Comments on: Spinning 2008 Expectations: The “P” Word

By: thebryman

thebryman — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:20:41 +0000

I gotta agree with you on point number 1 Double D, Branden Albert has got to be the most important guy going in to the season. People are already talking about him starting at left tackle, but he was a guard in college, and it could be a tough transition. He hasn’t exactly won the job yet. It’s definitely a lot to ask of a rookie. If he pulls it off that is gonna make a big difference on offense.

By: Double D

Double D — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:56:11 +0000

redbeard furreal!?! Where’d you go man? Great to see you back.

There’s so many things with this team that are either new or needed addressing so I came up with a list of 11 (yes, 11) things that I’ll be paying close attention to throughout the season.

In order of priority:

#1 – Branden Albert – almost everything about this offense hinges on his development & success.
#2 – Whether and/or how well the new OL, FB, & TE (Cottam) create lanes and protect the QB.
#3 – Offensive playcalling + increased QB mobility (bootlegs, sneaks, scrambles, etc)
#4 – ST esp KR/PR & K because field position is king in the NFL
#5 – The entire DL, obviously.
#6 – Pollard and Page, because it’s time
#7 – Turnovers +/-
#8 – Deep threat WR
#9 – Jamaal Charles
#10 – Major wins (i.e., upsets, come from behind, & defense winning close games)
#11 – Attitude

By: CurtMerzFan

CurtMerzFan — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:40:12 +0000

jeezMary&joseph redbeard… please try to take a breath or two while you’re writing your posts – ya got the rest of us scared to death you’re going to fall over dead from suffocating!! Besides, when you put 500 psi of pressure behind your thoughts and then try to spray them into print thru a 1/16th inch nozzle… a lot of what you’re trying to say gets splattered and becomes a little incoherant!

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:28:58 +0000

Redbeard is baaaaaaacckkk! You don’t have to fib, though. We all know you love L.J.

By: Zach

Zach — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:28:07 +0000

nice to have you back redbeard!

By: redbeard

redbeard — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:57:21 +0000

I have a question, I have watched as not only our team but others… change Coaches, and watch as fans want it… now when we take into account that when a coach comes and goes… they change things…lol even here the last four times, each was actually a rebuild, retooling… and nothing changed for the better…if this retooling which has taken two years already, is to work we have to give it time… and that means keeping Herm, whether you like him or not, other wise the next coach under king carls leadership will find us cheering for yet another five year plan team…we shouldnt be so hasty in allowing the blame to fall on our head coaches …

By: redbeard

redbeard — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:49:21 +0000

yes everyone knows I completely hate LJ… I want to see him show he can control it, while waiting for an o-line to come along (with time, another whole year)that can open holes for him. Or will he become frustrated once again? I want to see progress in Mr.Hunts brain as to finally letting Carl go… as for ball control with allot of points thats to be seen as we, NONE of us, actually know what off. we will be seeing this year….. It wont be Herms fault if this team isnt a 50 point scoring team… we should be happy if they can score in the upper twenties… thats the reality. As for Allen its just another screw up by carl… w’ell see if a tweener left tackle makes up for his departure, and the signing of LJ instead the year before was as stupid as what I and multiple others said it was at that time, (I still remember all the crybaby let him walk comments)… looking at it then tell me who would have given us more in trade…LJ or Allen… Carl signed the wrong one… as for the coming year again watch the o-line, it starts there(and common non football junkies can even tell this way) our def-fence will show that we have a long way to go…we have safties who again will be over rated by Chiefs fans…

By: SEANBCOOL

SEANBCOOL — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:44:43 +0000

juices-flowing:

“Time-consuming offense doesn’t necessarily mean unproductive offense.”

Great point. Quite the opposite in fact. If your offense eats a lot of clock, it’s obviously doing something right because it’s making first downs and not turning the ball over. On top of this, a time-consuming offense wears opposing defenses down.

By: juices-flowing

juices-flowing — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:11:19 +0000

With Solari gone, I’m eager to see better play calling. How many times did we see 1 yard passes last year? Way too many. Brodie does have an arm, why don’t we use it, with our big receiver, Bowe? That sort of thing. Time-consuming offense doesn’t necessarily mean unproductive offense.

By: ComeSackMyQB

ComeSackMyQB — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:44:42 +0000

i dont know if its a good thing or bad thing, doesnt really matter for us but looks like J Taylor is gonna be in a redskins uniform next yr, i cant wait till camp and preseason starts, im tired of not having much to talk about except other teams, lol