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Schneed10 · 05-19-2005, 08:36 AM

In today's NFL, you can't write off ANYBODY in ANY season. That includes the friggin Arizona Cardinals.

What did you think the Chargers' chances were last year?

What did you think the Panthers' chances were the year before that?

I am cool with pessimistic opinions, it's OK. But it's going too far to say the Redskins have no shot this year because it's just not true. You never know who is going to blow up this year, because someone always does. Why not us? Why not now? Writing them off completely is just as bad as saying they're guaranteed to win the Super Bowl.

I don't mind Daseal's views, and I want him to continue to express his opinions even if I disagree with them wholeheartedly, but I do think he's contradicting himself a bit. On one hand, he disagrees with both Gibbs' playcalling of last year and personnel moves of this year, basically saying the playcalling was the problem last year, and now this year the problem is the personnel. Despite these problems, Daseal still says Gibbs will be successful in 3 years. I don't get that.

As for the O-Line, it's crazy to say they're not better this year. They had trouble at the beginning of the season last year, and if not for Brunell's scrambling ability, we would have been the most-sacked team in the first half of the year. But then we put statue Ramsey in there and he was sacked an average number of times. That's improvement throughout year 1 alone. In year 2 we have Jansen back and a more athletic center for pulls and traps. The line finished the season pretty well, they were not the problem. The run blocking problems were at TE (thanks a lot, Walter Rasby) and H-Back (Cooley can't run dudes over yet). Plus, our WRs could not get deep.

The o-line personnel is a strength this year.

05-19-2005, 08:36 AM	#53
Schneed10 A Dude Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Newtown Square, PA Age: 46 Posts: 12,458	Re: Zone blocking In today's NFL, you can't write off ANYBODY in ANY season. That includes the friggin Arizona Cardinals. What did you think the Chargers' chances were last year? What did you think the Panthers' chances were the year before that? I am cool with pessimistic opinions, it's OK. But it's going too far to say the Redskins have no shot this year because it's just not true. You never know who is going to blow up this year, because someone always does. Why not us? Why not now? Writing them off completely is just as bad as saying they're guaranteed to win the Super Bowl. I don't mind Daseal's views, and I want him to continue to express his opinions even if I disagree with them wholeheartedly, but I do think he's contradicting himself a bit. On one hand, he disagrees with both Gibbs' playcalling of last year and personnel moves of this year, basically saying the playcalling was the problem last year, and now this year the problem is the personnel. Despite these problems, Daseal still says Gibbs will be successful in 3 years. I don't get that. As for the O-Line, it's crazy to say they're not better this year. They had trouble at the beginning of the season last year, and if not for Brunell's scrambling ability, we would have been the most-sacked team in the first half of the year. But then we put statue Ramsey in there and he was sacked an average number of times. That's improvement throughout year 1 alone. In year 2 we have Jansen back and a more athletic center for pulls and traps. The line finished the season pretty well, they were not the problem. The run blocking problems were at TE (thanks a lot, Walter Rasby) and H-Back (Cooley can't run dudes over yet). Plus, our WRs could not get deep. The o-line personnel is a strength this year.