Redskin Update after Game 2 vs Cowboys
Dear Hank;
September 19, 2006
Re: Redskin Update - following the 2nd game of the season with the Cowboys
Living in or near Washington DC you have to discuss one thing and one thing only. It’s not politics. It’s the Redskins.
Here are the buzz phrases and questions you need for this year:
The Redskins have a 700 page play book. It takes a while to learn the new system. When will they learn it? Do they have the right personnel?
Will Clinton Portis be well and if not, will they, the Redskins, be able to mount an effective running game?
What about the passing game? Why aren’t we using Santanna Moss more? He was our big playmaker last year.
Why doesn’t Mark Brunnell throw the ball farther down field? He keeps throwing these little dinky screen and short passes.
Here are the standard answers to most of questions about the Redskins:
The Redskins are usually a slow starting team. It doesn’t matter what you do in the beginning of the season as much as it matters what you do at the end.
Staying healthy and having depth is the key.
Joe Gibbs is a great coach and he’s proven it in two different sports. There’s no reason to believe that he won’t do it again. Drink the Gibbs’ koolaid - believe. Be patient, it will work out. They’ll be in contention by the end of the season.
They’ve got some adjustments to make and they need to work the kinks out; once they do they’ll surprise a lot of people.
Notice that the “Standard Answers” as I call them don’t answer any of the questions raised. Is this on purpose? No, the truth hurts and the fact is that for what ever reason the Redskins fail to execute. They may have a 700 page book or a 7 page book but they don’t seem to be able to do it very well – period.
Why doesn’t Mark Brunnell throw the ball farther down field? He doesn’t have time. He’s running for his life. After a while I’m sure he gets a little gun shy and runs too quickly and dumps the ball.
Why aren’t they using Santanna Moss? It’s a combination of Brunnell doesn’t have enough time to throw the ball and the stupid 700 page playbook. They haven’t gotten to the part that would use Moss.
What about the running game? With Portis – awesome, without it will be okay; if they execute and that brings me to the last question.
What about the 700 page playbook and learning the system etc? If I were Gibbs I’d reduce the number of plays and make sure everyone them really well. I’d work on execution. I remember the first Super Bowl. I think the Packers had five plays. It seemed that Vince Lombardi would call the same play twice in a row. In fact I think they probably even told Kansas City what they were going to run; just to see if they could stop them.
Trick plays – I love them. The trickiest play of the Redskin Cowboy contest has to be when a Redskin player went in motion from right to left and the Cowboy linebacker #94 went in motion with him. The ball was snapped and the linebacker rather than fading back with the receiver went straight in on good old Mark and sacked him unobstructed.
Will the Redskins be in contention? Maybe, but probably not.
Will the win the Super Bowl? No.
Anything else? No?
Fortunately, I know everything when it comes to football.
However, let me now concentrate on more important issues relating to football and the Redskins. Did the Redskin Cheerleaders go to Dallas? Did they reveal more of their playbook? And who was the Redskin Cheerleader of the game?
This of course suggests that there will be a Cheerleader for the season and we should begin speculation on that for sure.
Also, if the cheerleaders went were they denied access to the field? I didn’t see them on TV so I don’t know if they were there on the field or if they were locked out or if they stayed at home. If they were locked out who did that? Was it the management of the Cowboys or was it some dirty little plot by the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders? If it was the Dallas Cheerleaders that locked them out then I’d have to wonder if there was some mean cat fight in the dressing rooms of the cheerleaders either before or after the game?
Now there’s something to get excited about. There’s something I can really get behind. Yeah, baby.
I gotta go.
Later,
September 19, 2006
Re: Redskin Update - following the 2nd game of the season with the Cowboys
Living in or near Washington DC you have to discuss one thing and one thing only. It’s not politics. It’s the Redskins.
Here are the buzz phrases and questions you need for this year:
The Redskins have a 700 page play book. It takes a while to learn the new system. When will they learn it? Do they have the right personnel?
Will Clinton Portis be well and if not, will they, the Redskins, be able to mount an effective running game?
What about the passing game? Why aren’t we using Santanna Moss more? He was our big playmaker last year.
Why doesn’t Mark Brunnell throw the ball farther down field? He keeps throwing these little dinky screen and short passes.
Here are the standard answers to most of questions about the Redskins:
The Redskins are usually a slow starting team. It doesn’t matter what you do in the beginning of the season as much as it matters what you do at the end.
Staying healthy and having depth is the key.
Joe Gibbs is a great coach and he’s proven it in two different sports. There’s no reason to believe that he won’t do it again. Drink the Gibbs’ koolaid - believe. Be patient, it will work out. They’ll be in contention by the end of the season.
They’ve got some adjustments to make and they need to work the kinks out; once they do they’ll surprise a lot of people.
Notice that the “Standard Answers” as I call them don’t answer any of the questions raised. Is this on purpose? No, the truth hurts and the fact is that for what ever reason the Redskins fail to execute. They may have a 700 page book or a 7 page book but they don’t seem to be able to do it very well – period.
Why doesn’t Mark Brunnell throw the ball farther down field? He doesn’t have time. He’s running for his life. After a while I’m sure he gets a little gun shy and runs too quickly and dumps the ball.
Why aren’t they using Santanna Moss? It’s a combination of Brunnell doesn’t have enough time to throw the ball and the stupid 700 page playbook. They haven’t gotten to the part that would use Moss.
What about the running game? With Portis – awesome, without it will be okay; if they execute and that brings me to the last question.
What about the 700 page playbook and learning the system etc? If I were Gibbs I’d reduce the number of plays and make sure everyone them really well. I’d work on execution. I remember the first Super Bowl. I think the Packers had five plays. It seemed that Vince Lombardi would call the same play twice in a row. In fact I think they probably even told Kansas City what they were going to run; just to see if they could stop them.
Trick plays – I love them. The trickiest play of the Redskin Cowboy contest has to be when a Redskin player went in motion from right to left and the Cowboy linebacker #94 went in motion with him. The ball was snapped and the linebacker rather than fading back with the receiver went straight in on good old Mark and sacked him unobstructed.
Will the Redskins be in contention? Maybe, but probably not.
Will the win the Super Bowl? No.
Anything else? No?
Fortunately, I know everything when it comes to football.
However, let me now concentrate on more important issues relating to football and the Redskins. Did the Redskin Cheerleaders go to Dallas? Did they reveal more of their playbook? And who was the Redskin Cheerleader of the game?
This of course suggests that there will be a Cheerleader for the season and we should begin speculation on that for sure.
Also, if the cheerleaders went were they denied access to the field? I didn’t see them on TV so I don’t know if they were there on the field or if they were locked out or if they stayed at home. If they were locked out who did that? Was it the management of the Cowboys or was it some dirty little plot by the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders? If it was the Dallas Cheerleaders that locked them out then I’d have to wonder if there was some mean cat fight in the dressing rooms of the cheerleaders either before or after the game?
Now there’s something to get excited about. There’s something I can really get behind. Yeah, baby.
I gotta go.
Later,
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