2008 Point & Laugh at the skins thread

[BigEd76]

anyone catch Colt Brennan complete a 34-yd pass to Billy McMullen?  I think Don Ho's head exploded...

[ice grillin you]

anyone catch Colt Brennan complete a 34-yd pass to Billy McMullen?

no we were watching he phillies game

[BigEd76]

relax, it was Wilbur's only catch.  I was watching the Phils too

[ice grillin you]

im chill and i appreciate you giving us out of town pre season football game updates while we watch the fightins

[PhillyPhreak54]

I flipped between the two on commercial breaks until the 1st half was over.

I imagine ES is doing the Super Bowl shuffle.

What's funny is earlier they had a thread saying don't make too much out of the mistakes tonight and trying to put out crying fires before they started. So in true ES fashion they're probably ignoring it and blowing everyone.

[PhillyPhreak54]

'SKINS FANS GO GA-GA OVER BRENNAN
Posted by Mike Florio on August 4, 2008, 11:09 a.m.

We've gotten plenty of e-mails from taterskins fans who believe that, on the weekend that the latest two D.C. Hall of Famers were enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the taterskins might have found their next potential bronze bust for Canton.

Rookie quarterback Colt Brennan, a Heisman hype recipient who slid to round six after getting picked apart in the Sugar Bowl, gaining lots of weight in the offseason, and needing hip surgery before the draft, completed nine of ten passes and threw for two touchdowns during the second half of the annual Hall of Fame game, leading the taterskins to a 30-16 win over the Colts.

But, folks, it was garbage time in a meaningless game that featured little or no actual game planning or other strategery.  Though we're not saying Brennan won't someday become a stud quarterback (as we've learned over the past several years, certain sixth-round quarterbacks can do fairly good things), Brennan's good run in glorified practice against a bunch of defensive players who'll likely be looking for work a month from now isn't cause for celebration.

Instead, taterskins fans should be far happier that starter Jason Campbell completed five of five passes for 61 yards and a touchdown in two shots at running the new offense that coach Jim Zorn has brought to town.

[Rome]

Chris Steuber was whipping his cock after seeing Brennan last night.

[Seabiscuit36]

‘SKINS FANS GO GA-GA OVER BRENNAN
Posted by Mike Florio on August 4, 2008, 11:09 a.m.

We’ve gotten plenty of e-mails from taterskins fans who believe that, on the weekend that the latest two D.C. Hall of Famers were enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the taterskins might have found their next potential bronze bust for Canton.

Rookie quarterback Colt Brennan, a Heisman hype recipient who slid to round six after getting picked apart in the Sugar Bowl, gaining lots of weight in the offseason, and needing hip surgery before the draft, completed nine of ten passes and threw for two touchdowns during the second half of the annual Hall of Fame game, leading the taterskins to a 30-16 win over the Colts.

But, folks, it was garbage time in a meaningless game that featured little or no actual game planning or other strategery.  Though we’re not saying Brennan won’t someday become a stud quarterback (as we’ve learned over the past several years, certain sixth-round quarterbacks can do fairly good things), Brennan’s good run in glorified practice against a bunch of defensive players who’ll likely be looking for work a month from now isn’t cause for celebration.

Instead, taterskins fans should be far happier that starter Jason Campbell completed five of five passes for 61 yards and a touchdown in two shots at running the new offense that coach Jim Zorn has brought to town.

im listening to Sirius NFL radio, some hick from VA just called in and said Colt Brennan reminds him of Tom Brady..lol

[PhillyPhreak54]

Two WRs can't pass a physical agility test? (SMoot couldn't pass it either)....

Zorn Tries To Whip Rookies Into Shape
Coach Scolds WRs For Poor Fitness

Washington taterskins Coach Jim Zorn chided Malcolm Kelly and Devin Thomas yesterday for their lack of conditioning and said he anticipates the injured rookie wide receivers will have a hard time having an impact on the offense early this season.

Kelly, who has hamstring and knee injuries, and Thomas, who has a hamstring injury, were hurt early in training camp and are likely weeks from a full return. Both were selected in the second round of the NFL draft in April with hopes of immediately diversifying Washington's attack.

Kelly, 21, underwent arthroscopic surgery Monday to remove floating particles from his left knee, and Zorn said the early prognosis of a return in two weeks was "ambitious." Thomas, 21, was able to take part in limited drills in practice yesterday but is unlikely to be able to practice fully until next week at the earliest.

Neither, Zorn said, was able at the start of training camp to pass the team's conditioning test requiring players to complete a series of sprints within a certain time frame. That lack of preparation could lead to their muscles breaking down so quickly, he said. Players are required to run 12 25-yard dashes within a certain time (less than a minute for wide receivers), then rest for 60 seconds before repeating the 12 dashes.

"If you can't pass that physical test that we give, then something's not right," Zorn said. "So I've been kind of jabbing at them with that. . . . I wish I could take the test just to show everybody that I was in good shape. It's sort of a pride issue."
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Zorn hinted that the satisfaction of being high draft picks may have contributed to the players' lack of conditioning, but said he did not know for sure.

"He wasn't necessarily in condition to go through a training camp like this," Zorn said of Kelly. "He really wasn't. They'll have to reevaluate their offseason program as young rookies."

Given their prolonged absences and the problems many young wide receivers have adapting to the West Coast offense and the NFL in general, Zorn said they may not be able to do much in the basic offense at the start of the season. They are falling behind other wide receivers; veteran James Thrash is putting a stranglehold on the No. 3 spot behind starters Santana Moss and Antwaan Randle El.

"I've had this happen in other places I've coached, and it's very difficult," Zorn said of young wide receivers missing training camp time. "When you interview them, 'It's going to be easy.' They're going to walk around and go: 'This is nothing. I'll get this right away.'

"But once they get out there and they really see what they have to do and how exact they have to be and the speed at which they have to play and the intensity -- then I think they'll see. Now, can we get them in and work them in? Yes. Will they get up to speed? Yes. But this is valuable time."

Thomas, as Zorn predicted, minimized the impact of missing this much time. "As far as making an impact from the get-go, I don't look at that as a difficult thing to do," Thomas said.

Scouts from other NFL teams said they had concerns about both players being "brittle" or susceptible to injury. They said they believe that was part of the reason Kelly and Thomas slipped into the second round.

Thomas had one highly productive season at Michigan State before leaving as a junior, while Kelly battled injuries all offseason and had slow 40-yard dash times at Oklahoma. He also slid in the draft after coming out as a junior.

Zorn has been blunt from the onset about the challenge both faced trying to adapt to his offense from college, although both have talents that mesh with West Coast system.

Kelly injured his hamstring July 25 and also began experiencing soreness in his knee. He had surgery on his knee Monday and was not available to comment. Zorn said orthopedist James Andrews probably will evaluate him again in a few weeks before Kelly is cleared for full practice drills.

"The two-a-day practices, they were getting to him," Zorn said.

Thomas hurt his hamstring making a catch July 24 -- he attributed the injury to failing to stretch properly when he initially felt the tightness -- and since has not taken part in team drills. He was on the field in the early potions of individual drills during yesterday's two sessions but spent the bulk of the time working with the trainers on his own. There is a chance he could be back for the third preseason game, Aug. 16.

"It was tough coming into the training camp right away," Thomas said. "It was an eye-opener. I definitely will be better prepared next year." Thomas said there was a lot being "thrown at" rookies at the time of the conditioning test but conceded that's "no excuse, it's something we should have passed."

Thomas and Kelly aimed to compete for the job as the third wide receiver but have not pushed the veterans.

Thrash, an intelligent player who is supremely conditioned and can play every wide receiver position, quickly wowed this coaching staff and appears poised to play more than he did in four years under Joe Gibbs.

"When a new coaching staff comes in you never quite know how you're going to fit in the new offense," Thrash said. "But I've always taken the same approach -- even with the same coaching staff -- and I just do the best I can to open his eyes and say, "Hey, where do you need me?' "

With Thomas and Kelly out for weeks, wide receivers such as Billy McMullen, Maurice Mann and Burl Toler are getting the chance. The onus will be on Kelly and Thomas to improve with haste once they can practice.

"My hope is that the younger guys like Malcolm and Devin will actually hang around and just sort of rub up right against" Thrash, Zorn said, "and then all that stuff will just ooze onto them, because he brings a lot to the table."

[PhillyPhreak54]

http://www.extremeskins.com/forums/showthread.php?t=255012

Discussing the wearing of Taylor jersey's...

Does it feel weird to keep wearing Taylor jerseys to games/public? Im thinking about buying a new jersey and just hanging my Sean Taylor one up in my room or closet kind of as memorabilia to remember, because the only other taterskin jersey I have is the taterskins 70th? Portis jersey (the one with the arrow and brown). Im thinking about maybe just buying a new jersey

I retired mine. I wear my Landry jersey now and hung Taylors jersey in my bedroom.

Everytime I put it on, I want to cry, so I figured I will hang it up in my bedroom with the T-Shirts Danny Smith sent me.

[Father Demon]

I feel the same way about my Detmer jersey.

[SunMo]

"as a memorbilia to remember"

haha farging idiots

[General_Failure]

Everytime I put it on, I want to cry,

For farg's sake, people.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Does Jason Taylor get to wear his own name on his jersey?  That would be a direct affront to Sean, to "replace" him with another Taylor!

[Feva]

Jason Taylerzzz!!! Holla!