Armstrong bad choice?

[jsarno]

What was with all the love for this guy, then he dropped a TD that he really needed to catch?
Granted, first game, but I watched some routes and I was not all impressed. Anyone else care to shed some light on this guy?

[SCRedskinsFan]

Originally Posted by jsarno

What was with all the love for this guy, then he dropped a TD that he really needed to catch?
Granted, first game, but I watched some routes and I was not all impressed. Anyone else care to shed some light on this guy?

Pretty quick hook, jsarno. A little patience will (hopefully) go a long way here!

Although AA could (maybe should) have caught the first ball, the second was well defended. One missed catch should not make him a bust.

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by jsarno

What was with all the love for this guy, then he dropped a TD that he really needed to catch?
Granted, first game, but I watched some routes and I was not all impressed. Anyone else care to shed some light on this guy?

As I stated before, maybe 5'11" WRs shouldn't be thrown endzone fade passes designed for tall wideouts. I know that he screwed up that first pass, but still I felt a taller wideout should've been in the receiving end of that pass (well, actually we should've run the ball at least once.

Plus this guy needs to develop rhythm with DMc (and vice versa).

[ArtMonkDrillz]

Originally Posted by SCRedskinsFan

Pretty quick hook, jsarno. A little patience will (hopefully) go a long way here!

Although AA could (maybe should) have caught the first ball, the second was well defended. One missed catch should not make him a bust.

Agreed. In fact, after seeing more replays I think that if AA were a more well known and respected/accomplished WR the ref would have probably called pass interference. It looked to me like Jenkins was draped completely over his back before the ball got there.

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by SCRedskinsFan

Pretty quick hook, jsarno. A little patience will (hopefully) go a long way here!

Although AA could (maybe should) have caught the first ball, the second was well defended. One missed catch should not make him a bust.

As I pointed out, I watched some routes that didn't impress me...also, I did not once say cut him, or bench him.

[mredskins]

Wow I guess the other 25 WR threads must be lock down, odd!

[MTK]

Gotta love the patience of fans.

[over the mountain]

well, im with jsarno on this to a degree. i mean, having galloway and armstrong higher in the depth chart than devin thomas? (yes i read all about thomas' inability topick up playbook since we drafted him)

im watching the game on tv so i dont know who was open and who wasnt (man i wish we had access to the coach film showing the whole field) but it seemed only moss or cooley was getting open.

not to piss off ace, but reciever is a concern imo. i mean, is thomas really that bad that 38 year old galloway with what 10 catches last year and a 26 year old rookie beat him out? i guess so, the coaches know but dang if it aint a head scratcher. at the very least its a kick in the nuts that we had 3 2nd round picks 3 years ago and am going to walk away with a servicable TE and maybe a returner.

imo armstrong needs to get open sunday for a nice big gain and galloway needs to catch some short-mid range 1st down catches for both to stay in the receiver rotation. otherwise, we gotta hope thomas replaces them and starts to click.

if armstrong, galloway and thomas all maintain status qou, it could be a long season passing attack wise.

[skinsfaninok]

AA is what he is , a journeyman who just played in the arena league.. What did u expect?

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

As I stated before, maybe 5'11" WRs shouldn't be thrown endzone fade passes designed for tall wideouts. I know that he screwed up that first pass, but still I felt a taller wideout should've been in the receiving end of that pass (well, actually we should've run the ball at least once.

Plus this guy needs to develop rhythm with DMc (and vice versa).

That pass went right through his hands and maybe if he was taller it would have bounced right off his head. LOL

[SirClintonPortis]

He's a Cowboy fan. Can't help his subconcious. He'll have 500+ yards and three touchdowns this season. Bank on it.

[TIFOSOdeiREDSKINS]

we have 2 awesome TEs and sunday night i only saw the offense take advantage of 1 of them. why? considering WR is a weakness, we should be exploiting our strength at TE.

[BaltimoreSkins]

Originally Posted by TIFOSOdeiREDSKINS

we have 2 awesome TEs and sunday night i only saw the offense take advantage of 1 of them. why? considering WR is a weakness, we should be exploiting our strength at TE.

Also, the series in question, we should've gone back to the run to try to eat some clock, but KS must've seen something he liked after that first toss cause he went right back to it.

[SirClintonPortis]

Originally Posted by over the mountain

well, im with jsarno on this to a degree. i mean, having galloway and armstrong higher in the depth chart than devin thomas? (yes i read all about thomas' inability topick up playbook since we drafted him)

im watching the game on tv so i dont know who was open and who wasnt (man i wish we had access to the coach film showing the whole field) but it seemed only moss or cooley was getting open.

not to piss off ace, but reciever is a concern imo. i mean, is thomas really that bad that 38 year old galloway with what 10 catches last year and a 26 year old rookie beat him out? i guess so, the coaches know but dang if it aint a head scratcher. at the very least its a kick in the nuts that we had 3 2nd round picks 3 years ago and am going to walk away with a servicable TE and maybe a returner.

imo armstrong needs to get open sunday for a nice big gain and galloway needs to catch some short-mid range 1st down catches for both to stay in the receiver rotation. otherwise, we gotta hope thomas replaces them and starts to click.

if armstrong, galloway and thomas all maintain status qou, it could be a long season passing attack wise.

Thomas can't do what all the above average and great ones can. Run good routes, which in turn keeps corners on edge. When he can do those things, that's when he can crack the lineup. Otherwise, he's just like all the other athletic big WRs who bust out of the league for one reason or another.

[diehard]

He plays well on kick and punt coverage so, he'll stick. Look for Thomas to get in on the offense this week though. I noticed how well Westbrook played on teams too.