All things offseason discussion part II

[NC_Skins]

Just bone headed things in general. Wasn't comparing their actions or weighing them out.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by HailGreen28

How do you equate what Manziel's done, with what Brown has done?

Yeah I'm not seeing it either. Plenty of folks would have been duped in the same spot as Williams. Not sure how that makes him a DB.

[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Yeah I'm not seeing it either. Plenty of folks would have been duped in the same spot as Williams. Not sure how that makes him a DB.

What? I'm talking about the the guy faking being a marine is the douche bag, not Williams.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

What? I'm talking about the the guy faking being a marine is the douche bag, not Williams.

Sorry it wasn't clear who you were talking about.

[TenandSix:Unacceptable]

Has anyone written more pointless drivel on a subject than John Keim has about the Redskins?

[MTK]

Originally Posted by TenandSix:Unacceptable

Has anyone written more pointless drivel on a subject than John Keim has about the Redskins?

What exactly?

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by TenandSix:Unacceptable

Has anyone written more pointless drivel on a subject than John Keim has about the Redskins?

I tend to find Keim the most informed of the Skins beat guy. Woody in Richmond usually does some fine work.

I tend to find the drivel comes from Reid, Jenkins, and this f*ckface antonym Wise.

[SirLK26]

Originally Posted by TenandSix:Unacceptable

Has anyone written more pointless drivel on a subject than John Keim has about the Redskins?

On the contrary, Keim usually writes excellent articles. I don't always agree with him, but his articles are generally well-thought out and reasonable.

Originally Posted by donofriose

Or get rid of franchise tags all together. The player's union for the NFL is def. the weakest one out of all three major american sports.

Yes, I suppose this would be an option as well, but my opinion is that if a team invests money, time, and/or a draft pick in a player, they should have some way of retaining the player even if he wants out. *Edit: At the same time, I hate the exclusive and non-exclusive tags, where the player has very little chance of getting out.* Having no sort of tag at all would mean lesser teams would stay lesser longer, unless they would happen to be a demon in the draft. Maybe do away with the exclusive and non-exclusive tags, but keep the transition tag.

Plenty needs to change, though, because the current system doesn't cut it.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by TenandSix:Unacceptable

Has anyone written more pointless drivel on a subject than John Keim has about the Redskins?

Da fuq?

[CooleyAsCanBe]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Da fuq?

If I were 10 years younger, I'd use an acronym to show that I laughed out loud at your post.

I agree, Keim is the best beat writer we've got. I appreciate his detail and comments on technique. His post-game stuff is the best around for analyzing what went down.

[MTK]

Not sure there's anyone better than Keim covering the team.

[artmonkforhallofamein07]

Gotta agree Matty

[TenandSix:Unacceptable]

Ok. Ok. I used some hyperbole. Perhaps the sheer volume of content makes for a lot of repetitious analysis and I think his opinions are more or less vanilla, which is the name of the game to a certain extent when you're a beat reporter. I also practically fall asleep when reading about a third of his posts, but that's the consequence of following the NFL during the dead season. No one can hold a candle to the unreadable pablum that Jason Reid produces. He is the least edifying columnist in sports history.

I guess I just long for the days of old journalism when a column for a major newspaper was well written and insightful nine times out of ten. I would much rather read one article every couple weeks by someone like Boswell or the Kornheiser or Wilbon of old than ten daily items of bland schlock that is typically found on Bubba's.

[MTK]

They get paid to write... unfortunately the offseason has a lot of down time.

Keim really shines once training camp rolls around. I think most writers this time of year have to dig deep to come up with regular content and more often than not it's just re-hashing the same stuff.

[Dirtbag59]

At least to me the Skins are extremely lucky to have Keim as a beat writer. I think about all the years where we would get tons of baseless speculation and little analysis in regards to what was actually happening on the field. In fact it felt like the only time we would get any analysis would come at the hands of number guys like football outsiders that even at times they did offer good content really wouldn't break down exactly how OT X got the ratings he was assigned.

Keim does what very few reporters do and what more really should do, in that he breaks down and explaind what is happening on the field and combines it with info such as perceptions from scouts and coaching staffs. Not to mention he frequently explains strategies and tendencies of both our coaches and those of upcoming opponents.

Washington Redskins now have more questions at safety - ESPN

Ryan Clark: Still the starter. He was clearly ahead of Jackson when it came to running the show in the secondary at free safety. When Clark was on the field the communication was loud and crisp. You knew he was out there. When Jackson was on the field, he was way too quiet in comparison. Clark just needs to prove he can still be an effective starter.

Honestly its hard to find guys that break down the little things as well as Keim. In the past we would really only be limited to something like this:

'Clark is an old veteran who played well for the Steelers but now he's old so we don't know if old age will catch up to this old veteran who as we mentioned before is old.'