DeSean Jackson meeting with the Redskins on Monday

[ethat001]

PASSING STATS
GP CMP ATT CMP% YDS AVG TD LNG INT FUM QBR RAT
2008 16 265 434 61.1 3,440 7.93 16 70 11 2 73.6 87.7
2009 14 263 451 58.3 2,916 6.47 22 90 14 5 58.5 80.9
2010 16 357 571 62.5 3,705 6.49 28 46 9 3 70.6 91.0
2011 16 347 566 61.3 4,177 7.38 29 80 12 5 69.9 92.2
2012 16 422 615 68.6 4,719 7.67 32 80 14 2 74.8 99.1
2013 16 439 651 67.4 4,515 6.94 26 81 17 4 61.1 89.6
Career 94 2,093 3,288 63.7 23,472 7.14 153 90 77 21 69.7 90.6
Matt Ryan Stats - Atlanta Falcons - ESPN

After Julio Jones was signed in 2011 and Atlanta had 2 high profile WR's, Matt Ryan's passing game exploded & went from averaging 3000-3500 yards to closer to 4500-4700 yards. If/when we sign DJax, I suspect we might expect a similar big jump in RG3's production. We may even have an advantage in that we have a much better running game to go with this.

[ICantGoAnother20yrsOfCrap]

Agreed. I know given our history this will probably blow up in our face but let's just enjoy this for one day!

[Defensewins]

Originally Posted by ethat001

After Julio Jones was signed in 2011 and Atlanta had 2 high profile WR's, Matt Ryan's passing game exploded & went from averaging 3000-3500 yards to closer to 4500-4700 yards. If/when we sign DJax, I suspect we might expect a similar big jump in RG3's production. We may even have an advantage in that we have a much better running game to go with this.

It's funny you brought up Atlanta because I was thinking about how similar of a situation they had before trading for Julio Jones as to the Redskins situation right now (before signing DeSean).
Ignored glaring needs on defense and O-line. The temptation/potential of having an explosive offense (Matty Ice, Roddy White, Julio Jones, Tony Gonzalez, Steven Jackson). The Falcons gave up two firsts, a second, and two fourths. It exploded alright, it blew up in their face as the team went 4-12 last season.
While we are not giving up any draft picks, we are giving up something just as valuable, a large amount of future cap space we could have used to fix the O-line and secondary. This is a team sport and we can not win with weak links in the chain. Plus as the two best teams in the NFL (Seattle and 49ers) helped to prove over and over again Defense (and balance on offense) wins Championships, not WR's.
We have to get more physical as a team. Punch people in the mouth and knock them down. DeSean is an amazing talent, but he is a luxury not a desperate need.

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by Defensewins

It's funny you brought up Atlanta because I was thinking about how similar of a situation they had before trading for Julio Jones as to the Redskins situation right now (before signing DeSean).
Ignored glaring needs on defense and O-line. The temptation/potential of having an explosive offense (Matty Ice, Roddy White, Julio Jones, Tony Gonzalez, Steven Jackson). The Falcons gave up two firsts, a second, and two fourths. It exploded alright, it blew up in their face as the team went 4-12 last season.

Atlanta didn't have a running game whatsoever and their defense didn't have the potential that our D does (I'm thinking our 2012 D that had all of those takeaways). I am concerned about our o-line but a healthy RG3 made our o-line look decent. I'm hoping that and the threat of Garcon/DJax/Reed will help.