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Other than maybe the Cinderella season with Gibbs and Sean Taylor, The Redskins have been a cluster ****, dumpster fire, shit show for the past 2 decades. The 1 area they have been able to maintain consistency in is stupidity. The Redskins staff haven't been able to outsmart anybody. Not opposing coaching staffs, not their own players, not their fans. Nobody. The only group that this staff can outsmart is itself. That they do over and over again. Whether it's playing players out of position, or picking up injury prone talent for a bargain, and then being surprised that they are continually injured, these guys are the masters of reinventing the wheel until it no longer rolls.
The biggest dummy in that gang of dummies over there is Jay Gruden. In fact, that should be his new nickname: "The Big Dummy". At This point I'm doubtful that Jay Gruden can find his way out of a paper bag. Jay Gruden doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground. Jay Gruden doesn't know shit from shinola. This guy does the same stupid stuff year in year out and doesn't learn from it. From freezing on the sideline and taking too long to get plays in, to making zero halftime adjustments, to going into prevent offense and defense at second half kickoff with a 2 score lead, he just never learns.
Gruden outdid himself this week though when he decided not to dress AP. This is just an inexcusably boneheaded maneuver that undoubtedly rubbed the Football Gods. AP, the future hall of famer AP? AP offensive MVP AP? You mean to tell me Gruden couldn't figure out anyone else to play teams so he dresses a guy who doesn't even know the offense yet over hall of famer, MVP AP? Yeah that makes sense. Somebody needs to clue in The Big Dummy how old The Diesel was when Gibbs rode him to a Superbowl victory. Now I'm not saying that the Skins would have definitely won had AP played, but I wonder what would have happened had they fed him the rock some late in the second quarter and into the second half when they were sitting on a 2 score lead? Of Course that would have never happened anyways since a 2 score lead is exactly when The Big Dummy gives up on the run. Also, what would have happened if Guice got hurt? Hand off to injury prone Chris Thomson the rest of the game? Way more importantly though than both of those things is the message Gruden sent to his players when he didn't dress AP. I guarantee you players were absolutely pissed about it, especially the vets. I've owned a business for over a decade now. I have about 15 employees and we do hard work. Rule number 1 is take care of your people. Rule 1b is make sure your people know you take care of your people.
The stupidity problem runs much deeper that with just The Big Dummy though. There is plenty of ineptitude in the front office to go around. Most recently, by not figuring out how to get Trent Williams in to camp and bringing in a washed up, bust tackle to play left guard(reinventing the wheel), they managed to de-stabilize the whole offense. Perhaps they forgot that they managed to get both of their quarterbacks' legs broken last season. Hopefully Williams will come in, and hopefully the rookie left guard will step up, but if and when that happens will it already be too late? The Skins have such a bad history of shooting the pooch when it comes to the roster. They traded away multiple high picks for a QB their coach didn't want, and then when they lucked into a pretty decent starting QB later in the same draft, they didn't lock him up with a fair market contract when they could have. Or how about when they had one of the best pairs of starting receivers in the league, and couldn't afford to keep them both, so they let them both walk, losing one of the hardest working, most loved players on the team in Garcon. Cousins and Garcon, 2 more examples of not taking care of your people.
But the draft you say? Yes I agree, the Skins have drafted well the past couple/few years. There must be somebody in that front office that knows what the hell they're doing. I'm sure the Skins will identify that person and run them right out of town ASAP if they haven't already. The last smart guy on the Skins staff is coaching the Rams now. They could have fired The Big Dummy and promoted McVey and we'd probably be a playoff team by now, but no that makes way too much sense.
The bottom line is our eyes are not lying to us. We are indeed living in the football equivalent of the combination of The Twilight Zone and Ground Hog Day. Thanks for letting me get that off my chest. Sorry to dirty up your board Boone. Carry on...
The biggest dummy in that gang of dummies over there is Jay Gruden. In fact, that should be his new nickname: "The Big Dummy". At This point I'm doubtful that Jay Gruden can find his way out of a paper bag. Jay Gruden doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground. Jay Gruden doesn't know shit from shinola. This guy does the same stupid stuff year in year out and doesn't learn from it. From freezing on the sideline and taking too long to get plays in, to making zero halftime adjustments, to going into prevent offense and defense at second half kickoff with a 2 score lead, he just never learns.
Gruden outdid himself this week though when he decided not to dress AP. This is just an inexcusably boneheaded maneuver that undoubtedly rubbed the Football Gods. AP, the future hall of famer AP? AP offensive MVP AP? You mean to tell me Gruden couldn't figure out anyone else to play teams so he dresses a guy who doesn't even know the offense yet over hall of famer, MVP AP? Yeah that makes sense. Somebody needs to clue in The Big Dummy how old The Diesel was when Gibbs rode him to a Superbowl victory. Now I'm not saying that the Skins would have definitely won had AP played, but I wonder what would have happened had they fed him the rock some late in the second quarter and into the second half when they were sitting on a 2 score lead? Of Course that would have never happened anyways since a 2 score lead is exactly when The Big Dummy gives up on the run. Also, what would have happened if Guice got hurt? Hand off to injury prone Chris Thomson the rest of the game? Way more importantly though than both of those things is the message Gruden sent to his players when he didn't dress AP. I guarantee you players were absolutely pissed about it, especially the vets. I've owned a business for over a decade now. I have about 15 employees and we do hard work. Rule number 1 is take care of your people. Rule 1b is make sure your people know you take care of your people.
The stupidity problem runs much deeper that with just The Big Dummy though. There is plenty of ineptitude in the front office to go around. Most recently, by not figuring out how to get Trent Williams in to camp and bringing in a washed up, bust tackle to play left guard(reinventing the wheel), they managed to de-stabilize the whole offense. Perhaps they forgot that they managed to get both of their quarterbacks' legs broken last season. Hopefully Williams will come in, and hopefully the rookie left guard will step up, but if and when that happens will it already be too late? The Skins have such a bad history of shooting the pooch when it comes to the roster. They traded away multiple high picks for a QB their coach didn't want, and then when they lucked into a pretty decent starting QB later in the same draft, they didn't lock him up with a fair market contract when they could have. Or how about when they had one of the best pairs of starting receivers in the league, and couldn't afford to keep them both, so they let them both walk, losing one of the hardest working, most loved players on the team in Garcon. Cousins and Garcon, 2 more examples of not taking care of your people.
But the draft you say? Yes I agree, the Skins have drafted well the past couple/few years. There must be somebody in that front office that knows what the hell they're doing. I'm sure the Skins will identify that person and run them right out of town ASAP if they haven't already. The last smart guy on the Skins staff is coaching the Rams now. They could have fired The Big Dummy and promoted McVey and we'd probably be a playoff team by now, but no that makes way too much sense.
The bottom line is our eyes are not lying to us. We are indeed living in the football equivalent of the combination of The Twilight Zone and Ground Hog Day. Thanks for letting me get that off my chest. Sorry to dirty up your board Boone. Carry on...