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[Monkeydad]

No worries. It's preseason. We're always "bad" in the preseason.

We were 1-3 last year and were outscored 88-64...and were a few points from playing in the championship game.

[hail_2_da_skins]

The glass has been broken, the key is in the ignition, just waiting for the word to hit it -- Our first string offense has not scored a point in preseason. I understand that we do not want to unveil the offense but you have got to have some success to build on. That's not my biggest worry. The first string defense has been toasted with play action fakes, end reverses and flea flickers. Adam Archuleta could not cover my grandmother. He is a defensive liability. There were a lot of posts of people being excited Arch was picked up by the Redskins. I was saying -- NNNNOOOOOOOOO!!! I live in St. Louis and by default have to see too many Rams games and I can tell you, Arch can't cover. His only ability is to blitz, thats why the Rams let him go. Now the Skins are stuck with him because they overpaid the bum. Should have paid that money to Ryan Clark. Big mistake. Brady showed how to expose Arch's weakness. We will see it again.

[That Guy]

not worried, but i'm pretty sure we'll get off to a slow start. hopefully our D bails us out and the skins pick up steam instead of degenerating.

[Skins&PsuFAN4LIFE]

Does anyone remember Steve Spurrier and his "fun and gun" offense in the pre-season his first season. Our preseason looked great and I believe we were 3-1. WHO CARES that we are losing right now. Joe Gibb's teams never do well in the preseason in terms of win-lose records, but they do produce during the year. Preseason is not about getting wins, it is about fine tuning your teams and seeing what fits and doesn't fit. Al Saunders told the press that he has used less than 2% of his masterpeice of offensive plays. We have hardly seen Randel-El in any plays. He will be a major part of our offense this year. So all of you Hogs and Hogettes out there, don't worry we will be O.K come Sept. 11.

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by Skins&PsuFAN4LIFE

Does anyone remember Steve Spurrier and his "fun and gun" offense in the pre-season his first season. Our preseason looked great and I believe we were 3-1. WHO CARES that we are losing right now. Joe Gibb's teams never do well in the preseason in terms of win-lose records, but they do produce during the year. Preseason is not about getting wins, it is about fine tuning your teams and seeing what fits and doesn't fit. Al Saunders told the press that he has used less than 2% of his masterpeice of offensive plays. We have hardly seen Randel-El in any plays. He will be a major part of our offense this year. So all of you Hogs and Hogettes out there, don't worry we will be O.K come Sept. 11.

You're right. It's not whether you win or lose in preseason, it's how you look. If they're losing 28-24, or 17-16, and the offense is moving down the field in some sort of cohesion; converting a third down here and there; getting a long, time consuming drive; but falling just short in some way, you wouldn't hear the alarms going off here at the Warpath.

The problem is, we have seen NONE of what I just described. Joe Gibbs even said at one point that it looks like a lack of drive, that some players are expecting the playoff run last season to buy them success this season. That says a lot. It speaks more to a problem mentally, on a subconscious level -- about an eerie feel to a team that looks completely out of focus.

But hey -- don't worry! All they have to do is flip a switch around 8pm on September 11th, and everything will be just fine!

...Right?

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

But hey -- don't worry! All they have to do is flip a switch around 8pm on September 11th, and everything will be just fine!

Exactly.

[Big C]

i dont recall espn looking so much into preaseason as they are right now. kinda annoying. its freaking pre-season! freak out if we lose v minnesota bad, not if we lose in pre season