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  • #902
    jack presley
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    shamrock55 wrote: »
    Exactly,just throw it out,why take the risk

    He had an awful game. He wasn't finding open guys all afternoon and that pick will be what will be remembered all off season. I'm looking forward to the post game show on ESPN980.

    Despite the winning record (barely) they're not a good team and would have gotten destroyed in the playoffs but would have still liked to have gotten there. They've been flat in nearly all of the big games this season.


  • #903
    jack presley
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    To sum up the season:

    Offence - couldn't score TDs in the red zone
    Defence - couldn't get off the field on 3rd down.
    Overall - an average team at best that came up short most times when it mattered. 2-4 down the stretch not good enough.


  • #904
    jack presley
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    Rams want to interview McVeigh for HC. He's very young for a head coach role i would have thought and to be honest, some of his play calling this season has been poor too. But he's well liked in the league and is seen as a one for the future.


  • #905
    The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman
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    jack presley wrote: »
    Rams want to interview McVeigh for HC. He's very young for a head coach role i would have thought and to be honest, some of his play calling this season has been poor too. But he's well liked in the league and is seen as a one for the future.

    They can have him. he's not ready to be a head coach. We were predictable all season thats why imo we couldnt score in the red zone. Gruden was too quick to dump Matt Jones when he had been productive all season.

    Cousins choked most definitely but I still think we can build around him. He showed enough this year to merit a contract for 4 years on decent money. Positives for the season Rob Kelley, Kerrigan, Crowder and the re-emergence of both Garcon and Vernon Davis. Reed is obviously a cornerstone if we are to win anything in the next couple of years but needs to stay healthy.

    Our defence has to improve and our offence needs to be more clinical. I said it in the off season but we needed to invest in a Demarco Murray if we are to win anything. Letting Morris go was a mistake. Our O line and defence need work but overall I suppose we're in a better position that maybe Cleveland, Rams, and a handful of other teams

    OVerall though Sunday night was a shambles


  • #906
    Morrison J
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    Joe Barry and the majority of the defensive staff officially sacked thankfully. Would love us to make a move for Wade Phillips.


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  • #907
    jack presley
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    I've been on the 'Fire Joe Barry' bandwagon all season so glad to see him gone.

    I know he didn't have the a good roster to work with but there were times when the secondary looked totally lost and out of position and that's comes down to coaching.

    Whoever they get, better be able to make stops on 3rd down! (and hopefully they'll use their early round draft picks on defensive players)


  • #908
    The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman
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    jack presley wrote: »
    I've been on the 'Fire Joe Barry' bandwagon all season so glad to see him gone.

    I know he didn't have the a good roster to work with but there were times when the secondary looked totally lost and out of position and that's comes down to coaching.

    Whoever they get, better be able to make stops on 3rd down! (and hopefully they'll use their early round draft picks on defensive players)

    Some of it was down to coaching no doubt but there is a lot of gaps in talent on the secondary.

    One of my biggest frustrations with the defence though was they seemed to be able to get stops when they put a lot of pressure on up front but didn't do that till too late in games.


  • #909
    jack presley
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    The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman wrote: »
    Some of it was down to coaching no doubt but there is a lot of gaps in talent on the secondary.

    One of my biggest frustrations with the defence though was they seemed to be able to get stops when they put a lot of pressure on up front but didn't do that till too late in games.

    He was also very fond of the prevent defence which I hate when defending leads late in the game.


  • #910
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    jack presley wrote: »
    He was also very fond of the prevent defence which I hate when defending leads late in the game.

    A lot of teams use it successfully though, I don't mind giving up short yardage when up by 2 scores or more but our problem the entire season was an inability to stop the run. From the very first game where De Angelo Williams tore us apart to the very last where a poor NY Giants offence ran through us. How do you go an entire season without being able to address that?

    Man the Redskins do my nut in. And now I have 4 months to wait until the Nationals do my nut in and in between the Capitals will no doubt win until the playoffs where they will inevitably tank ..

    MEh.


  • #911
    jack presley
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    The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman wrote: »
    A lot of teams use it successfully though, I don't mind giving up short yardage when up by 2 scores or more but our problem the entire season was an inability to stop the run. From the very first game where De Angelo Williams tore us apart to the very last where a poor NY Giants offence ran through us. How do you go an entire season without being able to address that?

    Man the Redskins do my nut in. And now I have 4 months to wait until the Nationals do my nut in and in between the Capitals will no doubt win until the playoffs where they will inevitably tank ..

    MEh.

    That's the thing though, doing it successfully. The Redskins under Barry could never do it successfully. So instead of one 40 yard bomb, we got 4 x 10 yard gains in the space of about 30 seconds which had pretty much the same result.

    I agree 100% with the bolded text.


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  • #912
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    jack presley wrote: »
    That's the thing though, doing it successfully. The Redskins under Barry could never do it successfully. So instead of one 40 yard bomb, we got 4 x 10 yard gains in the space of about 30 seconds which had pretty much the same result.

    I agree 100% with the bolded text.

    I agree with you the defence as a whole man .. meh .. jesus I am sort of glad the season is over because they gave us hope and then crushed it. .. like every year!

    Who do you guys think is going to win it out?


  • #913
    jack presley
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    The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman wrote: »
    Who do you guys think is going to win it out?

    Don't mention the team beginning with D...!!!!

    I have a suspicion the Giants might surprise a few people and go all the way. I'd like to see a team like KC do it and they might not be far off in the AFC either.


  • #914
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    Would love to see Kansas do well but they likely have to beat Pittsburgh and New England to make a superbowl, hard to see them do that.

    I think the Giants will struggle against Green Bay as good as that D is their offence is really poor.

    Would love to see an Atlanta/Kansas Superbowl.


  • #915
    jack presley
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    Third time's a charm?

    Junior Galette said on ESPN 980 today that he's signed a one year deal for next season. I wonder how far into training camp he'll get this time before going on IR.


  • #916
    jack presley
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    Bit of spat between Duke Ianacho and Chris Cooley today.


    http://deadspin.com/washington-safety-duke-ihenacho-says-chris-cooley-is-fu-1790903644

    Nice to see players taking journalists (even if they are ex players) to task on their unsubstantiated stories.


  • #917
    jack presley
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    jack presley wrote: »
    Rams want to interview McVeigh for HC. He's very young for a head coach role i would have thought and to be honest, some of his play calling this season has been poor too. But he's well liked in the league and is seen as a one for the future.

    And they got him! So two co-ordinators needed now.

    He seemed to be good for Cousins so I wonder how that will impact him going forward (presuming he's signed!). So it is a loss but to try and look on the bright side, hopefully they'll replace him with someone who won't be 75/25 pass/run.


  • #918
    jack presley
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    Believe it or not, Joe Barry's just got another job. McVay's hired him as a linebacker coach in LA.


  • #919
    jack presley
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    "Reportedly Joe Barry could not be heard at his introductory Press Conference in LA since he lined up 15 yards off the microphone"

    (Robbed from Twitter)


  • #920
    jack presley
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    If this happens, I think I'll cry.

    https://twitter.com/aroundthenfl/status/821098776223854592


  • #921
    jack presley
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    Just thinking back on the season, did Matt Barkley really convert a 3rd and 18th play?

    Surely that couldn't have happened in any sort of real world.


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  • #922
    jack presley
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    Greg Manusky's promoted to DC apparently. I've no idea if this is a good hire or not. Anyone else? I was expecting a bigger name as opposed to hiring from within.


    http://www.hogshaven.com/2017/1/22/14350836/redskins-promote-greg-manusky-to-defensive-coordinator


  • #923
    jack presley
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    More hires:

    Matt Cavanaugh to OC
    Jim Tomsula to DL coach (should be fun!)


  • #924
    Leslie91
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    jack presley wrote: »
    Greg Manusky's promoted to DC apparently. I've no idea if this is a good hire or not. Anyone else? I was expecting a bigger name as opposed to hiring from within.


    http://www.hogshaven.com/2017/1/22/14350836/redskins-promote-greg-manusky-to-defensive-coordinator

    He's terrible... had him in SD. Not too bright.

    Out of frying pan (Barry) into fire (Manusky).

    Cannot understand how these fools get DC jobs.


  • #925
    The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman
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    So how do we fix the problems we had last season?

    What are we going to address in the draft? O line probably?

    Surely we need to be thinking about a RB at this stage?

    Doctson will be a weapon when healthy and we have some decent receiving options.

    Then how are we going to screw it all up?


  • #926
    jack presley
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    The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman wrote: »
    So how do we fix the problems we had last season?

    What are we going to address in the draft? O line probably?

    Surely we need to be thinking about a RB at this stage?

    Doctson will be a weapon when healthy and we have some decent receiving options.

    Then how are we going to screw it all up?

    Upgrades needed all over the place really. The DL is the top priority but they also need to improve the secondary, the OL and as you say, RB.

    I've read they've tonnes of app space, even if they sign Cousins but McCloghan doesn't seem to like high cost free agents (Norman excluded) so I presume he'll do most through the draft.

    If they take anyone other than a D-Lineman in the 1st round, he needs to be shown the door though. That was by far their biggest weakness last season.


  • #927
    The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman
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    jack presley wrote: »
    Upgrades needed all over the place really. The DL is the top priority but they also need to improve the secondary, the OL and as you say, RB.

    I've read they've tonnes of app space, even if they sign Cousins but McCloghan doesn't seem to like high cost free agents (Norman excluded) so I presume he'll do most through the draft.

    If they take anyone other than a D-Lineman in the 1st round, he needs to be shown the door though. That was by far their biggest weakness last season.

    Anyone think we should trade Kirk?


  • #928
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    I want them to go out and get Jamaal Charles. He'll be cheap and either brilliant or brutal but if we keep Kirk, Charles would force every defence to respect the run game. He's brilliant in passing situations as well and as long as he stays healthy.. the sky is the limit.

    Of course he could get hurt in week 1 and we are back to Kelley or Jones but I still want to see it happen. Just a wish list!


  • #929
    jack presley
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    The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman wrote: »
    Anyone think we should trade Kirk?

    The problem is there's no one to replace him with. Colt McCoy, Jay Cutler? No thank you!

    I'm not the biggest KC fan as I think he's not as good as his stats let on and would only have him in the 10-15 tier at best in NFL QBs but I think we're stuck with him now. Don't get me wrong, he'll be fine but I can't ever seeing him being a top level QB.

    If they put the unconditional tag on him and someone (Kyle Shanahan?) was willing to pay the bounty, I'd jump at that and put up with whatever scrub they play in his place but that isn't going to happen.


  • #930
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    jack presley wrote: »
    The problem is there's no one to replace him with. Colt McCoy, Jay Cutler? No thank you!

    I'm not the biggest KC fan as I think he's not as good as his stats let on and would only have him in the 10-15 tier at best in NFL QBs but I think we're stuck with him now. Don't get me wrong, he'll be fine but I can't ever seeing him being a top level QB.

    If they put the unconditional tag on him and someone (Kyle Shanahan?) was willing to pay the bounty, I'd jump at that and put up with whatever scrub they play in his place but that isn't going to happen.

    I like Colt McCoy. I would also be willing to trade Kirk and take a chance of Trubiskey in the draft at 17 and take Allen with San Francisco's pick at 2. I think that might be a really effective move for the team overall.

    Shanahan/Lynch might not want to give up trade picks in his first year in charge. But I think he liked Cousins and Cousins is a good fit in a Shanahan run offence.

    Ah look not likely to happen and Cousins was great last year with a few brain farts here and there I think he's better than 10-15 QB as well probably in the 6-10 range. I dont think there are 10 better than him in the league, so really trading him is probably stupid.

    So as you can clearly see from the above I actually have no clue what I actually think!


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  • #931
    jack presley
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    The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman wrote: »
    So as you can clearly see from the above I actually have no clue what I actually think!

    That makes 2 of us....


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