Major Harris Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 Dr. Z gave the 'skins mad love this week, but he still picked against us. I looked for this on si.com, but couldn't find it, so i'll type it out. it's been a long time since i read something this positive. Where do I begin the story of the 2005 Redskins? How about in the preseason forecasts, which- except for a few kind souls who ranked them 3rd in the NFC East- placed Washington squarely in the division cellar. And that, of course, would include the prediction of your faithful narrator. Then there's the matter of Hall of Fame coach Joe Gibbs, as in "the game has passed him by," which was the media consensus last season. He had given up a perfectly good third-round draft choice for a quarterback, Mark Brunell, who everybody figured was finished. Gibbs's folly was just about booed out of the starting lineup and finally replaced by Patrick Ramsey when the team was 3-6. Brunell's back w/ the Redskins this season? Guess it doesn't hurt to have an insurance policy, though he's almost 35. But back on to the field he came after Ramsey went down with a neck injury in the first game. And then back into the starting lineup, from where he has led the Skins to 3-0. And when I say led, I mean it, because Brunell has been doing some amazing things. Bill Parcells was 77-0 when his team took a lead of 13 or more points into the 4th quarter, but was 77-1 after the Redskins scored 14 in the final period to beat Parcells's Cowboys 14-13 in Week 2. All Brunell did on the first scoring drive was climb out of a third-and-27 hole with a 25 yard scramble and then a 20 yard completion. He followed that with a TD pass on fourth-and-15. On Sunday, in the overtime drive that beat the Seahawks, Brunell converted two third-and-10 plays and a third-and-nine. On that third-and-nine, he rand for 18 yards like the wild scrambler he was nine years ago, when he led Jacksonville, a second-year expansion team, into the AFC Championship Game. Brunell has launched a miracle season, but now comes the harsh light of reality: the Broncos in Denver. I think Washington will make it real close, but.....and here comes the bad news....I think Denver is a bit too tough at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tr1 Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 I think his editors told him SI was losing subscriptions in the DC area.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QBkilla56 Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! My world is crumbling!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 I'd have thought Z would be the last to recognize the obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Sassy Molassy Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 Holy Crap! Dr. Z is praising the Skins? I'm scared now :paranoid: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Harris Posted October 7, 2005 Author Share Posted October 7, 2005 I'd have thought Z would be the last to recognize the obvious. my vote goes to king or lenny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChampSkinsFanatic Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 He still picked us to lose, I read that today in the SI that came in the mail.(I won free subscriptions) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dah-Dee Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 Dr. Z gave the 'skins mad love this week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmania123 Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 Well you have to say something decent about a 3-0 team right Z. Despite what he says in this article, or for whatever reason he felt like saying it, he is always predicting our demise. I think we will beat the Bronco's. And I do not believe they are toughest team we will face this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terpfan Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 That was way too nice for Z... Wow, good for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbooma Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 The reason why we have not gotten any love in the press the best 5+ years is because we haven't won. Now the fact we are winning and Dr. Z mentioned this earlier this week that he loved the discipline from this team. Even some on this board were a little worried about the QB situation going into this year. If we beat Denver then the rest of the nfl and media will take notice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flexxskins Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 Wasn't Seattle suppose to have been our "harsh light of reality"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tizzod Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 Piss off, Dr. Z. Day late and a dollar short. We can't use ya. If you don't believe from day one, then you don't believe. Get on down the road. I reject his props. EDIT: "I spurn you as I would spurn a rabid dog." Rowan Atkinson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afkidd Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 every week the team we play will be the "harsh light of reality" until we win the east and make it to the superbowl..and then of course whoever is in the AFC will be the harsh light of reality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba9497 Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 someone get a shovel, it's getting "deep" in here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herrmag Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 Piss off, Dr. Z. Day late and a dollar short. We can't use ya. If you don't believe from day one, then you don't believe. Get on down the road.I reject his props. EDIT: "I spurn you as I would spurn a rabid dog." Rowan Atkinson Okay, don't you think that's a little overboard? I mean, we all hate what he writes, but it's his job. If he thinks the 'Skins are going to suck, so be it. If he sees what the 'Skins have done so far this year and changes his mind, so be it. Not all sports journalists can be like Pastabelly and ignore the obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 Blow me Z. You've dogged us for years and now all of a sudden, probably to get near Gibbs when we go to the Super Bowl in a year or two, you want to start playing nice. I have somewhere you can play. How about 495? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timurchin Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 I think his editors told him SI was losing subscriptions in the DC area.... Not just the DC area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titaw Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 At least he recognized the fact that Brunell is better than Ramsey. Other than that he picked us to lose. I have no use for someone that praises us and the picks us to lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsTillIDie Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 Dr. Z must have been replaced with Dr. Zoidberg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsFTW Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 Do you guys really think anybody is going to pick us to win AT Denver when our 3 wins have been by a total of 6 points with 3 of those points coming in OT? It's nice to be optimistic but expecting everyone to pick the Skins to win this game isn't very realistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WallyG3 Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 I'm boycotting that POS rag until Art takes his rightful place in the HOF. Even then, they need to clean up their act before I'll actually buy a magazine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba9497 Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 I'm boycotting that POS rag until Art takes his rightful place in the HOF.Even then, they need to clean up their act before I'll actually buy a magazine. Art, in the HOF :doh: his ego's big as it is we are talking about the same Art, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herrmag Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 Art, in the HOF :doh: his ego's big as it is we are talking about the same Art, right? :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranklinNoble Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 Bah. I don't WANT any mainstream respect. I rather enjoy being the 'dog week in and week out. As Ving Rhames said in Mission Impossible: "I miss being disreputable" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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