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Really guys? JC wasn't mentioned in the article, it was a good article on how the 2010 team is looking, and you have to bring in your JC rhetoric, with stuff that everyone has heard before. Can we give it a rest please?

If you want to talk about him go to ATN.

so that is what a leader does. I have always admired mcnabb and his workout routine in the offseason since I read a SI article about it a long time ago. What an upgrade over Candle

Hahaha. Im w 35-7

Hitman, I understand where youre coming from. But with what, 70,000 (total guess) fans here at Extremeskins, you have to expect the comparisons. And they are just, in my opinion. Campbell had every opportunity to succeed in DC (well, the Zorn experiment is debatable) but even knowing he was on the hotseat, you never heard of him stepping up as the leader the offense so desperately needed. Anyway, not trying to hijack the thread.

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all those people talkin that dthomas should of been in az with dmac just ate some crow...what a good offseason im sure hes having...being taught by ocho than gettin that chemistry down wit dmac...he gonna do some work.

I'm also glad FDav, MKell and SMo are there too. Has anyone heard what cCoo is up to?

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I'm also glad FDav, MKell and SMo are there too. Has anyone heard what cCoo is up to?

Yea I was wondering the same thing. Cooley should get himself out there before Davis becomes McNabb's go-to/dump-off guy (Either way, I think both TE's will see a lot of action this season).

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When a new young QB does come I hope McNabb passes some wisdom along. Such as how to buy time in the pocket, the deep ball, and how to scramble for first downs.:)

Great point..

Thats why our receivers wont give up on routes because they know that 5 is back there eluding rushers and extending plays. If everything goes as planned maybe finally the Redskins will have a chance to build winners and create superstars.

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Hahaha. Im w 35-7

Hitman, I understand where youre coming from. But with what, 70,000 (total guess) fans here at Extremeskins, you have to expect the comparisons. And they are just, in my opinion. Campbell had every opportunity to succeed in DC (well, the Zorn experiment is debatable) but even knowing he was on the hotseat, you never heard of him stepping up as the leader the offense so desperately needed. Anyway, not trying to hijack the thread.

Nothing wrong with mentioning Campbell or comparing the two, it's just when stuff like what I quoted is posted or people who don't really advance the thread post just to say that JC sucked, it riles me up.

Like with what BLC said a few posts up, that doesn't bother me, because it advances the thread. But just saying stuff like "I always hated JC, he sucked so bad" for the hell of it, there's no need for that is what I'm saying.

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nice to have a real leader on this team, especially at the most important position. it feels really good to have a guy like mcnabb on this team. we have lacked legit leadership for god knows how long on offense.

Having a true leader playing QB for your team changes everything. It feels good to know that our offense is in the hands of a guy that knows how to lead a football team.

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Having a true leader playing QB for your team changes everything. It feels good to know that our offense is in the hands of a guy that knows how to lead a football team.

Exactly. And stuff like this is just the beginning. I can't wait to see his impact on training camp, and obviously, the season.

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Exactly. And stuff like this is just the beginning. I can't wait to see his impact on training camp, and obviously, the season.

To an extent, I'm more excited about what his leadership and experience can teach our backups, especially Colt. To me, Colt seems more like McNabb than Grossman does.

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http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Will-McNabb-s-quot-Hell-Week-quot-help-the-Red?urn=nfl-257938

While some veteran quarterbacks believe that their responsibilities to their new teams extend only to that which happens after training camp begins, others go out of their way to own a role that involves leadership and team chemistry.

So it is with new Redskins signal-caller Donovan McNabb(notes), who is not only working like a dog at the Fischer Center near his offseason home in Phoenix - he's also inviting his teammates to join him for what McNabb calls "Hell Week". As a tune-up for the team's training camp, which begins on July 29, McNabb told every receiver, tight end, and running back that they were all welcome to join him for a concentrated week of work that began last Monday.

"I think it's important for the specialists on the offense to have that chemistry, to have that bond," McNabb recently told Rick Maese of the Washington Post, "where they can trust me and I can trust them."

McNabb has done this for years, inviting his Philadelphia Eagles teammates in previous seasons, and those Redskins who attended found themselves looking at detailed itineraries and early wake-up calls. Brett Fischer, who acts as McNabb's trainer, told Maese about the effect these sessions have had on McNabb's compadres. "I think it's an eye opener for them, comparing themselves with their quarterback, with how hard he's working out here," he said. "To me, it's him telling them, 'Hey, I'm taking this thing seriously to the next level. Let's go to the next level.'"

Maese detailed the proposed regimen:

The daily routine focuses on the athlete's core -- abdominals, the lower back, gluteal muscles and hips -- and involves everything from traditional weights to resistance bands. Fischer likes to focus on balance, flexibility, joints and areas that most athletes tend to ignore in their regular workouts. The group also will spend plenty of time on cardio by running steep hills in the desert heat until they finally take a break in the early afternoon.

"People, when they come in here and they see what he does, they're shocked," Fischer says. "They go, 'Man, he pays attention to every little detail in the workout.' And he's here from 8 o'clock until 10 o'clock. They go, 'I didn't realize he worked this hard. I didn't realize he had all the flexibility, all the core, all the lifting, all the things done for his body.'"

After those workouts, the participants switch to a nearby field, where McNabb would throw to his new teammates, developing a familiarity with specific routes and getting everyone that much closer to a mutual understanding of the Mike Shanahan West Coast Offense (which isn't exponentially different than the Andy Reid West Coast Offense and the Jim Zorn West Coast Offense, except that the Shanahan version seems to allow for effective running plays in short-yardage situations). It also firmly establishes McNabb as the leader of the offense, which will be required if he is to help Shanahan turn the team around.

"Some guys tend to go off on their own, work out on their own and do their own thing," Redskins receiver Devin Thomas(notes) told Maese of the idea. "But for him to really collectively try to gather the guys that he knows are going to be key components in our offense, and get us all together to work for about a week, is a great thing that he's doing. It'll help us all out."

Beats riding a tractor, and throwing to local high-schoolers, any day.

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I don't understand why you bumped the thread to re-post the article its based on in the first place...

Uh cos it provided another take on the article and it's preferable to starting a new thread... Thanks for the warning though, thread police. :D

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Do we know who showed up for this? Did Chris Cooley and Fred Davis show? Moss, Kelly and Thomas were planning on showing... did any other receivers, or any of the running backs make it?

Cooley: no

Davis: yes

Moss, Thomas, Kelly: yes

other receivers I don't know about

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