Thinking Skins Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 One thing I want to take away from this game, or at least the first quarter is less dropped balls. I dont think that its going to take a lot to see that either. See, I dont think that the drops are due to fundamentals of our recievers as much as it is due to the hard balls thrown by Ramsey. I mean, its one thing to hear footsteps as you go across the middle, but its something completely different to hear footsteps and have to catch a live bullet. With the injury to Ramsey's hand, SS said that he's taken some velocity off his throws. So I'm thinking that will make them much more catchable. If this is the case, then our offense will thrive this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 I don't agree. You are paid a professional salary to catch a ball, you should catch it the same arguments were made early in the careers of Aikman and Elway. receivers complained about high velocity balls, etc. funny, once the Cowboys acquired Novacek and Irvin came on, there weren't any more dropped balls :laugh: Flemister dropped a ball any NFL TE should have caught. Ditto for Rod Gardner who dropped a ball that hit him in the chest. The one catch you could perhaps look at is that of Bryan Johnson where the ball was hard but it was also high, where the FB had trouble getting his hands up to snare it. Ramsey is not a well-oiled machine at this point. But I seem to remember other young Redskins qbs with strong arms and little experience like Schroeder and Rypien who were erratic when they started. And yet we had receivers like Clark, Sanders and Monk that caught their passes Anyone remember Schroeder's 4,109 yard season in 1986? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBMGreatOne Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 Fair enough, but a lot of the drops were on touch passes where Ramsey really didn't throw them that hard. I can think of a couple in the first preseason game and a couple in the second too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougWilliams Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 The crappy Bucs receivers used to say that Doug Williams threw the ball too hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyDave Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 One thing about Wood**** is that he can hang on to balls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 or rather they hang onto him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldskool Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 Originally posted by bulldog or rather they hang onto him ZING! I want this guy on the roster just so these jokes never get old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy-the-Greek Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 Wood**** had a ball go right thru his hands.I don't think we have a single reciever who hasn't dropped a pass. I'll give jacobs a pass though since he almost made a great catch on the one he dropped. I still think he caught that pass. And by the way doesn't everyone's balls drop a little with age? :rotflmao: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codeorama Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 The receivers are having trouble more than likely because Ramsey does throw the ball hard but even more because he releases the ball so quick. The ball comes up on the receivers quick and there is an adjustment period. However, they are professionals and theres no excuse for the drops. I'm sure Ramsey get alittle juiced in the early part of the games and possibly the balls have a little more zip on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 My problem with this is that Gardner, Flem, Hohnson, and several others are not new to the Skins. They've all caught balls from Ramsey since last year. For that matter, all these guys have been in camp, practice, ect., catching balls from Ramsey. Nothing they haven't seen before. Okay, maybe take a little bit of getting used too, but by now, shouldn't be a big deal. And more than likely isn't. Just seems that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickalino Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 Okay, I cant take this any longer. All these dropped ball comments for the last 2 weeks, but NOT ONE mention, as far as I know, regarding Watson's dropped ball of an easy floater that nailed him in the numbers and fell to the ground. But Watson gets no grief like the other, because he's the friggin fan favorite. Why ? I'll never understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 And Watson. There we go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickalino Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 Thank you. Back to our regularly scheduled program Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 Been picking on Johnson a bit much haven't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickalino Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 Yea, BJ is a victim of being stuck behind another fan favorite, the Rock. I dont remember anyone bashing BJ last year, when we were Rock-less Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJWatson3 Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 morton had the worst drop of all last week. wide open on the left side of the field, would have been a 15 yard gain or so and he plumb dropped. we have had so many missed opportunities and little things like drops and stupid penalties are so frustrating. i know this team can succeed if they get their heads out of their a$$es. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickalino Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 If both Bryan Johnson and Pat Wood**** make the roster, that would be interesting. Imagine having a BJ and a Wood**** on the same team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thinking Skins Posted August 23, 2003 Author Share Posted August 23, 2003 Well for every Wood**** you'll need a BJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyDave Posted August 24, 2003 Share Posted August 24, 2003 I was impressed with how whenever balls were high or low Wood**** was there. The bigger Johnson was very impressive and able to handle being in different positions and still perform at a high level Who isnt surprised that mick would defend the apparent lack of appreciation for a BJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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