J33Edwards Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 Not sure if this has been posted or not...If so I apologize, I didn't see it. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/writers/b_duane_cross/04/14/must.see.games/index.html 5. Tampa Bay at Washington, Week 1 -- Joe Gibbs last faced Tampa Bay on Oct. 22, 1989, when Bucco Bruce was the mug of Florida's other franchise. Fifteen years later, Tampa touts Pewter Power, the Sunshine State now has three professional teams (four if you count the Hurricanes) and the Skins have become the laughingstock. Welcome back, Joe. And if you're having second thoughts, the NASCAR guys will be in Richmond, Va., that weekend. It's a Saturday night race, but there will be plenty of time during the 120-mile drive back to Landover, Md., to re-think the Mark Brunell experiment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jschlesi Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 What crapola. Why would they even invent these story lines. Thats stuff belongs on a forum. Its not journalism. Shame on CNNSI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Punani2 Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 B. Duane Cross??? Sounds like the name of a guy who sleeps with his sister... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbooma Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 This is one of the games that scares me next year. Tampa is going to be good :chestram: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number5 Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 The article isn't that bad......could have been worse, you guys couldn't have been mentioned in the TOP 10 at all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TC4 Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 They make it sound like we will be facing the 2002 Buccaneers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntotoro Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 Duane Cross is basically the Nascar guy who does Football occasionally, from the looks of things. The problem with sports writers now is the new breed doesn't actually know much about sports. They're there for the latest "what's hip" or who has the coolest hairstyle. Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 Weird that the guy would put the game at #5 if he thinks we're a laughingstock. I suspect he put us on the list simply he just wanted a chance to throw out those clever one-liners he's been thinking up all offseason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkelch Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 Cross may have been beat up by a 7 year old girl wearing a Redskin's jersey... to me all his articles read like he’s not too fond of the Skins. No Skins/Dallas MNF on the list? Come on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semiskin Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 Tampa Bay has been known to get out of the gates a little slow in recent years. So hopefully this will be the case with this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J33Edwards Posted April 15, 2004 Author Share Posted April 15, 2004 As I was scrolling down the games I expected to see Dallas at Washington...instead I find that. I can see thinking the Buc's should be a better team but I feel he could have held his bias in check a little more...I mean CNNSI writers are supposed to be objective journalists right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thiebear Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 As time goes on most people do not wish to mention the Washington Redskins. It just gets filed with the other 1 million off season posts and doesnt make the news highlight reel anymore. I'm surprised we were mentioned at all and if we were it should have been for the Gibbs/Parcel's throwback MNF. Not for anything the teams are doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatty P For The Pulitzer Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 This clown sure likes his Iggles. 3 must see games for them? I am interested in the Bmore-Philly game, but why should anyone outside of Philly, Minny, or GB care about the Iggles-Vikes game or the Iggles-Pack game? According to him, more people should care about a Daunte-Donovan matchup than should care about Gibbs-Parcells on Monday night. And how many times do we have to hear about 4th and 26? All it did was ensure the annual Iggles NFC Championship Game Choke Job. Who besides this guy actually thinks that the Iggles-Pack game will provide any kind of drama at all? The Pack fans might want payback, but no one else cares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 Bring them all on. The only way to be the best is you've got to beat the best. Sorry for the cliche but I believe in it completely. People are scared to play us because they have no idea what to expect. Everyone knows we have talent but never coached to the same level. Now we have that with Coach Gibbs and company. Their nervous. And they should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 Mark Brunell is an experiment now? And a bad one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@DCGoldPants Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 here is Clayton's take on week 3 Dallas Cowboys at Washington Redskins, Monday, Sept. 27, and Redskins at Cowboys, Sunday, Dec. 26Dan Snyder hired Joe Gibbs to counter Jerry Jones' great hire a year ago of Bill Parcells to patrol the Cowboys' sidelines. Parcells turned a 5-11 bunch of losers into an 11-5 playoff team. Now, Gibbs gets to try to draw first blood at home in one of the NFL's best rivalries. Snyder has been loading the Redskins roster with players since the start of free agency. Snyder forked over $51.7 million in signing bonuses and has a payroll in excess of $100 million. The Cowboys swept the Redskins last year, and the late 27-0 shutout victory over the Redskins at Fed Ex Field might have been the last straw for Steve Spurrier's tenure. By Week Three, Gibbs should have his offensive line blocking package in place, and Mark Brunell should be settled into the starting job at quarterback, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosperity Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 Outside of the NFC East no one cares about the Eagles, they are not on the national stage like the other 3 teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmootDawg21 Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 Minnesota at Philadelphia, Week 2 -- Two of the NFC's premier passing attacks will be on display as Donovan McNabb and Terrell Owens play host to Daunte Culpepper and Randy Moss. They have not completed their first pass and already they are a 'Premier Passing Attack'. Gotta love those Eagles... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HokieSkinsFan Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 Who does B. Duane Cross think he is, and how the hell did he get this job? His knowledge of Joe Gibbs seems to consist of, "Oh, he was just some old coach who was hired back in January to coach the Skins." Where were you, B. Duane, when Gibbs' Redskins were storming through the league in the 80s and early 90s, no matter who he had on his roster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyDave Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 I thought CNNSI was off the air. Victories are the best way to rub it in these fools faces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potato Sack Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 Originally posted by jbooma This is one of the games that scares me next year. Tampa is going to be good :chestram: I'm sure it scares Joe too. That's why he'll be prepared and we'll win the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number5 Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 Originally posted by Liberty Outside of the NFC East no one cares about the Eagles, they are not on the national stage like the other 3 teams. Are you serious? First......what other three teams? Second..........sounds like you got hate in your blood playa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number5 Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 Originally posted by SmootDawg21 They have not completed their first pass and already they are a 'Premier Passing Attack'. Gotta love those Eagles... This is a big matchup cause it has two QB's who are both exciting and it showcases Owens Vs. Moss who are two of the best WR's in all of football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f_dallas Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 My God.....you guys get your feathers ruffled pretty easily nowadays... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monte51Coleman Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 I'm trying to find CNN/SI on Directv. Can anyone help me? Surely such a relevant media outlet should be somewhere among the hundreds of channels! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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