Tony Romo

[MTK]

Originally Posted by TheMalcolmConnection

Argh. All this concern over preseason. Nobody knows what kind of schemes WE'RE running. According to most articles, they are running plays for individuals to see how certain INDIVIDUALS react, not running plays to help the team win. It's obvious that winning the preseason games is not as important to the Skins as it is to other teams. This is what helps us evaluate talent, helps us to see what specific plays we should run and how certain players react in one-on-one situations.

You're right on target, did you write this article on the WT?

"Most of what we do from a preparation and play-calling standpoint is designed for us to get an evaluation of players doing specific things," Saunders said. "We devised some plays for Mike Sellers so we could see him lead block and see him run the ball, and we did the same for Antwaan Randle El to put him on the perimeter. We were pleased with some of the individual phases of what we're trying to accomplish."

Just to elaborate a bit more, different teams have different preseason agendas. Some teams go a bit more all-out (what's up with all the reverses and flea-flickers?) and some teams like the Redskins are in evaluation mode.

If you get too caught up in the final scores, you're going to be very disappointed. If you focus on individual performances, you'll be much more on target as to what the preseason means to this staff.