Henry Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Well, this thread definately shows it's not always correct policy to shoot the messenger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWFLSkins Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 The key difference is in the coaching staff. Last year Ryan Clark gave us an outstanding season despite being undersized and having very mediocre athletic ability.With no ill will meant, we have a significantly better Defensive Coordinator than you. Gregg Williams finds ways to utilze talent very well. While AA certainly has deficiencies I am certain that Gregg Williams has figured a way to neutralize them while exploiting AA's strengths. Sorry, but while the coaching maybe be better here on defense (which is debatable initself), the renewed AA has not shown itself. The Rams fan that made the statement is right IMO. AA is a one down safety who we vastly overpayed for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedBNG Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Springs came back in the Titans game. Not 100% and in midseason form until the Carolina game. AA has been out since after the second Dallas game. Even ST has been having troubles up until the Carolina game. Now that Springs (who even himself said to the Washington Times he hasn't been feeling in midseason form until just before the Carolina game) is OK and playing well, I'd like to reserve any opinions on AA until I see AA and a healthier Springs together on the field. Seems to be making Taylor look better. Of course, if he's 'Deep Throat'... forget it! He'll just have players like Witten catch more passes so he can get the hell out of here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Full Monty Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Sometimes I thought our scouting department goes by the rankings of player in Madden LMAO - so sad but true. dude you really just made me spit up my drink !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banks979 Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 I think if anything this thread shows A. whoever ramsrams is .....he's a better talent evaluator than our entire front office. Your observations were absolutely 100% dead on (and back in March I would have probably said your crazy) B. The Adam Archuleta deal only seems more and more ridiculous with time...something HAS to change in the offseason C. Sometimes Skins fans (myself included) need to take objective criticism a little better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggins Seventy Chip Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 I just found a secret video of the meeting that the staffing department had when they plotted to sign Archuletta. I think the guy that's walking to the meeting is the Redskins capologist, because he mentions something about numbers. This video really shows the dysfunction there. It's much worse than I thought: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercuryrising Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 None taken. I was not even on the board when this thread was started, but I probably would have agreed with the respectful Redskins posters who did not take what turned out to be a VERY ACCURATE scouting of AA as 100% gospel. You called it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinclair Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Sometimes I thought our scouting department goes by the rankings of player in Madden haha nice:laugh:!, i have a feeling that 85% of football fans do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead Money Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Thanks. Next time you have some bitterness to offer... wait till someone asks for it. :ciao: Oh yeah and not everybody's really excited about him in town..except maybe the women I like the fact that I was wrong and right in March :doh: Nice bump, it was entertaining at very least. :applause: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the burgundy and gold Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Sometimes I thought our scouting department goes by the rankings of player in Madden how would we have Ethan Albright then? :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mook_juice83 Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 you never know arch could have been ok had Steve Jackson not been such a pompous ass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggins Seventy Chip Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Agree about Steve Jackson. Maybe if they played AA the way that they told him he would be used, he could help the team. I'd like to see him get another shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmania123 Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 Geez RamsRams nailed every single deficit we noticed in AA and then some..My God. We should hire him for the Skins front office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsTillIDie Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 Geez RamsRams nailed every single deficit we noticed in AA and then some..My God. We should hire him for the Skins front office. If we hire one knowledgable fan from every team, then we can't go wrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimster Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 once again i wish i was still posting when this was made...if you check the tape of us against the rams last year you will see AA doing absolutely nothing...my brother and i actually laughed at him on a couple of plays...when we signed him i remember something doc walker said..."you never sign a palyer you abused" (he was talking about warren sapp) he did absolutely nothing against us because he didn't play in that game. http://cbs.sportsline.com/nfl/players/player/gamelogs/2005/235191 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Full Monty Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 If only AA had played that Rams game - I swear we would never have signed him. Cooley would've had a field day against him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonym Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 Ramsrams, I, for one, am enjoying a large dish of stringy crow. You were so right. How could GW and the coaches and scouts miss what you saw watching your team? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegunN Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 Our bltatant excitement for this bust had to be bumped why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hands11 Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 Ouch!There's one more! LOL, hey fire away. They deserve it for jumping you when you were just making a nice educated objective post. Hey, if you add enough people to your ignore list, the forms seems a lot more mature and educated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hands11 Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 Wow. Most of us saw this in the preseason, but this guy warned us far in advance. I always say that football fans are smarter then they are giving credit for. Arch could go down as the biggest FA bust in Redskins history if not NFL history. Wow.Everyone from in this organization can be blamed for this one, EVERYONE. Snyder must be sick about this one and I don't care how much money he has, it's not pocket change. We dont be surprised if he doesnt squeeze Williams balls. Arch is Williams newest LaVar. He just cant seems to find a smoother way of molding certain players and or he refuses to use them for the talent they have. Its strange. At one time I thought this was a strength of his but he only seems to be able to get to most out of more unknown players that will put up with his crap because they have to. But them once they are more mature and producing, he doesn't want to keep them or play them what they are worth. You have to judge him as a total package and as such, he isnt a very good coach. He coached what was already here from several other good D coaches. Im sure he can go somewhere else and be good for 2 yrs, then the same things would happen all over again, unless he finally learns from his mistakes and grows as a person and coach. Then he can be the coach we though he was the first 2 yrs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozskin Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 ......your just jealous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hands11 Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 you never know arch could have been ok had Steve Jackson not been such a pompous ass Im sure your right and he is better then what we have seen. Like I said, he our new LaVar. Im sure having him try to play the run aggressively from cover 2 was the worst thing you could do to a player that is a better run defender then pass coverer. This explains why I saw Arch and Taylor trailing so many player running away from them and we had so many 20+ plays against us this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassow Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 While AA certainly has deficiencies I am certain that Gregg Williams has figured a way to neutralize them while exploiting AA's strengths. This comment was spot on. GW has neutralized AA one glaring weakness....playing football. And has designed a scheme to play to his strengths.....bench-warming, cheerleading, and water-fetching. Genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedzoneHunter Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 Regardless of AA's cover skills I don't think anyone would disagree that he is a great athalete. This being said I don't think we are going to cut or trade him next year. It just wouldn't make good "buisness sence". I think that Snyder will make GW earn his money and find a way to use AA. What makes you think he's such a great athlete? It may be good move for him to take up bowling or maybe even horse shoes. He loves a great workout, so he might want to try a marathon, just as long as he doesn't expect to win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedzoneHunter Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 Wow. WTF is happening at Redskins Park? Are there any competent talent evaluators there? Either there are none, or they aren't listened to. I have a hunch they only go after the people Gregg Williams wants on defense. The offensive side is doing pretty well. Lloyd and Randle El were great pick ups, but must go thru the growing pains of learning a new system. Next year they will produce much fruit, and so will Campbell. I am hoping that something changes over there and we can start spending money WISELY from now on. For this to happen, Gibbs must insist on keeping his valuable draft picks from now on. Smart money goes into developing good draft picks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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