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Random Commanders Thoughts

tr1,

It has nothing to do with what a great community guy he might be or his contribution to the team on the field. I don't know that I've ever seen any other player in the history of the league run sideways, intentionally delaying the scoring of a TD, purely for showboating reasons. It doesn't really matter what label one ascribes to it--the act is what's absurd. And it's not inconceivable it could cost him and the team a TD at some point.

It's also not a rumor--he's done it twice. And the showboating Boone brought up earlier did in fact cost his former team a TD.

I love what he does for the offense. I'm also not a fan of peacocking, but particularly so while a play is still in progress.
 
tr1 said:
Peacocking is something I dislike, but singling out DeSean in a league where TD's are routinely 'peacocked' is kinda absurd.

The guy is fantastic for the community and the football team. Folks shouldn't let the rumor mill ruin a guy...especially such a valuable weapon.
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Showboating is not one of my favorites either but he's a Redskin.

All he has to do is score first then do his Riverdance, it's a team first thing, end the play and eliminate risk of the score not counting.

We all know what he can do, he's a fire cracker, light him up throw him in the barrel and boom, all the fish are floating around stunned.
 
I wasn't trying to make a big deal of DeSean's actions, just believe he should be smarter than that. The play spoke for itself.


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On a slightly different note...

If he stays and RGIII is gone next year do you think he get's his number 10 back?
 
I think it would very unwise to let DJax walk, unless and until, we find a replacement of similar talent type and talent level, and no sooner than that.
If we let him walk sooner than we find a legitimate long-ball threat, we go back to the days, when opposing defenses don't have to respect our long-balls at all,
and just compress the defense even closer, to make even our short-to-mid gains even more difficult than before.

And trust me - in case you forgot - those were NOT Happy Days, for Skins fans, and they will not be Happy Days, if they happen again.
 
Yeah, not exactly a juggernaut yet. Still, that's total yards--to me scoring is a better barometer of an offense.

This year we're 21st in PPG, at 21.9, which is actually a nice little bump from the 18.8 we finished at last year.

And for curious minds ... defensively so far this year we're giving up 24.3 PPG (20th), while last year we finished at 27.4 (tied 29th).

Which my trusty abacus tells me at this point in 2015 gives us a net gain over last year of 6.2 PPG.

We may not have a winning record yet, but at least we're losing by less.

Hey, you gather your rosebuds.
 
I will get excited if we win on Monday night and I'm cautiously allowing myself to get excited about winning the division. I was OK with the beat down the Panthers put on us. I was alright with losing to the Patriots. That's a good barometer of where we are as a team. We are beating the teams we should and losing to better teams. If we beat Dallas on Monday night it will be huge. A loss? It seems like we come up short more often than not...We should be able to win this...Dallas is in a real bad spot, Romo's out again, they are beat up like us but were getting better, they are all but eliminated. I sure would like to see us get a running game going. Cousins has had to find ways to move the ball with his arm and is doing better. It will be fun to watch if we can get the running game back on track. Every year my primary hope as a fan is to be relevant for the division title through the month of December.:eagerness: So far so good.
 
Om said:
Yeah, not exactly a juggernaut yet. Still, that's total yards--to me scoring is a better barometer of an offense.

This year we're 21st in PPG, at 21.9, which is actually a nice little bump from the 18.8 we finished at last year.

And for curious minds ... defensively so far this year we're giving up 24.3 PPG (20th), while last year we finished at 27.4 (tied 29th).

Which my trusty abacus tells me at this point in 2015 gives us a net gain over last year of 6.2 PPG.

We may not have a winning record yet, but at least we're losing by less.

Hey, you gather your rosebuds.
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Good one OM. What troubles me about it is that improved point differential should have been good for two more wins. That's more in line with the nfl average at those points for and points allowed numbers.

Something's wrong with that picture, that maybe time of possession and number of possessions can make it more clear. For instance, if our possessions are up 15%, and we have only improved 3 pts for a game, then we are not efficient in our offense, either execution or play calling.
 
Not sure I follow on "two more wins" thing, micks. We're still on the short end of the PPG stick. The good news is that while last year we "lost" on average 27.4 - 18.8, and this year we're "only" losing 24.3 - 21.9, showing a nice net gain, the bad is that we're still losing.

Two more wins would put at 7-4. I know averages are skewed badly by even one blowout in a sample size as small as 11 games, but I'm guessing there aren't many 7-4 teams still getting outscored by average PPG.

Be an interesting thing for someone to look up ... someone other than me that is. :)
 
"Be an interesting thing for someone to look up ... someone other than me that is. "

I vote Goal....yay or nay?
 
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Om said:
Not sure I follow on "two more wins" thing, micks. We're still on the short end of the PPG stick. The good news is that while last year we "lost" on average 27.4 - 18.8, and this year we're "only" losing 24.3 - 21.9, showing a nice net gain, the bad is that we're still losing.

Two more wins would put at 7-4. I know averages are skewed badly by even one blowout in a sample size as small as 11 games, but I'm guessing there aren't many 7-4 teams still getting outscored by average PPG.

Be an interesting thing for someone to look up ... someone other than me that is. :)
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The 7-4 thing is kinda what I was getting at in the other thread the last couple of days.

We did have the misfortune of playing the number 1 and number 2 ranked teams in the NFL. Hence they were pretty much guaranteed losses and the points we lost to the Panthers especially skewed our average pts per game.

Take out those two and we're a 5-4 team with a winning margin of 23.8 pts to 21.8 pts

Those two games, both expected losses skewed us to a negative points margin.

I know we play what is in front of us, but it does show that we're acutally better than a shellacking by the two best teams in the league demonstrates. Plus both of those defeats were road games, which is one of the reasons our road record is so bad.

I think we're going to play closer to the averages above over the rest of the season. And I think we'll put our road woes behind us.

So.... Redskins 24, Cowboys 21 this coming Monday. ;P
 
Perry Riley out for 3-6 weeks with a broken foot. Needs surgery.

The hits keep on coming.

We need all the help we can get and having him out while he's been so solid is going to hurt our already miserable run defense.
 
Om said:
Not sure I follow on "two more wins" thing, micks. We're still on the short end of the PPG stick. The good news is that while last year we "lost" on average 27.4 - 18.8, and this year we're "only" losing 24.3 - 21.9, showing a nice net gain, the bad is that we're still losing.

Two more wins would put at 7-4. I know averages are skewed badly by even one blowout in a sample size as small as 11 games, but I'm guessing there aren't many 7-4 teams still getting outscored by average PPG.

Be an interesting thing for someone to look up ... someone other than me that is. :)
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Oh what the hell, I'll jump on this.:eagerness:


First, it is interesting to note that there are no teams with a 7-4 record in the NFL. I found that strange when I checked the division standings, but it's true.

The Jets, Steelers, Colts, Texans, Chiefs, Falcons and Seahawks are all siting at 6-5 and the next better record is the 8-4 Packers-you might count the 8-3 Vikings with one less game played but a better winning percentage.


Anyway, to the subject of points per game differential and record I find the NFL division standings page offers some interesting-and sometimes puzzling-insights on that. There is a column called "Net Points" which is total points scored for minus total points scored against.

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It's fun to just peruse this and see what jumps out at you, like the AFC South in which all the teams have had more points scored against them than they have scored, or the Giants with the only losing record among teams with a plus Net Points total.


One more thing I noticed is that there are currently 12 teams at either 6-5 or 5-6, teams taht are riding the cusp of a potential winning season. Sounds like the idea of "parity" at work until you start looking from the top down. The Broncos, Bengals ans Pats in the AFC and the Panthers and Cardinals in the NFC have pretty well established who the elite teams are; who the serious playoff contenders will be. There may be an upset or two along the way but I'd be surprised if Superbowl had a team that isn't in the list I mentioned. This may not be all that relevant to the exact question raised but I thought it would be interesting anyway.
 
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