The Giants rush D is good:

96.1 y/g
3.9 y/c
7 TDs
7 of 20+ y
1 40+ y

But I think from looking at their D stats on nfl.com that the one area where they seem to be particularly susceptible is to the big pass. They have given up 37 pass plays of 20+ yards (which ranks them 20th in the nfl) and 9 plays of 40+ (30th). That's almost 1 40+ pass play per game and almost 3 plays of 20+ per game. Todd is gonna need to make the big play when it's there.

JLC-

I wouldn't be so quick to "stand behind" that guy Ken's stats regarding the Redskins playoff chances. He claims that if the Redskins win out, they have a 92% chance of making the playoffs, but only a 22% of becoming a 5 seed (and a 70% chance of becoming the 6 seed). That is ridiculous.

Let me explain.

If we win out, that would mean we beat the Giants. In order for us to get the 5 seed, the giants have to lose their remaining 2 games as well, which are at Buffalo (who is fighting for a playoff spot) and vs New England (who is fighting to become the first ever 16-0 team). So, according to this guy Ken's website, the Giants have a 68% chance of winning either at Buffalo or vs New England.

No way.

That should say: "according to this guy Ken's website, the Giants have a 58% chance of winning either at Buffalo or vs New England"

Guys, why are we talking about Playoffs. Have any of you watched us play over the past month. We have looked terrible.

Lets just win and look good for one game before we even consider the Playoffs.

I think 6 -10 looks far more likely for us than 9-7, but I hope I eat these words!

More odd comments from JLC:

"The Skins have no immediate plans to put Jason Campbell on IR for now"

followed by:

"Jason said no one in the organization had clarified specifically whether or not he would be put on IR"

It would appear that Jason la Canfora is again trying to embarrass the organization, but in his latest bizarre attempt, he screws up by contradicting the insinuation that Campbell doesn't know his status...

I think the Giants will beat Buffalo but they will lose their other two games left. The only the Giants fall from 5 to 6 IMO is if Minnesota wins out.

Beside the point, we only need to worry about the Skins winning games because if we don't then what the other teams do or the perecentage don't matter.

Barno, We on fiiiiiiaaaaaaaaa

Guys, why are we talking about Playoffs. Have any of you watched us play over the past month. We have looked terrible.

Lets just win and look good for one game before we even consider the Playoffs.

I think 6 -10 looks far more likely for us than 9-7, but I hope I eat these words!

Posted by: Soup17 | December 11, 2007 11:15 AM

Why are we talking about playoffs, waaaaaah! Let's talk about intentionally losing so we can get a slightly higher draft pick, waaaaah! Yeah let's lose every game for the next 5 years and then we'll have some really high draft picks and maybe 10 years from now we'll be good, waaaaah!

Accuscore on ESPN has the Giants listed as a 71% favorite over the Skins...

I didn't get my DVD waaaaaah! I take issue with every word spoken by JLC waaaaah! I have zero sense of humor waaaaaah!

lol I was thinking the same thing CL

I wholeheartedly support the addition of my cousin Jason to the practice squad.

-Deputy Fife

Chrislarry,

your first 2 wahs were good, the last wah was weak tho...

My sense of humor is, dare I say, excellent.

Guess you don't know what a barno is....

Lets just win and look good for one game before we even consider the Playoffs.

Posted by: Soup17 | December 11, 2007 11:15 AM

Didn't we just do that a few days ago?

Okay, okay, we looked good for 32 minutes and change. But it was 32 minutes and change at the end of the game instead of at the beginning. And the D actually looked pretty good all game.

Barno, you have an axe to grind. We get it, dude. Sheesh...

I met him on a Sunday and my heart stood still...

Posted by: jspaceman72 | December 11, 2007 11:13 AM

da-doo-Todd-Todd-Todd, da-doo-Todd-Todd

freak,

I can't agree with you man! We were given the ball back repeatedly against a bad team. We are now playing three good teams and I can assure you they will not be completely inept on offense.

I will be "cheering my guts out", but this is going to be "a tough game against a good team".

LOL...I don't like our chances, but Fight On Fight On Til' we have won!!

Can we all have a quick collection to buy Barno a copy of "Heavy Metal Parking Lot".

Someone can sign it as Chris Cooley (maybe even the real guy!) and the world can move on again...

I hate to see someone left behind in the past this way.

I'm in for 3c. Who's with me?

I am in and it's hard to believe how much of a big deal he has made out of this.

I take you play "the game for all the family" Barno?

Anybody know anything about this Fife guy? Other than him being Barney's cousin.

We have to start "supersmart" Brunell to have any chance. He's awesome!

Cambell is the starter next year regardless, but I don't think he should play another snap this year.

If the Redskins do by some chance run hte table and make the playoffs, then obviously Collins is on fire and it would make no sense to change a QB who has just won 4 straight games for you. Similarly, if the Skins don't run the table, it doesn't make much sense putting Cambell back in for the last game of the year where he could agravate something and probably would not be 100%.

There is only one scenario where Cambell should play again this year (and the only reason he should not be put on IR), and that would be if Collins takes them to the playoffs but gets injured in one of the playoff games.

Nope, no pole up my Todd. I am a smooth operator baby. And yep, I totally get humour.

Posted by: not Barno /December 11,2007

Toddcoat, I second your 3c...

Plax, and Shockey are going to be tough to contain, the Redskins are going to need to get HUGE pressure on Manning. From watching some of the Philly game, the Eagles seemed to be able to get pressure just rushing their front 4.

We are now playing three good teams and I can assure you they will not be completely inept on offense.

Posted by: Soup17 | December 11, 2007 11:29 AM

Hmmm. Sounds like you have some inside information.

There's a good chance Barno is *in* Heavy Metal Parking lot. I'm picturing the "your mom" guy.

Fwiw, my buddy was at the show with his brother, but went in early...his brother's in it.

But I think from looking at their D stats on nfl.com that the one area where they seem to be particularly susceptible is to the big pass. They have given up 37 pass plays of 20+ yards (which ranks them 20th in the nfl) and 9 plays of 40+ (30th). That's almost 1 40+ pass play per game and almost 3 plays of 20+ per game. Todd is gonna need to make the big play when it's there.

Posted by: WrongDog | December 11, 2007 11:00 AM

The only way the current incarnation of the team is going to make a 40+ yard pass play is for TC to throw 20 yards downfield to Randle El, who in turn stops and throws the ball another 20 yards downfield to Cooley or Moss. However, last time I checked, that play was illegal in the NFL.

Reality: with the Giants' defensive line and the Skins' offensive (in every sense of the word) line, TC will only have enough time for the receivers to run 20-yard patterns. Considering the below-par efforts of the Giants' secondary, that should be enough for the Redskins to move up and down the field at will.

The logical approach would be to run Moss deep on every play (taking with him a cornerback and a safety), and have Randle El, McCardell and Mix ready to catch passes on 3 out of every 4 plays.

shake it off, if it get too hot, up in this spot, we on fiiiiiaaaaaaa

Well right now weather.com is calling for a high of 35 (no doubt sub-30 at kickoff), 70% chance of snow, and high winds (25 mph+) for the game, so maybe defending the deep ball to Plax just got a little easier. See below:

http://www.weather.com/outlook/events/nfl/gameforecast/07073?eventid=214252

Considering the below-par efforts of the Giants' secondary, that should be enough for the Redskins to move up and down the field at will.

Posted by: tafka | December 11, 2007 11:36 AM

Sunday for us is gonna be all about the YAC.

And as we all know, YAC spelled backwards is TODD.

Tafka, don't misunderestimate the value of actually hitting a receiver in stride even on a short(er) crossing pattern. How many of Favre's TD passes this year have had 3 or 4x as much in yards after catch because he's hit the guy at the right time?

The Toddler looks like he can pass that way, so if you have ARE, and Cooley running those patterns while Moss goes deeper you could see bigger completions than you think.

Everyone is vulnerable to those plays.

I posted about three hours of yesterday's Toddmania on the Wiki. It's edited somewhat although I couldn't get rid of all those misspellings by Redcoat/Toddcoat. His people are so backwards writing stuff like "favourite" instead of "favorite." Don't they have schools over there?

Here's the link:

http://redskinsinsiders.wetpaint.com/page/Toddaly+Toddmania

It's a wiki, so if your favorite was left off, add it. And if your favourite was left off, it was deliberate.

Why would they bring someone in who was not here in the preseason? Were Bramlet, Hollenbach, Baby Palmer that bad off that we would bring somebody in totally new? This could be critical as we need to get younger at the backup QB going forward. Unless COllins pulls off a miracle.

Bless you for the do-Todd-Todd-Todd, tafka. (there's a sentence I'll likely never utter again.)

It's not a stretch to imagine Wade sitting TO y Romo for most of, if not all of, the game in week 17. It's possible that the Cowboys could have an inept offense.

Sorry t_e, I believe I'm mildly tarded in the spelling arena.

And Todd.

David Patten. Damn.

LiberalMike,

Re: weather, you're right on.

Models keep bouncing back and forth 100 hrs out, but there may very well be alot of snow/wind.

Turnovers/defense/line play/running game will drive the outcome of this game.

I see this as not particularly good news for the Skins.

Why did you guys get rid of Patten again? He looked pretty darn good last night.

talent_evaluator great post on wiki - i reread mine and im impressed with my talent.

4-12,

Did not want to get on that tangent today but I thought the same exact thing last night watching the game. How could they get rid of that and keep Lloyd? Maybe we can get him back. I would think the Saints were able to sign him to a one year deal not knowing what he would do.

We are now playing three good teams and I can assure you they will not be completely inept on offense.

Posted by: Soup17 | December 11, 2007 11:29 AM

The only saving grace to this is that all three of those teams' offenses have looked inept against good defenses. For the coming week, Eli always looks inept for about 75% of each game. The key is to get a lead and then keep playing aggressively on offense so that he can't get on the field in the 4th quarter.

Were Bramlet, Hollenbach, Baby Palmer that bad off that we would bring somebody in totally new?

Posted by: straub21 | December 11, 2007 11:44 AM

Yes. Why do you think they didn't keep any of them on the practice squad?

Look, at this point of the season, the Redskins need to be looking at as many players as they can for next year. What risk is there in bringing in a QB they haven't seen?

Anyway, the dude will probably run scout team plays so he doesn't need to know the Redskins' offense. Just the Giants, Minnesota's, and Dallas's.

The guy has to be the next Romo, which everyone up here is always asking for.

His people are so backwards writing stuff like "favourite" instead of "favorite." Don't they have schools over there?

Posted by: talent_evaluator | December 11, 2007 11:43 AM

I believe it's the doing of British greeting card companies. "I can't spell favourite without U." Etc.

Clinton Portis is going to break the NFL record by breaking the 100 yard mark in one game carrying the ball 101 time averaging 1 yard per cary.

" ... My sense of humor is, dare I say, excellent.

Guess you don't know what a barno is...."

Posted by: Barno | December 11, 2007 11:25 AM

I don't know what to make of this ...

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=barno

And I think Patten counts $1.5 million on NEXT year's cap!! Damn Damn.

Read it loud and proud:

eye yam sofa king we TODD did!

By the way, I would not get too excited about Jason Fife. He couldn't beat out Joey Harrington for the starting QB job at Oregon.

http://www.arenafootball.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3500&ATCLID=244294&Q_SEASON=2006

Breaking news... Breaking News... Breaking News...

The "Save Barno" fund now stands at 9c, which is 0.8% of the way to our total (excluding postage).

Come on guys, it's the season of goodwill - give early, give often!

Patten couldn't stay healthy, and couldn't catch the ball. He was rarely well enough to play, and when he did play, he dropped passes. (See last game of 2006 against Giants.)

He couldn't beat out Joey Harrington for the starting QB job at Oregon.

Posted by: tafka | December 11, 2007 11:53 AM

Hey, there's no shame in not being able to beat out Joey Harrington. Next you're going to say he's no Peyton.

sheep and family sex. That is dare i say.... the worst joke ever.

Harrington was pretty damn good at Oregon as I recall. Tom Brady couldn't break through as a starter at Michigan. Just saying. College is a different game.

So I was a little bored and thought I would post some numbers. Here is the list of NFC East Teams by strength of schedule.

Strength of Schedule NFC EAST

DAL 100- 108 .481
NYG 104- 104 .500
WAS 118- 90 .567
PHI 121- 87 .582

favourite, defence, analyse, colour, etc.

" ... Eli always looks inept for about 75% of each game. The key is to get a lead and then keep playing aggressively on offense so that he can't get on the field in the 4th quarter."

Posted by: tafka | December 11, 2007 11:50 AM

It feels like the Skins have DEMONSTRATED they can beat the Giants, at least in the first half ... its just a matter of containing Burress and not running the jumbo package on the goal line with Yoder as the key blocker. Last week, for what seemed like the first time in a long time, the Skins had a better game in the second half than they did in the first (this could be colored by the fact that I may or may not have stopped drinking during the game at the arctic outpost previously known as FedEx).

Anybody link to this already? espn's ombudsperson -- part of this piece is about Sean Taylor coverage...

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=schreiber_leanne&id=3148853

Patten didn't make a play for the Redskins. In his two years here he made 23 receptions for 242 yards. Those 23 receptions were on 57 balls thrown his way.

Why did we keep Lloyd? He was under contract and we couldn't afford the cap hit to let him go.

I didn't get my DVD waaaaaah! I take issue with every word spoken by JLC waaaaah! I have zero sense of humor waaaaaah!

Posted by: chrislarry | December 11, 2007 11:22 AM

Barno, you have an axe to grind. We get it, dude. Sheesh...

Posted by: NateinthePDX | December 11, 2007 11:27 AM

Can we all have a quick collection to buy Barno a copy of "Heavy Metal Parking Lot".

Someone can sign it as Chris Cooley (maybe even the real guy!) and the world can move on again...

I hate to see someone left behind in the past this way.

I'm in for 3c. Who's with me?

Posted by: toddcoat | December 11, 2007 11:30 AM

I am in and it's hard to believe how much of a big deal he has made out of this.

Posted by: jm220 | December 11, 2007 11:31 AM

WOAH! I HAVEN'T COMPLAINED ABOUT THE DVD THING IN AGES.

LET ME MAKE THIS CLEAR FOR THE UMPTEENTH TIME: I DO NOT CRITICIZE LA CANFORA BECAUSE OF SOME BEEF OVER A DVD. I CRITICIZE HIM BECAUSE HE IS A HACK OF A REPORTER, SOMEONE WHO USES THIS BLOG AND HIS JOB AS A BEAT REPORTER IN A VERY IRRESPONSIBLE MANNER. NO ONE IS ASKING FOR HIM TO WRITE ONLY POSITIVE THINGS ABOUT THE REDSKINS...THAT WOULD BE RIDICULOUS. BUT WHAT HE SHOULD DO, WHAT HIS JOB SHOULD REQUIRE HIM TO DO, IS COVER THE TEAM IN AN OBJECTIVE MANNER...WHICH HE RARELY, IF EVER DOES.

(note on the CAPS: i only used them to distinguish my comments from others I copied and pasted in this post)

I think I can help out here. A "Barno" is XXL d-bag who's every post is colored by the fact that he can't get over not receiving a DVD that he wouldn't have appreciated anyway.

P.S Family sex

do you have sex with your family because you never got your dvd?

Barno- Opinions are like Toddholes. Everybody has one.

My girlfriend is a Portland native and a former Duck. She told me what Fife's nickname was while he was in college:

"F*cking Interception F*cking Everytime"

I hope he stays on the practice squad.

not getting a dvd is a really weird reason to have sex with your family!

Barno, if it bothers you that much, STOP READING, and STOP POSTING.

If Collins gets the team to the playoffs, wouldn't it make sense to let him play IN the playoffs?

Lots of people on this blog criticize the Redskins and Jason LaCanfora. Is Barno really the only one who has some specific motive, and all others are pure and innocent?

Maybe Barno deserves a break.

Tell us about how the Ravens are doing Mr. Dundalkian. What a great organization! Trading a high pick for a busted up McNair and a #1 and then some for Boller. Yeah they do it right, much better than the Redskins. Oh wait a minute their records are similar? Maybe you should play less GM and more unbiased sports reporter. I just want the Skins to beat the Brokeback Mountain boys. Merry Christmas.

Unless you've seen JLC's job description or been in meetings with his editors, how do you know his job is to be objective in his coverage?

Maybe Barno deserves a break.

Posted by: tafka | December 11, 2007 12:23 PM

Breaks aren't funny

TC played well against the Bears. It was nice to see someone besides Chris Cooley step up and act like they came to play. Maybe TC can rally the rest of the team and they can end the season on a high note. Call me pessimisic (ok I don't spell so well either) but I don't see us making the playoffs.

Breaks aren't funny

Posted by: sams3 | December 11, 2007 12:28 PM

And a "herd mentality" is?

Lets get one thing clear BARNO;

J La was commended by one blog guru himself; Peter King; on how to do a blog, during ST tragedy.

People who's job it is to oversee the post sports and this blog seem to think he is doing a great job. Last time I checked, your resume does not say Sports editor or know it all emeritus.

We all keep coming here, so he must be doing something right. He is the lead beat writer for the most important topic in washington.

And last but not least, you must admit the ferver which ever skins fan has in his blood. So dont you think your opinion of Jasno might be slighty altered by the burgundy and gold glasses and all that kool aid you've been drinking all these years?

I for one would bet my life savings on the fact that our bias outwieghs anyone else negative bias by a million fold.

Jasno came in, as an outsider to a team who had only made the playoffs once and was told to cover them and write about them. And so he has, about inept coaching, blown leads, crazy personel moves etc...His slant on the team is much more objective than any of ours since we have lived, breathed and died with this team for how many ever years

Lastly I will say this, he gives us much more inside info than any other reporter/blogger ever has. So ignoring his personal preference for the team, it would be a disservice to all involved if Jasno was not running htis blog or reporting.

So either you DO have an axe to grind, or you are just simply blind to the facts.

** End of Soapbox Rant **

Barno, if it bothers you that much, STOP READING, and STOP POSTING.

Posted by: gregmarino88 | December 11, 2007 12:20 PM

Another way of thinking I don't get. Yeah, if something is wrong in the world, don't try to do something about it, just ignore it. If everyone thought this way, there wouldn't be any Jews left because the Nazis would've continued with their holocaust. Now, I'm not in any way trying to compare JLC to a Nazi, but I am saying that you don't just ignore things that you think are wrong. You try to do something about it.

And I am to do something about the agenda-driven coverage Jason La Canfora provides by bringing it to the attention of his readers.

Lots of people on this blog criticize the Redskins and Jason LaCanfora. Is Barno really the only one who has some specific motive, and all others are pure and innocent?

Maybe Barno deserves a break.

Posted by: tafka | December 11, 2007 12:23 PM

Thanks, Tafka. The sheep on here who blindly support the beat reporter seem to believe this blog wouldn't exist without him.

tafka - are you his boyfriend?

I was very honored to be awarded 5 TCVDs on the previous post. Thanks!!! And I love the word "Toddbingus."
Forgive me, though, for being a little upset at having YET ANOTHER Jason added to my life. Did everyone have to name their child Jason?????????? It's very confusing.

Come on Barno. It's a damn blog! You are putting way too much energy into this.

Barno, the people on here never asked for your HELP on enlightening us to YOUR opinion of who is or is not a HACK reporter.

Your not that important.

And it is Jasno who does this blog and he is not required to. He made it, kept people interested. Have you ever checked out Maskes blog?

Yeah thats a good comparison of Blog writers who's blog would exist with out him

Leave it to Shockey...

http://deadspin.com/sports/jeremy-shockey/shake-your-rump-for-jeremy-shockey-331933.php

Zeb, very well said, thank you.

Re: Jason La Canfora must be doing something right.

Zebraskins,

yes, he is doing something right: He is helping sell papers and helping generate advertisement revenue by creating controversy. Controversy sells. When he claims "many" unnamed veterans on the team bash Gibbs privately, that sells...whether it's true or not.

And is it really true? Does JLC really have this magical rapport with so "many" veterans that he is able to get them to routinely criticize their Hall of Fame head coach privately to him and no other reporter in town? Haven't you wondered why don't you see that stuff reported elsewhere?

Ever heard of Jayson Blair?

Barno! Bingo! Godwin's Law:

"As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one, and the person who makes it is a hopeless twit."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law

Now, I'm not in any way trying to compare JLC to a Nazi, but I am saying that you don't just ignore things that you think are wrong. You try to do something about it

Posted by: Barno | December 11, 2007 12:34 PM

Barno,

Friendly word of advice: Anytime you can compare making comments on a blog to fighting Nazis, you have to do a "tad" bit of rethinking your level of self-seriousness.

And keep posting your stuff up here, but dont go crying foul when people call you out on it.

You submitted your opinion and we submit ours

Free country and all.

Hey Buckstown: F.I.F.E. sounds almost as bad as "Ah hell, Brunell" Let's hope we never need him in the game either.

Hypocrite..er...I mean Zebraskins,

the people on here never asked for your HELP on enlightening us to YOUR opinion either.

No one on here "asked" for anyone's "opinion." It's called a "comment section" for a reason. You don't need permission from the others on here to give your opinion.

What a douche bag.

Did everyone have to name their child Jason?????????? It's very confusing.

Posted by: TheCindy | December 11, 2007 12:39 PM

Only the first child, Cindy. The second can be named Jasno.

Barno, if Jasno has a bias, I would say it's against people who come on to his blog and shower him with undue amounts of criticism.

Some of your criticism of Jasno's work is founded, but so much of it seems like overkill. That's what I mean by having an axe to grind.

Parsing his every word, combing through text and subtext for any grievance... come on, dude, you need a new hobby! There have to be more fulfilling ways to spend your days, bro!

So your saying there is no controversy on this team, and it is all made up by Jasno. The benching of LaVar? The benching of Archibingus, Lloyd? Trading up, Trading Down

Jasno has it easy, this team writes itself. I am the perpetual optimist, but god we look DUMB to the rest of the league and Jasno is unbiased enough to see it.

Actually, Barno, Zebra's opinion is one of the most valued up here. So we always like it when he weighs in. Usually, he throws a flag. Yours might be 15 yards for unsportsmanlike conduct -- it's up to Zebra, of course. Others might get a flag, or at least a warning, for piling on. There again, it's up to Zebra.

Okay, so I am newbie to this blog (it was exactly what I needed after ST was murdered to help me cope - so thanks), but exactly what DVD did Barno not get? Just trying to catch up with what is going on!

JC shouldn't play any more this season, even if we make the playoffs. Three reasons:

1. If we make the postseason, it will be because of Todd. He'll have earned the PT.

2. If Todd's grasp of Al offense is what propels us into the the postseason, then it would be foolish to remove the key cog just so that you can put the less-experienced franchise QB back in. Do what gives you the best chance to win.

3. Suppose JC "can come back" in 4 weeks. "Can come back" is not the same as "be 100%." Not even close, and he'll be just one tackle away from re-injury, possibly even exacerbating the injury. Plus, playing on his hurt knee would make him tenuous and give him something extra to think about, and that can only be a negative as he tries to make good decisions with the ball. And any mobility that he might normally have over Todd would be largely negated.

Jason is still our franchise guy, but he needs to sit the rest of this one out.

This is really crappy right now. Lets get back to Todd names.

New Todd City

there is the infighting and bitterness that we have come to know and love here on RI. I guess the TODDymoon is over...

suzanne, the DVD saga dates back to the first months of the blog, but its coda was a particularly funny threads, which had one of my favorite thread titles ever, "Barno, I Did Not Mean to Scorn You."

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/redskinsinsider/2007/01/barno_i_did_not_mean_to_scorn.html

The difference is barno, that I didnt give my opinion. I stated the facts in the first post. You went on to tafka as if you were saving our dumb little herd pee brains from what we know not.

Thats when I made the comment about your opinion, and yes, it was my opinion of your opinion. But I do believe the overall sentiment of mine is shared here, and that is how this whole thing started.

Deflect somewhere else. I said go ahead and comment, free country blah blah but dont cry foul when people call you out on it, re: the DVD thing.

RE: "Anytime you can compare making comments on a blog to fighting Nazis, you have to do a "tad" bit of rethinking your level of self-seriousness."

What I said was: you don't just ignore things you think are wrong. Any comparison I could use there to something else in the world that is wrong would seem like a stretch.

I could've said: "you don't just ignore things you think are wrong. if you see someone who is about to get killed, you don't just ignore it" then the fools on this board would scream "oh my god you just compared criticizing a reporter with saving someone's life."

So any comparison I used there would've been taken out of context by the nerds on here.

CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?

Also, suzanne, a hearty welcome to ye. And to all the other new names posting up here lately. Welcome, welcome, welcome.

"The Skins have no immediate plans to put Jason Campbell on IR for now"

followed by:

"Jason said no one in the organization had clarified specifically whether or not he would be put on IR"

This appears to have more to do with the Gibbs Method than anything else. The same problem occurred specifically with the 1987 team. Bostic didn't know why he got benched at center in favor of Grimm; Doug Williams didn't know why he wasn't starting rather than Schroeder. It seems that Gibbs has a tendency to forget telling the affected players exactly what is happening. Maybe the players should attend Gibbs' press conferences to find out.

Zebraskins,

YOU guys brought up the DVD thing on this thread, not me! Go back and read the comments on here...i never said a word about it...

The nerve of you to put words in my mouth...

Nate, thanks for posting that. Barno, I don't think either Jasno or Chris Cooley seems like a Nazi. I think you should give them both a second chance.

"So any comparison I used there would've been taken out of context by the nerds on here."

Yes, and cool guys use the word nerd...see when you grow up, you will realize that all those silly little things you do in highschool have no bearing on your adult life. Just a warning for the future.

I think Godwin's Law sums up this issue nicely, thanks TE

Barno keep on keeping on my man, let your freak flag fly I say, one day you will slay that windmill!

Ah, Barno, I think I get it now.

Your crusade here is not to convince Jasno or anyone else in the employ of the Washington Post of his incompetence (and worse)... you've given up on them, since they are clearly benefiting from the way he plays fast and loose with journalistic ethics.

Your crusade is to convince US to be wary of everything Jasno writes! You are the lone voice of Fact and reason and rightness and, yes, good in this wilderness of misinformation!

Thanks, man! Where would we be without you? I shudder to think!

THANKS!

MAPS!

Can't we just get Nate drunk and let him blog?

Barno going through all this fighting for a DVD is nuts bro.

NateinthePDX,

I appreciate your comments, and you have a reasonable suggestion--that I shouldn't comb through every article, every post, etc to looking for any grievance. I understand where guys like you are coming from; you enjoy the forum, are grateful for the amount of information Jasno passes along to us, etc.

All I'm saying is that he needs to be more responsible. That is it.

I'll drop it for now...

And Barno, lest my words above be misinterpreted, I wholeheartedly agree with chris LArry that you should keep it up!

The point I was trying to make above is that, for your own sake, it might be good to find another outlet for what appears to be the considerable amount of energy you're investing in tilting at this particular windmill.

(If you could make it a wee bit more entertaining and a little less pedantic/preachy, that would be swell! But that's just a suggestion!)

Yeah, this is not quite as fun as Toddfest was.

And yes, jm220, it's not quite as fun as it would be with beer.

But it sure beats working!

Barno going through all this fighting for a DVD is nuts bro.

Posted by: sams3 | December 11, 2007 01:04 PM

To anyone that cares: do not believe these comments. I couldn't care less about the DVD (or the Cooley autograph). I could buy the dvd myself for $15-$20 and I'm sure could get Cooley to sign it one way or another.

My beef with Jasno has and always will be primarily because of the things he has written.

Favourite Winter Sport? Toddbogganing

Um, that weather forecast leads me to rethink my prediction. It's tough to pick against the Gints in foul weather. Of course, Hurricane Todd could negate the ferocious winds in the Meadowlands, I suppose.....

And Barno, lest my words above be misinterpreted, I wholeheartedly agree with chris LArry that you should keep it up!

The point I was trying to make above is that, for your own sake, it might be good to find another outlet for what appears to be the considerable amount of energy you're investing in tilting at this particular windmill.

(If you could make it a wee bit more entertaining and a little less pedantic/preachy, that would be swell! But that's just a suggestion!)

Posted by: NateinthePDX | December 11, 2007 01:06 PM

I'll try harder.

This wasn't entertaining for ya?

(To the tune of Wham's "Wake me up")

Wake me up before you go, Joe
Don't leave us hanging like '92, yo
Wake me up before you go-Joe
I don't wanna miss it when you say good bye

Wake me up before you go, Joe
'Cause I don't wanna cry again for you, bro
Wake me up before you go, Joe
Take the Skins dancing toniiiight!

Favourite Beckett Play? Waiting for Toddot

these suck azz giant can't play in bad weather, not like old school jints...

F the giants!

Favourite Greek Tragedy? Toddipus Rex

Thanks Nate!

Since you said you are going to leave it alone, I will say one thing, and leave it be as well. I never put words in your mouth.

I posted when you wrote about Jasno being a hack in response to the DVD thing. So I responded to that.

That was it.

Thanks, Barno! See how much more fun that was? Heck yeah!

Oh dear... have I started up the Todd Machine again?

The old Giants were scary at the Meadowlands in cold, windy weather. Phil Simms throwing line drive passes; LT pounding people into the frozen ground.

The current incarnation of the team is a bit different. (Eli Manning: "But Mommy, it's cold outside!)

"The Todd machine is coming down, and we're gonna have a party!"

Oh, carp!

I just remembered something bad.

Eli Manning is unstoppable. I saw it on TV.

If you have Nate, then flag on my 18 posts that did not have todd in them

todd, todd, todd, todd..... todd, todd, todd etc

Giants coach after a crushing loss to the Redskins: "We were out-Todded at every position."

If the Skins don't make it in it's
intodderable.

Did I just see a Wham reference?

I'm torn up here. I'm pro-Barno (except for the family sex thing), but I'm also pro-Jasno (especially for the anti-The Owner thing).

What troubles me most (other than the insufficient amount of cowbell), is that Shockey (who I stopped hating for about 45 seconds during the Sean Taylor memorial service) has figured out a way to get chicks to auto-porn him, come to his party, and get drunk. If only I had thought of THAT! (that and remembering to be a stud tight end at The U).

Though my feelings for the loss of the recently former best overall talent on the team are still very raw, I think that now is the time that the Skins faithful can all join together (Barnos and Jasnos alike) in their abhorrence of the abomination called Shockey. Lust for mayhem on Shockey!

Thanks for the apology JLC. Hopefully Cooley will get that disk back to you soon.

dcsween- "embrace the cooley got bbq sauce on my disc story" HILARIOUS. I may just have to use that.

Posted by: Barno | January 4, 2007 03:43 PM

That was the nice Barno!!
Now we have the mean spirited Grinch Barno

Ah, Barno, I think I get it now.

Your crusade here is not to convince Jasno or anyone else in the employ of the Washington Post of his incompetence (and worse)... you've given up on them, since they are clearly benefiting from the way he plays fast and loose with journalistic ethics.

Your crusade is to convince US to be wary of everything Jasno writes! You are the lone voice of Fact and reason and rightness and, yes, good in this wilderness of misinformation!

Are you suprised? On previous thread he mention that he is an ultra conservative. Unable to believe that he could possibly be wrong. It is always my way and eveybody else be damned. Typical. Sad, but typical.

Favourite Foreign Language Book? A la recherche du Todds perdu (Remembrance of Todds Past)

* For Mark (from the Future) *

Todd Todd..Todd of the Jungle...Friend to you and me..................

Favorite Mexican food: Toddcos

Favorite saying: Don't do Todday what you can put off until Toddmorrow.

Favorite breakfast food: French Toddst.

In homage to Toddcoat.

Can anyone remember what it is that I do for a living? I have a feeling I've not been doing enough of it lately and I really ought to give it the old "college try" to do some. Whatever it is.

With Todd.

Would that be Toddstados or Tostoddos?

You said it better, as usual, dcsweeney todd, but I said it first:

****
And don't think Jeremy Shockey gets a pass this weekend just because he made a good showing of himself as one of Sean's brethren from "the U." I still despise Shockey and hope he gets his clock cleaned on Sunday. (LaRon and London School of Economics, I'm looking at you for help on this one.)

Posted by: NateinthePDX | December 10, 2007 11:19 AM (on the Jim Mora thread)
****

One apparent highlight from the "Led Zeppelin" setlist last night...Trampled Under Todd.

Favourite Car Marque? Toddillac

Todd damn it, I really didn't mean to restart the Todd Machine!

But once it gets started, no matter how long it's been sitting idle, it's virtually impossible to turn it off!

why does everyone assume bad weather will benefit the Giants. The main thing it does is negate the deep pass. I don't think there's any question they rely more on that part of the game than we do. Eli has trouble hitting the short and medium stuff in good weather.

Look for the Skins to loosen up the Giants with short passes. The Todd will hit the receivers in stride a couple of times to get the safety out of the box. Once that happens, look for 100+ (4.5 per carry) from Portis and a Redskins victory.

Favourite Gallery? Museum of Toddern Art

Redcoat to Mrs. Redcoat late tonight- "Who's your Toddy, who's your Toddy!?"

'todd'coat- From yesterday, after you left, in case you missed it...

Todd Todd Todd, Todd Toddra Ann
Todd Todd Todd, Todd Toddra Ann
Toddra Annnnn...

Fife for Old DC!

(Who is in charge of fixing this blog so it doesn't drop posts all the time? Thank you.)

Toddcoat -

Didn't you say once that you were in Toddgeted Marketing?

testing, testing

I saw that comment 4-12, but that is all I have to say about that. :)

Hope you liked the Proust reference Marque (de l'avenir). I do what I can to raise the genral tone of the conversation.

Just so I can bring it crashing down again!!

With Todd.

Nate, not better, just again (and updated). I was remarking on the link up here (on this thread) where Shockey is manipulating his guts on using his celebrity status to get ladies to his New Year's gig.

Back on the link to last year's Barno thread, I see that TAFKA has been with us for quite a while! Also interesting little side bar btwn dealer and himself about the LSU game where he discovered JaMarcus Russell (and was not so impressed with TheRon Landtoddry).

That's it Tafka! I'm a creative type!! that means all this 'goofing off' is actually me 'ideating'.

Hurrah for work!!

I think it does that because if you dont post for a while, it removes the comments box and you have to 'click here'. But sometimes you can still write in the box even though it is inactive, and when you hit submit, it is more like a refresh and goes back to the 'clikc here' screen.

Just an issue with the programming. they have a loop they have to close so it calls the right page.

If Cooley doesn't want to sign a DVD he shouldn't have to bro... It's no reason to get all bent out of shape.

Favourite "Coming of Age" Novel? Are you there Todd? It's me, Margaret

Toddern Art

A+ Toddcoat... A+

why does everyone assume bad weather will benefit the Giants. The main thing it does is negate the deep pass.

Posted by: LiberalMike | December 11, 2007 01:28 PM

And we all know that Todd negates his own deep pass.

Because he is more powerful than weather.

toddcoat wins again

Thanks, Zebraskins.

*** fantasy post ***

A pox on your house, SMACK! Colston putting up TWENTY ONE points! I was biting my tongue (well, knuckles anyway) not wanting to jinx my six point lead going into last night's game. I didn't want to jinx it by talking smack ... and it turns out I did jinx it b/c talking smack to SMACK has a double reverse counter-re-jinxing effect. Damb! I was all ready to do my Smack Smackdown Dance too. Dambit!

*** end fantasy post ***

Band making a comeback?

Todd the wet sprocket.

Fav toy growing up?

Lincoln Todds

Fav teddy bear.

Toddington

If a Todd falls in the woods and no one is there to hear it, dose it make a noise?

Toddfucious

sam3, I don't think it was anything intentional on Cooley's part ... my understanding is that he is not the brightest bulb in the chandelier. Most likely he lost it in a pile of fast food wrappers on the floor of the back seat of his car.

Wow, 'sween if I'd lost in those circumstances I'd have been really bitter about it.

Well done sirrah, no bitterness there!

(with Todd)

Todd Collins once ate three 72 oz. steaks in one hour. He spent the first 45 minutes having sex with his waitress.

Can it be assumed that because of my blogid I always have the word 'Todd' in every post?

(with Todd).

And thanks sams3, I'm doing my best to raise Toddwareness in the general Toddpulation.

Has anyone mentioned....the Todd Squad?

I am hoping my #15 Jersey will arrive from NFL.COM before the route in the Meadowlands

In the name of the todd, the todd, and the holy todd, Amen.

As it was in the beginning, shall be forever, in a world without todd.

Do you swear to tell the todd, the whole todd, and nothing but the todd? So help you todd.

Merci tres beaucoup, Toddcoat.

Avec Todd

pmedvene,

Woah! nice pull dude. Did you randomly stumble upon that or is there another way to search old comments other than using the archive?

Random positive tidbit regarding our playoff hunt: Not sure if this has already been mentioned here, but the vikings will be coming a short week when we play them. They play on MNF against da bears next week. That's 2 straight games we'll have a little more rest and a little more preparation than our opponent.

Hey, any edge we can get at this point we'll take it!

I don't feel that I've lost a redcoated friend, so much as I've gained a todd.

sam3, The Todd is the Todd, but he is no Sean Taylor.

Also, a pox on my house for linking to a story from the OTHER paper, but does anyone know what the "Tank" package is? [Todd knows we all know what the Jumbo package is.] Is the "Tank" package just the name they used to use for the second half? http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071211/SPORTS01/112110082/1005/SPORTS

One Todd to rule them all.

More random tidbits (this one for all you MoCo peeps out there)

Quince Orchard won the Maryland state title in football last weekend. Tony Kornheiser will congratulate the team Tuesday night on Pardon the Interruption and there will be a QO jersey (#4) and helmet on the set Tuesday thru Friday this week - near center stage and the Statue of Liberty.

In the faces of men and women I see Todd.

Walt Whitman

So any comparison I used there would've been taken out of context by the nerds on here.

Posted by: Barno | December 11, 2007 12:56 PM

Try making a comparison that doesn't involve "saving a life" or the Holocaust. Arguments work better when you make a comparison that's comparable. Sadly the only thing comparable to your ridiculously contrived campaign against JLC's supposedly biased Skins coverage is your ridiculously contrived campaign against JLC's supposedly biased Skins coverage.

One Nation, Under Todd

Todd helps them that help themselves.

Benjamin Franklin

Tafka,

funny, I am a alum of thee Walt Whitman high...

The Todd who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

Thomas Jefferson

*** fantasy post ***

A pox on your house, SMACK! Colston putting up TWENTY ONE points! I was biting my tongue (well, knuckles anyway) not wanting to jinx my six point lead going into last night's game. I didn't want to jinx it by talking smack ... and it turns out I did jinx it b/c talking smack to SMACK has a double reverse counter-re-jinxing effect. Damb! I was all ready to do my Smack Smackdown Dance too. Dambit!

*** end fantasy post ***

Posted by: dcsween | December 11, 2007 01:38 PM

The true irony is that I never, ever even make the playoffs in my co-ed league here at work.

Please remember that this is the holiday season so while you are shopping for gifts for your Toddlers please remember to pick one up for Todd for Tots too!

Barno in the future when someone forgets to sign your dvd try not throwing a fit on a blog about it.

Favourite Maxim? "Cleanliness is next to Toddliness"

All service ranks the same with Todd -- With Todd, whose puppets, best and worst, Are we: there is no last nor first.

Robert Browning

MoCo in the hizzo.

Does Kornheiser have a kid at QO?

9-7 babyyyyyyyyy!!!!

Redskins 20 Giants 14
Redskins 24 Vikings 20
Redskins 27 Cowboys 20

AttiTodd is a little thing that makes a big difference.
Winston Churchill

I was beginning to wonder if my comments were all that funny... and yes the wonderful Cindy Boren validated my life by referencing me twice.

Now, to more pressing matters:

When your Toddhood comes in to question, your only reaction can be to Todd-Up.

I'm going to tell my students to Todd-Up and get their homework done.

Wow, notguy in the house (back on the A.M. side). Nice.

I want to know Todd's thoughts, the rest are details...

-Albert Einstein

I KNEW this conversation rang a bell... man, do I need a new hobby.

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/redskinsinsider/2007/08/wow_todd_pinkston_signed.html

"Bears noting that we are totally leading the lead in Todds.

Collins, Wade, Yoda, and now Pinky.

Posted by: Nate in the PDX | August 13, 2007 05:09 PM"

N8NdaPDX, need to break that Toddmachine. This week requires a STATEMENT GAME (and don't start the statement game either).

How can you get Todd of seeing these posts?

Todzooks!

You all have been having Todd-sized fun while I've been working.

You can try and Todcott the blog, but you will never prevail!

Every game is an opportunity to make a statement, sween.

Alas, for most of the season our beloved Redskins have been appearing in what we may charitably call "question games."

Somehow, all the answers in my crossword puzzle today had "Todd" in them...

Come to think of it, the same went for my Sudoku.

The Dorf abtodds.

The Todd Team!
Pitty Da Fool!

Todd Damn it! I have Todd go cause I've got work Todd do.

Until next todd.

Ask not what your TODD can do for ask what you can do for your TODD

J.F.K.

http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/hunting/news/story?id=3150157

Todd Collin's son wouldn't have needed a gun.

Ask not what your TODD can do for you, ask what you can do for your TODD

J.F.K.

New nickname for FedEx Field: The Toddle House (for those of you who remember Billy Kilmer).

AltiTodd is a pilot's best friend.

After our glorious run to the playoffs and impending Super Bowl victory FedEx will forever on be referred to as the House that TODD built

"Tell Me All Your Thoughts On Todd"

Dishwalla

nice on Tafka lol

What an excellent thread (todday and yesterday). This is just the kind of thoughtful analysis and well-reasoned debate that I've come to expect up here at RI.

As we approach the Giants game, my fear is that our team may have all our Todds in one basket.

Maybe Todd, our Todderback, can connect with the Todd-end in the Toddzone for a Todd-down.

sams3,

Your comments are blatantly disingenuous. You know that Cooley didn't "refuse" to sign the dvd, you know I didn't even bring up the dvd on here, and yet you continue to pretend otherwise for what reason? For the sake of getting a rise out of me?

Beat it, nerd.

nice one tafka

Barno is disgruntled...that's tODD!

Check out this new item on Smoot from Dan "Big Stein" Steinberg's bog....my only quibble is that Smoot should have named the bar "Todd." Great reading:

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2007/12/fred_smoots_energy_bar.html

Favorite comic strip: Calvin and Toddes

A pox on you, Toddcoat

Seriously though wouldn't a game in bad weather only benefit us it would keep the giants from attempting any deep passing stuff and we should be able to stop the run.

Our #1 receiver (Cooley) is no stranger to playing in the snow He went to Utah State University

Besides let's not forget TODD 1.0 was in Buffalo. He is used to playing in bad weather.

Either way we will have to give it the old TODD try!

Go TODD Squad!

I just heard on CNN that all US currency will now be inscribed with "In TODD We Trust".

More Todds than you can shake a Todd at.

In Todd we trust, all others pay cash (apologies to the late Jean Shepherd)

If at first you don't succeed, Todd, Todd again!

Expanding on a previous comment:
One Todd to rule them all,
One Todd to find them
One Todd to bring them all,
And in the darkness Todd them!

And a nod to the Star Trek fans among us:
To boldly go where no Todd has gone before!

Better yet, The U.S. dollar has been renamed to "Todd Bucks" When the news broke, Europe's economy plummeted.

Todd Bucks have a impressive exchange rate and are up to 15 to every pound.

Sucks for you Toddcoat.

Favourite Mint? AlTodds

"Todd does not play dice with the universe"

- Albert Einstein

Sorry Marc.

Clinton Portis reportedly ate some fried shrimp before the Bears game, causing him to throw up four times. What gave him the strength to get back out on the field?

TODDSTITOS, that's what.

A notable family named Stein:
there's Gert and there's Ep and there's Ein.

Gert's writing is hazy,
Ep's statues are crazy,
and nobody understands Ein.

All these quotes from Al reminded me of that...

Todd Bucks have a impressive exchange rate and are up to 15 to every pound.

Sucks for you Toddcoat.

Posted by: Dorf | December 11, 2007 02:48 PM

Luckily I never have to send money back to old blighty now.

The Todd Machine could go on for Toddternity.

Barno I'm far from a nerd. I have multiple signed chris cooley items! You couldn't even get him to sign a DVD!

HA ! HA !

Favourite Show Tune? Give My Regards to Toddway

"... I'm far from a nerd. I have multiple signed chris cooley items! ..."

Posted by: sams3 | December 11, 2007 03:00 PM

Ummm, these two statements seem contradictory.

Well sucks for you because I misinformed everyone about Todd Bucks. You get 1 Todd Buck for every 15 pounds.

You don't want to even know how the Euro and the Yen are faring.

Well, if things don't work out with the Skins, Jason Fife can go back to his work in Hollywood:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0276492/

Apparently he's also a database administrator in Boise, Idaho. Anyone think he might be spread a little thin?

Dcsween come on bro even dumbass barno gets that im breaking balls. You are better than this.

I had some swelling down below so I promptly visited my MD. He informed me that I have a condition called "testoddular elephantoddus".

New nickname for FedEx Field: The Toddle House (for those of you who remember Billy Kilmer).

Posted by: ygbrown2001 | December 11, 2007 02:19 PM

No, but I remember the Toddle House in Annandale, off of Rt. 236 near Beauregard Street, does that count?

Favourite Shape? Toddrilateral

Favourite Psalm? 23rd: "Thy Todd and Thy staff, they comfort me."

"Dcsween ... You are better than this."

Posted by: sams3 | December 11, 2007 03:08 PM

No problem, but rest assured, I am MUCH worse that all of this.

Fair enough...

Favourite NBA Player? Denis Toddman

I am enjoying this in spite of myself, but I can't help sensing the diminishing retodds on this game.

New game suggestion, anyone?

Okay, I give.

(But seriously, "Kirk Olivatoddi"? That was awesome. Patting self on back...)

"Todd Collins is extremely efficient. He doesn't have a real strong arm, but he's very accurate. He'll be conservative at times, but he'll put the ball where it's supposed to be. You're not going to fool him."

former Kansas City coach Dick Vermeil

"He played the way I would expect Todd to play," Saunders said. "

In other words he is who we thought he was

On the game this weekend, I am not saying this out of any love and I'm probably going out on a limb, but I'm saying that Plaxico Burress is the most dangerous receiver in the NFL right now ... and this includes T.O. and Randy Moss (who have comparatively reliable QBs throwing to them). Burress is a friggin liability for the Skins ... and he's HURT!

The one little luck blip for the Skins this weekend (there aren't many) is that Derrick Ward is out on IR. Jacobs and Droughns? pfptpffft. The Skins MUST control Burress to keep this game real. [On Cooley v. Shockey, its a push. We have the proverbial tit for tat ... though I'm guessing Shockey has more of the former in store for New Year's Eve.]

Its also lucky for the Skins that Burress is banged up.

"No one knows what's going to happen," Collins said. "What I do know is that we've got three games left, and I'm going to do everything I can to help this team get into the playoffs. I'm ready. I've been ready."

The TODD

In the spirit of the holiday season (and Mr. Snyder's marketing wizardry), the Redskins will be fielding a Fife and Todd corps as a special section of the Redskins Marching Band.

Lets let him know he has our support!!

ToddColl15@yahoo.com

On Cooley vs. Shockey - wouldn't we have the proverbial "tit for TODD"?

Since many folks confuse Todd Collins the quarterback with Tom Collins the drink, we've combined the two. Our drink of choice during the Skins-Giants game -- bourbon and ginger -- so the concoction is heretofore known as the Todd Collins. And it's delicious.

All I know is we're going to need everyone fighting their guts out for the next few weeks!

Barno, JLC's running a great blog here! I'm glad he puts the Skins organization on the spot for their crappy decisions. Losing for the better part of 15 years means something is organizationally wrong!

tb658, is that the address I should send my head shot and body shot?

Question: has anyone noticed that Eli Manning always looks pained? He does not look like he enjoys playing football.

His knee is... WHAT WE THOUGHT IT WAS!

I've noticed he looks retarded if thats what you mean.

Todd may not have sex with every girl he sees, but he will with most. And hes gonna do it right.

former Kansas City coach Dick Vermeil

From a story on the AP wire-

"A lawyer for an Ethiopian prisoner in the U.S. detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who claims that he was tortured when his interrogation was outsourced to Morocco, is asking the British government to help preserve alleged CIA photos that show how he was treated."

Um, MAPS?!

"tb658, is that the address I should send my head shot and body shot?"

Posted by: NateinthePDX | December 11, 2007 03:43 PM

Not sure, but to all RI peeps, send shots of your hairy butts here:

http://deadspin.com/sports/jeremy-shockey/shake-your-rump-for-jeremy-shockey-331933.php

Lisa, seems like most of the head shots they print of Eli are right after he gets picked off ... so you see LOTS of that pained face look.

I've noticed he looks retarded if thats what you mean.

Posted by: sams3 | December 11, 2007 03:48 PM

Im sure thats what Lisa meant in a PC way to refer to him... But yes, he has that open jaw glazed look to him when he is playing, Im expecting him to drool at some point. The dude just cant close his mouth and breath threw his nostrils

In the spirit of the holiday season (and Mr. Snyder's marketing wizardry), the Redskins will be fielding a Fife and Todd corps as a special section of the Redskins Marching Band.

Posted by: Xlnt | December 11, 2007 03:38 PM

That was good Xlnt!!!!!!!!
plus you make a great Tamale

I did it yesterday, but I'm putting in another plug for the movie "Mom and Dad Save the World," starring Jon Lovitz and Teri Garr.

It has all of the Todd you could want, and more. I PROMISE, if you love you some Todd, you will dig it.

For realsies, no dealsies.

Plus, it's probably the only chance you'll ever get to see Eric Idle and Kathy Ireland playing father and daughter in a movie.

: PLAYOFFS?? PLAYOFFS?? Don't talk about...PLAYOFFS!!

Uh, hate to ask, but are we really working on a new 'ultimatum' up here? A new deadline from our intrepid editor? Could anyone remind me what it is?

I need to know how much beer to pick up at the grocery on the way home.

Toddle House on Wisconsin Avenue in Tenleytown was legendary for late night binging.

As for the game...may the Todd be with you.

"Uh, hate to ask, but are we really working on a new 'ultimatum' up here? ..."

Posted by: NateinthePDX | December 11, 2007 05:15 PM

Yeah, right. I'm sure it kills you to suggest such a thing ...

sween, it wasn't my idea!

She rules this blog with an iron fist!

Somebody help us!

Nate, for your records:

Good to see you guys happy and full of !s again. Toddmania may sweep the blog to another milestone...150k by Toddsmas.

Posted by: TheCindy | December 10, 2007 01:43 PM

Remember to pace yourself.

That doesn't help without a more or less current comment count, zilla!

We used to have this dame who would tell us where we stood...

One other Eli observation (then I'm done with him).....have any of you noticed that when he throws an INT or incompletion...they flash to him and along with his pained expression one can see him saying "F*ck"?

Also, and yes this is gratuitous comment count padding, if I've overlooked it before, a hearty welcome to you, freakzilla, from south of the border, down across the Rio Columbia.

Hope the flood waters have receded, if your slice of Olympia was awash last week.

So make one up. You're gonna be drunk anyway.

Lisa, it seems to me that Eli has never overcome the notion that he's a spoiled brat, nothing more and nothing less.

You'd think there would be at least a little sympathy for the little bro of one of the best QBs ever, but from his refusal to play in San Diego (great call, by the way) to every single shot of his pouty face, he does nothing but inspire disgust and ridicule.

F Elisha.

F the Jints.

F the Meadowlands.

F everything about New Jersey except jm220.

Hope the flood waters have receded, if your slice of Olympia was awash last week.

Posted by: NateinthePDX | December 11, 2007 05:34 PM

Nope, my slice was high and dry. But about 20 miles down the road (and in a few places closer) the folks weren't quite so fortunate.

Nate,
Uh, I just counted the comments all the way back to the, uh, 100kth post. It's seems tha,t uh,your 5:37 post is, uh, number: 149,998.
:)

Lisa,

I've noticed the younger Manning's penchant for perfunctory profanity after a pilfered pass on several occasions.

I have one more P-word that I was going to use to describe him, but I shall refrain.

ESPN says Petrino's resigning as coach of Falcons to go to Arkansas.

Terrell Owens is Done on December 30
Terrell Owens is Done on December 30
Terrell Owens is Done on December 30
Terrell Owens is Done on December 30

Terrell Owens is Done on December 30
Terrell Owens is Done on December 30
Terrell Owens is Done on December 30
Terrell Owens is Done on December 30

Terrell Owens is Done on December 30
Terrell Owens is Done on December 30
Terrell Owens is Done on December 30
Terrell Owens is Done on December 30

Terrell Owens is Done on December 30
Terrell Owens is Done on December 30
Terrell Owens is Done on December 30
Terrell Owens is Done on December 30

Terrell Owens is Done on December 30
Terrell Owens is Done on December 30
Terrell Owens is Done on December 30
Terrell Owens is Done on December 30

T.......O........D.......D........!!

BREAKING NEWS
Todd Collins has been named NFC Offensive Player of the Week.

Todd-acular!

Always go for an Oregon player when possible!

Comeback player of the week: Todd Collins

Remember him? You couldn't blame the Redskins backup quarterback if he were a bit rusty in replacing knee-injured starter Jason Campbell during Thursday's win against Chicago. Collins -- a 13th-year pro who once started in Buffalo as the successor to Jim Kelly -- had completed just one pass since 2003. But he was extremely sharp off the bench, completing 15 of 20 passes for 224 yards with two TDs, zero INTs and a whopping 144.6 passer rating. The Redskins hope he's got more of that

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people are starting to pile on the TODD Wagon

Dick Vermeil's comments on Todd-mania:

"He's so bright. He, better than anybody I've been around, can play well without taking practice reps. The reason is, he mentally takes the snap. In his mind, he envisions himself as the starter even when he's not starting."

I wonder who's super smarter? Mark Brunell or Todd Collins? If Todd Collins can fight his guts any where near how much Brunell can fight his guts out, we have a very bright playoff picture.