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Allen's resume in Tampa has it's flaws as well. I'm still passing on the Kool-Aid until I see it can be safely digested. Moreover, I am not going to let myself pretend we're ready to compete with anyone until we have a QB in place that would at least make any other roster as a competitive backup, and our offensive line proves it can block somebody.This. But we don't have ANYONE on the offensive side of the ball that seems to be a real playmaker. Maybe if the line gets lots better the skill position players will look better too, I guess that's what we have to hope for.But how this team averages more than 15 points per game is beyond me.
par for the course.
Yes, he was on a reserve list last year because of them, and he had a recurrence of them in February.
'Sebowski said:
I guess building the OL (and therefore the team) with 30+ year old linemen who could have a cardiac arrest at any moment is better than signing younger up-and-comers. It certainly is surprising that Shanahan doesn't know that.
I hope you're not implying that I was implying we should have kept Williams. I was just trying to see where fatness was comijng from.'Sebowski said:
'thayman said:
in case you haven't noticed the Redskins have a tendancy to overpay their players.'thayman said:
please let this happen.
Tough crowd. The Skins spent about the same money (5/$27.5M) on Bowen, who is younger and less injury prone than Jenkins. And they stole him from a division rival. If that's overpaying, I'm fine with it. In the past, Snyder would have signed Nnamdi, Deangelo and Santonio to max contracts and called it a day. I'd really like to see a few more additions to the OL, but to me, what they've done during this FA period seems like progress and a departure from past mistakes. I guess we'll see.in case you haven't noticed the Redskins have a tendancy to overpay their players.'thayman said:
I have no idea about Helu and Royster, but Hightower would definitely be a better receiver than Torain. I'm guessing he's the 3rd down RB.
Rich Tandler reviews the current depth chart.I think Hightower is here to be a better Keiland Williams, especially with Keiland now looking at playing FB.
I don't get the love for Sellers given his diminished blocking ability the last 2 years. If he has to make the team just please please promise me he gets 0 rushing opportunities.
When I started reading that Williams was taking reps at FB, this went through my mind, as well. But one of the beat writers mentioned the other day (can't remember who, or exactly when, right now) that if that were the case (that Shanahan didn't intend to keep Sellers) he probably would have been released w/ Rabach and Daniels. They were released as soon as cuts were allowed so they would have a chance to get on another team as soon as possible.'dgreen said:
I don't think that it's a situation where they intend to cut him. If it was, I agree he'd already be cut. I think moving him to TE is a way to try and keep him on the team because they'd like to have him around if possible. I'm just not sure TE will work given the other TEs. It's definitely possible, though, that he beats out Paulsen and makes the opening roster.I went to some of training camp this morning. Of course there's no reason to reach any conclusions based on the third practice, after a long lockout, with many players missing. My main observations were: awful QBs and Hankerson looked good. There's my in-depth report.
When you say "awful QBs," can you elaborate? What mistakes were being made. Is Beck simply not accurate? Weak arm? Can't move? All of the above?
I didn't necessarily note who was throwing each pass. But, I noticed a ton of inaccurate throws. Receivers had to reach low or dive on many attempts. (Fred Davis made a great diving catch on the sideline.) Several passes were behind receivers on fairly short routes. Hall had a couple INTs on such throws. Of course, it's always possible some of these were the receivers fault. Fans really never know who is supposed to be where.Some of the downfield stuff was better. Hankerson and Paul each caught some deeper passes that were on the money. But, there weren't many deep throws that I saw. A lot of shorter passes and too many of them ended up on the ground (or in Hall's hands).
Supposed to actually be there later today, along with Hightower.From that link, re: Grossman:
Kevin Sheehan had a tweet that Grossman told him he "feels good" that he will sign this week.Jammal Brown was at practice today.
1st: Bringing back a group of bad starters shouldn't be a cause for celebration2nd: Did we replace the Center and RG so far?
#1: Define bad? Are these guys each the worst in the league at their respective positions? Guys like Lichtensteiger or Montgomery may not be Pro-Bowlers, but what team has Pro-Bowlers across the line? Chemistry across the line is often more important than individual talent.#2: From 2010? Yes.
I agree completely. First of all, Chester should be a big improvement over Hicks at RG. This also improves the OL depth, as Hicks will now be coming off the bench and can play G or T.Second, Montgomery should be a significant improvement over Rabach at C. Every time I've paid attention to Montgomery when he's played in the regular or preseason, he's appeared to be solid, and he should be much stronger at the point of attack than Rabach.
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