2006 Point & Laugh at the taterskins thread

[ice grillin you]

not

[Quasimoto]

Art is already hard after the win

The taterskins entered the year with a new offense and sought to play tight, defensive halves until the offense found itself. With a young QB, the same thing is happening, only, now, we're actually bothering to play defense. It's strange remembering what it is like to stop someone. Obviously it's not good the offense is in such a shell. We're afraid of Carolina and are playing it close to the vest. Too close, for sure, but, so close as to only be possible if your defense is showing up.

That it is likely becomes the first encouraging sign we've had this year. Campbell remains a young QB capable of much and capable of missing things. He had Lloyd for a TD if he gets it there. Betts needs to slow it down on his runs and screens for bigger yards. Duckett is no short yardage back. Cut him and leave Sellers in the role, who does what you want in that role.

The good part is merely this defense can win games. Where it's been I don't know. But, I was happy to see it.

[Quasimoto]

 


How many of you have tears? Dont lie.

[PhillyPhreak54]

How many of you have tears? Dont lie.

I was just coming to post that....

Hahaha!

I was really, REALLY close after the Taylor INT and you see the whole team run over to him and maul him, and then him on the sidelines just hugging and dapping up everyone. And then him and washington...man i was close.

[MDS]

Oh dear god.

[PhillyPhreak54]

More Art

Today I saw a taterskin team featuring a fantastic defense. It was beautiful. Prior to the year starting, my buddy and I talk about this defense and he always says, "It seems like we can blitz and we always have guys in the right spot to stop a pass." And, it did. That's what it used to be like. Now, after weeks of never seeing that, you saw a dominating, aggressive, impressive, strong defense.

Obviously the Panthers aren't a good offense, but, so what. We can't play against bad or good offenses this year. Suddenly we're getting incredible amounts of pressure on the quarterback with minimal blitzes. Suddenly we're covering and knocking passes away. Suddenly we're making tackes AT the spot of contact. Suddenly everything is how it was for two years.

And it pisses me off.

I haven't actually been upset with this team all year. From preseason, on, it just never seemed to be together. It never seemed to make the connection as a team. It was off. The horrible losses weren't really demoralizing because we were a putrid team. Losing is what putrid teams do. So, I watched as a team with the talent to do good things on both sides of the ball seemed so utterly and completely incompetent and wondered when it would look different.

At least on defense, that happened.

And I'm furious.

It shouldn't take Joe Gibbs yelling at his guys that he's tired of standing up there taking blame for every loss that is ON those players. It shouldn't take a defense finally being called out and made the focus of the team's problems for the players to put aside their egos and play like men. And, it should take the coaching staff this long to find the trigger to do this.

It's embarrassing and beneath the character guys we have and quality coaching staff we had. I'd rather have played like dogs the rest of the year than to pull a game out like this that reminds you, we have all the players we need to BE a good team.

The offense can run the ball against anyone. Campbell needs to get more reps, and the passing game needs to improve, but, the defense can stop good receivers, prevent big plays, get pressure, stop the run and play well. This is the team we have. This is not the team we've seen.

As a fan it infuriates me the garbage performances are not due to inability, but, due to ego and, frankly, an inability of players to do as asked and an inability of coaches to get them to. I was actually content to watch this team play like idiots and cut the guys who were doing so. That they can be called out and respond is irritating.

Now, I suspect it's more than just the players executing better and making tackles. In addition, you saw the schematic changes on offense and defense. We dedicated ourselves to the run on offense, a thing only possible when the defense isn't giving up touchdowns every drive. Defensively, you saw Williams shadow Smith, taking him out of the game, using his most consistent cover guy in Springs to trail him around. You saw more man coverage. More of Taylor and linebackers covering men rather than the passive zone. And, I bet you'll discover you saw a million of the defensive line stunts, games, delays and tricks discarded and just let those guys play and beat their men. No defensive line in football is as good against the run as ours, when they are just worried about beating their blockers and making tackles, instead of doing the two-step around one another to confuse blockers.

I'm disappointed and angry in this team now, for the first time, because they should be better than this. I'm disappointed would allow their envy over the credit Williams gets to fail to do as asked, preferring to lose, than let him bask in their success. I'm angry the coaching staff needed crisis and mutiny to get the pulse of the players enough to get the right response.

This team is what is was today. And it needs not to forget it.

[PhillyPhreak54]

How many of you have tears? Dont lie.

I shed a few....it was just so good to win again and with all the stuff going around about GW and the players not wanting to play for him - to see him hugging ST and that little group was great.

Go Skins!

[BigEd76]

Anyone else want the Cardinals and Buccaneers on next year's schedule (which Washington currently has) instead of the Rams and Falcons?

[MDS]

In the end it won't matter, neither team will win anything.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Why so Pawn Shop Matty Bryant can up the ante and nail a 64yd FG to kill us next year? That still hurts.

[ice grillin you]

only easy would be looking towards next years schedule for a team whos lost to tenn and tb this year

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I laugh because they have false hope right now.

[phattymatty]

i cried after our 4th win of the season too.  i thought that was normal.

[Quasimoto]

How the taterskins can still make the playoffs


I don't think it needs any explanation. 

I hear ya.


I'm not giving up hope until they declare us officially eliminated.

My hope has been renewed. I think 8-8 will get one wildcard team in. If we get hot 8-8 is possible, IF we get hot. Four of our last five are winable. The Eagles, Falcons and Giants at home, three teams sliding right now. The Rams on the road is winable but I worry that the Saints will take us but I feel strongly that one wildcard will be 8-8. We just have to hope that teams like NY Giants, Panthers and others continue to slide.

My hope isn't coming just from us winning today. My hope is coming from the fact that our defense seems to have had a moment of enlightenment this week and also the fact that the rest of the NFC is looking pretty horrible except Dallas and Chicago.

Keep the faith brothers and sisters. In football, all things are possible.

It ain't over 'til it's over.

here we go again... five in a row or we don't go!

  I can't go on.  These people are pathetic.  They're 4-7 and talking about the farging Playoffs!! 

[Quasimoto]

The taterskins won because they wore burgandy pants!

When I first saw the Skins run out onto the field yesterday, I turned to my wife and said, "We are going to win today."

She said, "How do you know?"

"We are wearing our burgundy pants", I said.