Pete Prisco: Skins show Desperation....

[Butz65]

Prisco is like LP - constant Skins hater. The Skins may end up last in the division or first. The only team that seems stocked right now is the Cowboys. I expect the Giants will fall to earth (remember had they lost against the bills following the beating we put on them they would not have made the playoffs) - probably be 5-11 or 6-10. The Eagles did not address their biggest concerns in the offseason and face contract issues with Brian Westbrook coupled with an aging McNabb.

I can't argue with the JT pick up - especially after losing 2 DL's in practice. A 2nd rounder may be too high a price to pay or an afterthought. The team can't afford to play that guessing game if they want to win now. Either way JT is an upgrade over Daniels and should take pressure off of A. Carter. Also, didn't I read somewhere that the Dolphins paid JT his $500k roster bonus so the Skins cap hit is only $7.6 million. I think the Post also inferred that the Skins might be in the process of reworking JT's contract.

[Butz65]

Taylor reminds me of Carter. Great against the pass and gets enough sacks to make everyone forget about the fact that he is not so strong against the run. Having 2 pass rush specialists anchoring the line, playing in obvious run situations, can be devastating.

Having no pass rushing ends against the pass can be devastating as well (perhaps more). Teams won't be able to double Carter on every play anymore. That should help his play a great deal. As long as CG remains healthy we'll be ok against the run.

[ez2envy]

Once Jason Taylor gets 13-16 sacks this year and 6 fumbles and has another DMVP worthy season the few people bashing us(haters) are gonna be talking about how great a move it was. And theres no gurantee Taylor gonna be on the left side.. Blache already said he doesnt know how its going to work out. Just cause Vinny says it doesnt mean thats whats going to happen he isnt the coach. With a player like Taylor you can move him around and keep the defense guessing. For the 1st time in forever we have a DLineman that teams have to keep an eye on at all times

[Aston]

He had 11 sacks, which is better than any Redskins player had last year, but he wasn't as effective, according to some scouts.

"Watching the tape from last season, he just wasn't the same player," said one team's personnel chief. "He wasn't worth more than a fourth-round pick."

I agree.

I rest my case, your honor.

The real crime isn't the accusation, but rather the fact that Sportsline is paying this schmuck to write stories when it's painfully obvious that he decided to base his entire take on the accordance of "some scouts" and the opinion of "one team's personnel chief".

What a boob.

[Skinsfan1311]

This is like the Herschel Walker trade between the Cowboys and the Vikings.

:laugh:

In that trade Minnesota gave Dallas something like four or five players and a ****load of picks, including several in the 1st and 2nd rounds.

There is no way that the largest trade in the history of the NFL can be compared to the to the Skins giving up a 2nd and 6th round pick.

[eljeasel]

Playing in perhaps the toughest division in football, they are the fourth team in a four-team division.

Better than Dallas? No. The Giants? No. The Eagles? No.

Record against Dallas last year? 1-1

Record against Philly last year? 1-1

Record against NY last year? 1-1

Demetric Evans is a great reserve, can fill in a pinch. Going into the season with him as the starter? Maybe that isnt the greatest move.

[redman]

:yawnee: This was an easy one to predict from Prisco. Had to know that he'd write something like this.

Yep. Prisco is a Chatty Cathy doll of Redskins antipathy - just pull his string and he'll go on for paragraphs.

Pretty funny that he's been on the Jacksonville radio (according to someone) saying they should have gotten Taylor but then saying he's washed up here.

[No Excuses]

This article would have credibility if Prisco wasn't such a die hard Skins hater. The guy is all sour grapes just like Jason La Canfora.

[Baculus]

I think PP is a jerk, but it does bring up the question of why we didn't use at least one single 2nd rounder from this year on a DE when there were a couple available, ready to be drafted.

[SkinsOrlando]

I'm surprised PP can talk with all that **** in his mouth.

[Stadium-Armory]

He's an azzhat, and I disagree with most of that article. But.. he's right in the sense that it was a knee-jerk reaction. And it uncovered something about how the front office has built this team:

Despite what they say, our coaching staff doesn't have much confidence in our defensive line. What does it say about your line when loosing Phillip Daniels (and his 2.5 sacks) creates a gigantic hole that none of the backups can fill. It aint good my friends.

[TheLongshot]

We're not down to 53-man rosters yet. We should be deeper on the lines right now. If this had happened Week 2 or something you'd have a point. I was far more forgiving of our OL situation when guys were going down during the season. But we shouldn't have been forced to desperately trade for Kendall. That's getting caught with your pants down.

We lucked out with Kendall last year. Hopefully that luck continues to hold. But I'd rather not rely on that.

Actually, we had a few players in camp who were being looked at as potential starters there. Unfortunately, none of them worked out. The only thing I can critisize them for last year was the fact that they had made too many bad trades that they couldn't draft a lineman last year.

Funny thing is, this year we seem to have an embarrisment of riches, drafting a guard and having a couple more RFA with good NFL potential.

Jason

[TheLongshot]

He's an azzhat, and I disagree with most of that article. But.. he's right in the sense that it was a knee-jerk reaction. And it uncovered something about how the front office has built this team:

Despite what they say, our coaching staff doesn't have much confidence in our defensive line. What does it say about your line when loosing Phillip Daniels (and his 2.5 sacks) creates a gigantic hole that none of the backups can fill. It aint good my friends.

It was more than just that, it was losing two linemen and knowing that a third might not be ready to start the season. What you are left with is a situational guy (Wilson), a journeyman (Huntley) and a 7th round pick (Jackson). I don't know if I'd feel comfortable with that either.

Is it a desperation move? Sure. But losing two linemen is a desperate situation. When it is at a position you know you aren't going to find many off the street, you are going to have to take what you can get.

Jason

[RVGuy]

Well..there was desperation. You lose to players at the same spot, at some point you become desperate. This team has not addressed issues on the line for a long time. We need 2 or 3 strong line drafts to make up for the lack there of over the past few years. Not sure what the thought process has been there for a long time. Even Gibbs didnt address the situation.I actually think the D-Line is in better shape than the O-line..and thats scary.:doh: :logo:

[AzSkinsFan63]

Pete Prickso doesn't like the Skins...

[NomadicSkinFan]

i mean, i agree that if we had drafted D-line more we probably wouldn't be in this situation, but whining about what we could have done doesn't fix the current situation. judge what we did do based on what options we had at the time, which i think prove that this move was not only smart, but the best option we had.

Honestly, I don't even think this would have mattered. It is extremely rare for a rookie to be an immediate impact (even more so for a DE). We basically got our 50/50 crapshoot but picking up Erasmus. He'll be as reliable to us as a rookie would be this year. Drafting a DE might have set us up better for next year, but not much more than picking up EJ did. Prisco is creating something to complain about.

[Brotherz]

Wait we beat each last season handily, but lost in very close contests.. splitting each series

we finished 9-7 the Eagles 8-8

so the title should be

Pete Prisco shows ignorance

Exactly what I was thinking. I love how we are automatically the fourth team in a four team division!! Where the hell is that coming from? We are the ONLY one returning all of our starters. We are the ones who made the playoffs last year (not the iggles), we are the ones that made the playoffs despite a tragic death, and more injuries than a team could shake a stick at. As we sit here today, our entire team is back, we have a more aggressive offensive philosophy, way more offensive weapons added, the exact same defense that started last year only now we have Jason Taylor instead of Philip Daniels. We have a real two tight end set potential. We have now three recievers over 6 ft tall for red zone attack coupled with this nasty two tight end set. The Giants lost strahan. The Cowboys choke every year in the playoffs, their QB is in the middle of a media celebrity circus all the time, and they have hired a bunch of criminals that could arguably destroy chemistry and the iggles have the same exact wide recieverless offense they have every year only now with an aging and/or inexperienced safety corps, (very good corners I admit), and a linebacking corps that is totally unproven as well as the same exact defensive line that got pushed around to the tune of an 8-8 season last year.

We bring back Jon Jansen, Randy Thomas, eventually carlos rogers, and rocky mcintosh. We have no clue what erasmus james will ultimately be and we add sweigart to doughty who was there when we went on the streak to go to the dance last year (along with a rookie safety that could make the pro bowl as a sophomore this year). Think this guy could have at least given SOME reasonable basis to call us the worst team in the division? Want to say we have alot of variables due to the regime change/system changes - that's fair, but in a world of parity where we have seen the likes of Mike Tomlin take a team to the playoffs with an impressive record or a giants team that couldn't win a must win game in their house against this same "fourth team in a four team division" with a backup QB at the helm and a bunch of third stringers playing on our offensive line go ahead and win the freakin superbowl, determining we are a last place team is nothing more than completely unfounded garbage. What a journalist this guy is.

[Morneblade]

Despite not agreeing with any team being a favorite in our division, it's hard to disagree with this article.

I can on a couple points. Evans as a starting DE? Holy ****......Daneils I thought was not starting quality anymore. Evans is several notches below Daneils. Evans starting just say "we give up". I would rather have started Chris Wilson, who wieghs less that Marcus Washington at LDE. And that would be stupid.

As for not being better than Philly? I think we are. I think we're better than the Giants as well, especially with the 2 trades in the last 2 days. And we know the 'Boys will implode in the post season.

[NomadicSkinFan]

Even if Daniels did not get injured and the Redskins had no injuries the entire season and all players were playing at 100%, the Redskins would still finish 6-10 at best

This is like the Herschel Walker trade between the Cowboys and the Vikings.

Holy crap... and holy crap...

So, if we're guaranteed to finsish 6-10 at best, why not cut Springs, Collins, Griffin, Daniels, and Kendell. I mean start the youth movement now. After all, we are going to go 6-10 AT BEST. I mean, forget the fact that we were decimated by injuries last year. Or that we were running an ancient offense geared to "not lose". And forget that we still made the playoffs. All of that is secondary to what is obvious... We are going 6-10 AT BEST.

And to your second statement... Holy crap...

[NomadicSkinFan]

I think PP is a jerk, but it does bring up the question of why we didn't use at least one single 2nd rounder from this year on a DE when there were a couple available, ready to be drafted.

Sometimes you don't pick a position just to pick a position. Redskins got great value with all 3 picks and filled positions of need. There simply weren't a lot of DEs that worth picking up. I still think getting EJ was basically the same as drafting an unknown DE.

[Skins24]

Pete is brilliant. Of course if there's a chance to get a pro bowler you pass it up and go with a career back up instead. Common sense.

[No_Pressure]

Wait we beat each last season handily, but lost in very close contests.. splitting each series

we finished 9-7 the Eagles 8-8

so the title should be

Pete Prisco shows ignorance

I don't do it often but QFT.

How, after going 8-8 and missing the playoffs, are the Eagles constantly being ranked ahead of us? The only thing we have to go on for our rankings are last season's performances. We're #3 the Cowboys are #2 since they lost to the Giants in the playoffs, and the Giants are #1 right now. In fact, the Giants should be #1 in the entire NFL until proven otherwise.

We were a 9-7 team that has done nothing to get worse, and a few things to get better. Nobody has seen our offense but our running game (the thing that either makes or breaks a victory for us) is still the same, the only thing being changed is the passing game. The defense is staying exactly the same as the team that finished 9-7 with one exception: we added depth at safety and corner and we added a 6 time pro bowl 2006 defensive MVP at defensive end 2 days ago. The Eagles added Asante Samuel. OOHHH THEY'RE BETTER THAN THE REDSKINS NOW FOR SURE!!!111ONE111ELEVEN!!!11

[redman]

This is like the Herschel Walker trade between the Cowboys and the Vikings.

Please elaborate. I don't see a good basis for comparison besides the fact that both were of course trades.

[ntotoro]

You know... I haven't been as optimistic about '08-'09 as many (and I'm still not), but you lose Daniels (injured every year he's here and hasn't truly produced since '05) and a young guy who has done nothing and Prisco wants to replace them with Demetric Evans instead of Taylor... ?

That really makes no sense.

[SkinzFoLife]

He's right, of course were ****ing desperate. On a freak accident we lose our starting DE for the year as well as a backup. If that is a not a desperation emergency move, that I don't know what is, but its something you have to do if you want to contend.

Bury this hack for being master of the obvious.