Colt Brennan Says He'll "Play A Ton" In The Preseason

[53Fan]

Originally Posted by jdlea

That's actually a pretty fair comparison between the Skins and Steelers. The Steeleres, however, have a much better playmaking defense. I know you referenced that earlier in your post, I just didn't want to copy the whole thing. The difference between the Skins D and the Ravens/Steelers was that the Skins got stops, but they didn't make plays. Very few sacks, not many turnovers and no touchdowns. The #4 ranking is totally based on yards, but they were nowhere near the caliber of the Steelers or Ravens D last year.

To get back to the offense and your comparison. The Steelers had many of the same issues. Big Ben holds the ball forever and can sometimes escape defenders, but often, he creates sacks by holding the ball. They're O Line is also much maligned, much like the Skins and they were able to go all the way. The difference, as I see it? They have guys who are reliable at receiver.

Santonio Holmes or Hines Ward would be the #1 wide out on this team and I would say that Nate Washington would have been the #2. They had playmakers at wide out, the Skins have Santana and he never stays healthy. The wide receiver corps for the Skins has been very inconsistent for a long time. Even when Santana's healthy, he still drops a lot of balls.

I'm not trying to put all of the blame on the receivers, but one of the last games I was able to watch was the Bengals game. On the first/second drive alone there were 2 consecutive passes that would have gone for first downs and at least 3 others that game where the ball was dropped. There were a lot of drops last season, the whole offense was inconsistent, not just Jason. After the O Line got banged up, Clinton was slumping, Jason was missing some guys and receivers were dropping balls. To say that it was totally Jason holding the team back is just ignorant, there was little about the offense that was good at the end of the season last year.

I'd say that sums it up pretty well. That and a lack of a scoring/turnover abled defense usually won't get you but so far.

[DBUCHANON101]

Originally Posted by 53Fan

I'd say that sums it up pretty well. That and a lack of a scoring/turnover abled defense usually won't get you but so far.

So our 6th ranked scoring defense isnt good enough? funny how teams 1-5 in scoring defense ALL MADE THE PLAYOFFS! Last i checked it was the defenses primary job to stop the other team from scoring.. not to have to score 2 tds a game on int and fumble returns. If we are at that point where they have to do that each week for us to win.WE DONT DESERVE TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS IMO
And enough of ppl blaming the O-line for JC's woes,other than the Steeler game,which they did play terrible in that game they did a good job keeping JC upright.
There wasn't a very big difference in the o-line's play outside the Pittsburgh game, which skews the statistics and apparently minds
In the last 8 games JC was sacked 22 times if i remember right, and thats counting the 7 sack Steeler game. so thats 15 in the last 7 games. the first 8 games he was sacked 16 times. Not a big difference.

[53Fan]

Originally Posted by DBUCHANON101

So our 6th ranked scoring defense isnt good enough? funny how teams 1-5 in scoring defense ALL MADE THE PLAYOFFS! Last i checked it was the defenses primary job to stop the other team from scoring.. not to have to score 2 tds a game on int and fumble returns. If we are at that point where they have to do that each week for us to win.WE DONT DESERVE TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS IMO
And enough of ppl blaming the O-line for JC's woes,other than the Steeler game,which they did play terrible in that game they did a good job keeping JC upright.
There wasn't a very big difference in the o-line's play outside the Pittsburgh game, which skews the statistics and apparently minds
In the last 8 games JC was sacked 22 times if i remember right, and thats counting the 7 sack Steeler game. so thats 15 in the last 7 games. the first 8 games he was sacked 16 times. Not a big difference.

Apparently not. The Steelers had the 20th ranked scoring offense. That's right.... 20th. Not very good huh? The difference is their defense allowed almost 5 points a game less than the Redskins. We lost 3 games by less than 5 points. Those 3 losses turned into wins would have put us at 11-5 and in the playoffs. Our 4 highest draft picks were used on defense. Why? Can you answer that? Apparently the thought is this "6th ranked" defense isn't good enough. Your posts are sounding more like all the time. Try seeing the big picture if you can.

[DBUCHANON101]

Originally Posted by 53Fan

Apparently not. The Steelers had the 20th ranked scoring offense. That's right.... 20th. Not very good huh? The difference is their defense allowed almost 5 points a game less than the Redskins. We lost 3 games by less than 5 points. Those 3 losses turned into wins would have put us at 11-5 and in the playoffs. Our 4 highest draft picks were used on defense. Why? Can you answer that? Apparently the thought is this "6th ranked" defense isn't good enough. Your posts are sounding more like all the time. Try seeing the big picture if you can.

Maybe because they used most of our picks the yr before on OFFENSE.
Thomas
Kelly
Davis
Brennan
Rhinehart - i believe he was a 3rd rounder.
And lets not forget the kicker who didnt make the team from GT.

[DBUCHANON101]

Originally Posted by 53Fan

Apparently not. The Steelers had the 20th ranked scoring offense. That's right.... 20th. Not very good huh? The difference is their defense allowed almost 5 points a game less than the Redskins. We lost 3 games by less than 5 points. Those 3 losses turned into wins would have put us at 11-5 and in the playoffs. Our 4 highest draft picks were used on defense. Why? Can you answer that? Apparently the thought is this "6th ranked" defense isn't good enough. Your posts are sounding more like all the time. Try seeing the big picture if you can.

1. lost to the RAMS 19-17
2. Lost to the Cowboys 14-10
3. Lost to the 9ers 27-24

Ill give you the 9er game because they scored in the high 20's but the other 2 hmm.. to say the defense lost those games with the other team scoring under 20 pts is just crazy.