Duckett available?

dmek25 · 03-09-2007, 06:15 AM

almost looks like he was out of shape. not really a need for him here

FRPLG · 03-09-2007, 08:08 AM

We have a premier back and a guy that multiple teams are trying to trade for and you want to bring back this dead weight because hs is good in Madden? WTF?

MTK · 03-09-2007, 08:33 AM

Duckett was an expensive insurance policy we didn't need last year in hindsight. That was a one shot deal, he won't be back here.

SmootSmack · 03-09-2007, 09:07 AM

Wow Lux, next you'll be telling us to bring Darrell Green back to play CB

Darrell_Green_28 · 03-09-2007, 05:03 PM

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Wow Lux, next you'll be telling us to bring Darrell Green back to play CB

and what would be wrong with that? Im sure DG could probably out play alot of corners out there and cover alot of the WRs

Luxorreb · 03-09-2007, 06:17 PM

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Wow Lux, next you'll be telling us to bring Darrell Green back to play CB

Uh, remember I did suggest that the first year Gibbs came back...
And also people called me crazy when I said we should get Gibbs to come back and coach the Redskins for a second tenure...

70Chip · 03-09-2007, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Luxorreb

I really like TJ. Think it was silly to give up so much for him for 1/2 of a season. I'd love to see him resign. Any chance of Duckett coming back? Has he signed elsewhere yet?

Re-sign. For the love of all that's sacred, can't you please use the hyphen? I'm begging you please. (nothing personal, just a little peeve of mine)

Now, in terms of Duckett's skills, I think we would have gotten a better idea about him if he hadn't stood around most of the season. Also, a big back needs a few carries to get into a rythm. So, in the context of the season and the context of single games, we never saw the real Duckett. Or maybe we did. Atlanta did trade him afterall.

I agree with Matty. One year insurance policy. It looks like a bad decision now. At the time we were all a little shell shocked from the Portis injury. I think Betts history of injury swung the decision. If someone had been able assure Gibbs that Betts would have stayed healthy, I don't think he makes the trade. We don't get those guarantees. You have to make the best decision at the time. And the likelihood at the time was that there ws little chance of Betts staying healthy if he played an entire season.

GTripp0012 · 03-09-2007, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by 70Chip

Re-sign. For the love of all that's sacred, can't you please use the hyphen? I'm begging you please. (nothing personal, just a little peeve of mine)

Now, in terms of Duckett's skills, I think we would have gotten a better idea about him if he hadn't stood around most of the season. Also, a big back needs a few carries to get into a rythm. So, in the context of the season and the context of single games, we never saw the real Duckett. Or maybe we did. Atlanta did trade him afterall.

I agree with Matty. One year insurance policy. It looks like a bad decision now. At the time we were all a little shell shocked from the Portis injury. I think Betts history of injury swung the decision. If someone had been able assure Gibbs that Betts would have stayed healthy, I don't think he makes the trade. We don't get those guarantees. You have to make the best decision at the time. And the likelihood at the time was that there ws little chance of Betts staying healthy if he played an entire season.

Ultimately if we HAD been forced to rely on Duckett, we would have been much worse off than we were. It's a blessing that he never had to play. We should have looked at film from him in Atlanta and traded our third round pick for an actual decent running back.

Monkeydad · 03-09-2007, 11:22 AM

Duckett wasn't brought in to be an impact player. He was brought in as insurance incase we lost Betts after losing Portis to injury. With Betts' injury history that luckily didn't resurface last season, it was a very smart move. Without Duckett on the roster, we would've been pretty much screwed at RB if Betts had gone down. Rock would be our only real option and he's unproven at RB, great on kick returns though. It's no one's fault that Betts stayed healthy and we didn't need T.J., but if we were left without a capable RB, I bet all of you would be grilling the coaching staff for it.

firstdown · 03-09-2007, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Luxorreb

I really like TJ. Think it was silly to give up so much for him for 1/2 of a season. I'd love to see him resign. Any chance of Duckett coming back? Has he signed elsewhere yet?

Why do you love him so much he averaged 3.5 yrards two TDs and we have Portis & Betts which both are better.

skinsfan69 · 03-09-2007, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Luxorreb

I really like TJ. Think it was silly to give up so much for him for 1/2 of a season. I'd love to see him resign. Any chance of Duckett coming back? Has he signed elsewhere yet?

He's not coming back. Your 3rd RB has to be able to do more than just play tailback. Duckett is not a fullback and he does not play teams. He's long gone.

DGreen28 · 03-09-2007, 01:09 PM

Is Duckett better than Rock?

I think Not

skinsfan69 · 03-09-2007, 01:38 PM

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Is Duckett better than Rock?

I think Not

I think Rock is way more valuable to the team. He's great on special teams and he's a team leader. Plus Rock can carry the ball if needed. Never should have made the trade in the first place. All Gibbs had to do was look at the film from when OBC was here and he would have saw what Rock can do.

GTripp0012 · 03-09-2007, 04:04 PM

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I think Rock is way more valuable to the team. He's great on special teams and he's a team leader. Plus Rock can carry the ball if needed. Never should have made the trade in the first place. All Gibbs had to do was look at the film from when OBC was here and he would have saw what Rock can do.

I agree. Rock's a great team guy who could be getting considerable carries somewhere else (as a No. 2), but chose to re-sign here as a teamer and No. 3 back. We really screwed him with the Duckett signing.

SmootSmack · 03-09-2007, 04:13 PM

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I agree. Rock's a great team guy who could be getting considerable carries somewhere else (as a No. 2), but chose to re-sign here as a teamer and No. 3 back. We really screwed him with the Duckett signing.

If anything we screwed Sellers. He could of been our beast on short yardage

03-09-2007, 06:15 AM	#1
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03-09-2007, 11:22 AM	#9
Monkeydad Living Legend Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: PA Age: 46 Posts: 17,460	Re: Duckett available? Duckett wasn't brought in to be an impact player. He was brought in as insurance incase we lost Betts after losing Portis to injury. With Betts' injury history that luckily didn't resurface last season, it was a very smart move. Without Duckett on the roster, we would've been pretty much screwed at RB if Betts had gone down. Rock would be our only real option and he's unproven at RB, great on kick returns though. It's no one's fault that Betts stayed healthy and we didn't need T.J., but if we were left without a capable RB, I bet all of you would be grilling the coaching staff for it.

03-09-2007, 01:09 PM	#12
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