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The whole thing just seems off. Standing, taking your hat off and placing your hand over your heart. Reminds me of those things you see in other countries where we laugh at folks who overly praise their "dear leader" or bow down to a king. Like worshipping an idol except it's a song/flag.

Question for those that might have an answer. When the mods put out a warning inside a thread, is there a way to quickly find that information out? Sometimes I enter a thread without reading every post inside it, and can easily miss a warning posted 10 posts up.

49ers D held the Seahawks offense in check I think? So, maybe the Rams offense (at least this early) is pretty good.

Random Thought: I like what Tony Romo brings to the broadcast booth. Him calling out plays during that first game was pretty amazing. If we're going to hear guys talk, it's so much better when the viewer can actually learn something from it.

The Eagles were practically a dumpster fire a few years ago. Spent a ton on free agency only to see it fail miserably. Their idiotic coach (Chip Kelly) got rid of all of their blue chip players (Maclin, DeSean and McCoy), spent a ton of money on Bradford and the back up QB, DeMarco Murray and 20 other running backs and yet here we are. They somehow (it's still early, I know) have their QB of the future and are trending upwards. How the hell did they possibly right the ship so quickly and we're still treading water.

Not going to happen. Cousins will either be signed long term with us, another team or Pats will already have his replacement. They tend to plan ahead and are prepared.

Imagine the damage the Patriots would do if they had Crowder and Chris Thompson.

Random Thought: Pretty amazing the Patriots were able to trade a 3rd string QB. Me awhile we got nothing for RG3 and probably won't get anything for Cray Cray.

Besides the fact the NFL would like him to play against the Skins (rivalry and all). Personally I would like to beat them with a full roster so I wouldn't mind but at the same time, I'll take any help we can get since this team is pathetically inconsistent.

****ing Vinny avatar. Damn you to hell.

It's been said before but HBO must be pissed they haven't been able to Hard Knocks the Redskins yet. 1. Missing the playoffs by one (1) game, against a division foe that wanted to lose and we couldn't beat them. 2. The lol worthy search for a defensive coordinator, only to realize we already have the wizard on our own staff, the staff that finished near last in defense. 3. The debacle with Scott the GM (or was he just a scout) and is he an alcoholic? 4. The lol worthy search for a new GM (or is he also just a scout), only to realize we already have the wizard in our own building and happens to be a former player. 5. The draft, which went surprisingly well at least on paper. The drafting of a stud defensive lineman from the area. 6. The contract negotiations with Kirk, lets be honest, him and his agent have us cornered. Great management there, would make for awesome tv. 7. Our players looking like studs in practice but then in preseason looking like turds 8. No running game to speak of 9. Kirk looks awful 10. Pryor drops passes like he's trying to out do Rod Gardner 11. NT Phil Taylor goes down. Awe darn, who didn't see that coming 12. Our best player (Reed) is hurt again. 13. Speaking of again, both Galette and Doctson are hurt....again. But boy do they look good when it doesn't count. 14. Our 2nd rounder Anderson, goes down...never to be heard from again probably 15. Cut down day comes and we axe our 3rd string QB (who was starter material just a month or two ago) only to have him sign with our game 1 opponent. 15. The rest of cut down day is drama free save for our 2nd rounder from last year wanting to retire at 22. That's just this year. Forget Hard Knocks, they should just do one specifically for the Redskins. It's like taking candy from a baby. The script would write itself. You know it's true.

Been watching some preseason replays of the other teams and yea, our local broadcast team might be the worst. They don't have a good "voice", they don't sound professional, more like average joe picked up off the street and I don't know, just brings the game down. Boring might be a good word.

Random Thought? Umm, we should redo our uniforms. The colors need an ovehaul or a better combination. It looks hedious.

1. Yes we did have a game day thread. 2. Aaron did play, did what he always does again our defense. 3. Think he had one catch.

1. Will Jay Gruden ever consistently run the ball? He does so every once in a while and then gives a sly remark like "see we do run", but then will continue the pass happy mantra for the next 4 weeks. We aren't getting blown out so why the lack of runs? 2. Will we ever get good on defense. I know we will, because I was asking this question about the offense not too long ago, but damn it, WHEN? 3. Why do we struggle so much with time management. I'd like to see Jay chew himself out regarding this. You suck at it Jay. Get better. 4. Why does our offense crap the bed in the Redzone. When Jackson caught the deep ball and fell at the 4 yard line, I just chalked it up as a FG. That's how bad it's been. Is it Kirk or the coaches? The year is almost over and it's still bad. Get your **** together Jay/McVay. 5. On defense we have the makings of a really sold/spectacular bench. Yep bench. Most of these guys aren't starters. Watch out though because when we do get starters and these guys go to the bench, we'll be scary. 6. Our offensive line is decent/good. We still can't run block nor enforce our will on people. I won't complain. They do a decent/solid job overall and it could be worse but Kirk makes them look just as good as they make him look good. Still need to upgrade here. 7. Kerrigan has lost a major step. Injuries will do that to you. He doesn't suck, he's just not someone you fear. Not a game changer. 8. Murphy is our best/2nd best pass rusher. NEVER in a million year would I have thought that. 9. Breeland has taken a major step back this year. 10. Our linebackers are feel good stories and I can root for that but they aren't starters. 11. Still have safety issues. 12. Will we ever be good? I'm talking about 10-2 or something at this point. We are ALWAYS either bad or 500 and this year we are 500 again. Why can't we just have an incredible year for once. It's always a grind. We're always just on the 'cusp' but never actually there. This year was the year we were suppose to take that next step, which in many ways we have not. At best we will finish with 8 or 9 wins. 13. Why do I say "at best"? Well because we only have 6 wins and we have not won 4 our of our last 5 games. We are on a losing trend more so than a winning one. That's not good heading into the playoff race here.

Probably going to lose to the Vikings on purpose just so they don't have to face us in the playoffs.

Dak is playing really well for a rookie, which was evident even in preseason, despite people suggesting otherwise. He's calm, under control and very mobile. Reminds me of Russell Wilson.

This is why I get frustrated when during Grudens first year people were like "he is a rookie too, give him time". You can tell when players and coaches have it or don't. Jay looks aloof out there.

These folks can't be reasoned with. They will forever think the team is better than it is. It's truely amazing the amount of folks in the offseason who get upset when the team or the players individually aren't ranked "high enough".

Hopefully this teaches the fanbase to scale down their expectations for the players and the team. Instead of thinking we will win the division, make the playoffs and have a top 5 QB, folks should expect the worse.

Not saying he would have done well here but that Matt Forte guy is having a good year so far. I wonder if this guy realizes that fans wouldn't bash if the team won.

If Dak turns out to be legit, will be a pain in the butt because the hope is that after Romo sits to pee they take a step back.

The upgrade to the locker room was needed. Actually there are still several items this team needs upgraded. 1. The most important is the stadium. This can't come soon enough. A worry is that, it'll be new but not nice. Hopefully it's the type of stadium that others strive to replicate. 2. Practice facility. The current Redskins facility is passable but this too, like the stadium needs to be rebuilt from the ground up. A theme needs to be incorporated into the organization that transcends both the stadium and the facility. 3. Many will disagree with this one, but the team needs to find new video/radio personalities. I think it's great that the team show's it appreciation for former players but I'm tired of listening between a rotation of Doc, Brian, Riggins and recently Portis. I don't have anything against former players getting into media but I'm not too fond of the ability these guys have. My biggest gripe with this crew is that they are practically family (Redskins Family), so the presentations aren't professional or engaging (in my opinion of course). How many times throughout the years do we have to listen to Doc and Brian poke fun at one another for various reasons (for example Brian Mitchell having a big head), or Riggins discussing how flamboyant he was, or how he played with Joe Namath etc. When I listen to the home broadcast of other teams (obviously not all), I hear insight about the players, the team, the game, strengths and weaknesses. When I listen to our guys (Theismann and Chick), it's not engaging or exciting. Chick always makes jokes about himself and his hair/weight while Theismann always goes back to "when I was playing or boy wish I was still in the league with these rules" tangents. This past week, there was a play that was made by Cravens, which was incredible but we got no commentary because Theismann was busy talking about something else. Only snippet we got was from Chick saying "nice play by Cravens". I want replays, where someone knowledgeable goes into a quick recap of what happened, how it happened and whether it was successful or not and how to change things next time. I feel like Trever does this and I appreciate his insight when he does. Sorry for the rant. Maybe this isn't the right section to do so in but it really hit home when I watched the footage throughout training camp and especially the game this past Thursday. Often feel we'd be better off if they let one of the members here do the radio/video shows