Southtown Posted December 4, 2002 Share Posted December 4, 2002 Don't know if this has been posted yet...everyone's favorite journalist chimes in with the 3rd quarter report card and also lists us as a team with things to watch... http://espn.go.com/nfl/columns/pasquarelli_len/1471062.html If you don't think Steve Spurrier knows a little bit about offense, try winning just one game with Danny Wuerrfel as your starting quarterback, OK? Yeah, we said just one, folks. The problem for Spurrier is that he too often gets caught up with his own agenda, not just winning, but winning his way. He's learning the hard way, we think, that you've got to run the ball at least modestly well to win at this level. Fifty passes a game characteristically manifests a weakness, not a strength, and you only look like a genius in the NFL by going to the playoffs. The Redskins won't in Spurrier's debut campaign, but they will be a playoff team soon enough, especially when the coaching staff cedes more control over the personnel calls, which will happen in the offseason. When you shine a bright light on the roster, it's pretty sub-par, and that isn't all Spurrier's doing. Grade: C-plus. (First-quarter: C-; Midseason: C-) Things to watch in the NFC 5. Washington is forced into the role of spoiler now and it will be interesting to see which quarterback Steve Spurrier chooses as the potential spoil sport. His affinity for former University of Florida quarterbacks aside, Spurrier must realize the future belongs to first-round pick Patrick Ramsey. No time like the present to get Ramsey some more starts under his belt, with an eye toward '03, but whether Spurrier adopts that approach remains to be seen. It will also be interesting to see if Carolina coach John Fox gives some starts to Chris Weinke or Randy Fasani in the final month. And, for the heck of it, might Arizona's Dave McGinnis trot out Josh McCown as he begins to plan for the likelihood of life without Jake Plummer? — Len Pasquarelli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Posted December 4, 2002 Share Posted December 4, 2002 Can't say I dissagree with any of it. Nothing too earth-shattering there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smooty Posted December 4, 2002 Share Posted December 4, 2002 I agree.Now I hope we can land Peerliss or Coles.Does anyone know if Jerry Porter is a FA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog Posted December 5, 2002 Share Posted December 5, 2002 The Redskins roster on offense is subpar and that is in large measure due the ball coach himself as the article points out. you can actually credit Snyder for drafting Ramsey and Mendes for recommending signing Matthews. without those interventions we would have more "L"s on the schedule and no future at the qb position. but we WOULD have Wuerffel and Sage Rosenfels :laugh: Guess that menu doesn't suit your appetite, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlanta Skins Fan Posted December 5, 2002 Share Posted December 5, 2002 Originally posted by bulldog you can actually credit Snyder for drafting Ramsey and Mendes for recommending signing Matthews. without those interventions we would have more "L"s on the schedule and no future at the qb position. The evidence of Wuerffel's play as a starter suggests that starting Wuerffel all season would have resulted in *more* wins. If a guard had been drafted #1 instead of Ramsey, that might have added another win or two, given the problems at interior OL this year. I agree with you that Ramsey has more longterm potential than Wuerffel, but let's not overstate the case that the front office saved Spurrier from a worse 2002 outcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog Posted December 5, 2002 Share Posted December 5, 2002 Wuerffel has done nothing that Matthews didn't do. Wuerffel got a lot of help from his line and defense in a win over the now 5-7 Rams and then lost to the 5-7 Cowboys. Big deal. Matthews similarly beat the Seahawks and Cardinals both sub .500 teams and the Colts, the one winning team the Skins have beaten this season. Ramsey quarterbacked the other win over the Titans who I believe are 6-6, are they better than that record wise? Back to Wuerffel. Since Wuerffel missed more than a month after playing just a series agains Tennessee you could make an argument that Danny may not be durable enough to go 16 games. Matthews took some awful beatings at the start of the season when the line was in a state of flux, that has been conveniently forgotten now that Samuels has rounded back into form and Tre Johnson and Alex Sulfsted have helped stabilize the guard situation somewhat Wuerffel is better than I thought he would be. He has been average, I thought he would be poor. He has 3 td's and 3 int's in his 2 games starting. He has missed some open plays downfield that should have been touchdowns for an NFL arm and he has been lucky in that more than one or two of his balls were dropped by defenders. Against the Cowboys he could easily have finished with 5 interceptions. As it turns out he had 3. That's way too may turnovers for an offense to be able to win without really superior talent. And you can throw in that after the Cowboys scored to make it 20-17, Wuerffel and the passing game completely disappeared for the final 20 minutes of the game. Zero points. No sustained drives. A lot of incompletions and misreads/miscomms between #17 and the receivers. At one point in the fourth quarter Wuerffel was mired in a 3-12 for 38 yards and 1 int slump that really closed the door on the Redskins coming back in that game to pressure Dallas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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