Shanahan and Allen form dream front office in D.C.

[saden1]

Everyone plays nice...it's the honeymoon phase. When Shanahan doesn't perform I'm guessing the dream will come to an end.

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by saden1

Everyone plays nice...it's the honeymoon phase. When Shanahan doesn't performing I'm guessing the dream will come to an end.

Agreed. I'm through getting too excited about this organization in the offseason. For sure this is as stable as the team structure has been since Snyder bought the Skins, but until I see it on the field....

[mlmdub130]

Originally Posted by GMScud

Agreed. I'm through getting too excited about this organization in the offseason. For sure this is as stable as the team structure has been since Snyder bought the Skins, but until I see it on the field....

the scary thing is when marty was here he half righted the ship and was kicked outta town. i'm with you i've been dissapointed by this team too many times in the past few years. it feels different this year but i'm still going into the season thinking that 8-8 would be a pretty damn good year

[GusFrerotte]

Originally Posted by saden1

Everyone plays nice...it's the honeymoon phase. When Shanahan doesn't perform I'm guessing the dream will come to an end.

I agree. I think we need to be optimistic, but just because Vinny is gone and Allen is GM doesn't mean squat. Too many questions need to be answered all around to get overly excited. What has Shanny won post Elway? Even post Elway, he had more solid weapons in Denver to work with, including a rather green Portis, than he has here. I think it is still a 50/50 proposition that these guys build something. As for the so called change in direction? Our draft was rather lackluster to say the least minus the McNabb acquisition. This team is still heavily relying on free agency, although we will never see ridiculous sums being paid to future free agents again thank goodness. The only change I see thus far is exactly that, no more huge ass contracts. It is nice we got McNabb, but really do you think he is going to win a SB? Before we got him, many in here were calling him McChoke, etc. Don't get me wrong I like Donovan alot and I didn't think he was McChoke in Philly, but our WR corp minus Santana is very suspect. Donovan might be able to get them to improve their game, but they also can bring Donovan down also if they don't step it up.

[GusFrerotte]

I will say this though, for the first time in like 5-6 years we are not predicted to be the cellar dwellers in the NFC East in a majority of the preseason rags out now. 8-8 seems to be the consensus prediction. THere is reason for optimism. I won't drink the Kool Aid just yet though. Spurrier cured me of that!!!!!