Well, Doctson gets the whole season to keep/lose his job.
Would not surprise me if we went for a WR high in the draft next year.
Well, Doctson gets the whole season to keep/lose his job.
My biggest concern on offense - the lack of a quality RB behind AP. With Kelley and Byron Marshall on IR, Perine inactive (I am not even sure what's up with Perine at this point), and Chris Thompson a shell of his former self - we have zip behind AP. Good teams have to have at least 1 dangerous/solid backup RB to insert late in the game to provide fresh legs. They tried to spell AP with Bibbs today. Bibbs is great as a quick change of pace back. But he's not a workhorse who can sub for AP when he gets fatigued late in the game.
I know most of you would say WR is a bigger deficit. But we're actually in better shape at that spot (meaning, we have healthy players) than at RB. And if AP goes down, then the WRs are going to become that much more critical, and that's not necessarily a good thing for our Redskins.
We need a quality backup RB - either Perine, Kelley (who could return after 8 games theoretically), or we need to try and trade for one.
That's a good point, but I'd take it a little further. Our big concern on offense is AP is 33. Vernon Davis is 34. Smith is 34. Jordan Reed has never played a full season in his career. Chris Thompson is made of glass.
Those are literally our only skill position players worth a damn. If any one of those guys goes down our offense is seriously crippled. If two go down our offense grinds to a screeching halt.
And it's a long season.
Not sure I'd include Davis in that list. If Sprinkle actually saw the field for other than blocking duties, we might find out he's pretty talented. But I agree with your overall point.
My counter would be that this is true for almost every team in the NFL (ie... lose their top couple of offensive threats and they will struggle).
I guess what I mean is we could probably afford to lose one of our TEs.
On the other hand, if any of the other guys go down we are in serious trouble. Peterson is the one that scares me the most, like you said. He's 33, has a ton mileage, we have no backup, and he's the centerpiece of our offense at the moment. Let's hope we get a Riggins Year out of him.
Sure. But given the age/injury history of our top guys, I think our situation is a little more precarious than most teams.
It's The Over the Hill Gang, Part Deux!
After one of our worst performances in a long time, that game yesterday was a thing of beauty.
I think the signing of Floyd and the return to game action of Maurice Harris over the next few games after the bye could spell out a lineup where Josh is on the bench.
One of the redskin shows I listened to while driving to work this morning noted that Payne and Allen both were on the field for over 90% of the defensive plays. What's with dat? Aint gonna fly for a whole season.
One of the redskin shows I listened to while driving to work this morning noted that Payne and Allen both were on the field for over 90% of the defensive plays. What's with dat? Aint gonna fly for a whole season.
To be fair, our defense did play pretty well in the second half.
Didn't draft them to ride the pine
True, but the roster has been set up (and has been for years) to support a steady rotation. We want these guys around t the end off the year! not burnt out.
My point of contention is that they were on the field way too long...most of the second half to be honest.
I don't know if Gruden understands ball control right now.
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