Why are the Redskins jinxed?
 

The injuries are way outta control.

Looks like Campbell is done for the season. Wake me up when this nightmare is over.

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...I blame Archuletta. It's all his fault... He's a curse a tell ya! He hates the Bears for benching him and the Redskins for releasing him. So he's letting out all the bad juju.

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I agree MAtty JC was my last reason to watch this season now he is gone.

THIS FUCKING SUCKS FUCKING SUCKS. This this the worst season every in my history of watching all sports. HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I think we all need to pray to the Football Gods for mercy.

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Please end our agony. What a freakin' year. Unbelievable.

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This officially goes down as the worst season in any sport I've ever followed.

It would be remarkable to end up at .500 at this point.

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I was just saying the same thing tonite,its unreal,if there is such thing as a curse we have it.I think its Jack kent Cookes ghost haunting us,why? hes frickin pissed his son didnt get the team,which is his own frickin fault,but theres no way i believe he thought the skins would be owned by somebody else.I wonder how we would have turned out if Snyder hadnt bought the team,maybe better,who knows.Snyder has made a lot of mistakes,and made some good moves,but he def showed lots of class with the Taylor situation

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[QUOTE=mheisig;390208]This officially goes down as the worst season in any sport I've ever followed.

It would be remarkable to end up at .500 at this point.[/QUOTE]

so is this nad last season are the only seasons you've ever watched? You don't need to go back very far to get worse than this year...1 word SPURRIER.

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[QUOTE=jsarno;390391]so is this nad last season are the only seasons you've ever watched? You don't need to go back very far to get worse than this year...1 word SPURRIER.[/QUOTE]

Why go back that far? last season under Gibbs was by far the worst, and there weren't even these many injuries - we've already beaten our win total from last year.

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Spurrier years were worse, we got whipped almost weekly. At least under Gibbs we usually keep them close.

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[QUOTE=Mattyk72;390405]Spurrier years were worse, we got whipped almost weekly. At least under Gibbs we usually keep them close.[/QUOTE]

exactly!!!

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I'll tell you why this is worse. Even in the pathetic Spurrier era, we'd lose quick and painless. The blow lead thing is like getting kicked in the nads every week. And even the wins (Arizona, Jets) somehow hurt. And then the injuries. And then Sean. And then Gibbs calling the timeout. And then JC.

And we're still 6-7, so I still get totally wrapped up in it, week after week.

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[QUOTE=Mattyk72;390405]Spurrier years were worse, we got whipped almost weekly. At least under Gibbs we usually keep them close.[/QUOTE]

Can't really pick Spurrier over Gibbs, but in Spurrier's second season, when we didn't even have a proven defensive coord - the games were still pretty close except for 3 of them.

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[quote=mredskins;390054]I agree MAtty JC was my last reason to watch this season now he is gone.

THIS FUCKING SUCKS FUCKING SUCKS. This this the worst season every in my history of watching all sports. HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/quote]
Hey tell me did u shit ur pants when we win!!!

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God damn TODD DOESN'T get any reps...in practice did u hear that

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That's interesting

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The starter under Gibbs always gets the vast majority of the work. No big surprise there.

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[QUOTE=SmootSmack;390433]That's interesting[/QUOTE]

isnt it though?:cool-smil

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This shit fucking sucks!! Injuries are getting ridiculous, WE ARE CURSED!!!

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[QUOTE=Mattyk72;390405]Spurrier years were worse, we got whipped almost weekly. At least under Gibbs we usually keep them close.[/QUOTE]

The Spurrier teams were much worse but this has been the most painfull season by far...at least in the 31 years I have been living and dying with this team. The easiest losses to get over are blowouts and that's what Spurriers era was filled with. But this season with the lost second half leads and the last second losses has just been agonizing. Add in the parade of injuries...nothing has gone right this year.

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Indian curse for not changing our name. I hope they never change the team's name and are able to change the curse.

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[quote=SFREDSKIN;390458]Indian curse for not changing our name. I hope they never change the team's name and are able to change the curse.[/quote]


What the domination in the 80's went unnoticed? Or are these newly dead Native Americans? Or is it that FedEx Field is built on an "Indian burial ground?"

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[quote=pg86;390431]TODD DOESN'T get any reps...in practice did u hear that[/quote]
They say Todd is like "Rain Man" when it comes to this offense. As long as the receivers run their routes precisely, he'll find them.

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Snyder curse (man means no harm but ever since he's owned this team there is just nothing we can do)...it all backfires:(

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I think we've got three "curses" - we hired Steve Spurrier as a head coach (but Joe Gibbs is slowly but surely removing that curse), we moved out of the original "DC diamond" (the new stadium, if not in DC proper should have been at the old Potomac Yards in Alexandria as JKC originally wanted - it was on the Metro, had sight lines to the Monument and was in the original boundaries of DC) and we took Jack Kent Cooke's name off the stadium. I say we fix the remaining "curses" by building a proper football stadium - with lot's of natural crowd noise - inside the original DC boundaries and name it JKC Stadium. (And once Gibbs retires the second time, I'd want to call it "Gibbs Field at Jack Kent Cooke Stadium"...)

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Personally I feel we have weathered the storm, I really like Campbell, seems like a real nice kid, but if he finishes that game I believe we lose, I think Collins See's the field and understands what the defense is going to do before it happens, Campbell has the physical advantage, but Collins at least so far has the mental advantage, he was able to get rid of the ball on anticipation, he was aware of which receiver was going to break open didn't have to see it happen first he was preparing to throw the ball before it actually materialized, if he can consistently time his throws out like that he doesn't need a cannon for an arm.

If Collins can come out next game and move the ball in the air like he did tonight look out! This team right now is ready to explode for a QB who can find the open receiver. Every week even though we have the lead we all know that we are going to have to sweat one out watching the opposing team coming down the field against a tired defense, well I didn't have that feeling tonight, I had the feeling that Collins was going to move the ball. One more thing we should all take notice is the play calling on the last drive, we attacked with the passing game, when was the last time we saw that late in a game? It is possible that there is not enough trust in Campbell in his ability to make the right decision late in games and that is why we sit back the way we do? Who knows for sure right now? But I do know I saw Collins make big throw after big throw late in the game. I think this game just may catapult us into the playoffs, lets see what Collins does next game with more reps in practice?

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I don't know why we are cursed but I think some sort of animal sacrifice is necessary.

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[quote=Lady Brave;390472]They say Todd is like "Rain Man" when it comes to this offense. As long as the receivers run their routes precisely, he'll find them.[/quote]

"Backside five, definitely backside five" (insert proper intonation here)

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I don't believe in curses or jinxes. What I do believe in is character in the face of mounting adversity, and this team had that in spades last night. Everything these guys have fought through this year will make them a better team next year.

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I'm not sure if I've ever seen a more heartbreaking season...
this has to be the worst season ever- [B]SEAN TAYLOR,[/B] injuries, the ways in which we've lost (or not won), a tarnished gibbs legacy (to a degree), what else can go wrong????

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[quote=Mattyk72;390045]The injuries are way outta control.

Looks like Campbell is done for the season. Wake me up when this nightmare is over.[/quote]


Matty - I was considering creating a thread about the injuries and there cause but I will just put my two cents in this thread. My theory on the high amount of injuries is due to how the team has been constructed (building through free agents over the draft). I would think most people would agree that as we age we become more prone to injuries and that this is especially prevalant with NFL players that go through a high amount of wear and tear. The average lifespan of an NFL player is somwhere between 3-4 years as the extreme hits players sustain on a weekly basis leads to a shorter life in the nfl and as players get older they are more likely to get injuries and take longer to recover. Now some positions are more prone to injuries than others (a DB or a running back is more likely to get injuried than a kicker) but I feel as a player gets older his ability to take punishment and recover from the constant hits goes down.

As many of you know the Redskins philosphy of building through free agents and supplementing through the draft puts them at a higher risk because a lot of our front line starters are older. Look at some of the players that got injuried and were acquired through free agency who are on the older side of their careers - Marcus Washington, Fred Smoot, Shawn Springs, Randy Thomas.

I know that a lot of injuries are the result of bad luck and happen regardless of how old a player is. I do also feel that as players get older and have constant wear and tear they become more prone to injuries - especially repeat injuries. This is just another reason the Skins should change their philopshy of building through free agency and the draft second. Plus I think this year is a stark reminder that depth is so important. If the team used more of their cap space on reserves instead of on front line players (which can be done if you spend less on big name free agents and build through the draft) than a team's ability to overcome the injury factor improves.

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[quote=pg86;390429]Hey tell me did u shit ur pants when we win!!![/quote]

No not really because the season is still over, it will become offical next week in the big apple.

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[quote=Bill B;390634]Matty - I was considering creating a thread about the injuries and there cause but I will just put my two cents in this thread. My theory on the high amount of injuries is due to how the team has been constructed (building through free agents over the draft). I would think most people would agree that as we age we become more prone to injuries and that this is especially prevalant with NFL players that go through a high amount of wear and tear. The average lifespan of an NFL player is somwhere between 3-4 years as the extreme hits players sustain on a weekly basis leads to a shorter life in the nfl and as players get older they are more likely to get injuries and take longer to recover. Now some positions are more prone to injuries than others (a DB or a running back is more likely to get injuried than a kicker) but I feel as a player gets older his ability to take punishment and recover from the constant hits goes down.

As many of you know the Redskins philosphy of building through free agents and supplementing through the draft puts them at a higher risk because a lot of our front line starters are older. Look at some of the players that got injuried and were acquired through free agency who are on the older side of their careers - Marcus Washington, Fred Smoot, Shawn Springs, Randy Thomas.

I know that a lot of injuries are the result of bad luck and happen regardless of how old a player is. I do also feel that as players get older and have constant wear and tear they become more prone to injuries - especially repeat injuries. This is just another reason the Skins should change their philopshy of building through free agency and the draft second. Plus I think this year is a stark reminder that depth is so important. If the team used more of their cap space on reserves instead of on front line players (which can be done if you spend less on big name free agents and build through the draft) than a team's ability to overcome the injury factor improves.[/quote]

Maybe... but overall I think your theory is stretching it a bit.

We've had plenty of younger guys banged up as well. Sometimes the injury bug just bites you hard and for whatever reason the Skins seem to have zero luck when it comes to that dept. this year.