https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/football-insider/wp/2015/10/23/chris-thompson-doubtful-trent-williams-jordan-reed-questionable-vs-bucs/Defensive end Jason Hatcher (knee), linebacker Keenan Robinson (heel), tight end Jordan Reed (concussion) and left tackle Trent Williams (concussion) all are classified as questionable, as was backup defensive end Stephen Paea (back).
Loved how Magary took down Sheehan's stupid, "well, at least Cousin's doesn't worry about his brand" argument.Drew Magary's column is full of humor, foul language, and making fun of the Redskins. http://deadspin.com/the-skins-are-still-one-long-ongoing-con-job-1737617244?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow
He really skewers the "Cousins is the best at running this offense" line of thinking. And he really doesn't like Dan Snyder, or the Snyder-owned media.
Kirk Cousins is starting against Tampa Bay on Sunday and, if he continues being Kirk Cousins, he will likely end up throwing two picks and then finally be benched by head coach and wind analyst Jay Gruden. And when that happens, Gruden’s career in Washington will be all but over. For any head coach, your career is over the second you agree to take Dan Snyder’s money. But even following in the footsteps of comical failures like Steve Spurrier and Jim Zorn and the Shanahii, Gruden stands out as a particularly amusing test dummy because…
- He was hired specifically to revive Robert Griffin III’s career.
- He turned on RG3 almost immediately and openly murdered him in a postgame presser after losing to these same Bucs.
- He all but telegraphed to the front office that he didn’t want Griffin on the team anymore, but the front office tried to make the marriage work for another year anyway, forcing Gruden to start RG3 in the preseason, during which Gruden left RG3 in games too long with a #### O-line and watched him get concussed.
- He finally got management to agree to stick with his boy Cousins for a full season…
- Only now we know that Cousins is ####ty and Gruden’s “offense” doesn’t seem to be much of an offense at all.
- And now Gruden may have no choice but to put a spent Griffin back into the lineup anyway.
That was a nice drive. Cousins has looked pretty crummy all year but he's been nice at the end of games.Well gruden bought himself some time! Good drive for the win.
Deeper passes were called, mostly out of desperation. And against all odds it worked.Play calling seemed better in that second half. Wonder if there was any change?
Redskins coach Jay Gruden said Bashaud Breeland's tackle on Doug Martin was the " play of the game. If he takes that one play off they're up 10 and the game is over." Breeland injured his hamstring on the play
They changed alot of stuff in the second half. Maybe Gruden needed to feel that pressure. Rollouts, a little zone read, onsides kicks, deep balls.......Deeper passes were called, mostly out of desperation. And against all odds it worked.Play calling seemed better in that second half. Wonder if there was any change?
Pretty sure I heard on the radio that it was the biggest comeback in team history? Kind of hard to believe. Feels good going into the bye.Never seen a Redskin team come back like that.
We had a ####### blast at the game today. Sebowski picked an amazing game to go to, my voice is shot for the next couple days.Sebowski picked a great game to go to.
Good times. Fun to see those Bucs fans go quiet. If we lose a free safety Tang showed me in the parking lot that he can stand still and pretend to play safety. Give him a call Danny!We had a ####### blast at the game today. Sebowski picked an amazing game to go to, my voice is shot for the next couple days.Sebowski picked a great game to go to.
Monday morning, and I'm still not sure how it happened either. I think Cousins completed passes to everyone and Breeland made a game saving tackle, but it's still kind of a blur.Sebowski said:Seriously awesome game to go to. I'm still not sure exactly how it all happened. Just tried to keep the faith and get ahead of it.
Apparently yes.dgreen said:Pretty sure I heard on the radio that it was the biggest comeback in team history? Kind of hard to believe. Feels good going into the bye.fatness said:Never seen a Redskin team come back like that.
lol does that mean: "DO YOU LIKE THAT!" will replace "Lousy Wind" as the tag line for this thread (at least until NE gives us something we do not like)
So great, and actually might have some significance too. Laughing at/with Kirk as we enjoy the two week afterglow of the comeback might be what finally ends all the Cousins/RGIII nonsense. He needed something interesting to make him more than "boring goody two-shoes white pocket QB" that could be cast as the anti-RGIII. Now we've got it.lol does that mean: "DO YOU LIKE THAT!" will replace "Lousy Wind" as the tag line for this thread (at least until NE gives us something we do not like)
Kind of weird that this Vine went viral but the one after the Eagles game didn't. It was very similar to this one.So great, and actually might have some significance too. Laughing at/with Kirk as we enjoy the two week afterglow of the comeback might be what finally ends all the Cousins/RGIII nonsense. He needed something interesting to make him more than "boring goody two-shoes white pocket QB" that could be cast as the anti-RGIII. Now we've got it.lol does that mean: "DO YOU LIKE THAT!" will replace "Lousy Wind" as the tag line for this thread (at least until NE gives us something we do not like)
Don't the refs keep the ***OFFICIAL*** time on a their watch? That's how they know to tell the clock operator to change the time when there's a difference. So, I could see two scenarios:i posted this in the game thread too...
the clock did not start on the last play when there were 12 seconds left until after the play was over. the ref went back and put what 3 or 4 seconds on the clock after the skins took possession of the ball.
assuming the bucs didn't do that bonehead backwards lateral and the receivier was tackled there, they would have had ample time to run up and spike the ball.
what would the refs had done and what would they have based any adjustments to the clock on?
Dude, that is hilarious!I was telling the Bucs fans around us that Comeback Kirk has to spot them points or else it isn't exactly a comeback.
This is a must.Dude, that is hilarious!I was telling the Bucs fans around us that Comeback Kirk has to spot them points or else it isn't exactly a comeback.
BTW, due to my Law of Sports Superstitions, you are now required to attend every Redskins game from here on out. Sorry.
There's people that think everything if you look hard enough. No one worth a #### should be saying anything like that.So now there's people that think Kirk deserves an extension? Let's pump the brakes here a bit. As good as he was this week, he was that bad the previous week. Consistency has always been an issue with Kirk. Let's see him put together a good stretch before we talk about extending him for a few years.
Yeah, like just about everything, it will all come down to how much $ he can demand. Finishes the season really strong and he'll want to get paid.I've been pretty critical of Cousins, but someone has to play QB, or at least backup QB. Assuming they cut RG3, they don't have any QBs signed for next year. It's not as if that if they sign Cousins, they'll be missing out on a great list of free agent QBs -- Fitzpatrick and Bradford are probably the best; maybe Brock Osweiler, but who knows if he'll be any good. Extending Cousins also does not necessarily prevent them from signing one of those QBs too, or drafting a QB either.
I don't think they should break the bank for him or pay him starter's money. But, in the abstract, I don't think extending him is completely horrible.
I'm not saying we shouldn't extend him. But, I don't think we should rush to that decision after 1 good game. As good as he was against the Bucs, he was that bad against the Jets. I wouldn't mind if they brought him back next year if he continues to play well. I just don't understand why that decision needs to be made right now.Don Quixote said:I've been pretty critical of Cousins, but someone has to play QB, or at least backup QB. Assuming they cut RG3, they don't have any QBs signed for next year. It's not as if that if they sign Cousins, they'll be missing out on a great list of free agent QBs -- Fitzpatrick and Bradford are probably the best; maybe Brock Osweiler, but who knows if he'll be any good. Extending Cousins also does not necessarily prevent them from signing one of those QBs too, or drafting a QB either.
I don't think they should break the bank for him or pay him starter's money. But, in the abstract, I don't think extending him is completely horrible.
Brad Johnson won a Super Bowl after leaving Washington.Brad Johnson was worth keeping.