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Agreed. I like what Paul brings, he's been solid on teams and he's a pretty good route runner and effective blocker. That is a desirable triumvirate for a 4th/5th WR to have. I don't think Hankerson gives you any of that.
The coach in Minnesota just didn't want to play the black man..,.........Oh wait,Leslie Fraiser is black too.....
Anyone? Did I miss the discussion already?
Steiger and Williams being out is potentially devastating. Hard to believe, but the offense could actually be worse in the coming week than it has been the last couple weeks.
Here's the full list:
Team Quarterback YearsChicago Bears Cutler, Kramer 3Washington Redskins Frerotte, Campbell 3Baltimore Ravens Flacco 4Cleveland Browns Couch 4Detroit Lions Harrington 4Atlanta Falcons Chandler 5Buffalo Bills Kelly 5Houston Texans Schaub, Carr 5Kansas City Chiefs Green 5Minnesota Vikings Culpepper 5New York Jets Pennington 5Oakland Raiders Gannon 5Tampa Bay Buccaneers Dilfer 5Arizona Cardinals Plummer 6Carolina Panthers Delhomme 6Cincinnati Bengals Palmer 6New Orleans Saints Brees 6San Diego Chargers Rivers, Humphries 6Denver Broncos Elway 7Miami Dolphins Marino 7New York Giants Manning 7San Francisco 49ers Young 7Seattle Seahawks Hasselbeck 7St. Louis Rams Bulger 7Jacksonville Jaguars Brunell 8Pittsburgh Steelers Roethlisberger 8Tennessee Titans McNair 8Dallas Cowboys Aikman 9New England Patriots Brady 10Philadelphia Eagles McNabb 10Indianapolis Colts Manning 13Green Bay Packers Favre 16I think nobody knows what you meant. Are you talking fantasy or the team? If you're talking fantasy, did you mean generally or about a specific player?Assuming you meant fantasy and generally: the line problems obviously should downgrade all the Redskin RBs a notch. I'd also expect to see Beck a little sooner, because they're gonna need a more mobile QB if the line can't protect as well. Trent Williams is the key there. They can absorb the loss of the other two- not ideal, but manageable- but Trent Williams is a huge loss. Obviously huge difference if he's only out two weeks or if it's four.As far as Cooley as a fantasy TE: hopefully you weren't counting on him anyway, and the team had already moved to Fred Davis as the primary pass-catching TE. I guess I'd give him a slight uptick but his targets are nothing new.
There has been a little OL discussion since Sunday. Not sure what you're looking for.We probably won't find out until tomorrow how everything is going to shake out. The middle seems like it will be Montgomery (LG), Cook © and Chester (RG). A decision is still yet to be made on which tackle positions Locklear and Brown will play.
Getting Armstrong back is far more important than whether Stallworth or Hankerson is active.As for wanting Grossman replaced, his performances have declined steadily. He's a car with no brakes headed for a cliff. BTW, Jason Campbell will likely be available next year.
I heard Maurice Hurt was activated from the practice squad. I think they will try to sign another OL. The only backups are Willie Smith and Maurice Hurt. It looks risky to only have 7 healthly OL on the roster.
Hey TF, I usually mean NFL and then I take that info and churn it into FF terms. A lot of folks reverse that thinking and IMO that's a mistake.'TobiasFunke said:
Gotcha.I think the offense is in serious trouble for at least the next two weeks (both road games). Seems like you think the same. The red zone issues were bad enough before, they're gonna have real problems with the O-Line injuries. Hopefully having a mobile QB back there will help alleviate the problem a little- apparently they've officially made the move to Beck.The defense continues to really impress, though. I'm stunned at the one-year turnaround. They should keep the team in most games over the course of the rest of the season.
I actually don't think it will be that bad.First of all, the OL was struggling before the injuries. The run blocking really has not been that good and is shows in how many games the Redskins have not been able to run the ball. The pass protection has been spotty, although it appears to have improved recently.Litchenstieger is probably one of the better OLmen on the team, so his loss hurts. But Erik Cook looked decent in preseason, so maybe he can fill in adequately.Williams stuggles at times, but appeared to be doing better recently. Williams definately has lots of physical talent. My biggest concern is that Sean Locklear did not look good at all in preseason. Willie Smith looked ok, but is an undrafted free agent. So replacing Williams for 2-4 weeks appears to be the bigger issue.Hopefully, with a week to game plan, they can provide help for the left tackle, whether it is Locklear or Brown. Maybe there will be a lot more formations with a fullback where they help the LT in pass protection.
Yep, sounds like it.Carolina is one of the worst run defenses in the league. Expect a heavy dose of the ground game this week. The Redskins have gone for 172 and 196 rushing yard in non-division games against Arizona and St. Louis. In division games, they are averaging a measly 60 yards per game.Expect more rollouts, which is something Kyle really likes to do. Beck can hopefully then have time to make a couple reads and then just run if he has to. I'm sure they'll try to slip Fred Davis down the opposite sideline for a big play. Every team seems to fall for that.
Any word on who will play LT, and who will play RT? Also, anything definitive on how long Williams will be out?
yes, I actually watched the exhibition games. do you watch every practice to be credible in proclaiming that Hanky has the worst hands on the team?
It's not a situation where Hankerson is getting rolled out to "see what we got" he would benefit more from gametime than Stallworth adds to the team.
Fortunately, the team doesn't actually think this way. Their mindset is that they are 3-2 and headed for 4-2. And, I have no problem believing that Stallworth helps the team get to 4-2 more than Hankerson.
Sounds like Shanahan is being publicly (and predictably) quiet about this, but O'Halloran did report:
Yep, w/ Leichtensteiger officially to IR, Hurt was promoted and OG John Malecki was signed off the Steelers practice squad
I'd like to see them run the ball all day and have 40 minutes of possession time. But the Eagles are one of the worst run defenses in the league, and they had no trouble stopping the Redskin run game.
LinkStarting Shanahan's 3rd season here without an established starting QB is going to be terrible. And the only thing that can prevent that is a 30-year old guy not considered good enough to start by 2 other teams, suddenly becoming a solid NFL starter. I'm rooting for Beck, but the odds are against that happening.
I agree with that it would be terrible, but Beck defying the odds and becoming a good QB is not the only thing that can prevent three straight years of bad QB play in the Shanahan era. They could trade for a QB after the season, or trade up for Luck (especially if he balks at playing for a 1-15 or 2-14 team), or find a Ben Roethlisberger or a Joe Flacco or a Josh Freeman in the mid first round. It's a little too early to declare Beck the only hope for the 2012 season.
Disagree strongly with the bolded. Agree strongly with the underlined.To really believe the bolded you have to assume that finding a franchise QB is as easy as finding a Starbucks. Did anyone not look through the teams and names dgreen provided above? Go over to pfr and look at the list of names Green Bay had at QB between Bart Starr and Brett Favre. Or the Pittsburgh QBs between Bradshaw and Roethlisberger. Shoot, even the 6 years between Aikman and Romo was a mess in Dallas with basically different guys every year. Again, these types of QBs (guys who you consider your future) aren't falling off trees, and if you look at today's "franchise QBs" they generally cost a 1st round draft pick.
Reid's opinion piece, linked by fatness, sounds like the overacting of a drama queen. I find this part, in particular, quite preposterous:
In the paragraph previous to that (quoted by fatness) he acknowledges that the team is better now under Shanahan despite not having "the quarterback", then talks as if it's impossible for a team to improve without "the quarterback". Actually, not even that it's impossible to improve, but that it's a guarantee the team will regress. Really? We're going to base our predictions for the 2012 season based on this sound logic? I think there's a reason why Reid moved from beat writer to opinion piece writer.
What's the scouting report on the Panther's D? Run vs. Pass and overall? I'm not as in tune this year.
Here's what Baldinger said about the Panther's D:'Sebowski said:
I agree with you. But the odds of picking up a mid-1st-round QB who is, by the end of his first season, considered a solid NFL starting QB are pretty low. It's more likely that they'll draft someone, and in 2-3 years he'll reach that level if we're lucky.
So much for a low scoring affair.The predictions got the 'Skins score right, though, so...there's that.
One key item: the Redskins are still dreadfully weak at wide receiver despite keeping eight of them on the roster. Gaffney dropped a long pass from Beck early, then caught a pass on the next play and fumbled it. Hankerson was in for one play and ran the wrong route, causing an intercepton. Paul, Austin, and Stallworth get a couple of receptions a game combined. With Moss' injury, we need someone to step up at WR.
One of the beat writers tweeted that Austin will probably fill in for Moss in the slot. Despite the rest of the mess, that has me somewhat excited to watch next week's game. He has flashed a lot of potential. I hope this is the start of realizing that potential.
Kid is the real deal, at one point he had more Td's then incompletions, through 3 weeks. I like this kid and have no problem with him going to the Skins
