Wow first

NBA opening night is looking pretty exciting if this Skins team is going nowhere.

IM FREE

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to me one of most important things to do is
sign springs to a long term deal he is by far our best corner

I've been trying to say this and everyone keeps saying...."you got to run to set up the pass" which is obviously what Joe thinks, but come on, we can't run!!!!! its time to open it up, how do you think the 6-1 Packers feel about run first......You can't tell me they're a better team than we are....

"I'm sure the "take the handcuffs off JC" contingent would agree"

If you would have stopped here it would have been a good post. We DO NOT CARE about the Red Sux, your personal life or gay movies on the Sundance Channel.

Packers - 6 and 1
Redskins - 4 and 3. 1 of those losses to the Packers.

The Packers are a better team.

j22o yi uew alwayss piking on mee i do noting 2 uew?

Hack, Why do you read the blog if your upset what is written? Now thats a hack!lol

Hey, the OB is back. so when does this registration nonsense begin??? back in the summer of 06, we didnt need registration..all the newbies have sent this blog awry. im back to help

nate is going to cry when he see the blog is noot reggistaatioon

there is a bigger narcissistic punk in pro sports than A-Fraud, please email me and let me know ...

Uh we played his team last weekend.... the Triple-S Sleeveless Sweat Shirt.

jm220 is boofer

It's time we implemented an offense like the Pats or Colts. Shotgun all the time, four wide sets.

Play action out of this like the Pats did to us. Our receivers are quick enough to get open underneath and in space. The Skins have to start playing to their strength, or should I say avoid their major offensive weakness- the line.

Short quick passes will keep the opponents from getting any pressure while bringing press coverage. This will enable us to take deep shots.

Now thats a hack!lol

Posted by: Tommy | October 31, 2007 12:32 PM

Which is why I signed as "Hack". At least I can admit it. I'm not a writer for one of the the largest newspapers in the US either. The Was. Post should be embarrassed.

And if "talent evaluator" and others are going to criticize bloggers for grammar and spelling then they should expect more out of the person that writes the blog in the first place.

' Most boring clause in the English language: NBA Opening Night ... '

Sorry, I'll go with pitchers and catchers reporting.

F baseball.

And another thing. Gibbs needs to make a decision. Call all the plays himself or let Al do it. A company with two CEO's never works.

Hello everyone.
What happend to regisration?

A couple of things...

Nate,
Simply put, you're the man. I read your late post from last night (BTW 10:52 post wasn't me) and when I finished reading I got the impression that you're a good person. Usually I won't come to that conclusion before meeting someone but I think its warranted in this case.
You can bet your last two quarters that I will continue to post, especially after being encouraged.
To anyone I have had a war of words with, I would like to put that in the pre-registration past. I see this as a opportunity to start fresh with each indivdual here. Two words: I'm sorry.

Its a shame that we can't get pass the idiots who choose to highjack names. I'll be honest, sometimes its kind of funny, but then again I only had my identity stolen (lol) once and the fake post wasn't harsh at all. I still don't advocate it though.

Moving On, I don't know how to feel about this Sundays game. I think both teams they feel they have a lot to prove. The skins just came off an embarassing loss and the Jets are 1-7, with a green (No pun) QB. I hope fans aren't looking past the Jets. Don't be fooled by the 1-7 record. They aren't that good, but they are playing their NFC buddies at home, and given the Redskins recent history in Joy-Z, I don't know.

I don't think the injuries are the fault of the training staff. Over the past few season, although while suffering injuries (Portis, Thomas), the Skins have been rather lucky in avoiding the injury bug. Jason La Canfora expressed in the preseason about how the Redskins were very lucky to avoid some serious injuries, that their luck was gone already. He was right. It seems that the injury bug was playing opossum and decided to sting players in the heart of the season.
Does any other coach allow his players to train individually in the offseason? I know Gibbs for the first time in his second stint allowed players to do that, could that be the reason for injuries?

Jasno-
You definately reacquired some respect witht the "In to The Wild" reference!

Well done Jasno!

Alright! Real dcsween here. I tried to do a test and I got blocked, which I think is good (but is there a profanity filter? is anatomy profane?).

Let's try this again. Testes, testes. One, two. Is this thing on?

Rogers going down was not good, but he has been adequate, not great. With all the CBs we've had thru here in the past few years, maybe we find a diamond in the rough? Torrence may be better than we expect and not a big drop off. Hope reigns supreme.

This is M&M

Now I am mul. That is a shtiy call sign.

I thought they said carlos 'might' be back to full speed in 9 months not 18. Pierson Prioleau looks as good as he ever has to me.

I am sure they will not know for a while.

The registration wall seems to be up.

Jon DeNunzio
Sports editor, washingtonpost.com

This is Skinz. I didn't like the name and Sean Tizzy was one of my many diff handles I use.

SR,
Consider our lil' thing squashed. For my part I'm sorry as well.

Awe new beginning for all isn't this sweet? I'm blushing...

From Gregskins,

To the blogger last night who said Carlos Rogers was a wasted first round pick, did you consider the alternative? Antrelle Rolle, who I thought was a better cover-corner/ball hawk during his time at the U can't crack the starting lineup in Arizona and I don't have to say anything about the corner the Titan's picked and why he can't play.... The Pacman was chased out by the speedy red ghost Goodell. Get well Los'

I think CR was very strong so would play run better and not get pushed off as much as Torence.

People who can run with wide outs are not hard to find. But that in combination with the physical abilities is not easy.

We will see.

Well well well. Regi is here

I like little boys

Tom Brady

Crap I can do it

Darn registration.

Good to have the blog back.

Anyone else remember 6 months ago when we were all praising the Skins for adding depth at corner for when the inevitable injuries kicked in?

The time for the reserves to step up has arrived. Macklin will hopefully surprise us all.

Was watching some of the game highlights at nfl.com ... all Pats, btw, not even the one Skins score. Looking at their play design. A few things stood out. First, they ran a great bubble screen. The key to that play is great blocking. Which includes an O lineman racing downfield to block a DB. Clearly an ineligible downfield. Also, they ran it off a play fake to the RB, which kept the linemen inside where they could not make a play. Another play was Moss's push off in the end zone. I know the Pats were better, but the refs did give them a lot more than i realized.

Lastly, the early running play to Maroney where he goes off the left side for about 15 was absolutely perfect in terms of play design and execution. Every Skin player was blocked, every Pat player knew exactly where to be and what to do. Both their WRs blocked well. It was a coaching clinic to watch it.

No more Nate clones and a-clowns! I'm picturing this outside the wall...

http://www.balinbraewesties.com/p7hg_img_2/fullsize/bardan_puppies2_fs.jpg

"NBA Opening Night" is not a clause.

nice piece Jason - IMO losing Rogers will hurt a lot more than some people want to admit. playing corner in this league leaves one open to a lot of criticism but if Carlos' total body of work is reviewed (especially this season) he is well above average.

of course the situation w/Carlos and Smootie (and the OL) always leads back to one very important fact: THIS TEAM NEEDS A GM! does anyone else remember the season the Pats won the Super Bowl w/Troy Brown playing corner? all of their corners were injured but they still found a way to win. why? b/c they have a GM! and a great scouting dept. two things that the Skins lack.

maybe one day The Danny will figure it all out, but I'm not holding my breath.

This is SkinsRealist. I now must suffer the embarrassment of having this name because "Da Post" won't allow me to change my email address. Is anyone else having the same issue. I cleared cookies, temp internet files, refreshed/closed the browser, still nothing... Oh well.

Skinz, I put our little spat behind us along time ago. Their was a shade of scarcasm in my shoutouts, but really I was saying whats up.

Registration... IT'S ALIVE!!!

Buh-bye to all the idiot highjackers. I guess we'll see how this plays out.

Yes dcsween. There is a profanity filter. Would not want anything to offend your over-sensitive virgin ears (or, eyes, I guess).

gibbshogs,

If New England's scouting had been that great that year they would not have had to play Troy Brown at corner. You disproved your own point.

Totally with you on finding a way to win though, Smoot, Macklin, and Prioleau (at safety) have all been starters in this league. Gregg will adjust the scheme if necessary, but they will be fine.

O-line will be better each week that they play together without losing someone to injury. By the time, we hit Dallas in Week 11, they should be a completely cohesive unit. Here's hoping no more injuries.

Smack,

Those Westies are too cute. They could not have been the trolls.

Mark (in 21132)

Okay. This is registration. They're taking it off your e-mail address. I'm out of here.

Skinsrealist,

Looks like you can create a new user on the WashPo site, sign in under that and then post your comments.

That's what I just did.

A Fan

SR,

You have to click on edit preferences i think. You aren't bound by your email address.

M&M, I assume you tried logging out and re-registering under the name you wanted. [I needed to do so b/c I had initially registered under a different email account.] I'm thinking SMACK1 is the old SMACK (and another SMACK is doing cyber-squats on the name).

*** Fantasy post ***

SMACK, note that the jealous rage focused on the Patriots is also now focused on the Smack Daddies. May everyone cyber-squat and poop in your general direction for the rest of the fantasy season.

*** end fantasy post ***

Please explain to me how everyone threw Rogers under the bus (including you JLC) and know you talk about it being a big lost.

Golly, this is nice.

A hearty THANK YOU to Jasons' editor Cindy Boren and sports editor Jon Denunzio for making it happen.

sween, I am smuggling a lucky horseshoe in every fantasy league I'm in, with the excruciating exceptions of the two that actually pay money. So, no mercy here.

"SMACK" isn't very original. I wasn't surprised it was gone.

jm220, as a former-bus-thrower, believer-come-lately, here's my thought about Rogers:

"Anyone else here NOT lamenting the loss of Carlos Rogers? I feel bad for the man on a personal level but I really see him as a #3 or #4 CB."

Posted by: Glass Half Full? | October 29, 2007 05:01 PM

I used to feel that way, but keeping up with results on the field so far this season, I think Rogers has picked up his game. I think he's fairly key in run support and good in man coverage. Admittedly, he's been burned on some big plays (other teams' highlight reels ... like the open field miss on Buress), but that's b/c he's been playing in the position of the #1 CB.

Posted by: dcsween | October 29, 2007 05:11 PM

Jason:

There are way too many of you Red Sox fans around that don't live in Boston.

As for the Redskins, I hope to see them win, but they part of me that has endured 15 years of "not grabbing the bull by the horns", is expecting a loss and subsequent tumble. There is just way too many injuries, and they simply have no offensive production anymore with the O-line in tatters.

Maybe they'll win this game, but for me the season comes down to this: if they can stay in the race until Thomas gets back, and take on no other major injuries, there's a chance. Otherwise, they are toast.

I hope JM got his name. If not just lose a pound or two and get a new one.

Whoops, I see it's "DeNunzio." Shame on me for not editin' myself.

THAT part of me, not THEY. God, first post, and I look like I've got the education of 1st grader. Sheesh.

Sweet! I'm in with my old screen name. I also have an original WaPo account, which prob will have to be retired now.

I also think the Redskins could be totally screwed with these injuries. I think they've lost too much on both sides of the ball, unless the backups miraculously end up being better than we all think they can be. I trust the front office to be able to identify quality starters most of the time, but not to get quality depth.

OK, this is the poster formally known as SkinsRealist, formally known as vadude336.

Thank you Hizzy and notsaying.

Actually, posting uses your post UserID which is NOT changeable, unless you delete it and create a new logon. Joy

John D in Houston

Finally registration is here but one big problem. I can't figure out how to change my name. The WaPo UserID goes by your e-mail address.

bigfish

I hope JM got his name. If not just lose a pound or two and get a new one.

Posted by: SeanTizzy2DaHizzy | October 31, 2007 01:44 PM

LMGO! Yes I was able to keep my name thanks to my man Nate.

You can just put any email in there and get in

Nobody said this would be easy!

Hopefully everybody can land on a good 'display name' in one or two tries. I registered three times (using three different email addresses) so I could try on a few different display names.

It will take some getting used to, catching up with the new names for regulars whose usual handle wasn't available.

RedDMV, you da man.

bigfish,
I had the same issue. You must create another account. Changing the user name did not work when I tried.

there you go...

Registration is lame isn't it!

Thanks everyone.

Testing...

I just went to an article and hit "comment" when I did it asked me for a handle and my email addy.

Skinz

Commenting on articles is a little different than discussion boards

Woohoo. I got my identity back!

I don't think its lame, but it will take a day or two to get familiar all over again.

That IMO, sucks.

I'm sure most of us already know this but there are major flaws in this registartion system which I will not point out. I still don't feel safe but it's better than nothing.

mhaslup - I see your point, too elaborate a little: I guess they thought Troy Brown was better than the 3rd best CB they had (after the injuries)?

all I know is they won the Super Bowl w/almost their entire starting secondary injured. and our team can never seem to overcome far fewer injuries.

it's just frustrating to watch the organization continue to tread water. this is Season 4 of Coach Joe's return and as last Sunday showed they are really not much better than when he first came back.

It's my feeling that the organization is rotten from the top down and nothing will change on the field until things are changed off the field. This means getting a GM, straightening out the coaching issues (too many Chefs in the kitchen) and The Danny not meddling anymore.

Look, I'm not SkinsRealist but I can pretend to be.

Looks like registration doesn't stop anyone from posing, it justs makes you work harder.

RedDMV, If you want the profile I just created, lets figure that out.

Skinz has it right... that's the only way I can figure it out.

You get ONE chance to edit the display name per account, and in order to change it to something other than the first part of your email address, it seems like you have to do the following:

1. create a new account
2. go to an article on the site, like any news article on the home page
3. under the "Toolbox" area is the "Comment" area. where it says "POST A COMMENT You must be logged in to leave a comment," click on the "Log in" link
4. in the "My Post ID" field, enter the display name you want to use. cross your fingers that your usual blog nickname is available
5. submit that display name
6. come back here and start blogging your guts out

Hey Team, I'm still here with you swinging souls. This is a super smart idea up here.

Like I said, there will still be trolls.

Yeah I kind of gave one of the loopholes away. Sorry, was trying to help. Seriously, if someone is thinking about doing that a million times they really need to get out of the hole and get a life. Thats just a crazed lunatic starving for attention.

Gotta try the new wall, see what they put me in as

skinsrealist you apologize then you insult in the next sentence? posts like u did is why people attack u and the others who say i didnt do anything like 5 year olds.

Well, I'm utterly confused? There are two SkinsRealist's now? Joy again.

In my perch down south, I see the J*E*T*S game as pivotal for the season. Either they take a lesson from last Sunday and come out mad and ready to beat a team that they should easily beat, or they continue their timid approach, play not to lose and watch the season swirl down the drain.

Teams catch fire, based on even 1 half of play, (see New York Football Giants, last 5 games) and this team COULD do that.

Honestly, though, I don't see it happening. The coaches seem to be getting in the way, and don't want to take risks. Looking at 7-9, 8-8 or worse.

Sorry to be a pessimist.

That 2PM post was a blast from the past.

When I initially tried to create a new account, someone had already had "bigfish@" something else. I'm going to be watching to make sure there's only one of us.

For the record this is the real fish.

nate u whine just like skinsrealist and then u also insult like the same 5 year olds that say i didnt do anything both of you need to grow up

Wow this sucks Cindy..Now my username is my real lastname..How do I change this

Welcome to the blog helloween! Do you have anything nice to say?

My 2:03 post was NOT in regards to the 2PM post. I didn't notice until I posted at 2:03. Ask before, ASSuming.

Hooray! I had to create an email address that went along with what I'd been posting under, and since most email clients won't allow a 3 letter email address, I had to add "the" in front of my handle.

It's certainly nice to have this in place though. Hopefully we can finally say goodbye to the insane amount of nonsense and name stealing that was going on.

RedDMV,

This is A Fan.

I managed to create an account that show as SkinsRealist. I really just wanted to see if registration would stop what it was supposed to. Doesn't look like it.

I don't want to use the SR id as a poser. If you want it, say so and we will figure out a way to give you the info to use it.

Otherwise I will kill it forever.

You will be able to tell by my extremely poor grammar that this is the former SkinsRealist. To the guy posing as SkinsRealist, trust me my friend, you are about to shoulder a heavy burden with that name.

With a team as demoralized as the Jets -- who are 53 guys who do this for a living to pay the mortgage -- it is real important to strike hard and fast to keep them demoralized. Demoralize their guts out. [And maybe that way, they won't notice that we are putting Springs, bad wheel Smoot, and Macklin/Torrence up against Coles and Cotchery.] Also, Thomas Jones used to be good in Chicago (and I remember OT D'Brickashaw Ferguson and center Nick Mangold being first round O-linemen pick), so does anyone know what's going on with their rushing game?

Interesting stuff about Gibbs.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/dr_z/10/30/running.up/index.html

sween, I'm sure Pete Kendall can give us some sort of an idea as to how their line works. Thomas Jones isn't doing to good up there in Jersey this year but he is bound to break out in one of these games. Hopefully not ours.

It seems the Skins are right back to where they were last season in terms of the secondary. Ugh.

My boys are going as Spiderman (3) and a skeleton (1).

I'm excited for the season to start for the Wiz - I'm nervous though. Some are projecting them to win the East - seems a bit optimistic. I don't think they are going to fare much better than last year, and there have been some significant personnel upgrades in the conference.

We got a little rattled out here in NorCal last night - it was a bit freaky - timely for Halloween!

It looks like I'm going to have to go to Southern Cal for 2-3 months for work at the end of November. Anyone up here in that area or plan on being there?

SR,
Reveal your true self to me and the others.

Based on yesterday, I'm guessing this is Mike H. It could also be "A Disgusted Fan", we both at times can be very critical of the team.

I'm wondering why they can't go back to an offensive game like they had against the Lions. The playcalling was diverse, the ball was spread all over the field, and they were even going neat stuff such as direct snapping the ball to Portis. It seems like since then, they've gone into a shell of their former selves and haven't even attempted plays such as those.

Please come back!

I know everyone is at a low ebb after last week's loss and all the injuries we're dealing with. Indeed, the Skins have many problems they need to correct. The most troubling thing I see though is the listless manner in which they've played the past couple of weeks on offense. I expected more spirit out of the D as well. Perhaps getting spanked will wake them up and spark a fire. I'm not going to go on too much about how bad I thought the play calling on both sides of the ball was last week, but if something isn't working you damn well better change it. I'm yearning to see something different, so maybe this will be the week. Just get out there and start hitting to start with--they were way too passive Sunday.

I hope they take a set of walkie talkies to all their future games, or if there's a problem with communications just let JC call his own plays. It's too much stress on a young QB to not get the play until there's just a few seconds left on the clock, and that seems to happen anyway when the stupid radios are working fine. Maybe if he pretended the helmet radio was broken and put something together himself it could rally the troops. The wear and tear of keeping our D on the field too much is already showing. I think Jason has the tools to be a leader, and win or lose he needs to do something to get everyone's attention. He probably knows better than Al what plays might get his guys fired up. As Jasno reported way back, JC has been a winner at every level all the way through Auburn. I believe in the kid, and I feel like this team can play a whole hell of a lot better than they've been showing. Think positive.

There's something I just can't understand, and hopefully someone here can help me. Why on earth is James Thrash ever in the game at wideout? Sure, he's a stalwart on special teams, but on offense, he's essentially useless. Who's making this decision?

I have been thinking that we lack leadership on offense. Whenever I see people like Tom Brady getting pizzed over a false start or Brett Favre getting excited over completing a pass or listen to people "Mike'd up" on ESPN I always think to myself, Who would they "mike up" on our offense? Who is the verbal leader on our offense because I don't see anyone making any noise.

RedDMV

Please refer to my post of 2:12

I also posted as notsaying at 1:35

The ID is yours for the asking, say the word. This is not a shake down. We just have to figure out how to get you the info. Maybe an email to Cindy that she can pass on to you?

BigFish, where in Southern Cal? If LA, I can give you a great rec for a skins bar.

Has anyone looked at the 2008 HOF nominees? There are a lot of former Redskins on the list.

Can Art finally get his this year? The selection committee is a joke.

I must add my .02, on the new registration, for a few lines before returning to the appropriate topic at hand.

I have to agree with Nate that the dribble which overtook the Blog, shortly after the current season started, is what caused me to take an extended hiatus. Not, that my presence prior to vacating was that large, but none the less it didn't help that the atmosphere on this blog went from interesting, thought provoking, mainly fact based posts to resembling something more like I would expect to find on a Jr. High school student's MySpace/Facebook page.

And that isn't even addressing the insane attacks from Cowgirl and Pats fans the past few weeks.

Maybe registration will help to lessen the impulse for someone to simply enter a coy phrase or a page full of "Sign Chris Cooley" and return the Blog to the "true" fans who are here for a quality discussion about the team that we all love.

And, finally, for those of you calling out Nate for being a dork for meeting up with so many RI contributors, what's your problem with expanding a fan's circle of friends?

Personally speaking before I met Nate, I felt alone, on Sundays watching the Skins, in a city 3,000 miles away from Redskin Nation. Not having the ability to chat with someone who felt as impassioned about the Skins really brought me down and I actually didn't watch a lot of games for my first two years living in Portland after moving here from DC in '05.

(In fact, in my town: PDX, the local blogger at The Oregonian is launching a mini-crusade to ban all Native American sports team names from our largest paper due to the PC-ness of it all. So I really didn't feel that comfortable outing myself as a 'Skins fan at the local pub; yest I get an earful about how inappropriate it was that I cheered for a team that I became a fan of long before I learned how to read or realized that its name was offensive.)

So with all of that being said I am happy to have the restraints on RI and look forward to commenting more on here again, when the boss isn't looking of course.

Certainly the best treat that any RI regular could ask for on this Halloween.

Welcome back Kotter(s), Welcome Back!

Hail!

d

Am I still me?

Alex, I'll be in El Segundo.

Yay, this is fun!

Yes!
HTTR! HTTB!

Where in So Cal?

It looks like I'm going to have to go to Southern Cal for 2-3 months for work at the end of November. Anyone up here in that area or plan on being there?

Posted by: bigfish | October 31, 2007 02:18 PM

Nah, RedDMV is the name from now on. You can keep the name, its too painful to reflect upon.

Your name is "A Fan"?
For a minute there you made me think I achieved star power.

*Ego returning to normal now*

And after that diatribe it looks like I still have a few kinks to work out as while I registered my RI name: StumptownChris on WP; It appears that my old registration name "Cochran5" still appears in the comments section. Even though I am logged in, currently, under StumptownChris.

Any ideas?

Guess my old name?

Stumptown, Hit the "sign out" right above the comments section and then sign back in. I had the same problem at first.

I'm sure there will be some cyber-squatting - intentional or not - for a while until things settle down.

As someone else said, this doesn't make the trolls go away, but it does make them work hard enough that most give up and go to wherever underemployed trolls go.

We now return you to your normal jibba-jabba, interspersed with Redskin-related profundities.

Are you WrongDog RightWay?

Bigfish: Thanks for the suggestions. I have tried that before, and once again, and it still appears that I come up as Cochran5. Even though I registered a completely new e-mail address: Stumptownchris@gmail.com, for this specific reason...

Interesting....

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3087519

Would there be any interest in Mike Williams?

Coles probably won't play Sunday.

Fears the Reaper.

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/jets/

Try signing out above comments and signing out of WaPO. If that doesn't work then delete your cookies. Mmmmm cookies!

BigFish, try Joxer Daly's... not too far from where you'll be (maybe 20 minutes). Awesome redskins bar.

http://losangeles.citysearch.com/profile/35670739/culver_city_ca/joxer_daly_s.html

Mike Willimas is an undersized tight end.

IMO

Great post JLC, have fun with the kids tonight these times don't last long! Pretty soon they will be nagging you for the car keys and a twenty spot.....

I don't feel like changing my email and all that.

So, I am now the blogger formerly known as 4th.....

did anyone ever post what happened to Jason Reid?

the red sox will never be the yankees, no matter how much you wish it true.

win 2 championships in liek 80 years doesn't make you the yankees, it makes you the blue jays or the white sox, but not the yankees.

RightWay is probably 4th, based on emailing with him in the past.

how do i add the 13 to the end of my name? it automatically set it to gethanr without me getting to pick

Hi, 4th floor.

Thanks for the tip Alex. I should be home on the weekends in order to be able to catch the games unless we have a Thursday, Sunday or Monday nighter. Not sure if we have any scheduled.

did anyone ever post what happened to Jason Reid?

Cindy left some comments in the previous thread. In short, he went back to Cali for a little bit.

Hello! Well, THAT wasn't at all annoying. Somebody has my name, so I am now TheCindy. Sheesh.

D'oh! Not quick enough.
How are you 4th?

Stumptown Chris- Follow Nate's advice from his 2:02pm post...It worked for me.

P Diddy is now "heath0005". Unfortunate name? Yes. Sadly, I've been using that login since, well, 1993. So, there it is.

Do we have a list of who became what after the Great Registration Event of 2007?

I knew you'd prob get it 4-12.

Anyway, back to business. How can the Redsox be the New Yankees after getting only winning 2 championships in 4 years and none in 90 years prior?

TheCindy as in CynCity??

So Cindy is "TheCindy". Don't we (didn't we) have a "TheDon" up here before?

P Diddy is now 007.

I think Jason was quoting Mike Greenberg from this morning. He said the exact same thing.

Major props to Nate. The majorest of major props.

WashPo has been online since '93?

Re: Reid - Any explaination on why he went back to Cali? Couldn't stand the East Coast? Redskins didn't like him?

I think Jasno may have been referring to the comment form one of the Sox brass yesterday. Someone asked him if they were the new Yankees and he said "we ain't trying to be no Yankees".

P Diddy is now "heath0005".

You have got to be kidding. Go and change it to PDiddy or something by following Nate's instructions. heath0-whatever is totally unacceptable.

Everyone should list pre-registration name and current name. It would be funny to see how much the names have changed.

I also like to guess why that name was chosen.

Any explaination on why he went back to Cali?

Hey there! Jason Reid has NOT quit. Or been fired. Or disapparated. His wife and baby son have been in LA, because of the soft housing market. He went out there when the fires started and will return to our area, with his family, this week. He'll be back at Redskins Park Friday.

Posted by: Cindy | October 31, 2007 12:04 PM

So there ya go.

I pondered being CynCyty, but opted not to....Still, I will answer to that. Happily and proudly.

Hi, Gang.

Just stopped in to see what was up with the new "secure" registration. LOL! The registration system should be referred to as "swiss cheese". Maybe we can trade it for a ham sandwich one of these days. (I still can't figure out why "Old Media" didn't want to just block IP numbers of offensive posters. Occam's Razor, and all that.)

Note to whoever asked: Cindy confirmed earlier that Jason Reid will be back on Friday. His family was in the fire zone in So. Cal.

Fewer tricks, better treats - a better Blog Halloween to all!

Formerly Redcoat.

Now.

Haha, if Coles is out, then that almost negates the fact that Rodgers is out for the Skins. Nice

Wooo Hoo!

Finally, got my groove (aka my "handle") back.

Bigfish, thanks for the cookies suggestion as that was the trick.

Now it feels great to be back!

Hey, Nate's instructions worked. I'm back. P Diddy is now "PDiddy". Nate, you're a genius.

Bet you can't guess my old name:-)

No problem Stumptown. Mmmm Cookies (in my best Homer Simpson voice)

Pardon my stupidididity, but why is Portland known as "Stumptown"? Is the indigenous population particularly length-challenged in some way or other?

Formerly: Mark (in 21132). Before that: Mark, until another person started posting as Mark.

Same as I ever was...

Bonjour Marc!!! I see you were casting nasturtiums on my sanity (or lack of) in a previous thread. I resemble that remark!

How do you get your old name to be your signature rather than part of your email address?Help!!

Ok, ok... updating my primer on "how to get a better blog nickname" based on the conversation up here:

a. if you're already logged in to WashPo, sign out
b. delete all WashPo cookies on yer computer
1. create a new account
2. go to an article on the site, like any news article on the home page
3. under the "Toolbox" area is the "Comment" area. where it says "POST A COMMENT You must be logged in to leave a comment," click on the "Log in" link
4. in the "My Post ID" field, enter the display name you want to use. cross your fingers that your usual blog nickname is available
5. submit that display name
6. come back here and start blogging your guts out

Hail to the blog!

I've had a WashPo Online account since they first went online and required registration. No idea when that was, but I was able to use Nate's instructions to associate a new handle with my existing email. Worked out great.

And I love Heath. Sure, bad football player, as yet undetermined about his effectiveness as a Congressman, but an all around good guy. Like I said, there are very few players who I actually hate.

Nate, thanks again. I feel "whole" again.

Repost Nates directions please

huh?

Soldat Anglais,

If you truely were posting as Skippy, you will have to pretend to be Skippy once in awhile. I enjoyed Skippy's posts.

And thanks to Cindy for enabling registration!

SIGN CHRIS COOLEY!

Just kidding :-)

Yeah...Nate's the best. That will probably need to be reposted several times over the next week so people like myself who don't get to spend too much time on the blog can just follow directions.

Also, in response to DCSween's Carlos Rogers post a few hours back...I still don't buy this CR was so valuable schtick. Maybe I'll be proven wrong but I think they played a loose zone specifically to protect him. If he even had average to above-average coverage and tackling skills I think you'd see a lot more aggressive defense out of the Skins.

I guess the results on the field will prove some of us wrong. BTW, I also really liked what I saw out of Macklin and Eubanks earlier in the year/pre-season. Now you all know why I have this handle.

The founding fathers were in such a hurry to build this boomtown that, after cutting down many many trees hereabouts to get lumber, they left the stumps where they stood. In the streets or wherever. The derogatory nickname "Stumptown" came into use to indicate what in-a-hurry hicks the town's residents were. Now it's worn like a badge of honor.

[The judges would also have accepted "Rose City," "Bridgetown" and "Rip City."]

* Using best foreshadowing voice *

I don't know just how I know, but I feel sure we'll hear from our friend Skippy again sometime. :-)

In an 0-8 season that may be heading towards 0-16, what's a guy to do to maintain his tenuous grip on sanity?

I think this is a good assesment of the defensive situation. While there is more quality depth, The Redskins are a couple of injuries away from being in the same boat as last year. The D-line has been much improved over last year but the corners have held coverage longer and given the linemen more time to get to the QB.

Cookies are good only if they're Oreos on a Domino's pizza.

Cindy, After last week I vote to retire the Oreo pizza and the Key Lime yogurt. Similar to the way that I have now retired my "lucky" jersey.

testing 1-2

Thanks Nate. All of life's ineffable (always wanted to use that word) questions get answered "up here" at RI!

"Rip City" sounds kinda painful, and I believe that Petra may have beaten Portland to "Rose City" by about 5,000 years or so. I'll let you guys and the capital of Barbados battle it out for Bridgetown. My money's on the Barbadians!

I'm confused. Did skippy get the metal plate removed or is that Redcoat?

I guess I'm "outed" now...

It is I!!!

formerly "hmmmmm"

*sigh*

I think the metal plate is still there, but it is loose and stuff is leaking out.

I signed out/back in at the top and at the top it said I was 'me', but when I posted it said I was 'him'.

Goshdarn cookies!!

formerly "hmmmmm"

*sigh*

Posted by: vtplp2g | October 31, 2007 03:30 PM

Wow, what's your real name!?!

"formally known as, formally known as" LMGO!

RedDMV is the same illiterate fool SkinsRealist was.

I believe (read: know) the word you were looking for is formerly.

There is one big advantage to this registration lark, Loseable Type seems to post comments MUCH faster now.

When Cload turns up he can tell me why, unless any of you esteemed peeps know.

test

Ineffable?! Nothing up here is ineffable!

F Nate in the PDX

Redcoat - As I had feared loseabe type is still an issue. Still can't post two comments in the same minute. That's what the test thing was all about.

Nate, you stole my pun!! I was going (metaphorically) 'eff' ChRIs lARrY!!

D@mn, you! D@mn you all to h3ll!!

alright, i'm back. I think it would have been to difficult for people to guess who I was if my name was still just gethanr, clearly too confusing

Well, it could be formerly and formally - all things being driven by registration today.

It's weird you say that 'fish, as my posts seem to appear about 50% faster than they used to. Maybe that's just good luck. I also haven't tried to post more than once in a minute anyway though.

I like this new process with registration. I had gotten to the point with the blog that I would check a poster's name before I read the post. If I recognized the name, I would read the post. This got me past most of the drivel until the fake posters showed up.

I know we will still have trolls, but I hope we are safe from the fakes.

Maybe this will lure other RI 'Blegends' out of their exile/retirement/work-related stuff to come back and post.

When was the last sighting of HaikuMan?

same old bunch of geek crybabies on here...

Shapiro's article is right on the money today.

Same for me Mark (from the Future). Now you will know to always skip right by my posts!!

Ok, I'm just testing....this is Lisa. The darn site would not let me be just Lisa...not even Lisa1 or LisaR.

Hey Mark (dans deux une une trois deux), did you get your belltower/Francis Cupola/chimney/whatever fixed up okay?

And are you still mowing that lawn three days a week or whatever it was?

i'm just wondering how many a$$clowns got to sign up under a regular's name, my bet is that wasn't the case for Lisa as I can see that being fairly common

I think the application has an embedded rule that says that IDs must be 6 characters or more.

johndinhouston,

Taken in context, it could not have been "formally." I understand the urge to try to cover for people who lack mastery of the English language, but enabling them is the worst thing you could do for them. It is best to correct them so they can stop embarrassing themselves.

then what about 4-12?

Testing...testing...is this thing on?

say goodbye to ChRiS LaRRy....

Okay gethnr13, you got me there!! I forgot that one, but saw that 'swb' couldn't get on earlier until he/she added enough characters to get to 6.

I'll put my pointy hat on and stand in the corner facing the wall now.

Soldat Anglais,

The cupola on the barn is fixed and painted. A good chore done. The lawn grass is down to once per week, but that should end soon. We have had about 4 heavy frosts in the past week with lows in the upper 20s by morning. We (my wife, that is) have only had to cut the pastures once in the last five weeks.

Thanks for asking - probably more than most wanted to know.

cL!! Are you going to create about 50 versions of your ID with random characters capitalised so you can log on with them according to your mood?

mashlup,

Fair point - I shall abide by that.

Sorry to hear about the injury to Carlos Rogers. Two torn ligaments? Not much chance he will be able to play in 2008. Prioleau only had the ACL tear, but Carlos has the MCL torn also, so they can't be compared. Takes a lot longer to heal both at once.

I am still fast enough to play the corner. Maybe Dan Snyder will give me a call in the off-season.

Has anyone seen my friend Periculum lately?

"mashlup" - if that was intentional, it was very funny.

dang it, now this thing uses my real name for my ID.

Redcoat,

No way thats to much work. I think I will adopt Redskins Ray's MO...

- ChriS LarrY

You don't get a lot of pass attempts when you go three and out on every possesion.

Unless you run well or complete the pass attempts you try...

Maybe there wouldn't be as many 3 and outs if they threw more.

I'm confused. I'm also embarrassed by the "Tang". It was a high school decision over 7 years ago... I used up all my email addresses and couldn't get the thing to work so I could be just "Dorf".

I do not abide.

Redcoat, the site said at least 4 letters but would not let me be simply Lisa...kept suggesting Lisa8.

Sweet, we finally have registration, now i don't have to put in the same freakin name everytime....anyone else like this?

So who do we think is gonna be the baller/screwup on Sunday?

Dorf,

Hahahahahah!!! I'm sorry...that's just too funny. "Tang?" Really?

All in good fun, but I'm almost crying with laughter.

How do I change my User ID???? Do I have to create a new email address?

Lisa,

That probably meant that Lisa, and Lisa1 through Lisa7 were already taken.

Well, I couldn't be JustMe. I had to add the stupid underscore or a number at the end. This feels kinda weird. I suppose I'll get over it, though, as it's a small price to pay to not have to scroll through dozens of ignorant, profane, rambling posts with lines of capitalized words that amplify the stupidity of the writer. This is kinda nice. :-)

Lisa,

I just got "Lisa" to work. You can use any domain name for the e-mail address. Just use Lisa@blahblahblah.com and that should work.

Sorry, That fake lisa was me. Just trying to help a sista out.

in there, like swimwear

Lisa,

I just got "Lisa" to work. You can use any domain name for the e-mail address. Just use Lisa@blahblahblah.com and that should work.

Posted by: lisa | October 31, 2007 04:31 PM

That is what I was afraid would happen. So I could become NateinthePDX@blahblahblah.com and there would be two Nates?????

I hope this isn't the case because it would send Nate over the edge.

That's the swiss cheese registration for you. Lets not talk about it anymore.

Cindy - Can you delete that comment please?

What has RI thought us today?

That we care more about registering with our old tags rather than care about Double Move being put on IR........

Thanks, bigfish....I will give it a try....

I think both CP and Betts will have big days. Anyone know off hand how the team has responded under Gibbs 2.0 after humiliating losses?

Last year we followed up our embarassing opneding weekend loss to the Vikes by falling to the 'girls, but then stomped Houston. Looking through the results from last year, I don't really see too many really embarassing losses (scoring 3 against the gints may be considered embarassing though).

Jasno,

The reason why Campbell has less completions during these 7 games than he did last year, IS BECAUSE THE RUNNING GAME IS HORRIBLE this year. Last year, we were able to sustain drives, and therefore give him more opportunities to throw. This year we can't, so not as many opportunities.

I think we all care about Double Move being put on IR but there's only so much you can say about it. It is what it is.

One more comment on those screaming for Gibbs to let Jason open it up - Jason Campbell is not a good deep ball passer. Troy Aikman has pointed this out on TV (he throws a flat deep ball). In college he was great at the out's and passing across the middle, but if you asked him to put a lot of arc on the ball and get it down the field, he was not accurate. Some examples - remember early in the year when Moss was wide open on that play action fake and he missed him by 10 yards, Brandon lloyd on that deep one, two games ago. Not to say he can't do it (Cooley against the Eagles), its just that overall he is not accurate on the deep passes.

I think this coaching staff realizes this and therefore, in a effort to avoid mistakes, does not ask him to do what he can't do.

Does this mean we will see more blitzing from GW now that he is without Rodgers?

I still don't know how Torrance leap frogged Macklin in PT? For some reason, I still believe Macklin will end up being the nickel corner. But, he won't be the one playing man, he'll be the CB playing in that cover 2 shell, where his skills can be utilized........

been a lurker for a long time - another PDX current resident...

Wonder if it would make sense to play ST or LL as corner... Who better to try it against Clemens...

Wow! Some good stats for our offense.

"The Redskins' offense may be ranked 28th currently, but it it has been effective in the red zone.

The unit is ranked third with a 59.1 percent clip in the NFC in touchdown percentage inside opponents' 20-yard line. That trails only Arizona (70.6 percent) and New Orelans (65 percent) in the conference.

The offense has also been successful on first downs. The unit is ranked third in the NFC and eighth overall with an average of 5.80 yards on first down."

http://www.redskins.com/gameday/default.jsp?gameId=83

Jasno--

Carve out another night to see "Michael Clayton." Wear your thinking cap. Quality film making at its finest.

"Into the WIld" resonated, but I had a tough time getting past the guy's selfishness. Yeah, sure, his father was a jerk, but lots of people have fathers who are jerks. And certainly nothing wrong with "finding yourself" in the kind of journey of discovery that's the heart of much literature.

But, dude, couldn't you lob your poor sis a call? Could you care just a little beyond your own self-interests, just a smidge?

Sure, fine flick. I recommend it, but seeing a character grow to the point that he does the RIght Thing--as is the case in MC-- is a more satisfying cinematic journey for my money. But you know, no harm in seeing both movies. And adding "Gone Baby Gone" and "Rendition" to the list will help clean out anyone's brain of the accumulation of cinematic junk the brain acquires in Summer

I'm in

You could at least show some respect by retiring the disparaging moniker "Double Move". May I suggest "Double Tear"?

May I suggest "Double Tear"?

Posted by: SMACK1 | October 31, 2007 04:53 PM

Now that's harsh.

It will be interesting to see how Torrence does. I thought he held up pretty well in the Pats game. Randy Moss had to push off on him to catch that TD pass so I don't really hold that against him. If GG thinks he's ahead of Macklin then I trust his decision. Just look at what he's done with the young guys on the D-line this year.

Wow Smack Wow! Leave it up to the cowboy fan to cross the line of good taste. One would think you're a Philly fan with that type of remark.

I'm in.

Hello My Name is Forrest.

C'mon now. A Philly fan would have wished that upon him before it happened. I wouldn't do that to Carlos. Brian Dawkins, yes. Lito Sheppard, maybe. But not Carlos.

We're really sorry to hear the latest on Carlos up here. He really fought his guts out every week and if it weren't for him going down in the 1st quarter of the Patriots game, I have a feeling we would have won.

Now we have Leigh Torrence coming in here. He's really super smart and he' a good guy. We're really going to fight our guts out this Sunday against the Jets with what we got. We played rock, paper, scissors today and Vinny gets to call the plays on offense this weekend. It should be a great game.

ByThor...:

From one PDX Skins fan to another 'Welcome!'.

Also, if you're interested a group of us gather at On Deck, nearly every week, to watch the Skins. While it isn't the best bar, it is smoke free and in a central location as we have folks coming from SE, NE, N, and the 'Couv.

Hope to see you there sometime!

byThorbyOdin, you reminded me: our fellow Portlander Redskin Willie is a big fan of Kellen Clemens from his Oregon days.

Do you know anything on Clemens that would give us a rough idea what we might expect on Sunday? Forgot to ask Willie what he thinks.

Does seem to be a big question mark over the game. The guy has to be better than Pennington right now, right? But still, a youngster at QB should be a pigeon, especially for our D coming in with its pride so wounded.

Woohoo!!!

Hail to the Rego!!!!

Wouldn't a major reason that we have passed the ball less be because we've been in front more?

And the stat may be misleading, we might have thrown less, but have we actually ran more often? Or have we just had less possession?

woohoo.

That was hard enough that it's going to eliminate most of the trolls. Thanks for explaining it in step by step, dcsween, so that even a guy as dumb as a troll could get through.

Wait, if I can do it, so can the trolls. They should have made it harder. Uh, oh. Catch-22.

Loving the registration. Still lots of crap posts, but whaddaya going to do?

Rogers is going to be out for longer than 9 months. He tore two ligaments. It seems like when players do that, they get back the year after, but they aren't the same. It takes at least a year for them to trust the knee and get it as strong as it was. He wasn't that amazing to begin with (though making strides for the better). He's going to need every bit of that knee to be okay.

I still say draft as many O-linemen as possible. Then corner. Then d-line. Sheesh, we need a WR or two, too.

Let's draft a GM.

any 'Skins fans in houston?

Mr Watson -- come here--I want to see you.

I'm ready to make some craptasic comments.

so the technologically advanced WaPo has no concept of screen names? I have to create a faux email account to get the name I want. I also was able to create multiple names the same, so much for fake posters.

Now the next time my uses the computer she'll be wondering way I need another e-mail account.

Must be for my sexy chats will all you peeps. Kost you look great tonite!

I least I won't forget to include my name now

Rego = PITA
Rego = PITA
Rego = PITA
Rego = PITA
Rego = PITA
Rego = PITA

Brittney must use a car seat for her kids. What a moron!!!

Torrance will not be good because I did not blow at least a 3rd round draft pick!

Make sure to come to Redskins Park tonight, as I, the Great Cerratto, hand out draft picks to everyone! No NFL credentials necessary!!!

Ok, everyone out trick or treating?

I must stick with the Key Lime yogurt. I luvs me the Key Lime yogurt.

If there is ANYONE using false credentials, let me know and I will give a conditional 6th round pick to how we can solve such treatchery! Ok, fine, you win, a 4th rounder.

For I, the great Cerratto, wish all of you a happy and prosperous Halloween!

tampa - you didn't need to create an e-mail account. You can even use a non-existent domain name for your e-mail address. That's just between me and you though. Shhhhh.

My latest obsession is (don't laugh) KFC. I can't stop eating KFC 3-piece meals. Ugh. I was doing so well on this exercise and diet plan, too...

Apparently I'm already registered. Am I still allowed to call for JLC to find a job at another newspaper?

Ok Cindy. You can keep the Key Lime yogurt and Diddy can keep his Oreo pie but I have to let go of my "lucky" jersey and never wear it again.

FYI - My lucky jersey was Lavaar Arrington. Bring on the ridicule while I duck my guts out.

I'm done with Oreo Pizza. The Patriots stomped on it, vomited on it, and threw it in the garbage. From here on out, it's 3-piece chicken meals from KFC. Though, sadly, I'll be in Barcelona the next two games and will have to settle for tapas and Rioja. Oh the humanity!

i dont like registration. we dont need it and it takes away from some of the fun. it puts even more restrictions on people that our government is currently doing to us.

What just happened? I just did a massive long post full of heaps of stats and it didn't come through??

loseable type strikes again.

A-Rod is a lot of things, but a fraud isn't one of them. That's a dumb thing to say. Also, the NBA is about ten times as exciting as the Redskins' offense.

Go 'Zards! Should be an easy game tonight vs the Pacers with no O'Neill. Good to see a 'Zards team with no injuries besides Etan "The Poet" Thomas. This team could have went all the way last year without all the injuries at the end of the year.

Here goes.

I was wondering if there is much difference between our passing game this year, compared to last year, so I did some research, comparing the percentage of passes ATTEMPTED per position this season against last season. I know the % don't add up to 100, but thats because of rounding off. I've included Sellars as a RB.

RB 2007 - 24.7% 2006 - 21.8%
TE 2007 - 23.2% 2006 - 23%
WR 2007 - 51.9% 2006 - 55%

So looking at that, it shows that while there are some passes being taken from the WR's and given to the RB's it's not the massive sort of difference I was looking for. So I delve a little deeper, here are the attempts/completed stats for each player this season-

Portis 23/19 - 82.6% Completion Rate
Betts 13/9 - 69.2% Completion Rate
Sellars 14/10 - 71.4% Completion Rate
Cooley 40/23 - 57.5 Completion Rate
Yoder 7/5 - 71.4% Completion Rate
Moss 44/20 - 45.4% Completion Rate
Randle-El 39/26 - 66.6% Completion Rate
Thrash 10/3 - 30% Completion Rate
Lloyd 8/2 - 25% Completion Rate
McCardell 4/4 - 100% Completion Rate

I'm surprised at the low rate from Thrash, I would've thought the lesser receivers would have higher % because when the ball gets thrown their way, it's generally because they're open. We really need to get the ball to McCardell more, and it's not like he's getting cheap catches either, he's averaging 17.2 yards per pop.

I think it shows that we're attempting to get the ball to our WR's enough, but the success % isn't high enough, especially when you consider how many of those passes are short ones.

I know a few people will say that these stats were a waste of time, but you're wrong. I'm at work, I got PAID to do it! Haha

My latest obsession is (don't laugh) KFC. I can't stop eating KFC 3-piece meals. Ugh. I was doing so well on this exercise and diet plan, too...

Posted by: PDiddy | October 31, 2007 06:40 PM

Diddy, At least you're with the KFC diet. The urge will pass quickly. The Popeye's diet is for life.

Still think registration blows but at least won't have to scroll through SIGN SEAN TAYLOR after this season.

Doubt that he will miss a chance to stick it to the Danny but Coles is uncertain. If our boys have any pride Sunday should be a Detroit type no stress win.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d803c7d96&template=without-video&confirm=true

kost,
I really like the stats work.

It shows Moss is having a bad year. Thrash's stats don't surprise me, but Yoder's does.

And I recall never seeing McCardell drop one...so, why he doesn't get more targets I don't know.

tampa - you didn't need to create an e-mail account. You can even use a non-existent domain name for your e-mail address. That's just between me and you though. Shhhhh.

Posted by: bigfish | October 31, 2007 06:39 PM

I tried a fake email address and it came back and said "not a valid email account"

go figure, still is easy to spoof

can there be a trick-or-treat rule like

> A cup you're too old to go out

on the otherhand the naughty nurses where nice until you remember they're some neighbors daughters

Stumped, I was surprised to see that Moss is still our most targeted receiver. It reminds me of a point I wanted to make after the Green Bay game. A lot of people were unhappy with Weird Al for calling the reverse play on which Santana fumbled, I wasn't. I liked the call, to me it seemed like they had thought, "our main receiver and biggest playmaker is having a tough time out there, what can we do, how about we PUT the ball in his hands, and see how he goes, who knows if he breaks off a big one, maybe it will help get his confidence back". Obviously it didn't work out that way, but I think the right intent was there, but the execution wasn't.

Maybe now, we're at the stage where we need to give ARE the "No.1" role, temporarily, until Moss starts to hit some form. Release the pressure on him a bit you know.

By the way, I had another post disappear. Maybe it's the longer ones that it struggles with. Seems like it sort of times out or something.

Stumped, as for Yoder, his production could be a blessing for us, as dcsween was pointing out the other day, if we can get a backup TE who can be reliable, we'd probably see more 2 TE sets, which, given our OL woes, could provide us with a bit more safety, and versatility.

I think the trick and/or treat rule is that once you're older, you no longer go bag snatching, but you do go ***** bagging.

Did I just say that? Sigh. I should get a demerit point for coming up with something so crass. But all these "naughty nurses" and "naughty schoolteachers" and "naughty secretaries" have me thinking naughty thoughts. Ah, it's going to be a wonderfully drunk night. My flight tomorrow is at 7pm, so I have plenty of time to recover.

>>> "The [KFC Diet] urge will pass quickly"

Sadly, in more ways than one...

Kost,

Interesting thought on the hand-off to Moss. I hadn't considered that.

So did anyone figure out what Troy Vincent is up to right now? Last year, the 'Skins signed him right about now and he came up with the Play of the Century against Dallas...

kost,
Yeah, I like the thought behind handing off to Moss better than the execution.

The trouble is our team isn't fast enough to pull off those slow developing plays and they read it easily.

I think you've got to mix up JC's read a little bit too and spread it around.

But in that Pats game, JC didn't have the protection he needed (and for the first time really seemed to lose his cool). The only option he had was to head to the open field.

So did anyone figure out what Troy Vincent is up to right now?

Waiting for the Skins to call?

I don't wish bad things on players, and I'm sorry he's hurt, but have we really lost anything in losing Carlos Rogers for the year? He gets smoked all the time, can't handle a double move even if the receiver was tied to him. He's often out of place in his coverage and he misses a lot of open field tackles. So who takes his place at the very least should can't be no worst than par for the course.

I was just looking to see if there's somewhere which has a list of current free agents, bu