It's Time For The Skins' Super Bowl Starting With Free Agency

[MTK]

LOL like the haters need a reason, please. Even in a playoff season there were plenty of haters to go around. Winning doesn't change that.

[Beemnseven]

I don't recall many haters during the 5-0 run, or after the win in Tampa...

Granted, I started to have my doubts when that same 11-6 team started taking dumps on the field in '06.

Start making wise personnel decisions and threads like these don't exist.

[Terry]

As I see it, we can leave the offense alone, perhaps start finding some young depth for the OL using the BAP appraoch later in the draft.

I think we are ok at safety, have a #2 corner, and one quality LB and one quality DE.

So the priority has to be CB, LB, and DL. Except for Washington and Carter, I don't think anyone else on our front 7 would start for any other team. Springs might give us one more year, but we still need to be groomig somebody else now.

So the success of our Superbowl off-season will depend on how well we can plug those gaps in our defense.

[skinsguy]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

I don't recall many haters during the 5-0 run, or after the win in Tampa...

Granted, I started to have my doubts when that same 11-6 team started taking dumps on the field in '06.

Start making wise personnel decisions and threads like these don't exist.

You'll always have people finding something to complain about. I don't care how well our team is doing. It is just in some people's nature to complain....it's like an obsessive compulsive disorder. Some people just live to see the other shoe drop.

[Daseal]

Sorry Redskins, you prove something to me and I'll give you the benefit of a doubt. I've seen nothing from this team to indicate we'll be a winning team next year either. I hope we are, but there's no reason for us to be optimistic in the offseason any more. Until something translates to the field, just more of the same from the Washington Deadskins.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

I don't recall many haters during the 5-0 run, or after the win in Tampa...

Granted, I started to have my doubts when that same 11-6 team started taking dumps on the field in '06.

Start making wise personnel decisions and threads like these don't exist.

Please you've gotta be kidding. We still hear about the win in Tampa and how pathetic the offense was. Sometimes I think it might have been better if we just lost that game so we wouldn't have to hear how that win or that season was such a fraud.

[CHIEF CHUCKING MY SPEAR]

You didnt hear me complain when we went to the playoffs,my only complaint was brunell couldnt play because he was hurt. Gibbs should have pulled him in sea for ramsey at least we could had a threat to throw the ball late in the game. If we were winning i would be thrilled but the future looks bleak as of right now. Hard to be happy when you see our team keep trading away picks,not keep our own players and overpaying every year for players. What overprice reciever our we going to overpay this year? We never have picks that what kills alot of us here. I rather miss on a pick that get killed on the salary cap because we miss in FA. That hurts the team more. Patten is a bust,randel el is a punt returner period at best a third wr. Lloyd sucked in SF and is a cancer here. Give espy a chance he could surprise someone.

[freddyg12]

Originally Posted by djnemo65

This is the first time in as long as I can remember that we are going into an offseason without even a scintilla of optimism from the fan base. You can save your long winded responses on why we shouldn't be optimistic - we all know - but It's just interesting because we have all gone into every season in the Snyder era with high expectations.

maybe you're right, but the 05 offseason wasn't one of GREAT expectations. We skins fans did have more opitmism then cause it was Gibbs' 2nd year back, but this season has some similarities to that one.
We couldn't sign many fa's that offseason because of the cap. The only real signings were Patten & Rabach, and there was the trade for Moss.
I look for a similar offseason this year, even if there's one big signing it will be fairly quiet otherwise.
I don't think it's a coincidence that we've struggled right after those big offseasons. Let's hope that a low key offseason brings come continuity.

[ncskinsfanec]

Originally Posted by freddyg12

maybe you're right, but the 05 offseason wasn't one of GREAT expectations. We skins fans did have more opitmism then cause it was Gibbs' 2nd year back, but this season has some similarities to that one.
We couldn't sign many fa's that offseason because of the cap. The only real signings were Patten & Rabach, and there was the trade for Moss.
I look for a similar offseason this year, even if there's one big signing it will be fairly quiet otherwise.
I don't think it's a coincidence that we've struggled right after those big offseasons. Let's hope that a low key offseason brings come continuity.

I couldn't agree more with your comments! I think we'll lay low during this offseason, and hopefully the good things that happened toward the end of this past season will carry over into this coming season. I know almost everyone has given up on Gibbs around here, but I think he'll do all he can to make sure that 5-11 never happens again under his watch! The man is unquestioned when it comes to making adjustments!

[The Huddle]

In today's NFL there's always the possibility of one of these "worst to first" feel-good stories popping up in Washington next season, but other than hoping for something of that nature I can see no reason to be especially optimistic about 2007.

Just what is a "hater"? Seriously, I'd like to hear the definition, because I can't help but wonder if people who just make unpopular obersvations are getting lumped in with the folks who will always find something to gripe about.

[CHIEF CHUCKING MY SPEAR]

Hater: is someone who doesnt drink the kool-aid juice anymore. Someone who doesnt buy the hype their team is selling. Someone who is tired of losing all the time while watching other teams getting better. Someone who tired of their team trading away pick every year,and signing everyone else overpriced players. Need me to go on? Were tired of the B.S. this team is trying to sell us every year. Always a quick fix no plan for the future.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by The Huddle

Just what is a "hater"? Seriously, I'd like to hear the definition, because I can't help but wonder if people who just make unpopular obersvations are getting lumped in with the folks who will always find something to gripe about.

Good point. People who make unpopular observations aren't haters. People like CHIEF CHUCKING MY SPEAR are haters.

[CHIEF CHUCKING MY SPEAR]

not a hater just unfortually telling it like it is. I guess you guys love losing year in and year out. Im tired of it i expect more from this team. I guess im asking to much to have a winner and not the joke of the NFL every year. 2playoffs apperenices in 15 yrs kinda sucks. I guess that enough for everyone else. So go ahead call me a hater if you like, when they start running this team the right way i give them credit for it, but as of right now forget it im tired of the hype year in and year out i want result not B.S.

[JankySpanky80]

Skins might not be in the best shape to bring in any true big names due to the Salary cap as of right now. If guys restructure then they'll go all out. Why not let guys who we signed last year have another chance. by now they'll know the playbook and the schemes. Look at gibbs 1st year back we had a good defense but no offense then the next we still have have a good defense and the offense improved only adding moss and rabach, and patten who doesn't count b/c he was hurt. then last year it was like they overhauled the defense and look where it got them. Even with Saunders the offense still put up points. The defense couldn't get off the field and allowed long drives constantly. When will the front office learn that not everybody is replaceable is the biggest question going into this offseason. I would expect to be hearing about alot coming out of redskins park within the next week or so. Stay tuned i guess.

[Terry]

We really need Montgomery and McIntosh to step up big time this year if we're gonna have a successful off-season. Their emergence would take a lot of the pressure off the work we'll have to do to rebuild the front 7.

As it is, we'll still need to find at least a starting DE, starting MLB, and coverage LB even if they do, at minimum.