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The Giants must win this game and they should win it if they have any character at all. Due to circumstances (Romo injury, Eagles in disarray, Skins just starting to build a team with a new GM), an 0-2 team in our division has a better chance of making the playoffs than they usually would. But 0-3? Well, that might just be a different story. This game is huge for the Giants and they are at home which should help them.

If we beat them, then we may have a better team than any of us thought at the start of the season. That would be so sweet!

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[QUOTE=KI Skins Fan;1122349]He's not yet ready for the NFL but he has potential, so they're stashing him on IR.[/QUOTE]


Yeah maybe. But if he wasn't ready then why did he make the cut?

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[quote=Chico23231;1122344]If there is a game Ryan Grant could break out, its tonight. This is a good match up for him.Prince amukamora(sp) should shadow Garcon. Jordan Reed officially has the attention of defense cordinators after last weeks performance. Also Spags likes to move folks up to take away the run...and with our attack, it will be Spags/Coughlin's focus tonight. Brandon Merriweather is a starting Strong Safety.

Ryan Grant bring your A game son, cause you will have opportunities.[/quote]

I would agree here. I love the way we're running the ball and all, but we're going to have to hit more big plays in the passing game if we want to win this. We need a big game from Grant.

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[quote=over the mountain;1122351]i wont link to his article and I feel like im the last one hoping on this bus but ...

Mike Wise is an ahole. He dropped another article saying the skins name change is inevitable ..... on the day the skins play a featured nationally televised game.

[B]dude, drop it. move back to hawaii. listen to some jack johnson. grab a bite with colt. but just drop your personal vendetta.[/quote]
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:laughing2

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[quote=htownskinfan;1122353]Yeah maybe. But if he wasn't ready then why did he make the cut?[/quote]

This is a guess on my part: I think that Spaight is a person who made himself a draftable player through dedication to hard work and extensive film study. He is not particularly fast, yet he always seemed to be in right place in his college film that I saw. He's a blue collar player and the Skins have got to love that. I'm thinking that his work ethic and potential made it hard for them to cut him. We need to remember that we're building a team and more time and effort needs to go into player development in order to build depth. With that in mind, SM is going to use every trick in the book to stash players. BTW, Beathard and Gibbs were masters at that.

I think he needs to know our defense inside and out, study NFL offenses, and build up his body to succeed in the NFL. He might even be able to improve his speed and quickness a little. Let's hope he'll be ready to rock 'n roll next season.

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Are we going with this for the game day thread?

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[QUOTE=KI Skins Fan;1122356]This is a guess on my part: I think that Spaight is a person who made himself a draftable player through dedication to hard work and extensive film study. He is not particularly fast nor does he have an ideal ILB body, yet he always seemed to be in right place in his college film that I saw. He's a blue collar player and the Skins have got to love that. I'm thinking that his work ethic and potential made it hard for them to cut him.



I think he needs to know our defense inside and out, study NFL offenses, and build up his body to succeed in the NFL. Perhaps, he'll be ready next season.[/QUOTE]


Well your reasoning makes a lot more sense then being put on IR at beginning of yr for a concussion

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[quote=htownskinfan;1122358]Well your reasoning makes a lot more sense then being put on IR at beginning of yr for a concussion[/quote]

ELI5 version: He's not ready but they don't want to give him up.

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Damn this is on front page of ESPN today,damn we have been such a bad team,hard to believe we were once among the elite

REDSKINS NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME
The Redskins are just 4-17 in prime time games since 2008. That's the worst record in the NFL among teams with at least 10 such games in that span.

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I'm freakin amped and its only 1100....

I hate Thursday games though....and recently I hate prime time games because well....we've mostly sucked......but with this ground game and commitment to it and this defense?





.......I can feel it coming in the air tonight

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[quote=htownskinfan;1122361]Damn this is on front page of ESPN today,damn we have been such a bad team,hard to believe we were once among the elite

REDSKINS NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME
The Redskins are just 4-17 in prime time games since 2008. That's the worst record in the NFL among teams with at least 10 such games in that span.[/quote]

It is what it is. No better time to start turning it around than tonight.

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[QUOTE=htownskinfan;1122361]Damn this is on front page of ESPN today,damn we have been such a bad team,hard to believe we were once among the elite



REDSKINS NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME

The Redskins are just 4-17 in prime time games since 2008. That's the worst record in the NFL among teams with at least 10 such games in that span.[/QUOTE]


That is just dumb. What does this particular team have to do with 2008, or 2009, or etc etc.

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[QUOTE=punch it in;1122364]That is just dumb. What does this particular team have to do with 2008, or 2009, or etc etc.[/QUOTE]


Well it has nothing to do with 2008, but what about last year? We got our ass whipped last year in primetime, just shows how bad we have been over the years

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[QUOTE=htownskinfan;1122365]Well it has nothing to do with 2008, but what about last year? We got our ass whipped last year in primetime, just shows how bad we have been over the years[/QUOTE]


But we didnt. We beat the Eagles and the Cowboys last year in primetime. Half our damn wins. Lol. We also competed against the Seahawks. We got spanked against the Giants.
Either way nobody is arguing we have been bad for a long time. Primetime or not. However if they are going to make some insane connection between the last 8 Skins teams and tie them all together than you only need to look back to last year. We played two of our best games on primetime.

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[QUOTE=punch it in;1122367]But we didnt. We beat the Eagles and the Cowboys last year in primetime. Half our damn wins. Lol. We also competed against the Seahawks. We got spanked against the Giants.
Either way nobody is arguing we have been bad for a long time. Primetime or not. However if they are going to make some insane connection between the last 8 Skins teams and tie them all together than you only need to look back to last year. We played two of our best games on primetime.[/QUOTE]


Damn we had 4 primetime games last yr?
So we've only won 4 games in pt since 08 and 2 were last yr?
Well then hopefully that bodes well for tonight

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[QUOTE=htownskinfan;1122368]Damn we had 4 primetime games last yr?
So we've only won 4 games in pt since 08 and 2 were last yr?
Well then hopefully that bodes well for tonight[/QUOTE]


My point exactly. And we played the NFC champs damn tough. So not only is the ESPN article stupid, but it is wrong. Apparently if there wAs one thing the "current" team was ready for last year it was primetime.

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lots of bad past stats for the skins.

lost 12 of last 14 vs NFC east opponents

7-25 past 2 years

1-1 = only relevant stat

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[QUOTE=punch it in;1122369]My point exactly. And we played the NFC champs damn tough. So not only is the ESPN article stupid, but it is wrong. Apparently if there wAs one thing the "current" team was ready for last year it was primetime.[/QUOTE]


It wasn't an article, it was just that fact put on the front page. And how is it wrong? Oh you must mean the fact that it says they are not ready for primetime instead of what the record is

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[QUOTE=htownskinfan;1122383]It wasn't an article, it was just that fact put on the front page. And how is it wrong? Oh you must mean the fact that it says they are not ready for primetime instead of what the record is[/QUOTE]


Gruden is what 5-13. Three of his better games have been on primetime. Almost half his wins. Id say the title is wrong.

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[quote=htownskinfan;1122353]Yeah maybe. But if he wasn't ready then why did he make the cut?[/quote]

To avoid putting him on the PS. On IR, he can stay on the squad. Just a guess. Then again, maybe his concussion is that bad?? You never can tell with this crap to be honest.

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We're too thin at ILB to be stashing guys away. I'd wager the injury is legit.

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I read somewhere yesterday that Spaight's concussion was bad enough to miss a few games and could last longer, so they decided to put him on IR instead of risking a roster spot. Can't find the article.

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[quote=KI Skins Fan;1122356]This is a guess on my part: I think that Spaight is a person who made himself a draftable player through dedication to hard work and extensive film study. He is not particularly fast, yet he always seemed to be in right place in his college film that I saw. He's a blue collar player and the Skins have got to love that. I'm thinking that his work ethic and potential made it hard for them to cut him. We need to remember that we're building a team and more time and effort needs to go into player development in order to build depth. With that in mind, SM is going to use every trick in the book to stash players. BTW, Beathard and Gibbs were masters at that.

I think he needs to know our defense inside and out, study NFL offenses, and build up his body to succeed in the NFL. He might even be able to improve his speed and quickness a little. Let's hope he'll be ready to rock 'n roll next season.[/quote]

I watched this kid play while here at Arkansas and he works hard and has a great motor. I will enjoy watching him play for the skins in the coming years.
HTTR!!!

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U have got to be kidding me. Two bullshit calls n that!