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ok...I've had it...time to turn this thread in a very nasty direction...

Let's talk about Lavar!

It's funny that you brought that up. :)

I just found out this past weekend that I live next door to LaVar's wifes aunt. I'm not going to even get into the rumor that my neighbor layed on me. Lets just say that I don't believe it one bit. I was going to start a rumor thread, but I was meeting my neighbor for the very first time and he's got to earn my trust first. :D

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Here, I just ran the stats real quick. The Redskins did in fact face much tougher offenses in 2005. However, while the Redskins can't control the schedule, they can control what they do on the field, and I think the last number is what's most important.

Washington Redskins						

2004		Rank	Yds/G		2005		Rank	Yds/G
Green Bay	3	397.3		Kansas City	1	387.0
Minnesota	4	396.2		Seattle		2	369.7
Philadelphia	9	351.1		New York (N)	4	361.7
Philadelphia	9	351.1		New York (N)	4	361.7
Dallas		14	324.8		Denver		5	360.4
Dallas		14	324.8		Arizona		8	348.4
Pittsburgh	16	324.0		St. Louis	9	348.2
Cincinnati	18	321.2		San Diego	10	347.9
Tampa Bay	22	310.2		Dallas		13	325.1
New York (N)	23	295.1		Dallas		13	325.1
New York (N)	23	295.1		Philadelphia	19	319.3
Detroit		24	293.3		Philadelphia	19	319.3
San Francisco	26	286.6		Oakland		21	309.4
Cleveland	28	280.1		Tampa Bay	23	294.8
Baltimore	31	273.4		Chicago		29	256.3
Chicago		32	238.5		San Francisco	32	224.2
Average		18.5	316.4		Average		13.25	328.7

Defense		3	267.6		Defense		9	297.9
% Held To		84.57%		% Held To		90.64%

2004 Opponent Record:

122-134

47% winning percentage

2005 Opponent Record:

138-118

54% wnning percentage

Pretty big jump...and definitely NOT a "wash" as you thought it to be.

7% isnt a "pretty big jump" to me.

Morne,

You didn't prove anything beyond our defensive statistical ranking was worse in 2005 than in 2004, which no one suggested otherwise. The question asked of you was whether we played better offenses in 2004 or 2005. Was it significant or not. Say, as an example, the offenses we played in 2004 averaged 300 yards per game and we gave up 280. And in 2005 the offenses we played averaged 320 yards, and we gave up 290. Which is better overall in terms of performance?

I'm merely asking that you consider that. You don't have to prove it, but, I think you probably know the answer. We played better offensive teams in 2005 than in 2004. Our defensive ranking could be weaker year over next and yet not actually have a weaker defense based on that external fact. Or do you disagree with that premise?

Se above. Teams were 12 yards better in 05 on average. We were 30 yards better in 04. And much better as a scoring defence in 04. No one might have suggested otherwise, but no one brought anything to back up what they said. At least I do that. I'll also add this to the equation, since no one else has mentioned it.

Our offence went from 30th in 04 to 11th in 05. Huge difference. If the 05 unit had the 04 offence, I think you see the numbers much worse, and if the 04 unit had the 05 offence? probalby a 4th SB trophy.

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First, Our stats with the stats of our opponents against us.

2004 Won 6, Lost 10

Team Stats

Redskins Opponents

TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 269 251

FIRST DOWNS (Rushing-Passing-By Penalty) 91 - 156 - 22 67 - 153 - 31

THIRD DOWN CONVERSIONS 70/221 70/226

FOURTH DOWN CONVERSIONS 4/11 7/17

TOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS 4397 4281

OFFENSE (Plays-Average Yards) 1023 - 4.3 974 - 4.4

TOTAL RUSHING YARDS 1765 1304

RUSHING (Plays-Average Yards) 471 - 3.7 419 - 3.1

TOTAL PASSING YARDS 2632 2977

PASSING (Comp-Att-Int-Avg) 288 - 514 - 17 - 5.59 294 - 515 - 18 - 6.26

SACKS 40 38

FIELD GOALS 19/27 17/20

TOUCHDOWNS 26 30

(Rushing-Passing-Returns-Defensive) 6 - 18 - 1 - 1 7 - 17 - 1 - 4

TIME OF POSSESSION 31:19 28:41

2005 10 wins 6 losses

TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 301 258

FIRST DOWNS (Rushing-Passing-By Penalty) 114 - 166 - 21 74 - 158 - 26

THIRD DOWN CONVERSIONS 97/230 81/222

FOURTH DOWN CONVERSIONS 6/11 5/13

TOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS 5289 4767

OFFENSE (Plays-Average Yards) 1037 - 5.1 981 - 4.9

TOTAL RUSHING YARDS 2183 1686

RUSHING (Plays-Average Yards) 525 - 4.2 411 - 4.1

TOTAL PASSING YARDS 3106 3081

PASSING (Comp-Att-Int-Avg) 278 - 481 - 11 - 6.96 291 - 535 - 16 - 6.20

SACKS 35 31

FIELD GOALS 17/21 22/31

TOUCHDOWNS 44 32

(Rushing-Passing-Returns-Defensive) 15 - 25 - 0 - 2 15 - 15 - 2 - 2

TIME OF POSSESSION 31:33 28:27

Second, Teams Total Offense for that season:

TB TOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS4963

NYGTOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS4722DALTOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS5197CLETOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS4481BALTOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS4375CHITOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS3816GBTOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS6357DETTOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS4693CINTOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS5140PHITOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS5618PITTOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS 5814

SFTOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS4585MINTOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS6339

Total Yrds. 66100

AVG. Yrds. 5084.62

2005

CHITOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS4101

DALTOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS5202

SEATOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS5915

DENTOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS5766

KCTOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS6192

SFTOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS3587

NYGTOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS5787

PHITOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS5109

TBTOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS4716

OAKTOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS4951

SDTOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS5567

STLTOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS5571

ARITOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS5575

Total Yrds. 68039

AVG. Yrds. 5233.77

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Here, I just ran the stats real quick. The Redskins did in fact face much tougher offenses in 2005. However, while the Redskins can't control the schedule, they can control what they do on the field, and I think the last number is what's most important.

Washington Redskins						

2004		Rank	Yds/G		2005		Rank	Yds/G
Green Bay	3	397.3		Kansas City	1	387.0
Minnesota	4	396.2		Seattle		2	369.7
Philadelphia	9	351.1		New York (N)	4	361.7
Philadelphia	9	351.1		New York (N)	4	361.7
Dallas		14	324.8		Denver		5	360.4
Dallas		14	324.8		Arizona		8	348.4
Pittsburgh	16	324.0		St. Louis	9	348.2
Cincinnati	18	321.2		San Diego	10	347.9
Tampa Bay	22	310.2		Dallas		13	325.1
New York (N)	23	295.1		Dallas		13	325.1
New York (N)	23	295.1		Philadelphia	19	319.3
Detroit		24	293.3		Philadelphia	19	319.3
San Francisco	26	286.6		Oakland		21	309.4
Cleveland	28	280.1		Tampa Bay	23	294.8
Baltimore	31	273.4		Chicago		29	256.3
Chicago		32	238.5		San Francisco	32	224.2
Average		18.5	316.4		Average		13.25	328.7

Defense		3	267.6		Defense		9	297.9
% Held To		84.57%		% Held To		90.64%

Thanks for posting that MYU. I'd done that same thing a while back, but didn't have time to do it again.

We played a number more games against better offenses -- in terms of rankings -- and generally played better rated offenses on average. We did worse overall defensively, and from a strict numbers standpoint, we dropped more than the offenses we played improved, but, where in 2004 we had a lot of irregular offenses to play and get fat on, in 2005, the teams we played were more stable and efficient. I think this is an interesting look at the differences between the two years.

We were, doubtless, a great defense in 2004. And we were a great defense in 2005. And, in 2006, we were, well, horrid :).

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You know what, so far two people have been "Read Only'd" in this thread. Personally, I'd leave it to Art and MRMADD to work out.

Just my way of helping out!:)

Hail,

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Not up to me to work out with Madd. Up to Madd to keep to his word. He returned making a promise. And he broke it on an entirely different topic than Snyder.

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7% isnt a "pretty big jump" to me.

It's huge considering that it's rare for a team to have an opponent schedule with a winning percentage rate that much higher than what the Skins had in 2005. Jumping 7 percentage points in the "strength of schedule" catagory is DEFINITELY a huge jump.

Not to mention that it was shown that the Skins played 8 of their 16 games in 2005 against top 10 offenses, while they only played 4 games against top 10 offenses in 2004. Again, that's significant. That's huge. But I guess you can try to minimize it by saying "I don't consider 4 games to be huge".

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Madd, both those statements are reinforced as true today. Snyder's not making football decisions. Gibbs is. Snyder's certainly asked if the direction set is the direction he'll provide support for, and can it get done financially. Snyder certainly provides his input given the vast data he has at his fingertips. No one has ever said otherwise. We've all always told you, the decisions are made by Gibbs. As Gibbs told you, again today, everyone in the organization has a part in all the decisions. But, we have shown you all this weekly for three years. Our guess is you simply don't care to believe.

As I said in the other thread, you are the person who's shifted, not me. I've always rejected YOUR assertion that anyone OTHER than Gibbs was in charge. See the thread about Who's in charge and the thread about ESPN's version of who's in charge. Snyder absolutely is part of the organization. He's just not in charge. And, that is undeniably the conversation we've had, right up until TODAY when you've falsely characterized it as something else.

I know you got busted being a loon for a long time. But, I'm not going to let you out of your past stupidity of denying Gibbs is in charge by pretending we were talking about something else.

How do YOU know?

Snyder can say one thing then do something completely different. It is called a lie, and every human being on the earth is capable of saying something false.

Both you and Madd have no proof one way or the other, neither of you are a part of the Redskins Front Office, or the Coaching Staff. Therefore, both of you are wasting your breath as you have no actual first-person experience to prove one way or the other.

I'm sorry, but I just had to say it, as I feel you both are making yourselves look silly.

:2cents:

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Man, Snyder's decision making is a real sensitive subject. I just told a friend that people would be banned on extremeskins if they said that Snyder made the final decisions again. LOL. That sounds pretty hilarious. This has been quite an entertaining thread. Looks like it's going back to normal now. X's and O's. Stats, blah.

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How do YOU know?

Snyder can say one thing then do something completely different. It is called a lie, and every human being on the earth is capable of saying something false.

Both you and Madd have no proof one way or the other, neither of you are a part of the Redskins Front Office, or the Coaching Staff. Therefore, both of you are wasting your breath as you have no actual first-person experience to prove one way or the other.

I'm sorry, but I just had to say it, as I feel you both are making yourselves look silly.

:2cents:

Are you saying there's no proof that Gibbs is the final decision maker? Can you explain how you missed that very proof from the mouths of Gibbs, Snyder, Cerrato and others, routinely over the last three years?

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Man, Snyder's decision making is a real sensitive subject. I just told a friend that people would be banned on extremeskins if they said that Snyder made the final decisions again. LOL. That sounds pretty hilarious. This has been quite an entertaining thread. Looks like it's going back to normal now. X's and O's. Stats, blah.

No it doesn't. But, thanks for playing. Now it looks like someone WAS banned for not reading that no one here has been banned, though, the option is available to any who'd like.

My hope is Monk's two day ban leads to a number of folks who want to go for more :).

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Just another update to the table, this time with Yds/P. The difference is more dramatic here.

Washington Redskins								

2004		Rank	Yds/G	Yds/P		2005		Rank	Yds/G	Yds/P
Green Bay	3	397.3	6		Kansas City	1	387.0	5.8
Minnesota	4	396.2	6.4		Seattle		2	369.7	5.8
Philadelphia	9	351.1	5.9		New York (N)	4	361.7	5.5
Philadelphia	9	351.1	5.9		New York (N)	4	361.7	5.5
Dallas		14	324.8	5.2		Denver		5	360.4	5.6
Dallas		14	324.8	5.2		Arizona		8	348.4	5.2
Pittsburgh	16	324.0	5.1		St. Louis	9	348.2	5.4
Cincinnati	18	321.2	5.1		San Diego	10	347.9	5.4
Tampa Bay	22	310.2	5.2		Dallas		13	325.1	4.9
New York (N)	23	295.1	5		Dallas		13	325.1	4.9
New York (N)	23	295.1	5		Philadelphia	19	319.3	5
Detroit		24	293.3	4.9		Philadelphia	19	319.3	5
San Francisco	26	286.6	4.5		Oakland		21	309.4	5
Cleveland	28	280.1	4.9		Tampa Bay	23	294.8	4.8
Baltimore	31	273.4	4.4		Chicago		29	256.3	4.4
Chicago		32	238.5	3.9		San Francisco	32	224.2	4.1

Average		18.5	316.4	5.2		Average		13.25	328.7	5.1

Defense		3	267.6	4.4		Defense		9	297.9	4.9
% Held To		84.57%	85.23%		% Held To		90.64%	95.26%

Other variables to keep in mind:

Teams in 2004 are on the record as saying that they played conservatively against the Redskins because they believed the Redskins offense would be unable to beat them.

The 2005 Redskins defense had 981 plays and played on average 28:27. The 2004 Redskins defense had 974 plays and played on average 28:41.

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It's huge considering that it's rare for a team to have an opponent schedule with a winning percentage rate that much higher than what the Skins had in 2005. Jumping 7 percentage points in the "strength of schedule" catagory is DEFINITELY a huge jump.

Not to mention that it was shown that the Skins played 8 of their 16 games in 2005 against top 10 offenses, while they only played 4 games against top 10 offenses in 2004. Again, that's significant. That's huge. But I guess you can try to minimize it by saying "I don't consider 4 games to be huge".

Nope. I'd say something along the lines of:

"That's a pretty big jump. And no, I did not realize that. Nice find"

However, I'll add that we had absolutely no offence in 04, and had a pretty decent on in 05.

You know, going from 30th to 11th. Or will that get minimized?

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Running a message board requires some belief the people having conversations are going to have them honestly. Madd typically doesn't. He makes statements that are untrue, like Snyder makes the decisions over Gibbs head. He gets comments back that Snyder doesn't, Gibbs makes the decisions. He then changes his words to read, "Everyone knows Snyder's involved," and from that acknowledged agreement, turns, "involved" to "meddles".

Then, suggests those rejecting his initial and core premise that Gibbs isn't the authority on such moves is suggesting Snyder is sipping pina coladas. And, unfortunately, a number of people seem to think this is so. It's a strange thing, but, that doesn't alter the foundation of the conversation.

Madd doesn't believe Gibbs makes the decision. Madd does believe Snyder does, often over Gibbs' wishes. I don't believe that. I believe Gibbs makes the decisions. I believe he does so, as he's said, with input from everyone in the organization who all have responsibilities and roles. And though Snyder says no decision was made under Gibbs he has disagreed with, citing Moss as the only time it has happened under Marty, I bet there are times Snyder would prefer another path but yields to Gibbs, as he should given Gibbs is the face and central figure for the organization.

Rejecting Madd's premise doesn't mean anyone believes Snyder lives in Arizona. It merely means Snyder isn't making the decisions. Gibbs is. And that's been shown time and again.

Like blind men and the elephant… or is it just a strawman?

I reject premise that Mr. Madd has been inconsistent with his position. I think you are being nit picky… “involved”, “meddles”, and his universal statement “Everyone knows” C’mon? You don't really consider this lying do you?

Agree or disagree, Mr. Madd has consistently argued that Snyder plays a big role in operational decision making. And, yes he has taken the leap and believes Snyder has already undermined Gibbs authority with regards to the Duckett trade. And, you have made it absolutely clear, that you find this assumption about Snyder’s operational decision making role absurd because the Redskins organization has come out and said on multiple occasions that Gibb’s is the guy who makes the final call. Snyder himself even touched upon this during the press conference, mentioning Moss... So what? How is Mr. Madd being inconsistent? And, is it possible that the Redskins organization can say one thing and in reality do another?

As I mentioned earlier, the Briggs trade talks gave us as fans a glimpse of the real decision making process. Snyder does seem to have much more influence than writing the checks considering he worked out the parameters of the Briggs deal, before he even mentioned it to Gibbs. When these talks became public, the rumors of Snyder’s meddling transformed to more than rumor. Now, you can legitimately question who really is making the operational decisions. Did Gibbs voluntarily give up the offense? Did Gibbs really pull the trigger with Duckett? We don’t know… but asking the questions are legitimate. The Redskins organization maintains that Snyder is more in the background. Snyder's actions run contrary to this putting him in the forefront of trade talks. The only reason we question the Redskins decision making process is because the Redskins actions speak louder than words. Do we know for sure? NO! Are you sure that Gibbs makes all the decisions- time and time again? Just like Mr. Madd you are taking a leap of faith...

Regardless... Why did you Ban Mr. Madd? Let the man defend himself...

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Beer,

I didn't ban Mr. Madd as has been repeatedly stated in this thread, including in a reply you made QUOTING me. So you read it. And you read the reason why. So, I'll ask why you're asking a question you've had answered. Tell me in 4 days. That's now TWO people who've been banned for asking why someone who wasn't banned was banned and not reading why he was put on read-only with every opportunity to come back the second he wishes.

Please, more would be appreciated.

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fair enough, i just happen to think the secondary and LB struggled greatly in part due to the line. no doubt that all the units were bad, but with the ages currently on our Dline and injury concerns, its hopefully what were addressing in the draft. if you have evidence that suggests mont is ready to go, i feel much better because he wasnt at all last season.

You don't have to backtrack. The same organization that may have graded the DL as the best unit on a near league worst defense, are the same guys who: Evaluated AA the as worthy of being the highest paid safety in league history, then played to his weaknesses for half a season before benching him and trading him for nothing; opted to surrender 3rd and 4th round picks for TJ Duckett, and then failed to activate (much less properly utilize him) for 75%+ of the season; opted to let guys who were proven productive within the system like Pierce, Smoot and Clark walk over monetary discrepancies, while lavishing ungodly sums upon guys who they'd never seen firsthand in our system, who ultimately failed miserably; have continued the previous "regimes" folly of failing to spend a single first day draft pick on *either* OL or DL for 7 years running, only to see the DL grow utterly unproductive, and the OL all reach an age of 30+ simultaneously with no backup/heirs in place; spent 3 picks to move up and draft McIntosh (robbing us of the #37 pick this year - where likely a starting caliber LG or Safety or DE will reside), only to let Rocky sit behind arguably the league's worst WLB for 14+ games, even once the season was irretrievably lost etc... and some would argue that those are the tip of the iceberg of dubious decision making in the immediate past...

Conversely, this staff has also made some *fantastic* personnel decisions, which I think outweigh the negatives, but the idea that they are beyond reproof in evaluation matters is silly.

Look, I literally almost worship Joe Gibbs, and unlike many I am a big supporter of GW and Al Saunders, and like our Front Office and Ownership a great deal (minus Cerrato)... However, if your eyes lead you to believe that this DL was not only the worst unit on the team, but also likely the worst DL unit in the NFC, odds are you are accurate (as all empirical and statistical criteria supports that contention), and as this staff has proven more than capable of misevaluating their own personnel.

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Beer,

I didn't ban Mr. Madd as has been repeatedly stated in this thread, including in a reply you made QUOTING me. So you read it. And you read the reason why. So, I'll ask why you're asking a question you've had answered. Tell me in 4 days. That's now TWO people who've been banned for asking why someone who wasn't banned was banned and not reading why he was put on read-only with every opportunity to come back the second he wishes.

Please, more would be appreciated.

C'mon who will be next to poke at the bear with a stick? :munchout:

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You don't have to backtrack. The same organization that may have graded the DL as the best unit on a near league worst defense, are the same guys who: Evaluated AA the as worthy of being the highest paid safety in league history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

If there was a :homerun: smilie, I'd use it.

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Other variables to keep in mind:

Teams in 2004 are on the record as saying that they played conservatively against the Redskins because they believed the Redskins offense would be unable to beat them.

That doesn't explain why those same teams's offenses didn't play any better in their other 15 games during the 2004 season. Only four of our opponents that year had top 10 offenses. Most ranked in the bottom half. That's not due to playing conservatively against the Skins.

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Nope. I'd say something along the lines of:

"That's a pretty big jump. And no, I did not realize that. Nice find"

However, I'll add that we had absolutely no offence in 04, and had a pretty decent on in 05.

You know, going from 30th to 11th. Or will that get minimized?

Not sure what that has to do with the topic we were discussing, but ok lol...

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C'mon who will be next to poke at the bear with a stick?

Is there a reason you guys put up with this garbage treatment? In any forum, the posters make the forum, not the moderators - everytime I visit here it seems the posters are treated like second class citizens who should thank god that they have the privilege to make this board what it is - and they are the ones who make it what it is, for better or worse. Never seen such a little amount of power (being a forum moderator) go to someone's head so much - it's pathetic. This guy should be bowing down to you guys for putting up with him and indulging his fancies, and responding to pathetic call-out threads.... instead it's "Look how big my e-penis is. I am arguing semantics and looking like a fool."

Is it really worth it? There are other Redskins forums out there.

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Is there a reason you guys put up with this garbage treatment? In any forum, the posters make the forum, not the moderators - everytime I visit here it seems the posters are treated like second class citizens who should thank god that they have the privilege to make this board what it is - and they are the ones who make it what it is, for better or worse. Never seen such a little amount of power (being a forum moderator) go to someone's head so much - it's pathetic. This guy should be bowing down to you guys for putting up with him and indulging his fancies, and responding to pathetic call-out threads.... instead it's "Look how big my e-penis is. I am arguing semantics and looking like a fool."

Is it really worth it? There are other Redskins forums out there.

Just like you said, the posters make the forum, and though a lot of people like to complain about the deteriorating quality of the posts here..

This forum has both: quantity and quality. Two things that help make a slow day at work go faster.

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