Santana Moss
 

So many critics scoffed when we traded for him and look what we've ended up with. A true homerun hitter that this offense so desperately needed. Is there any doubt who got the better end of the deal at this point??

I always knew this guy was fast but damn, he's faster than I thought and what really strikes me is how fluid he is. He's silky smooth in his routes and he doesn't loose any speed at all moving in and out of his breaks. He's the kind of WR if you hit him in stride he's gone.

As long as he can stay healthy he could be in for a huge year!

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seriously, when was the last time we saw a redskins QB hitting a receiver in stride for a TD? Ramsey has never done it, probably because he can do little other than gunning the ball to a waiting receiver.

I think we may have to go all the way back to the Jeff George-Irving Fryar TD against St Louis to find the last time.

Its sickening to watch the NFL highlights every sunday and see almost every other team but us (and maybe Baltimore) have these types of pass plays. Hope this will change things for us.

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[QUOTE=hurrykaine]Its sickening to watch the NFL highlights every sunday and see almost every other team but us (and maybe Baltimore) have these types of pass plays. Hope this will change things for us.[/QUOTE]

it does seem like it's been a while since we've had something like that. it just takes a burner and some accuracy to have a chance though. it def. crossed my mind on dallas' flea flicker that had we run that play, the ball would have been hideously underthrown or overthrown.

i'm glad to see that we took some shots downfield (albeit out of desperation). if in 2 wks. we can improve our offensive play even a bit we might hit that 9 win mark ppl were hoping for.

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hes got good hands too! gardner probably would have dropped one!

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Moss should have had three touchdowns in that game. He was several yards behind Henry on that 1st quarter play in the corner of the endzone and the pass was about two football lengths short from being an early td confidence builder.

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The Associated Press has reported, "HURRRICANE SANTANA STRIKES DALLAS" in the middle of the night.

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I'm defintley happy he played like that. I was a little dissapointed not too see too much of Patten, who is our possession guy. I missed it in all the hype, did he get hurt at all or osmthing??? At least we have a couple weeks to get healthy.

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One other thing I noticed about Moss, he was one cool cat after both touchdowns. I could just see him thinking after the first one "No reason to celebrate yet" and after the second "That's what I do". Talk about acting like you've been there before. That is exactly how I like to see guys on this team act. Very classy, I hope to see a lot more of this.

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[QUOTE=JET]One other thing I noticed about Moss, he was one cool cat after both touchdowns. I could just see him thinking after the first one "No reason to celebrate yet" and after the second "That's what I do". Talk about acting like you've been there before. That is exactly how I like to see guys on this team act. Very classy, I hope to see a lot more of this.[/QUOTE]

I noticed the same thing and completely agree. The showboating gets so old and tired from the likes of TO, Joe horn and so on. Seeing a pro like Moss haul in two gorgeous passes for game winning scores in the final minutes of a huge game, and then simply high-five and flip the ball to the ref is a very refreshing site.

Truly a Redskins-Gibbs player.

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[QUOTE=mheisig]I noticed the same thing and completely agree. The showboating gets so old and tired from the likes of TO, Joe horn and so on. Seeing a pro like Moss haul in two gorgeous passes for game winning scores in the final minutes of a huge game, and then simply high-five and flip the ball to the ref is a very refreshing site.

Truly a Redskins-Gibbs player.[/QUOTE]

Yes It was nice to see him do that!!! Not running to the star and actting like a ass!!!!! God that made my year!!! So sick hear Cowboy fans talking all the time about beatting us. Now they can live with it till our next get together!

:dallas: :dallas: :dallas: :dallas: :dallas: :dallas:

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[QUOTE=JET]One other thing I noticed about Moss, he was one cool cat after both touchdowns. I could just see him thinking after the first one "No reason to celebrate yet" and after the second "That's what I do". Talk about acting like you've been there before. That is exactly how I like to see guys on this team act. Very classy, I hope to see a lot more of this.[/QUOTE]

Agreed, he was a total professional in every way last night.

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[QUOTE=Mattyk72]So many critics scoffed when we traded for him and look what we've ended up with. A true homerun hitter that this offense so desperately needed. Is there any doubt who got the better end of the deal at this point??

I always knew this guy was fast but damn, he's faster than I thought and what really strikes me is how fluid he is. He's silky smooth in his routes and he doesn't loose any speed at all moving in and out of his breaks. He's the kind of WR if you hit him in stride he's gone.

As long as he can stay healthy he could be in for a huge year![/QUOTE]

Coles looks old and used up these days in NY!!! What Moss did in this game alone makes it a seal!!!! It will be a season or two before we know if we got the better end but I know on thing.......Coles didn't wanted to be here and that was all right by me!!! Welcome Mr.Moss and no matter what happens now you are in Redskin history!!!

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[QUOTE=Roy Williams to Aaron Glenn]

you see a reddish blur couple seconds ago?

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:biggthump

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Santana to Brunell was a beauty to watch. But was it just me or did Moss sound like Boomhauer from King of the Hill during his interview.

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[QUOTE=mheisig]I noticed the same thing and completely agree. The showboating gets so old and tired from the likes of TO, Joe horn and so on. Seeing a pro like Moss haul in two gorgeous passes for game winning scores in the final minutes of a huge game, and then simply high-five and flip the ball to the ref is a very refreshing site.

Truly a Redskins-Gibbs player.[/QUOTE]
Absolutely! I'm glad others noticed that too. He acted as though he SHOULD be there and didn't need to draw attention to himself. Learn a lesson in class, Moss, T.O., Horn.

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Was it a bird? A plane?
Heck no!!!!
It was SantanaMan!!!!!
Redskins superhero!!!!

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Moss scored twice as many touchdowns in one game than Coles did in one season.

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All I have to say is "SAAAANTTAANNAAA MMMMOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSS"!!!!!

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Santana's performance was made even sweeter by seeing just how abysmal Peerless Price has been in Dallas. What did he have, like 1 catch for -1 yards yesterday? Awful, just awful

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Talk about your big play receiver! Man, that is what they got him to do, and then, on the biggest stage, with the odds against it, he catches not one BUT TWO TD bombs. What a badass. And then, as y'all said, he played it cool--this is what I do. Awesome.

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I remember being amazed at Santana's yards per catch when we traded Coles for him. Now I can see why it was so high. He averaged over 30 yards per catch last night!!!! Granted, that was a career game for him, but he had some great runs after the catch in the first game as well.

As for the celebrating, he is just like Monk used to be. Give the ball to the ref and move on. I'm sure all us Redskins fans, coach Gibbs included, made up for Santana's reserved celebrations by how nuts we went. My brother and I were jumping up and down hugging each other like a pair of little girls after that second TD. Seeing Gibbs go nuts was amazing. I have NEVER seen him that happy.

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Lav who?

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[QUOTE=mheisig]I noticed the same thing and completely agree. The showboating gets so old and tired from the likes of TO, Joe horn and so on. Seeing a pro like Moss haul in two gorgeous passes for game winning scores in the final minutes of a huge game, and then simply high-five and flip the ball to the ref is a very refreshing site.

Truly a Redskins-Gibbs player.[/QUOTE]

I liked it, but give me a little more emotion in the end zone. Maybe he can bring back Gary Clark's backward jog through the end zone or even his jumping spike between the legs

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[QUOTE=Mattyk72]So many critics scoffed when we traded for him and look what we've ended up with. A true homerun hitter that this offense so desperately needed. Is there any doubt who got the better end of the deal at this point??

I always knew this guy was fast but damn, he's faster than I thought and what really strikes me is how fluid he is. He's silky smooth in his routes and he doesn't loose any speed at all moving in and out of his breaks. He's the kind of WR if you hit him in stride he's gone.

As long as he can stay healthy he could be in for a huge year![/QUOTE]


Absolutly! I loved him coming out of college and saw him quite a bit with the jets, but I don't think I really comprehended how fast he really was until our opener.

My thought on him with the jets was the jets never really appreciated his skills, I also think partly because Pennington couldn't reach him with that noodle arm of his, negating his ability to stretch the field and run past defenders deep, as we saw last night

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everyone's talking about his speed, but whattabout those HANDS man? talk about CLUTCH, and not even a bobble. my man was 100/100 (r.i.p. 50/50). how refreshing is it to see legs *and* hands on our team. finally.

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[QUOTE=CrazyCanuck]Lav who?[/QUOTE]

He's certainly not the answer for the Jets.

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[QUOTE=JET]One other thing I noticed about Moss, he was one cool cat after both touchdowns. I could just see him thinking after the first one "No reason to celebrate yet" and after the second "That's what I do". Talk about acting like you've been there before. That is exactly how I like to see guys on this team act. Very classy, I hope to see a lot more of this.[/QUOTE]


Great observation like he had ice water in his veins. By not doing celebrating it makes him seem very intimidating. Like he has absolutely no doubt he can roast everyone.

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[QUOTE=TAFKAS]Santana's performance was made even sweeter by seeing just how abysmal Peerless Price has been in Dallas. What did he have, like 1 catch for -1 yards yesterday? Awful, just awful[/QUOTE] You know, I actually forgot that the cowboys had him. He really wont mean much to them anyway.

As for moss, I knew we had a gamebreaker when we first signed him and he is jsut proving that and will continue to do so the whole season and the entire time he's with us. The moves he made on that first TD were amazing. He pulled a triple move and completely twisted the DB around with his quickness. Not only does he make his cuts without losing any speed whatsoever, he is also extremely quick right after the catch. If you go back and look at his 52 yarder in the bears game, you will see that right after he caught the ball, he made a little move to the side that was so quick it was almost unnoticeable, but was the key to breaking away into the open. His speed, quickness, hands, and overall mentality makes him a great WR and he is definitely one of my favorite skins.

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[QUOTE=TAFKAS]Santana's performance was made even sweeter by seeing just how abysmal Peerless Price has been in Dallas. What did he have, like 1 catch for -1 yards yesterday? Awful, just awful[/QUOTE]


Do you mean yardless price.

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speed and sure hand
KILLS

GO SKINS

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I get the feeling we're going to see a lot more Moss jerseys around the stadium this season... :)

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After Moss' performance, I'm sure they'll drop a safety back...making it easier for Portis. Also, if Moss starts drawing double-coverage...it'll make Patten and Cooley's job easier. I hope to see a revitalized Redskins' offense when they come out of bye-week.

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the biggest difference between moss and coles is that coles developed the dropsies (gardner's influence? or all the broken fingers?) and moss can catch.

I like it when receivers can catch... its so hard to get yardage and having your own guys dropping balls really kills drives (look at seatle). I don't really remember dropped balls so far (unlike last year)... royal has missed a couple, but nothing of consequence.

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Moss played like a HOF'er last night.
His speed and hands brought us the victory, but his coolness and class set him apart from most 'big time' NFL WR's. I'll take a pitch to the ref over some bogus cell phone/mooning or sharpie bs. Moss knew he was gonna catch those balls and he did. Thank you Santana Moss!

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What a pleasant suprise Moss has been. I think he'll only get better from here on out, this guy hasn't even begun to hit his stride! (non pun intended!)

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I'm defintley happy he played like that. I was a little dissapointed not too see too much of Patten, who is our possession guy. I missed it in all the hype, did he get hurt at all or osmthing??? At least we have a couple weeks to get healthy.
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HAIL TO THE REDSKINS!! patton was actually 3 steps behind henry andpulling away but brunell under threw him there were other chances other than the moss td's

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Those two catches were a history maker. I just hope they practive those down field bombs for the next two weeks big time.

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We're lucky that Moss was running on the field and not on the highway, he woulda gotten a ticket for breaking the speed limit

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I think those two passes to Moss were somewhat out of desperation, but Brunell may have figured out some timing with them. Here is the timing...... drop back 7 steps and throw it as hard and as far as you can! You can not out throw Moss. He is too fast!

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[QUOTE=scowan]I think those two passes to Moss were somewhat out of desperation, but Brunell may have figured out some timing with them. Here is the timing...... drop back 7 steps and throw it as hard and as far as you can! You can not out throw Moss. He is too fast![/QUOTE]


I was watching the highlights of that play again last night and believe it or not Brunell actually underthrew that 70 yd bomb to him, you could see him slowing down a bit, but the guy is so smooth it was very hard to pick up.