Random Commanders Thoughts

I'm such a sucker. I was making fun of this documentary a few weeks ago and now I can't wait for it to air.
 
Crawford tore all three ligaments in his knee. Sucks...pretty sure that's a wrap on his career at this point. Maybe he'll get another shot next year, but I highly doubt it. Hopefully Griffin can get him healed up nicely!
 
That sucks I really liked crawford and he provided one of the more memorable moments for me as a fan.
 
Lanky Livingston said:
Crawford tore all three ligaments in his knee. Sucks...pretty sure that's a wrap on his career at this point. Maybe he'll get another shot next year, but I highly doubt it. Hopefully Griffin can get him healed up nicely!
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The dreaded Willis McGahee injury. He can come back from that at his age but it certainly won't be easy.
 
They waived Crawford today with "injury designation." Is that the same thing as an injury settlement? If not, how can they cut someone injured players but othres they have to cut with an injury settlement?
 
tshile said:
I think they're keeping 4 TEs.

Unless they don't want Paul returning kicks.
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I think Jordan Reed was drafted to take Paul's roster spot. I don't think there is any way that they keep 4TEs...maybe for the first few games of the season until Jenkins and Jackson come back, but no longer than that.
 
From 32 paragraphs on 32 teams (excerpts from Football Outsiders' Almanac):

Washington Redskins: There was no aspect of the Redskins' offense that Griffin did not affect in a monumentally positive sense. Griffin is not just another Velveeta spread-boosted quarterback better outside the pocket than in it—unlike Vince Young, Jake Locker, and (gasp) Tim Tebow, he is totally comfortable when asked to stand in the pocket, scan his reads, and fire the stick throw under pressure. Believe it or not, Washington was most efficient going old school. When the quarterback was under center, Washington averaged 6.8 yards per play with 34.1% DVOA. From pistol, Washington averaged 6.4 yards per play with 21.7% DVOA. From shotgun, Washington averaged 5.7 yards per play with 7.5% DVOA. This is not a fluke; Griffin is a real-life, bonafide pocket quarterback who just happens to have three extra gears on the ground. In fact, Griffin's 54.1% passing DVOA under center was the highest for any NFL quarterback in 2012 with more than 100 attempts.

Dallas Cowboys: Jerry Jones and his son Stephen, who now carries the all-encompassing title of "Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President, and Director of Player Personnel," recognized the need for a big ugly, and made a big, ugly trade to get one. Positioned with the 18th overall pick in the first round of the draft, Jones and Jones decided to trade down and acquire the San Francisco 49ers' 31st overall pick, plus a third-round pick for good measure. With that 31st overall pick, Dallas selected Wisconsin center Travis Frederick, the eighth-ranked offensive lineman on NFLDraftScout.com's Big Board, and a second- to third-round prospect in the minds of most in the know. Frederick, for his part, was refreshingly honest about his new status. "I thought I was a second-round offensive lineman," he told Dallas radio station 105.3 The Fan. "I thought somewhere in the second round would be more of a fit for me. I truly didn't expect this." The point here isn't to pick on Travis Frederick, who very well could develop into a starting center with a 10-year career. The Frederick trade is just a symptom of the larger problem, a disconnect between cost and value that has plagued the Cowboys franchise in recent years, especially when it comes to the draft.
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http://deadspin.com/32-paragraphs-about-32-nfl-teams-from-the-football-outs-1201602520
 
Watching the week 17 game again (hey, I went home sick) hall had an amazing game. Haslett called a great game. There should have been 7 or 8 interceptions that game.

If we go into the season with upgraded personnel in a few spots and that type of fire we will have a nasty defense.
 
Lanky Livingston said:
They waived Crawford today with "injury designation." Is that the same thing as an injury settlement? If not, how can they cut someone injured players but othres they have to cut with an injury settlement?
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If Crawford and Kimbrough clear waivers, they will revert to injured reserve for the season. In other words, they will be on IR for us by late tomorrow afternoon.
 
I don't want moss returning kicks.

I don't want his career to end with a knee injury returning a kick. We need him as a solid #3 WR. Let one of the other guys do it.
 
The development of Hankerson and Robinson probably signals the end of Niles Paul's tenure here.

If the team had a hole at the fifth WR spot the team could keep Reed and move Paul back to backup WR and let him return kicks and play ST.

But the team is better now than it was a year ago and that extra spot is no longer available.
 
I'd give Robinson a shot. I don't necessarily want to risk his health, but he could be dangerous in that role.
 
Bulldog's Twin said:
The development of Hankerson and Robinson probably signals the end of Niles Paul's tenure here.

If the team had a hole at the fifth WR spot the team could keep Reed and move Paul back to backup WR and let him return kicks and play ST.

But the team is better now than it was a year ago and that extra spot is no longer available.
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not sure BT. Paul is a stalwart on special teams. they have also expanded his role set this training camp to include blocking back duties.
 
Listening to national sports talk radio and seeing some of the football shows on tv, I do not believe I have seen a defending division champion more disrespected than the Redskins have been.
When the topic turns to "who will make the playoffs" or "which team that was in the postseason last year, will not return" the Skins are usually the number one answer.

Gonna be fun watching them backpeddle this year. ;)
 
It's a good thing I am burgundy and gold obsessed. Because if I wasn't, we'd be hip deep in a lawsuit suing our server host.
 
Part of the disrespect comes from the perception that Griffin not only won't be ready for the regular season start but will probably miss significantly more time. Whether that's true or not we will see.

The other part of it is that outsiders who don't follow the team on a regular basis fail to recognize the number of key players that were not on the field for Washington during last season's 7 game run to the playoffs who are back this season.

Brian Orakpo, Fred Davis and Roy Helu are playmakers. You add a 10-12 sack player to the defense that changes a lot. On offense, the Redskins didn't have a pass receiving threat at TE the last 9 games of the season and won anyway. Now, we do. That should make us much harder to defend on third downs and in the red zone. Last year, the Redskins also didn't have a speed complement to Alfred Morris, Royster is a between the tackles runner. Helu re-introduces the threat of the big play from the backfield via the run or pass.

I saw one article that talked about the Cowboys drafting Travis Frederick and improving on the OL, but that to me is more hopeful thought than hard analysis, no one knows what Frederick will bring as a rookie as he has not played a down in an NFL game yet.

The returning Redskins on the other hand are all proven in NFL play and seem a much better bet to improve the team from within.
 
That RG3 documentary was good last night. Truth be told, I was expecting it to be pretty awful--a 60 minute Subway commercial.

As it turns out, it was probably only 6 minutes of Subway, and the rest was pretty good.
 
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