Dark Acre

I get a game on my birthday.  Yay!

7 hours ago, skinsfan66 said:

Is that the hit Dexter put on Danny White, ringing his clock? If so said he was going to do it before the playoff game, and backed it up. White was never the same after that game. Monte closing in too.

Dexter didn't just "ring his clock" (one of the best mixed metaphors of all time), Dexter also tipped Hogeboom's pass that Darryl Grant picked off and high-stepped into the endzone with to seal the game.  (Well, Riggo sealed it but big DG put it out of reach.)  If he coulda just stayed off the nose candy....  What a game-changer.

7 hours ago, Koolblue13 said:

Fat AH had a relentless motor before he came to us and got overpaid. He was awesome. Same with Wilkerson.

It's Wilkinson, and with a great block from D. Green he had an 88 yd pick-6 against the Bears in 1999.  Oddly, Big Daddy had 4 picks while he played for us.  For a DT, that's pretty good.  Wilkinson was ok; Stumblefield was the real problem.

5 hours ago, illone said:

Except for . . . Doug Flutie. . . . 
Some guys just take longer to develop. 

To be fair, it took Flutie awhile to grow into it. . . .

(Those Flutie Flakes probably stunted his growth -- 28g carbs,13g  sugar, 1g protein.  Want to get big and strong?  Grass-fed beef, free-range eggs, extra sharp cheddar, mushrooms, onions, garlic, and wash it down with a cold Miller Lite.)

7 hours ago, Berggy9598 said:

What about his athletic ability will start immediately eroding when he wakes up on his 27th birthday? 

Depends on the hangover....

That's a great video of Newton.  Unless he's got a secret dark side (and with a cute baby like that, I doubt it), there's no way he's going to slack off, not do his job, party hearty, etc.  Didn't having a kid turn things around for Sean Taylor? (RIP)

7 hours ago, method man said:

Slater is one example. I can’t name many tackles with 33 inch arms who are studs at the position in the example. Year after year, there are college tackles with short arms who the draft community pushes as tackles in the pros and, more often than not, they move inside. Alijah Vera Tucker is a great recent example of this.

Russ Grimm is even better.  "It's comin' at you, Randy"

On 4/28/2024 at 5:44 PM, FootballZombie said:

That dude's [Turner's] separation ability was so bad he got tackled before he caught a pass.

Isn't that pass interference?  I've got no problem with a TE or WR whose separation ability is so bad they routinely draw PI penalties.

Rene' Bugner must be European.  They use "," in numbers where we use "." -- 3,72 vs  3.72.

So Johnny "Fig" Newton is the steal of the draft?

1 hour ago, KDawg said:

 

The Chig is up!

And when he gets cut, the Chig has gone away.

6'5/313, runs a 4.99-40, basketball background, and explosive?  Tight end!  Set a pick, catch the rock, and charging's legal in football.  Perfect safety valve for Daniels.

1 hour ago, clskinsfan said:

Because you didnt add a damn thing that helps your team for 2 or 3 years. Thats why. 

And paid $100,000,000.  That's a lot of zeroes not to pair it with Rome Odunze or any other force multiplier.  Literally *any* position other than QB would've improved the team they're spending a tenth of a BILLION $ on for one guy.  

20 minutes ago, AlvinWaltonIsMyBoy said:

“We can’t address all of our roster issues in one offseason” - Washington fans every offseason since the signing of the Magna Carta. 

Mark May, Russ Grimm, Joe Jacoby, Dexter Manley, Charlie Brown, Clint Didier, Darryl Grant, Mel Kaufman, Otis Wonsley.

Dude's composite speed is weird.  Very slow acceleration.  Great footwork.

6 hours ago, Probos said:

It's just common curtesy to thank the city hosting the event you're speaking at.  D. Green is a class act so he obviously did just that.

 

I really think you're looking for/trying to create something that's not there.  

Yeah, I think the last guy who would ever troll/clown anybody is Darrell Green.  They called Walter Payton "Sweetness" but DG28 just personifies that word.  Check out the 1987 America's Game on the Skins; DG is one of the participants.  "They didn't know me from a chicken."  Dude is as humble as he was great.

5'9/182?  Why not just bring Darrell back outta retirement?  He's already at the draft.  That would've been hilarious.  "With the 50th pick in the 2024 draft, the Commanders select, ME?"  He couldn't wear his old #28 though, it's been retired.

Just now, mhd24 said:

 

 

I think that's an EXCELLENT trade for us.  I can't be that mad about it.  

#78 moving up 25 spots to 53 is great!

3-man IDL?

What're the products or services being pitched in the commercials?

2 minutes ago, Warhead36 said:

Damn Ladd was my guy. 

"He's only a lad"

(Had to make an Oingo Boingo reference)

3 minutes ago, skinny21 said:

Is Dejean or Kool-Aid a better fit for us?

Do you prefer mustard or a sugary, fruit-flavored drink?  Some people would say, don't drink the Kool-Aid.  Some people ask, do you have any Grey Poupon?

I hope Spencer Rattler pans out for whoever takes him.  "Spencer, Rattler, rides in with the storm...."  (Yeah, probably too obscure a reference here.)

23 minutes ago, The Consigliere said:

I can't recall the last time I saw a team double up on OL help in round 1 and 2, but I'm sure if I dug I could find examples.

Not 1 and 2, but in 1981 we drafted May in rd 1 and Grimm in rd 3.  (Also picked up another OG later on named Darryl Grant.  He was such a bad fit for the OL that his biggest career highlight was high-stepping into the end zone as a DT with a pick-6 against Dallas to seal the victory in 1982 NFC Championship.  :->>>)   Kids (and that's too many of you here), RIGHT NOW, pull that play up on Youtube and marvel at what us Gen-Xers grew up with as Skins fans.  Note:  that same 1981 draft we drafted the guy who tipped the ball that Grant picked off -- the indomitable (and at the time illiterate) Dexter Manley.

47 minutes ago, Sacks 'n' Stuff said:

Do we have any needs left?

Wins

2 minutes ago, Warhead36 said:

Holy crap thats early for Pearsall

SF probably figured he's not going to last to 2-31.  So if he's the guy you want, gotta get him at 1-31.