Could Thrash Become #2 WR

[SmootSmack]

James Thrash is Ricky Proehl for Al Saunders. Not a starter, but clutch

[dmek25]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

James Thrash is Ricky Proehl for Al Saunders. Not a starter, but clutch

no way. Ricky Proehl could run. thrash has absolutely no speed. he is a good special teamer. no more, no less. if he gets on the field alot this season, it means one of 2 things. the skins are blowing someone out. or they are getting blown out

[mike340]

He must have lost a lot of speed then. As I've reported before Thrash ran a 4.2 40 in college. He took the mantle of fastest Redskin off of #28's shoulders. In comparison, I found
Coles: 4.29
Moss: 4.31
Champ Bailey: 4.42
That's one of the reasons he's a gunner.
Unless his legs are totally trashed I think he is terribly under-used. He almost never makes a bonehead play.
But I must be wrong since nobody ever responds to my posts about this.

Originally Posted by dmek25

no way. Ricky Proehl could run. thrash has absolutely no speed. he is a good special teamer. no more, no less. if he gets on the field alot this season, it means one of 2 things. the skins are blowing someone out. or they are getting blown out

[JGisLordOfTheRings]

Originally Posted by mike340

He must have lost a lot of speed then. As I've reported before Thrash ran a 4.2 40 in college. He took the mantle of fastest Redskin off of #28's shoulders. In comparison, I found
Coles: 4.29
Moss: 4.31
Champ Bailey: 4.42
That's one of the reasons he's a gunner.
Unless his legs are totally trashed I think he is terribly under-used. He almost never makes a bonehead play.
But I must be wrong since nobody ever responds to my posts about this.

I like Thrash as well. He can be a good option on certain plays and situation but, no more. He cannot be a dependable #2 WR, IMO. Clutch? I guess you could say that. He had a few crucial plays in the last 2 years, a couple in Dallas games. Yet, IMO, I believe his is just still a career situational guy and special teamer.

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by JGisLordOfTheRings

I like Thrash as well. He can be a good option on certain plays and situation but, no more. He cannot be a dependable #2 WR, IMO. Clutch? I guess you could say that. He had a few crucial plays in the last 2 years, a couple in Dallas games. Yet, IMO, I believe his is just still a career situational guy and special teamer.

It really does amaze me that we skins fans seem to always think our bench guys are super studs. We've already annointed HB Blades, and Starz. And others that have had a chance to prove themselves and didn't, ie: Thrash, Ramsey, etc. I love the positive vibes we give off for these guys, but we can be extremely unreasonable. Thrash as the #2??? That would be horrible for us.
In case you've missed it, with the exception of 2000 where he had 50 catches for 653 yards and only 2 td's for us, he has had a total of 58 catches for 779 yards in a Redskins uni in 6 years...plus a total of only 2 tds during that span! (97-99 and 04-06) Even after he signed that big contract in Phily, he still only produced a career high of 63 catches and 833 yards, and that was 6 years ago!!!
Trust me when I say, that if we need Thrash to be our #2, our season is over.

[backrow]

When I saw this thread, the first thing I thought of is he could be the answer to Question #3!



As in the #3 WR!

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by jsarno

Trust me when I say, that if we need Thrash to be our #2, our season is over.

Why does it matter who plays the No. 2 receiver?

[JGisLordOfTheRings]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

Why does it matter who plays the No. 2 receiver?

Good point. I guess as long as our #2 can block effectively, come through when called upon to make big plays and be enough of a threat to take some heat off our #1, then it shouldnt matter who it is, right?

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

Why does it matter who plays the No. 2 receiver?

Cause if we have someone with the talent level as Thrash at #2, we are in deep poo. That's why it matters. According to the stats I already provided for you, Thrash is accustomed to getting 13-17 catches a season and barely reaching 200 yards, if you think that's a #2, then this argument will go no where. So I will say it again, if thrash is our #2, our season is over.

[Cowell]

I personally think Thrash would be a great guy to put in the slot on those deep routs because he seems to excel at that or put him in on short crossing routs because he can take a hit.

[70Chip]

I would rather have Thrash in there than one of the other guys under-achieving. We know what we can expect from him and if he is in there every week for the whole season, I know we could get 50 catches out of him. Can we get 50 catches out of LLoyd? I dunno.

[JGisLordOfTheRings]

Originally Posted by 70Chip

I would rather have Thrash in there than one of the other guys under-achieving. We know what we can expect from him and if he is in there every week for the whole season, I know we could get 50 catches out of him. Can we get 50 catches out of LLoyd? I dunno.

This seems to be the big stopper. There is NO reason really he couldnt be the number 2, because the players that are there for those positions are underachieving. I reiterate, F*** B. Lloyd.

Hey. Brandon. Catch a TD. Stop rapping, take the...thats right,...take the headphones off and catch the f***ing ball dill weed. Dude. Your almost as useless as a Mark Brunell.

Llyod has to prove himself to me.

[Cowell]

I agree about Lloyd. Antwaan actually started to produce when someone could actually get him the ball. I really think Antwaan will be a big factor for us this year. I'm still not sold at all on Lloyd and I think Thrash will have a bigger year than him again.

[JGisLordOfTheRings]

Originally Posted by Cowell

I agree about Lloyd. Antwaan actually started to produce when someone could actually get him the ball. I really think Antwaan will be a big factor for us this year. I'm still not sold at all on Lloyd and I think Thrash will have a bigger year than him again.

If Thrash has better stats as the end of the year the Lloyd, I nominate Lloyd for "Douche-bag Of The Year" award.

Dont worry. He's a shoo-in...

and coming in a close second...THIS!

[GoSkins!]

Originally Posted by mike340

He must have lost a lot of speed then. As I've reported before Thrash ran a 4.2 40 in college. He took the mantle of fastest Redskin off of #28's shoulders. In comparison, I found
Coles: 4.29
Moss: 4.31
Champ Bailey: 4.42
That's one of the reasons he's a gunner.
Unless his legs are totally trashed I think he is terribly under-used. He almost never makes a bonehead play.
But I must be wrong since nobody ever responds to my posts about this.

And check out that last giants game from last year. Thrash blew past everyone to catch that guy on the first fumble. I'm not saying he shouldn't have been faster than the fat boy running back the fumble, but look at how he comes flying past all the other Redskins from off the screen to get there. The guy still has plenty of speed. Especially for a #2/#3 receiver.