Jordan Reed Gets Contract Exetension

[Skinzman]

Originally Posted by mredskins

For the Bruce Allen haters, Jordan Reed is a BA guy.

Jordan Reed was drafted by Shanahan in his last draft here. Shanahan did the 2013 draft (when Reed was drafted), BA the 2014 draft, and McC did the 2015 and now 2016 draft.

[Chico23231]

Gotta give Jay G a ton of cred...he loves the TE position and made him the red zone focal point. Schemed him off the line putting him in winning situations

[MTK]

Reed grew up last year. Nice that we're rewarding our own.

[skinsfan69]

Obviously he is one of the best when he's healthy. Good job to lock him up. This FO knows what they're doing. I just prey that he doesn't get another concussion or two.

[Schneed10]

Yeah and on concussions. Do you guys think there are some players that are just prone to getting them more easily than others? Or do you think that Reed having a few in his early years was more just a function of bad luck, with the rule of small samples leading people to improperly conclude that he is injury prone?

Part of me figures that maybe some guys get a concussion more easily than others, and some of it may be just not knowing exactly how to protect yourself. But the other side of me says it's just bad luck - you either got hit in the head or you didn't.

If it was constantly an issue of soft tissue injuries I'd definitely label him injury prone, but I'm not sure the concussions weren't just a couple rotten-luck events clustered together.

[Bangee7]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

Yeah and on concussions. Do you guys think there are some players that are just prone to getting them more easily than others? Or do you think that Reed having a few in his early years was more just a function of bad luck, with the rule of small samples leading people to improperly conclude that he is injury prone?

Part of me figures that maybe some guys get a concussion more easily than others, and some of it may be just not knowing exactly how to protect yourself. But the other side of me says it's just bad luck - you either got hit in the head or you didn't.

If it was constantly an issue of soft tissue injuries I'd definitely label him injury prone, but I'm not sure the concussions weren't just a couple rotten-luck events clustered together.

yeah, I think anyone could get a concussion.

Did anyone see the concussion study being done?

I'll probably botch some of the details (i included link at end), but the jist is they studied the woodpecker who bangs their head 80 million times in their lifetime with presumably minimal damage.

They discovered the woodpecker's tongue muscle actually wrapped around their brain & reduced the vein pressure, keeping more blood in the head cavity...essentially eliminating air space between the brain & cranium, which reduces movement & force that the brain could be tossed around.

So, based on that, they used a U shaped collar that slips over the back of a player's neck to reduce the blood flow from the jugular so that more blood stays in the head cavity, reducing air space.

So, hopefully, there will be a medical breakthrough on that front some time soon.

here's the link......

Device to protect brain from concussions inspired by birds - CBS News

[Alvin Walton]

Next year Trump on the White House lawn will say:
Wheres Jordan Reed?
*throws pass to Jordan*

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by Alvin Walton

Next year Trump on the White House lawn will say:
Wheres Jordan Reed?
*throws pass to Jordan*

ha

probably gonna be Hillary who will refuse to say the name "Redskins"

[That Guy]

just hope he stays healthy.

[JoeRedskin]

As I noted in the Josh Norman thread, SM has taken the scattershot approach from previous years and morphed it into a single purpose build model - Build for consistent success with tough talented "football players" and championships will follow. To do so, focus on growing your own to grow the right culture so it passes from locker room to locker room.

As demonstrated by the extensions to Reed, Williams, and Kerrigan, soon enough, we won't need to sign older players who will "help create the right culture" (like we did last year with Knighton & Goldson and in previous years like Ryan Clark & others) b/c the young guys will have the right mindset and the "right culture" will already exist.

As GM, BA (with Shanahan admittedly) found some talented, tough "football players": Reed, T. Williams, Kerrigan, Morris, Paul, Breeland (and possibly Moses, Long, Murphy).
The problem was they weren't necessarily aiming for the mindset or building around it. They just got talented guys who happened to have that mindset.

Scotty McC has a coherent vision for the long term viability of this team as a winner. Conversely, as coach, Gruden should be solely focused on winning next year (not for job-security reasons, but because, as coach, that's where his focus should be).

[Bangee7]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

As I noted in the Josh Norman thread, SM has taken the scattershot approach from previous years and morphed it into a single purpose build model - Build for consistent success with tough talented "football players" and championships will follow. To do so, focus on growing your own to grow the right culture so it passes from locker room to locker room.

As demonstrated by the extensions to Reed, Williams, and Kerrigan, soon enough, we won't need to sign older players who will "help create the right culture" (like we did last year with Knighton & Goldson and in previous years like Ryan Clark & others) b/c the young guys will have the right mindset and the "right culture" will already exist.

As GM, BA (with Shanahan admittedly) found some talented, tough "football players": Reed, T. Williams, Kerrigan, Morris, Paul, Breeland (and possibly Moses, Long, Murphy).
The problem was they weren't necessarily aiming for the mindset or building around it. They just got talented guys who happened to have that mindset.

Scotty McC has a coherent vision for the long term viability of this team as a winner. Conversely, as coach, Gruden should be solely focused on winning next year (not for job-security reasons, but because, as coach, that's where his focus should be).

great insight....well said

[artmonkforhallofamein07]

^^ nailed it Joe.

Side note, Mosses and Long fit this description. They are now going to be key pieces in keeping it that way

[skinsfaninok]

great news

[DYoungJelly]

Love it.

He has been practicing all off season blocking CBs without holding.

He is going to be great.

[dmek25]

a little too early for my liking. reed has proved 2 things since he has been in DC.
1. he is a beast( when healthy)
2. he is injury prone
if the skins are going to make cousins "prove" he isnt a fluke, then why not reed?