Comments on: Mike Shanahan: Defense needs to “step up or shut up”

By: bigblackanvil

bigblackanvil — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 04:28:59 +0000

“Unbelievably erroneous statement.”…
75% ??? That’s a massive reach. And the players you named stretch the 1998 Draft to the present. That’s a small amount of !st rounders that have excelled. Just because a !st rounder has made a roster does not make him an impact player. For every Peyton there is a Ryan Leaf, a Tim Couch, a Jamarcus Russell,…For every Megatron there’s a Charles Rogers, a Roy Williams, a Desmond Howard, ….For every !st rndr success there have been 4x more failures or bust or talents that just don’t translate well in the NFL. ….Also Garcon I think can be dominate. Be fore he got hurt he was catching everything. Receivers are ok. I don’t understand why we didn’t go for Talib ?SMH…..HTTR

By: commonsensedude

commonsensedude — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 01:57:27 +0000

Since they don’t seem inclined to dump D. Hall, maybe they should convert him to being a receiver. He can’t cover anybody but he can catch a ball.

By: paytonsneck18

paytonsneck18 — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 19:34:28 +0000

“Most 1st rnd picks have peaked in college.”

Unbelievably erroneous statement.

Uhh did Peyton Manning, Aaron Rodgers, AP, Ed Reed, Polamalu, C. Woodson, Clay Matthews, T. Suggs, P. Willis, D. Ware, JPP, Wilfork, Megatron, Andre Johnson, Fitzgerald, Eli, M. Ryan, Julio Jones, AJ Green, Harvin, Von Miller, Revis, Nnamdi, C. Bailey, Ray Lewis, Peppers, Urlacher etc.. peak in college?

Fact — at least 75% of current all-pros and active future hall of famers were 1st round picks.

I loved the RG3 trade for the skins, but the fact is it will be much tougher for them to overhaul their secondary and add a true number 1 WR in the next couple years without those 1st rounders.

By: bigblackanvil

bigblackanvil — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 12:59:40 +0000

@finsfan….1st rnd or 7th rn pick. There is so much talent out there. Alfred Morris??? Most 1st rnd picks have peaked in college. That’s why they tank. That’s just fact. Luckily Tannenhill, Luck and RG3 have not. But all aour great teams in Redskins history have all been no names from small schools. Not always the most talented but tons of heart and character. HTTR!!!!!!!

By: FinFan68

FinFan68 — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 21:20:53 +0000

hailskins4life,
I didn’t say it was a bad trade, just that those picks will be missed when trying to build a quality team on both sides of the ball. Swapping first rounders and giving up a 2nd and two more firsts is a lot of potential game changing players. They got the guy they wanted so it was worth it to them.

As for your question about Dolphins main contributers…the answer is 4 not 2 and it would be 5 but the new coach traded Davis due to work ethic/attitude not talent.

Again, I’m not saying they can’t build a decent team with what they have left but it would be much easier with those picks. RGIII is worth doing it the hard way but only if he continues to play at a high level and avoids missing games due to injury.

By: hovenaut

hovenaut — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:42:03 +0000

Way to hammer down, coach. Only took nine weeks.

Hope you have your offseason focus mapped out.

By: walter0247

walter0247 — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:38:22 +0000

any moron will tell you that a good coach needs a good quaterback. hell the only coach to win a superbowl with more than 1 qb is joe gibbs.

plus shannahan is better than half of the coaches in the league right now, and that’s even during a turn around of a bad franchise.

By: hailskins4life

hailskins4life — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 18:02:32 +0000

@FinFan68. It is 1 pick/year. I guess you have to find all your starters in the first round? Tell that to Navaro Bowman, LaDarius Webb or (on the other side of the ball) Tom Brady. Look at the Dolphins. How many of your main contributors were drafted by the Dolphins in the first round? Tannehill and Long. 2 out of 53. Yup, not having that 1 pick is much more important than not having a QB.

By: jjb0811

jjb0811 — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:36:15 +0000

year 13 w/o Elway. All he has to show for it is one 1st place record (2005) and 1 championship game. yeah, maybe the the “mastermind” has duped the media, not myself.

By: FinFan68

FinFan68 — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:32:53 +0000

This is where the picks surrendered for RGIII will be missed. It’s going to be hard to build a team without quality draft picks. Snyder is going to have to spend money (again) on free agents to fill in the defensive holes.

By: bigjdve

bigjdve — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:08:08 +0000

I am glad something was said. However the Redskins still need alot of work on both sides.

10 drops in a game isn’t acceptable either.

By: jgava19

jgava19 — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:01:25 +0000

I bet the Defense saying no such thing. Too embarrassed to call out the coach.

By: fuglyflorio

fuglyflorio — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:52:23 +0000

The defense isn’t the only thing on that team that needs to shut up.

By: sadskinsfan89

sadskinsfan89 — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:45:36 +0000

You say that now 8 games into the season? If they were going to step up they shouldve already. But it baffles me that the skins just keep trotting the same secondary out and expect different results

By: kevo126

kevo126 — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:45:15 +0000

You know your defense is bad when you can’t wait until meriweather gets back. He is terrible.

By: Beezo-Doo-doo-Zippity-Bop-bop-bop

Beezo-Doo-doo-Zippity-Bop-bop-bop — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:43:28 +0000

I bet the players would say the same about the coach.

By: toddcsmith71

toddcsmith71 — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:40:59 +0000

Finally. Shanahan needed to make a statement to his defense. In the past, he has shied away from doing so and letting Haslett handle that. However, things are out of hand on that side of the ball and it’s good to see him take over.

By: parenthesis78

parenthesis78 — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:36:17 +0000

we just dont have the personnel on defense to be good …. it is what it is ..