onedrop Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Awesome!He watched the Cards draft Beanie and then Ryan Williams. Now his home-town team with a murky RB situation trades for him...that's the kind of guy who busts his ass for you and appreciates the opportunity. And he was already known as a great locker room guy and hard worker. Notice a trend? Bringing in guys like Cofield, Bowen, and Hightower, all guys who recognize that we believe in them more than their last team and will let them prove their talent if they deserve it. Combine that with smart pickups like the Wilson pull, a draft full of blue-collar, team-captain type guys, and the trading of divas and media-whores like AH and McNabb, and I'm more excited than ever about this team! yes! ding! and whatever else I can say to fully indorse and agree with this statement. for once the faithful have a reason to drink the kool aid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boston Skins Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Notice a trend? Bringing in guys like Cofield, Bowen, and Hightower, all guys who recognize that we believe in them more than their last team and will let them prove their talent if they deserve it. Combine that with smart pickups like the Wilson pull, a draft full of blue-collar, team-captain type guys, and the trading of divas and media-whores like AH and McNabb, and I'm more excited than ever about this team! +1,000,000. I never thought I'd ever be this optimistic about our team's future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-Dog Night Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Hightower: I was a florist. Mahoney: A florist? Hightower: Yeah, you know, flowers and ****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJL Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 @therealholliday Vonnie Holliday Thanks Redskin Nation! Enjoyed it! :-) I guess he is choosing retirement. FInd the right pick or player skins. Don't screw this up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh8686 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 So glad to be proud of the type of guys we have on our team again. Somewhere Art Monk is smiling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieselfan44 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 good deal....Hightower and signed Brown...a good day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conn Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Wait...so is Holliday choosing retirement over getting traded? Did the Cardinals get ****ed, or did the trade fall apart now? ****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HogHeaven84 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Hmmmmmm interesting move. Holliday was still a decent situational player even at 35, but cutting ties was probably a good decision, especially if there was doubt about him even making the team. I'm curious to know what we gave up to get Hightower, I pretty sure he was a RFA if I'm not mistaken. If it's anything higher then a 6th....I think they gave up too much. Especially when Bradshaw was available without having to give up a pick and having more prolonged and consistent production. The Skins NEEDED another running back one way or another. I don't know how many of those real young guys are actually going to back the team outside of Helu. In addition, he's a bigger, slightly slower version of Torrain so he's definitely good insurance. With that said, I wonder how good his pass protection is....for a "one-cut-and-go" running game, I'm kinda wondering why they went after Hightower and now Bradshaw....money i guess? The funny thing is that it seems as if the Philadelphia and Washington have traded "organizational brains" this year. We're being conservative with our spending and simply throwing money at everyone trying to fix a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HRNY4ZRNY Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Let me get this straight. We upgraded the Defense by getting Kerrigan, Otogwe, Bowen, Coefield and Wilson. We upgraded our WR corps by getting Hankerson and Gaffney. We upgraded our RB's with Helu and Hightower. We are still working on our OL but we got Chester. This team does not go after Blaine Gabbert and did not go after Vince Young or any other FA QB. This team looks awesome next year with Andrew Luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostofSparta Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Wait...somas Holliday choosing retirement over getting traded? Did the Cardinals get ****ed, or did the trade fall apart now? ****. If he retires before reporting to the Cardinals, deal's off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bounty Hunter #21 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Couple of Cardinals fans on other forums I read are happy to be rid of Hightower , apparently his fumble problems are pretty bad. I still like the deal. Consider the source man. The Cards have made some of the most ridiculous decisions i've ever seen so far this offseason so the fact that they're happy about this deal just goes to show how irrelevant their team/fanbase is in a nutshell lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinfan2k Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Shanny is setting it up where that it doesn't matter who the QB is. thats where you see the difference. this might be the best "team" we have had since Gibbs 1.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HRNY4ZRNY Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Anyone thats not happy about this is dumb flat out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyburd Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Great potential, but this guy fumbles a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudechain Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 The facepalm is giving up our best pass rushing defensive lineman AND a draft pick for a running back who fumbles more than Ladell Betts. I wouldn't dislike it so much if we kept the pick. Do you really think Vonnie was going to make the squad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowhunter Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Anyone thats not happy about this is dumb flat out.[/quoteApparently Vonnie is not happy about it. So I'm wondering if the deal is now off?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockfan7224 Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Great potential, but this guy fumbles a lot Well considering we were allegedly interested in Bradshaw, I don't think anyone should be complaining about fumbling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThinkTwice Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Glad its a conditional draft pic!! would have preferred Bradshaw. can work out great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#98QBKiller Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coolio47 Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Oh of course. I keep twitter and the forums open constantly, keeping track of FA, and when I have to head over to Connecticut, the 'Skins finally make another move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewmartin7776 Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 I THINK I LIKE THIS PICKUP A LOT!!! I'll tell you why... You know Shanny has a habit of developing unknown RBs and making them stars. If we can do that with two or three RBs over the next 1 - 2 years, we could trade one of them for additional picks. Shanny could be setting us up to have multiple picks in several rounds with this strategy. I like it, let's see what happens this season and next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conn Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Any confirmation whether this deal is final or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSF Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Haha thanks for representing us in CBA negotiations Vonnie, now scram! seriously! that's pretty funny lol. I like the move. Local boy who runs hard and pass blocks very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsfansince1988 Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Any confirmation whether this deal is final or not? why wouldn't it be final? I doubt VH has a no trade clause Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJL Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 why wouldn't it be final? I doubt VH has a no trade clause but as long as he's willing to not play he doesn't have to report. And if he doesn't report there's no deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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