Washington Redskins vs Detroit Lions Pregame Thread

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

I don't think u can compare this team to zorn's team. Granted we haven't played well but I gotta lot more faith in our current roster and coaching than I did back then. We gonna be ok this weekend.

Can certainly say the same about the lions too though.
However - yes i think we snatch a victory.

[Slingin Sammy 33]

Originally Posted by CultBrennan59

I don't really agree with skip bayless on most things but I agree with most of the things he said in this article.

NFL A read on Griffin's options - ESPN

No offense to you CB59, but Skip Bayless is a complete moron and quite the diva himself. I love when Steven A. hands him his @ss on a regular basis. Keep in mind that Bayless is the idiot who said "white fans want Cousins".

This article is a lot of conjecture and Bayless stirring the pot, as much of the media has done on the RG3 issue all off-season because it generates hits and ratings. Here's the bottom line, RG3 has the passing ability to be one of the best of all-time, without the Read-Option. As I've said many time before, if we had a HC and OC who could scheme a productive NFL offense we would thrive on O (now we have the franchise QB, so that excuse is gone). Imagine a Patriots or Saints type offense....with Brady or Brees being able to run a 4.4.....good luck stopping that.

The RO has been figured out by NFL DCs and the increase of risk to a franchise QB is not worth the reward of increased YPG until you get inside the 10. Inside the 10 the compressed field takes away the main advantages of the RO.

Unfortunately there's a disconnect somewhere in Redskins Park. and my suspicion is either we don't have the X & O firepower that can teach the advanced NFL passing game, the coaches have misconceptions of RG3's abilities, or the coaches are so hard-headed that they think what worked 15 yrs ago in Denver and 5 years ago in Houston will work here, today. Probably a combination of all three.

Ooops I forgot, I want RG3 to fail and Cousins to be put in anyway

[mredskins]

The media likes to build up players but they LOVE to tear them down.

[Bucket]

Originally Posted by Slingin Sammy 33

No offense to you CB59, but Skip Bayless is a complete moron and quite the diva himself. I love when Steven A. hands him his @ss on a regular basis. Keep in mind that Bayless is the idiot who said "white fans want Cousins".

This article is a lot of conjecture and Bayless stirring the pot, as much of the media has done on the RG3 issue all off-season because it generates hits and ratings. Here's the bottom line, RG3 has the passing ability to be one of the best of all-time, without the Read-Option. As I've said many time before, if we had a HC and OC who could scheme a productive NFL offense we would thrive on O (now we have the franchise QB, so that excuse is gone). Imagine a Patriots or Saints type offense....with Brady or Brees being able to run a 4.4.....good luck stopping that.

The RO has been figured out by NFL DCs and the increase of risk to a franchise QB is not worth the reward of increased YPG until you get inside the 10. Inside the 10 the compressed field takes away the main advantages of the RO.

Unfortunately there's a disconnect somewhere in Redskins Park. and my suspicion is either we don't have the X & O firepower that can teach the advanced NFL passing game, the coaches have misconceptions of RG3's abilities, or the coaches are so hard-headed that they think what worked 15 yrs ago in Denver and 5 years ago in Houston will work here, today. Probably a combination of all three.

Ooops I forgot, I want RG3 to fail and Cousins to be put in anyway

What makes you so sure NFL DC's know how to stop the RO? Most of our best runs by Alfo has been on that play this year.

What they use in Houston 5 years ago, is the same thing they are using today.

Couch Coaching at it's finest.

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

Originally Posted by DynamiteRave

It wouldn't work anyway. Wilson is first string on the depth chart.

CJ is 6'5.

Wilson is 5'9.

CJ runs a 4.3 40 yard.

Wilson runs a ???

lol I don't think the dude can do it. D Hall may be able to keep up speed wise but his coverage blows.

Had Crawford not gotten hurt, I think he would have worked his way into the starting spot with Amerson. His injury and Thomas's injury and Merriweather's inability to play more than 11 minutes don't help.

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by EARTHQUAKE2689

Had Crawford not gotten hurt, I think he would have worked his way into the starting spot with Amerson. His injury and Thomas's injury and Merriweather's inability to play more than 11 minutes don't help.

Is jordan bernstine even on the roster anymore?

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

Originally Posted by punch it in

Is jordan bernstine even on the roster anymore?

Nope.

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by KI Skins Fan

Talk about a Freudian slip!

A Freudian slip is when it is done unintentionally.

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by EARTHQUAKE2689

Nope.

I thought he showed flashes before he got hurt.

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

Originally Posted by punch it in

I thought he showed flashes before he got hurt.

He got hurt in the first game

[Green Monk Machine]

Originally Posted by Bucket

What makes you so sure NFL DC's know how to stop the RO? Most of our best runs by Alfo has been on that play this year.

What they use in Houston 5 years ago, is the same thing they are using today.

Couch Coaching at it's finest.

Are you referring to those runs when we are losing by 100 pts?
I think the RO is hard to stop, but made much easier when the QB isn't healthy to be a threat to run. So we kind of take ourselves out of the RO.

What do you mean about Houston? Are you talking about zone blocking? Houston has never skipped a beat even after Kyle left.

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by EARTHQUAKE2689

He got hurt in the first game

Preseason though he was a pleasant surprise. Probably a better tackler than any of the dang safeties we have now.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by mredskins

The media likes to build up players but they LOVE to tear them down.

That there mo

[DynamiteRave]

Looks like it may end up the Jordan Reed show tomorrow

Washington Redskins' Fred Davis (ankle) questionable - NFL.com

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

Originally Posted by DynamiteRave

Looks like it may end up the Jordan Reed show tomorrow

Washington Redskins' Fred Davis (ankle) questionable - NFL.com

Coming out party. 11 receptions 171 yards 4TDs would be great.