Ignatius J. Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 So why did Jimoh make the team? It might be his "potential" but after seeing him burnt enough to get the nickname toast, I think that's not quite enough. Ade had an amazing block on morton's great punt return last week. It wasn't a pancake, but he slowly pushed the gunner out of the way leaving morton with a free shot up into the second wave, where he could work his magic. An outstanding play that just might have been the nail in bauman's coffin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thito_da_skins_fan Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 Joe Gibbs kept Ade on the roster. That's enough of a reason for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanishomelette Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 Yes, Jimoh made the team. The earth shattering nature of it still reverberates through this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WallyG3 Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 The mystery wouldn't be so confounding if we had great depth at CB on the roster. If Ade was #6 of 6, it'd be no big deal keeping him for Teams play. But, he's number 4 of 4. He's going to be in a lot this year. It's scary, but Thito's right, you just have to trust Coach. And I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrBoogerLips Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 Very good question. My theory is that Williams likes bigger CB's. Bauman was only 5'8. Just speculation though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanishomelette Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 I think they'll put in reserve safeties before Jimoh has a chance to hit the field. The safeties seemingly play a bigger role than the CBs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJeremy Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 I have thought about some over the last few days... and I'm still baffled why he wasn't cut....but in Gibbs I Trust!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldskool Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 Naked pictures of Joe Gibbs in a compromising position. No other logical explanation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba9497 Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 Bethesda, Md.: Why in the world did they keep Adde Jimoh? By being out of position on crucial plays last season and this preseason, the guy was personally responsible for at least two opposing teams' touchdowns. Even Sonny and Sam have started to give an "I-told-you-so" groan everytime the guy screws up. Nunyo Demasio: Yeah, some of us who saw Jimoh play last year though maybe he had incriminating pictures of someone on the coaching staff. Seriously though, Gibbs's new staff didn't prejudge anyone. Jimoh made the team because he was decent in preseason and Rashad Bauman wasn't healthy enough to show much. http://discuss.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/zforum/04/r_sports_redskins090904.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_Blaze Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 Originally posted by thito_da_skins_fan Joe Gibbs kept Ade on the roster. That's enough of a reason for me. I totally agree, Gibbs always keeps the BEST players, maybe Jimoh will thrive in William's schemes, we should give the guy a second chance. Maybe hes developed a little and will surprise us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldskool Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 Nunyo Demasio: Yeah, some of us who saw Jimoh play last year though maybe he had incriminating pictures of someone on the coaching staff… I KNEW it! :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo-toni Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 I never thought much of Bauman. Just another worthless Cerrato pick. Still, I'd think we could do better than Jimoh, but lest we forget, even Darrell Green got burnt several times his rookie year, and I'd bet I wasn't the only one SCREAMING at Dockery when he first started for all the blunders in the Tampa game. So, even the elite have rough rookie seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 From what I understand he is a great practice player. What we have all seen in games seems to be different. Lets trust the staff and wait and see, it is a new season and a new/old staff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 Also, from the article posted in this thread they stated that the special teams coach, Danny Smith, had the final say in several roster cuts, so I assume he (Jimoh) performed better on special teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brown 43 Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 Maybe he's a good guy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkelch Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 Remember that defensive interference has been emphasized for the coming season. Also, I’ve read that Gibbs and Co. invited an officiating gang down for a pow-wow early in the off-season. Perhaps they’ve created a scheme that’s a bit different then what we’re used to and Abe fit the role better. I can see Abe blitzing from the corner and having one of the extra safeties cover his man. Jimoh may be able to lay more body onto a running back then Bauman, or maybe he was faster… Or perhaps not, what do I know. :dunce::drool: edit: whoa! holy size difference, some stats Bauman's 5-08 184lbs $380K for 2004 (RFA in '05) Jimoh is 6-1 245lbs $305K, (380k '05, RFA in '06) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSkipper Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 This one is easy guys. As China mentioned, Ade is a much better special teams player than Bauman. Bauman is a good corner, but since Springs/Smoot/Harris and in some cases Lott can play corner, Jimoh was kept because he can fly down the field on special teams and lay a good hit on the return guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIBBS LIVES Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 It's obvious that Williams likes his CB's to be bigger. So he choose him over Bauman. Williams thinks he can coach him up so we have trust him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 Special Teams, practices, game films, ect.. Stuff that we don't get to see as much of. Hence the mystery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottb Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Maybe it wasn't that Jimoh made the roster so much as Bauman was cut as an object lesson for the other "walking wounded". Gibbs wants tough players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidPennSkin Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Originally posted by wkelch whoa! holy size difference, some stats Bauman's 5-08 184lbs $380K for 2004 (RFA in '05) Jimoh is 6-1 245lbs $305K, (380k '05, RFA in '06) I don't think Jimoh is anywhere near 245 lbs, even though NFL.com has a stats page that says so. They also have him at 188 lbs on this page. If you have seen him up close, you know he ain't 245. Yahoo Sports has him at 190. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 I'm backing up the Jimoh bus to the Extremeskins' front gate and throwing open the doors. C'mon everybody. . . ALL ABOARD THE ADE BANDWAGON!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Skins list him at 190. He's big for a CB. Played safety at Utah State. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 two factors we need to remember about Jimoh. 1. He was a rookie free agent in 2003 and should never have beeen thrown out there in the fourth quarter of regular season games against veteran receivers. This was a mistake that George Edwards made. 2. Jimoh does have the size and speed to be a legitimate player in the NFL. The question is whether he has the instincts to play the game. I don't know that being here in 2003 under Spurrier and Edwards in the zoo that Redskins Park became, was an accurate gauge of ANYONE's ability. So, I will trust Gregg Williams on this one. He had no problem cutting Jeremiah Trotter and working to overcome the loss of Champ Bailey. If he thought Jimoh was an empty jersey he would have cut him, irregardless of how much Bauman did or did not play in the preseason. Do you honestly believe that Gibbs would have told Williams he had to cut Rashad Bauman if Williams stood up and told him that despite his missing some time, he believed in him as one of the team's top corners? More than one person on the staff came to the conclusion that Bauman was expendable. At least that's my take on how the roster decisions were made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeSTeR Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 I think they'll put in reserve safeties before Jimoh has a chance to hit the field. The safeties seemingly play a bigger role than the CBs I think you nailed it right there. We have 5 safties and 4 cb's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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