Return of the "Over the Hill Gang"?

Monkeydad · 05-06-2010, 03:39 PM

How to Measure Team Age in the N.F.L. and What It Means for 2010 - The Fifth Down Blog - NYTimes.com

Avg
Age Team
25.9 Houston Texans
26.4 Jacksonville Jaguars
26.6 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
26.6 St. Louis Rams
26.6 New York Giants
26.7 Philadelphia Eagles
26.8 Miami Dolphins
26.8 Kansas City Chiefs
26.9 Chicago Bears
26.9 San Francisco 49ers
26.9 Carolina Panthers
26.9 Detroit Lions
27.0 Cincinnati Bengals
27.1 San Diego Chargers
27.2 Tennessee Titans
27.2 Oakland Raiders
27.3 Cleveland Browns
27.3 Green Bay Packers
27.3 Atlanta Falcons
27.4 New Orleans Saints
27.4 Seattle Seahawks
27.4 Indianapolis Colts
27.5 Baltimore Ravens
27.5 Buffalo Bills
27.6 New York Jets
27.7 Dallas Cowboys
28.0 Pittsburgh Steelers
28.0 Arizona Cardinals
28.1 Washington Redskins
28.2 Denver Broncos
28.3 Minnesota Vikings
28.7 New England Patriots

CRedskinsRule · 05-06-2010, 03:45 PM

New Orleans and Indy are both 27.4, does that make it the magic age??

mredskins · 05-06-2010, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

New Orleans and Indy are both 27.4, does that make it the magic age??

no cause the Seahawks have the same age as well.

Rainy Parade · 05-06-2010, 03:59 PM

among the 15 oldest are 9 playoff teams, both superbowl participants and all 4 conference championship participants.
among the 6 that didn't make the playoffs, 2 of them were 9-7 and one was 8-8.

Defensewins · 05-06-2010, 04:07 PM

To say 'Return' is incorrect, because a year or two ago we were THE oldest team in the NFL.

Monkeydad · 05-06-2010, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Defensewins

To say 'Return' is incorrect, because a year or two ago we were THE oldest team in the NFL.

Big difference, this would be a return to WINNING with vets.

We have a lot of older players with a chip on their shoulder and a lot to prove. I'm expecting great things from this group. It's so ironic that another Allen is in charge.

We had an old team in 2000-ish, but that was nothing like the "Over The Hill Gang".

53Fan · 05-06-2010, 04:21 PM

Nothing wrong with experience as long as they're healthy.

Defensewins · 05-06-2010, 04:28 PM

...and produce.

RedskinsfaninBaltimore · 05-06-2010, 04:31 PM

Yup, and apparantly there is a possibility we might wear those George Allen jerseys with the gold pants.

Longtimefan · 05-06-2010, 04:36 PM

I had a lot of fun with the "Over The Hill Gang". It was that group that brought a winning brand of football back to Washington that had been missing for a long, long time. They were the rallying force that revolutionized fan interest, enabling us to once again take great interest in the Redskins........httr

The average age of those teams were off the charts. You'd be hard pressed to find a player on those teams under thirty.

artmonkforhallofamein07 · 05-06-2010, 04:50 PM

I like this team. Although we are old we have a good mix of young guys in there to. This team could be special.

SouperMeister · 05-06-2010, 04:57 PM

Philly's skill position guys are VERY young. If Kolb turns out to be the real deal, their O will be excellent for 5+ years.

BigHairedAristocrat · 05-06-2010, 05:06 PM

i find it amusing that people make a big deal about this.

the difference between the youngest team (25.9) and the redskins (28.1) is slightly more than two years. the average, middle-of-the pack age for a team is 27.2. So the Redskins are, on average, about 10-1/2 months older than the average NFL team.

who the heck cares? Ideally, ever team would have a mix of veterans and young, promising players at every position. The only position where i think having a lot of younger guys really comes in handy is running back, and thats only because running backs generally stop performing at a high level when they reach 27 or 28. At pretty much every other position, id much rather have veterans anyway.

SouperMeister · 05-06-2010, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by RedskinsfaninBaltimore

Yup, and apparantly there is a possibility we might wear those George Allen jerseys with the gold pants.

I always liked that look. For that matter, the throwbacks that we wore for the 70th anniversary season were very cool too.

Lotus · 05-06-2010, 05:28 PM

I'd like to return to this after final cuts in Sept. We could get younger or older depending on how the cuts go.

05-06-2010, 03:39 PM	#1
Monkeydad Living Legend Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: PA Age: 45 Posts: 17,460	Return of the "Over the Hill Gang"? How to Measure Team Age in the N.F.L. and What It Means for 2010 - The Fifth Down Blog - NYTimes.com Avg Age Team 25.9 Houston Texans 26.4 Jacksonville Jaguars 26.6 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 26.6 St. Louis Rams 26.6 New York Giants 26.7 Philadelphia Eagles 26.8 Miami Dolphins 26.8 Kansas City Chiefs 26.9 Chicago Bears 26.9 San Francisco 49ers 26.9 Carolina Panthers 26.9 Detroit Lions 27.0 Cincinnati Bengals 27.1 San Diego Chargers 27.2 Tennessee Titans 27.2 Oakland Raiders 27.3 Cleveland Browns 27.3 Green Bay Packers 27.3 Atlanta Falcons 27.4 New Orleans Saints 27.4 Seattle Seahawks 27.4 Indianapolis Colts 27.5 Baltimore Ravens 27.5 Buffalo Bills 27.6 New York Jets 27.7 Dallas Cowboys 28.0 Pittsburgh Steelers 28.0 Arizona Cardinals 28.1 Washington Redskins 28.2 Denver Broncos 28.3 Minnesota Vikings 28.7 New England Patriots __________________ Not sent from a Droid, iPhone, Blackberry or toaster

05-06-2010, 03:45 PM	#2
CRedskinsRule Living Legend Join Date: Aug 2008 Age: 57 Posts: 21,451	Re: Return of the "Over the Hill Gang"? New Orleans and Indy are both 27.4, does that make it the magic age??

05-06-2010, 03:59 PM	#4
Rainy Parade Special Teams Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 269	Re: Return of the "Over the Hill Gang"? among the 15 oldest are 9 playoff teams, both superbowl participants and all 4 conference championship participants. among the 6 that didn't make the playoffs, 2 of them were 9-7 and one was 8-8. __________________ BUMS LOGIC all the muse unfit to print: original writings about music, film, tv. culture, humor, etc direct link to the stuff on BumsLogic.com written by me

05-06-2010, 04:07 PM	#5
Defensewins Playmaker Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 3,749	Re: Return of the "Over the Hill Gang"? To say 'Return' is incorrect, because a year or two ago we were THE oldest team in the NFL.

05-06-2010, 04:21 PM	#7
53Fan Franchise Player Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Kill Devil Hills, N.C. Posts: 7,570	Re: Return of the "Over the Hill Gang"? Nothing wrong with experience as long as they're healthy. __________________ Defense wins championships. Bring it!

05-06-2010, 04:28 PM	#8
Defensewins Playmaker Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 3,749	Re: Return of the "Over the Hill Gang"? ...and produce.

05-06-2010, 04:31 PM	#9
RedskinsfaninBaltimore Special Teams Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 140	Re: Return of the "Over the Hill Gang"? Yup, and apparantly there is a possibility we might wear those George Allen jerseys with the gold pants.

05-06-2010, 04:36 PM	#10
Longtimefan Playmaker Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Germantown, Md. Posts: 4,832	Re: Return of the "Over the Hill Gang"? I had a lot of fun with the "Over The Hill Gang". It was that group that brought a winning brand of football back to Washington that had been missing for a long, long time. They were the rallying force that revolutionized fan interest, enabling us to once again take great interest in the Redskins........httr The average age of those teams were off the charts. You'd be hard pressed to find a player on those teams under thirty.

05-06-2010, 04:50 PM	#11
artmonkforhallofamein07 Pro Bowl Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Charleston , SC Posts: 5,001	Re: Return of the "Over the Hill Gang"? I like this team. Although we are old we have a good mix of young guys in there to. This team could be special. __________________ Just win.

05-06-2010, 04:57 PM	#12
SouperMeister Playmaker Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Leesburg, VA Age: 60 Posts: 3,419	Re: Return of the "Over the Hill Gang"? Philly's skill position guys are VERY young. If Kolb turns out to be the real deal, their O will be excellent for 5+ years.

05-06-2010, 05:06 PM	#13
BigHairedAristocrat Playmaker Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 4,712	Re: Return of the "Over the Hill Gang"? i find it amusing that people make a big deal about this. the difference between the youngest team (25.9) and the redskins (28.1) is slightly more than two years. the average, middle-of-the pack age for a team is 27.2. So the Redskins are, on average, about 10-1/2 months older than the average NFL team. who the heck cares? Ideally, ever team would have a mix of veterans and young, promising players at every position. The only position where i think having a lot of younger guys really comes in handy is running back, and thats only because running backs generally stop performing at a high level when they reach 27 or 28. At pretty much every other position, id much rather have veterans anyway. __________________ Dolphins get good press for saving drowning humans.But we only hear about the swimmers theyve pushed ashore.You know who we havent heard from: all the people theyve pushed out to sea.Dolphins dont know what theyre doing-they just like pushing things.

05-06-2010, 05:28 PM	#15
Lotus Fire Bruce NOW Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Hattiesburg, MS Posts: 11,434	Re: Return of the "Over the Hill Gang"? I'd like to return to this after final cuts in Sept. We could get younger or older depending on how the cuts go. __________________ Bruce Allen when in charge alone: 4-12 (.250) Bruce Allen's overall Redskins record : 28-52 (.350) Vinny Cerrato's record when in charge alone: 52-65 (.444) Vinny's overall Redskins record: 62-82 (.430) We won more with Vinny

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