Why is David Patten on this team?

[Kevikazi]

Moss is faster than Patten. And Brunell has no problems hitting him with passes. Personally, I'm not impressed with Patten. I've seen Patten drop way too many passes for a veteran.

[That Guy]

loyd is not the answer to david patten, sorry.

[EternalEnigma21]

He has dropped some balls, but I wouldn't count him out just yet. He did look really good in training camp, and I think he'll come out of his shell soon enough. He didn't get alot of looks at first, and so we'll see how all of that goes. I can't say I haven't been dissappointed, but I wouldn't say he doesn't need to be here. I want to give him a chance (a whole season). Who knows, maybe he doesn't do much now, but then makes some clutch plays and takes us into the playoffs at the end of the season?

[SmootSmack]

Maybe part of it is Moss. I don't know for sure, but I think the Skins were probably envisioning Moss and Patten almost as 1 and 1A.

But Moss has far exceeded anyone's expectations as a dominant number one receiver. And this has probably forced them to change their plans for Patten.

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Like MalcolmConnection, I don't think that our problems lie with our offense. Wow, did I just say that? Yup, our offense put us in a position to win yesterday. Our defense lost the game.

Even though I have a problem with our defense, I don't think our secondary needs fixing. I'm an old school kind of guy and I believe that a defense starts with the front four. Unfortunately, our front four stinks at rushing the passer (save Griffin). What we need on defense is a edge rusher (see Abraham). I truly feel that we would have a top 3 defense if we had Griffin and Abraham on our line with our current lineup at linebacker and defensive back.

[skinsguy]

I do agree that it starts with our front four. We need a better pass rush from them. The problem with the secondary is, if someone goes out with an injury, we appear to lose alot with our coverage abilities. I think when our secondary is healthy - Taylor, Clark, Springs, Harris....we're okay. However, when one of those guys is injured, it really appears to be magified 100x for us!

[cpayne5]

Originally Posted by jermus22

I've been wondering the same things about Patten and Jacobs. I can understand Thrash not being a #2; he's more of a utility guy who blocks, plays special teams, and occasionally catches a pass. But Patten should be getting more receptions, and I would've expected a big play or two from Jacobs. I almost wish we had kept Jimmy Farris and cut Jacobs.

Farris was at Ashburn today.

[firstdown]

Well the problem started in Dallas on Sept. 20th at about 12:15am when most people had gone to bed and only the diehards (or drunks) were still up watching Monday night football. Brunell in a matter of 4 minutes found his man. Now Patten needs to prove to Brunell why he should start looking his way more often. Patten is having a Gardner season he will make a great play then a bad play. He needs to show that he can be the guy to go to game after game and if you haven't noticed you hear Thrash's name called less and less as the season goes on. We have not had any or enough teams shut down Moss forcing Brunell to find other options and until that happens its Moss/Brunell all day long.

[giacomo2]

it looks to me like brunnell only looks for moss and cooley...i like patten, he has speed and a winning track record. I wanna know what is wrong with taylor jacobs? he was a stud in college, and acts like a dud for us. maybe this week he will show us all what he's got...I sure hope so.

[amorentz]

Originally Posted by Redskin

i think we misuse patten he is extremely fast
he should be runnin qiuck slants right across the middle and his speed is one of the reasons brunnel may be having trouble connecting with him and why defences feel the need to cause interferences, well see i think you guys give him farless credit then he deserves

His SPEED is why Brunell cant hit him? Patten is just such a blur that Brunell cant even see him? Well Brunell seems to hit Santana "Im just faster than the rest of the NFL" Moss just fine!