were a playoff team. The GB game was stolen from us for sure and in several other cases bad luck prevailed. My point isn't that the Skins were any good last year...they weren't really.... but in the end they weren't that far off. It is completely inconcievable to me that they haven't upgraded the team this past off season. They lost three players of consequence. Smoot, who it is hard to argue wont be effectively replaced by Rogers. Coles, who had lost much of his athletic advantage when he refused the toe operation and who would have been a complete distraction this season. Pierce, argueably the biggest loss but were talking about a guy who ahd one good year. One good year from a nobody on a defense that allowed several other nobodies have good seasons. Is it possible that Pierec is easily replaced? Yeah it is. Other than that they have added everywhere they felt they needed an upgrade. Plus they are reworking the antiquated offense. There are as many reasons to be optimistic as there are to be pessimistic.

07-27-2005, 08:27 AM	#12
FRPLG MVP Join Date: May 2004 Age: 46 Posts: 10,164	Re: Riggo Blasting Skins. I think Riggo raises valid points. I would quibble with the "1700" or losing record deal and the statement that we downgraded our WR corp but I would admit that I don't think we upgraded talent wise at WR and Portis DOES have to have a good year for the Skins to be successful. In the case of the WRs I think it can be argued they upgraded by changing the strengths of the WR corp rather than adding overall talent. That remains to be seen though. And the statement about Portis...no kidding! Every team has to have their best players play well to win. That is no surprise. I pay no attention to what the talking heads say since the NFL is so darn close in parity. As bad as the Skins were last year it is conceivable that with a break here or there they were a playoff team. The GB game was stolen from us for sure and in several other cases bad luck prevailed. My point isn't that the Skins were any good last year...they weren't really.... but in the end they weren't that far off. It is completely inconcievable to me that they haven't upgraded the team this past off season. They lost three players of consequence. Smoot, who it is hard to argue wont be effectively replaced by Rogers. Coles, who had lost much of his athletic advantage when he refused the toe operation and who would have been a complete distraction this season. Pierce, argueably the biggest loss but were talking about a guy who ahd one good year. One good year from a nobody on a defense that allowed several other nobodies have good seasons. Is it possible that Pierec is easily replaced? Yeah it is. Other than that they have added everywhere they felt they needed an upgrade. Plus they are reworking the antiquated offense. There are as many reasons to be optimistic as there are to be pessimistic.