Buddha Posted July 26, 2003 Share Posted July 26, 2003 Scroll to the bottom and you'll find the Skins parted ways with him. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47937-2003Jul25.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtandler Posted July 26, 2003 Share Posted July 26, 2003 Certainly not surprising. Skaggs was a solid performer in Marty's camp but didn't improve enough a year ago to warrant a roster spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor The Invincible Posted July 26, 2003 Share Posted July 26, 2003 Ahem, Should I allow for an Extremeskins moment of silence? heh But as far as I am concerned, good for him, go find someone else to take up a roster spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimReaper21 Posted July 26, 2003 Share Posted July 26, 2003 There was no way he was making the team. I guess he was probably the best of the guys that wouldn't make it so they released him now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Even Madder Posted July 26, 2003 Share Posted July 26, 2003 The receiving corps is just too deep with Coles, Gardner, Jacobs, McCants, Johnson, and Russell for Skaggs to have a prayer. It's better for him to be released now while he has a chance to catch on somewhere else. Besides, the Skins need the camp roster spot for players to compete at positions where the talent doesn't go so deep. Swapping Skaggs, who doesn't have a prayer of making the team, for Holsey, who might, is just smart football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty dread Posted July 26, 2003 Share Posted July 26, 2003 I wonder who will take his spot as the camp underdog that everyone loves to root for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickalino Posted July 26, 2003 Share Posted July 26, 2003 Okay, I'll be devils advocate. Of all the players mentioned ahead of Skaggs, only 2 of them are proven talents in this league - Coles and Gardner. Where's the depth you speak of. We're deep with unknowns, is what we're deep at. Consider this scenario possibility, which isnt out of the question : Coles and/or Gardner get injured. Russell continues his injury-prone record, or just finds out he never recovered from his last injury. Patrick Johnson finds out his speed alone wont get him open or get him catches. Jacobs goes thru the rookie mistake phase. McCants who showed some flashes last year, finds out he's not a legitmate threat everbody dreamed he'd be. Then what are we left with ? To say that Skaggs didnt have prayer of making the team is stretching it quite a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonnyJ Posted July 26, 2003 Share Posted July 26, 2003 Originally posted by Mick Okay, I'll be devils advocate. Of all the players mentioned ahead of Skaggs, only 2 of them are proven talents in this league - Coles and Gardner. Where's the depth you speak of. We're deep with unknowns, is what we're deep at. Consider this scenario possibility, which isnt out of the question : Coles and/or Gardner get injured. Russell continues his injury-prone record, or just finds out he never recovered from his last injury. Patrick Johnson finds out his speed alone wont get him open or get him catches. Jacobs goes thru the rookie mistake phase. McCants who showed some flashes last year, finds out he's not a legitmate threat everbody dreamed he'd be. Then what are we left with ? To say that Skaggs didnt have prayer of making the team is stretching it quite a bit. Oh no, not the depth thing again. :gus: Cue EM and Art... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted July 26, 2003 Share Posted July 26, 2003 :shutup: Gads. :2cents: +:2cents: + :2cents: Going to be some Skaggs fans on the board a little put out by this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen-like Todd Posted July 26, 2003 Share Posted July 26, 2003 Umm.... soo..... you're tellin me that (unless I'm mistaken) Richmond freakin Flowers is still on the roster, and we cut Skaggs? I'm not saying Skaggs was going to make the squad, but Richmond Flowers?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimReaper21 Posted July 26, 2003 Share Posted July 26, 2003 u got a point there todd. But i think the reason is, as stated in the new times article, is that skaggs had an nfl europe roster exempt spot, and the redskins kept nfl europe cb larry austin rather than skaggs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yank Posted July 26, 2003 Share Posted July 26, 2003 Skaggs was injured and the team pitched him before they had to pay him. Sorry for all you Skaggs fans ... but ... get over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted July 26, 2003 Share Posted July 26, 2003 Skaggs was a great underdog story two years ago. I rooted for him last year and he had a very poor preseason. There was little reason for Spurrier to believe in him. He fumbled and had a number of drops when given an opportunity. He played pretty well in NFLE however, I will miss him because he was a kid who game from nowhere, was given no chance, and for a moment shone. It would have been nice if there was a better ending... but alas when wearing glass slippers one is bound to cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Trevor Posted July 26, 2003 Share Posted July 26, 2003 I'm glad he's gone. 2 plus years of hearing Redskins fans talk about him was way more than enough. Have fun in the CFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo-toni Posted July 26, 2003 Share Posted July 26, 2003 Amen Trevor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gridironmike Posted July 26, 2003 Share Posted July 26, 2003 I'd be more interested is seeing Cliff Russell improve his raw talent and become another absolute burner for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyDave Posted July 26, 2003 Share Posted July 26, 2003 Obviously the camp underdog and unexpected fan favorite will be Wood****. Wood****, while short and slim when compared to the bigger Johnson, may surprise you with his ability to get the most out of what he has to offer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyDave Posted July 26, 2003 Share Posted July 26, 2003 Can you imagine the comments when the papers say Wood**** or Johnson was cut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickalino Posted July 26, 2003 Share Posted July 26, 2003 Originally posted by Trevor I'm glad he's gone. 2 plus years of hearing Redskins fans talk about him was way more than enough. Have fun in the CFL. Get used to it. Skins fans sing the same tune every year. Same tune, different year, and different player. It's the nature of the fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. D Posted July 26, 2003 Share Posted July 26, 2003 I liked Skaggs because he came out of nowhere and overachieved. In an era of over-paid candy ass players, he came as close to "blue collar" as you can these days. I liked watching him hustle in camp ALL the time. Tha could not be said of some of the rest of the more "pedi-greed" players. I cannot help but root for a player like that. he gave the impression that he was actually grateful for the opportunity to compete. 'nuff said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennesseeCarl Posted July 26, 2003 Share Posted July 26, 2003 I liked the Skaggs story - kid comes out of a tiny Christian school in rural Missouri to make an NFL roster. And in training camp last year, the first two guys on the field exercising (as opposed to on the field fartin' around) were Skaggs and that old CB, Darrell Green. But having said that, I just didn't see Skaggs over a guy like McCants, for example, who's got the size and reasonable speed. Skaggs wasn't going to make it as a punter returner (he muffed a number in camp - and so did most everyone). The real underdog story is Kenny Watson. Why nobody's latched on to him as the 'beloved underdog', I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted July 26, 2003 Share Posted July 26, 2003 I think Watson never got that beloved underdog treatment because of the Betts situation. Despite the fact that he was a high draft pick, the seeming doghousing and questioning of the actual pick made a lot of people want him to prove the Redskins right for picking him. Thus, the draftpick kind of became the underdog even when compared to the undrafted guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W&M Posted July 26, 2003 Share Posted July 26, 2003 I have to asks, what WR's do we have fighting it out after the top 6: Coles/Gardner/Jacobs/McCants & Russell/Johnson ? Of this group, I see the first 4 as set in stone, even if injury takes hold, they all stick. Russell is like a Rookie ... and Johnson is no sure thing. If Skaggs is the top of WR's 7-10, I think it was a mistake to cut him so early, just to be nice. Injuries happen ... both Russell and Johnson have missed significant time for injuries in the pros and college ... and both are smaller guys. Also, who's to say that the one of the last two might not fall on their face, and force the team to part ways? What if they skins saff their roster in ways at other positions that they need their 6th WR to be a specail teams guy? In the end, perhaps this move is an indication that some of the other unknown guys behind Skaggs are better then we thought, and at a similar stage in their development and potential???? I'm sure the fact that Skaggs is out of P-Squad eligibility hurt him with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Posted July 26, 2003 Share Posted July 26, 2003 How is Richmond Flowers anyway? Trying to keep up with all the ex-Cowboys on your squad is a problem. I think Grau is the only ex-Redskin in Dallas now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thinking Skins Posted July 27, 2003 Share Posted July 27, 2003 I dont thinkits fair to say that no one has clinged to Watson. There have been many threads saying that Watson is the best back on the team or that he shouldn't be cut. He has a kinda similar story as Skaggs except he performed in regular season games too. I think most of the fans were satisfied with having a watson-betts battle or combination going into the year. We went and signed Candidate and Morton and I dont feel comfortable with either being on the depth chart ahead of Watson or Betts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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