Your expectations/predictions for the 2006 Redskins

[Master4Caster]

1. 11-5 or 12-4. Split with Giants; sweep Cowboys; Eagles are a huge unknown. Colts, Panthers and Jaguars on schedule are a concern.
2. As of today, I see the conference championship. Lloyd, Randle-El, Fauria haven't picked up a playbook yet. Looks good, but games are not played on paper. They are played on television.
3. MVP is Clinton Portis, but Brunell will be huge and Patton will be improved.
4. If Jason Campbell is the starter, then we will lose the first playoff game. Inexperience is inexperience.

[amorentz]

Originally Posted by Master4Caster

games are not played on paper. They are played on television.

[PSUSkinsFan21]

1. Both O and D are ranked in the top 5 overall at the end of the year.
2. Al Saunders' O makes Brunell look like he's got 10 more years in the tank.
3. Trip to Miami.
4. Minimum 12 regular season wins.
5. Jason Campbell remains painfully behind the learning curve and never sees the field.
6. Moss, Brunell, Portis, Cooley, Samuels, Jansen, Thomas, Griffin, Springs, and Washington all go to Hawaii.
7. ST marks "6 months down, 102 to go" in chalk on his prison wall.

[PSUSkinsFan21]

Why doesn't Brunell fit Al Saunders' offense but Trent Green did?

[Huddle]

Originally Posted by PSUSkinsFan21

Why doesn't Brunell fit Al Saunders' offense but Trent Green did?

Trent Green is a pocket passer. Brunell is not. Brunell's instinct is to flush out out the pocket quickly and often. That's not going to fly with what Al Saunders is trying to do.

[saden1]

I said it when the season ended and I will say it again. 13 wins and a super bowl appearance.

[PSUSkinsFan21]

Green had 35 rushes for 82 yards.....Brunell had 42 rushes for 111 yards last year..... I don't think I would classify either guy as a "scrambler". If Brunell looked like he was on the move more often, it's probably because he wasn't behind the best offensive line in football (like Green was) and had to avoid sacks.

[Huddle]

Originally Posted by PSUSkinsFan21

Green had 35 rushes for 82 yards.....Brunell had 42 rushes for 111 yards last year..... I don't think I would classify either guy as a "scrambler". If Brunell looked like he was on the move more often, it's probably because he wasn't behind the best offensive line in football (like Green was) and had to avoid sacks.

Your stats don't tell the story. Brunell doesn't run anymore but he still breaks from the pocket early and often just as he did in his prime years with the Jags when he made his living with his legs more than his arm.

[That Guy]

brunell moves around, but he had no problems staying behind the line and chucing it for over 3k yards with only 2 viable receiving threats, one of which ended up with constant double and triple coverage.

[Huddle]

Originally Posted by That Guy

brunell moves around, but he had no problems staying behind the line and chucing it for over 3k yards with only 2 viable receiving threats, one of which ended up with constant double and triple coverage.

Fine. But if he moves around the same way in Al Saunders' scheme, he will defeat the strategy of the offense...to stretch and spread the defense out...to attack all areas of the field...and to set up the running game for C. Portis.

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by Huddle

Fine. But if he moves around the same way in Al Saunders' scheme, he will defeat the strategy of the offense...to stretch and spread the defense out...to attack all areas of the field...and to set up the running game for C. Portis.

and how does avoiding sacks ruin the offense exactly? I doubt we bootleg as much, it was boots where rolling out cuts the field in half, but those were playcalls, not his doing.

[Huddle]

Originally Posted by That Guy

and how does avoiding sacks ruin the offense exactly? I doubt we bootleg as much, it was boots where rolling out cuts the field in half, but those were playcalls, not his doing.

I'm not talking about planned bootlegs or scrambling to avoid sacks. A pocket passer stays in the pocket and goes through his reads. Brunell has never done that. He didn't do that with the Jags and hasn't done it here.

He sees the field better when he rolls left and he doesn't have a bunch of big guys blocking his vision. But there's a price to pay for that advantage and the price gets steeper as he gets older and his legs get weaker.

[Master4Caster]

Originally Posted by Huddle

I'm not talking about planned bootlegs or scrambling to avoid sacks. A pocket passer stays in the pocket and goes through his reads. Brunell has never done that. He didn't do that with the Jags and hasn't done it here.

He sees the field better when he rolls left and he doesn't have a bunch of big guys blocking his vision. But there's a price to pay for that advantage and the price gets steeper as he gets older and his legs get weaker.

I disagree with that assessment. Brunell goes thru reads better than Ramsey or Campbell and only scrambled because he needed to. It bought more time for someone to get open, which didn't happen enough last season. Presumably with the new receivers, two or three targets can get separation is 3 seconds or less.

[Hog1]

EXPECTATIONS
Satisfied=Win the East (trouncing Dallas' Ass TWICE), Play in and be competative in NFC Champ game
Happy= Win the East (Trouncing Dallas Dumb Ass TWICE) Win the NFC Champ game, be competative in the "Show"
Delirious=Dominate the East (Trouncing Dallas' hillbilly, dumbass, SOB THREE TIMES) Dominate the NFC Champ game. Restore the NFC to GLORY WITH THE BIG ONE...................and one Lotto win

[hail_2_da_skins]

My predictions for the 2006 Washington Redskins.
1) Win the NFC East (sweep the Cowgirls).
2) Win at least 11 games.
3) Make it to the NFC Championship, possibly the Superbowl barring any major injuries or setbacks.
4) Pro Bowl: Clinton Portis, Chris Samuel, Randy Thomas, Chris Cooley, Santana Moss, Marcus Washington and Sean Taylor(aquitted).