Could the Skins do what the 49ers did in 2019-20?

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by Pervis_Griffith

This past season, the 49ers were coming off a 4 and 12 regular season. With the 2nd pick of the draft, they selected Nick Bosa, DE from Ohio State.

The Skins are coming off a 3 and 13 year, and hold the second pick in the draft, with all signs pointing to drafting of Chase Young, DE from Ohio State.

Obviously, there's a whole lot more to the Niners turnaround, and there are a lot more holes for the Skins to fill too, but these parallels are interesting.

Could the Skins do what the Niners did last year, next year?


That D-Line with Chase Young added to it, is freakin' tasty. With Rivera and Del Rio leading the new D, could that be the catalyst to turning the D into a top 10, or greater, defense? Could the Skins follow that all the way to the Super Bowl?

Probably not. But it is nice to dream ....

I think with the coaching direction JDR and RR...defense will become a priority and we will certainly get better with that and the addition of CY.

The question is, can we duplicate success on the ground? That's a challenge with 2 Injured RB and one extremely old RB. We need help there with another RB draft pick or FA signing. My preference would be to move on from AP.

[Redskins247]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

I think with the coaching direction JDR and RR...defense will become a priority and we will certainly get better with that and the addition of CY.

The question is, can we duplicate success on the ground? That's a challenge with 2 Injured RB and one extremely old RB. We need help there with another RB draft pick or FA signing. My preference would be to move on from AP.

Yes AP is old, but still much more durable than the other RBs on the roster and still the most talented...plus I think AP's style will work with Turner's offense. I'd keep him this year while Guice can see if he can stay healthy and hopefully Love becomes the next third down back...or maybe more.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by Redskins247

Yes AP is old, but still much more durable than the other RBs on the roster and still the most talented...plus I think AP's style will work with Turner's offense. I'd keep him this year while Guice can see if he can stay healthy and hopefully Love becomes the next third down back...or maybe more.

It wouldn’t kill me if he stays as a back up to the young guys and a short yardage package type back. I just don’t want him asking/taking away from younger guys who need to play

[KI Skins Fan]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

It wouldn’t kill me if he stays as a back up to the young guys and a short yardage package type back. I just don’t want him asking/taking away from younger guys who need to play

Maybe the young guys could increase their playing me by being well enough to get on the field and stay there. AP has been available and they haven't. I would look to bring in a true short yardage beast via FA or trade. He doesn't need to be a star. Perhaps we could get someone like Bo Scarbrough from Detroit via trade.

[Redskins247]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

It wouldn’t kill me if he stays as a back up to the young guys and a short yardage package type back. I just don’t want him asking/taking away from younger guys who need to play

Yeah I'm with you...perfect scenario is Guice/Love/? TAKE the starting position from him and stay healthy. I can't imagine any other team is going to give AP more opportunity than the Skins, and that's if they keep him.

[GridIron26]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

It wouldn’t kill me if he stays as a back up to the young guys and a short yardage package type back. I just don’t want him asking/taking away from younger guys who need to play

I agree with you on this.. Also, AP is good mentor so this is another area where keeping AP would benefit Redskins.

[Buffalo Bob]

Originally Posted by Redskins247

Yes AP is old, but still much more durable than the other RBs on the roster and still the most talented...plus I think AP's style will work with Turner's offense. I'd keep him this year while Guice can see if he can stay healthy and hopefully Love becomes the next third down back...or maybe more.

That is a strange fact.

[SunnySide]

Originally Posted by Buffalo Bob

That is a strange fact.

AP is a special specimen imo. I think some players are just born with stronger thicker ligaments. They are just less injury prone and on the flip side, some players are born more predisposed to injuries. Manny Machado was like that, he had "bad genetic knees" and had multiple surgeries including a preventive surgery to an uninjured ligament to just get it over with.

AP also takes stretching and his body health very seriously. He hyper extended his knee 2 years ago on a play and when I saw it, I thought he would be done for the year. It looked bad bad. But he was out a few snaps and back in, albeit hobbling a bit.

"Injury prone" is something I believe in. Teams who can identify it (seems hard to do) are in a better position bc like Czabe says 'availability is the best ability'.

[jamf]

Originally Posted by SunnySide

"Injury prone" is something I believe in. Teams who can identify it (seems hard to do) are in a better position bc like Czabe says 'availability is the best ability'.

This is true and very unfortunate for Guice.

We've seen it before with Michael Westbrook and even Chris Thompson.

Both can play but are only available for 8 games a season.

If Guice has another knee injury this season, we need to move on.

[Warthog]

Originally Posted by jamf

This is true and very unfortunate for Guice.

We've seen it before with Michael Westbrook and even Chris Thompson.

Both can play but are only available for 8 games a season.

If Guice has another knee injury this season, we need to move on.

Agreed. I think Guice is a RB who will need to be paired with another RB to split the carries. Guice should carry no more than 10-15 carries a game. This next season will be important for both Guice and Love. Can they get through a whole season??

I think the increased discipline and much harder practices and probably a lot more post practice running (like the Patriots do) -
will definitely REDUCE the number of injuries this coming season. I think Gruden’s “Camp Cupcake” practices, along with Bruce Allen’s love of hiring players with a long injury history, correllated with the high number of Redskin’s injuries, year after year. It’s not all luck regarding injuries.