Well at least we have a good first-rounder! Wait we might not!

[vaoutlaws2006]

Originally Posted by djnemo65

My question is, what is this thing that he has coming?

Seriously, stop with the Snyder bashing. All the evidence that is available to us indicates that Snyder has bent over backwards to accomidate our revered HOF coach. There are only a few owners in this league I would rather have controlling my team than him. He wants to win and will pony up amounts of money for that that no one else will. The reasons for this team's lack of success have had less to do with him every year since 2000, and I would argue, nothing to do with him this year.

thats called a figure of speech. i am not going to debate this with you. we are stuck with dan snyder.

[djnemo65]

The thing is, getting a backup for Portis turned out to be smart since he ended up being hurt the whole season. Not playing that studly backup is what I don't understand (I'm the first person to point out that we should be playing TJ right?)

[vaoutlaws2006]

did we really need a backup at the expense of a possible 3rd round pick? Correct me if i am wrong but i think we were deep enough at rb without Tj....rock, mike and ladell...i think that was sufficient...but the real truth about tj is we signed him just to keep him from a divison rival...another example of our poor front office team.

[marius]

Originally Posted by vaoutlaws2006

did we really need a backup at the expense of a possible 3rd round pick? Correct me if i am wrong but i think we were deep enough at rb without Tj....rock, mike and ladell...i think that was sufficient...but the real truth about tj is we signed him just to keep him from a divison rival...another example of our poor front office team.

Yeah, and keeping him from Philly certainly paid off handsomely, didn't it?!?! I'd rather have the draft pick, even now with Portis injured. That third round pick could end up being a starting DT for example. Even though Portis is now out for the season and TJ could play more (but doesn't seem to be for whatever reason) this is still a dumbass trade.

[Longtimefan]

Originally Posted by vaoutlaws2006

did we really need a backup at the expense of a possible 3rd round pick? Correct me if i am wrong but i think we were deep enough at rb without Tj....rock, mike and ladell...i think that was sufficient...but the real truth about tj is we signed him just to keep him from a divison rival...another example of our poor front office team.

If you have to make a major trade that early in the season because your featured running back goes down, then obviously your team is not set up correctly from the beginning. That's why you have backup players, and players capable of carrying the load until your intended player can return to the lineup. If you have to make a trade because a starter goes down, that certainly does not speak very well of your backups.

There were some who lend credence to the concept Duckett was signed to keep him from signing with a division foe. I would have no problem with that either if their intention was to keep him, and signing him to a new contract.

[onlydarksets]

Sellers isn't a RB, and Rock is, at best, serviceable. Given CP's injury, Duckett is a good move.

[dmek25]

my point about the philly thing is, they run the ball about 15-20 times a game. westbrooke will get 10-12 of those carries. so we didnt want duckett running the ball against us, what, about 8 carries a game? last time i checked, he is not jim brown

[elamin24]

*bows*

[djnemo65]

Regarding the author of this thread, as Brent Musberger would say, we should nickname you Scoop.