Comments on: Redskins sign former second-rounder Ron Brace

By: jwreck

jwreck — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:59:27 +0000

The Redskins have taken a break from clumsily defending their nickname, by signing a defender who was merely clumsily drafted.”
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What’s that animal whose jaws lock when it bites something so that it literally can’t let go?

Additionally, D is the only person on the planet who thought the previous argument he discussed was “bizarre” or “clumsy”. In response to the buzz created singlehandedly by this website, the Redskins PR department interviewed the Athletic director of a high school in area of Ohio with a large Native population about their use of the name “Redskins” for their athletic teams.

The AD, a Native himself, said he and members of the community “viewed the mascot as a symbol of respect, and a way to carry on their traditions for future generations.” Sounds very cut and dry to me. Nothing “bizarre”, or “clumsy”, about that. A simple response to a total non-issue.

By: mogogo1

mogogo1 — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:57:05 +0000

Has their defense of the name been any clumsier than the attack on the name? I’ve still yet to see an article attacking the name that bothered to ask any Native Americans what they think. (And before you say that answer would be obvious, note that there are numerous examples, including Florida State, where Native Americans gave their blessing.) This seems like a manufactured problem that’s really important to a few white sportswriters but the rest of the world is completely indifferent to.

By: 6ball

6ball — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:09:47 +0000

@beezo

”A lot of bad drafting will continue to plague BB”

Patriots win totals since 2001 :
11, 9, 14, 14, 10, 12, 16, 11, 10, 14, 13, 12.

Way to spot the trends.

By: homelanddefense

homelanddefense — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:46:55 +0000

Well, BJ Raji playing next to him in college was enough to get him a second round selection. But even Big Vince playing next to him in the pros couldnt make him stick in New England.

By: skum01

skum01 — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:50:33 +0000

Does anyone else think the tone of this story would be completely different if he had been a former Redskins 2nd round pick that the Patriots signed today?

By: surfinbird1

surfinbird1 — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:28:59 +0000

Major bust. Suprised Bill B. gave him four years. He’ll be on the injury report with a paper cut.

By: tedmurph

tedmurph — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:13:20 +0000

Riiiiggghht Beezo. If Belichick could only win a FB game or two maybe he could establish some cred. That NE roster is such a joke. There are even two or three NFL teams with better ones. Can’t believe he wiffed on some draft picks. So many NFL teams have perfect draft records. No wonder they never go anywhere. Do you and the other haters realize how dumb you sound. About being a jerk…

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

Beezo-Doo-doo-Zippity-Bop-bop-bop — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:47:43 +0000

A lot of bad drafting and then trying to compensate by recycling older players has been and will continue to be taking it’s toll on BB. Well that and being a jerk.

By: ne4789

ne4789 — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:47:28 +0000

Brace is a good player both committed and works hard. He had his share of injuries but he was in a tough spot to succeed in New England when your behind Wilfork. I hope he excels in Washington

By: daysend564

daysend564 — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:25:18 +0000

Hogwash! Belichick NEVER makes a mistake!!!

By: robertjamis

robertjamis — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:13:23 +0000

Brace was part of “draft genius” Bill Belichick’s 12 pick draft class that turned up Patrick Chung, Sebastian Vollmer and Julian Edelman. I think playing with BJ Raji made him a lot of money.

By: leafeaterx

leafeaterx — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:59:41 +0000

I don’t know if he can beat out a healthy Baker or Neild at NT, but they might as well kick the tires on him since they need some depth with injuries last year at NT.

By: whereyaat

whereyaat — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:36:43 +0000

Did he not quite work out because he never quite got to working out? Or did it just not work out? Nice photo of him doing something that kind of looks like working out, even though he looks wayyyyyyyyyyyy too fat to actually claim that he works out.

By: rig44gins

rig44gins — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:34:19 +0000

Wow. I had a comment on here and seemed to get magically erased. As I said, give it a rest, Darin and Florio. I am part Native American and I personally have no issue with the name and logo. Been a fan for 25 years. Do more research and you will find out that lots of Native Americans have the same opinion as I do. As far as the signing goes, dosent hurt to bring him in and give him a look during off season workouts.

By: alphaq2

alphaq2 — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:28:09 +0000

Maybe Darin Gantt will take a break from clumsily bashing the Redskins, but I doubt he is smart enough to realize he should clumsily stop.

By: duncanthecat

duncanthecat — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:26:57 +0000

Also, we can clue in the Redskins on some of the sneaky techniques Bill uses to get an unfair advantage on his opponents

By: rc33

rc33 — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:24:08 +0000

The Patriots had back-to-back mid 2nd round picks in ’09 and took BC DT Ron Brace at #40 and UConn CB Darius Butler at #41.
Ugh..

By: duncanthecat

duncanthecat — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:22:54 +0000

Considering that there were few big plays by the 2nd team DL, sounds good to me.

By: patriotsdefense

patriotsdefense — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:15:58 +0000

Nice randomly picture of him dancing with Lennay Kekua…

By: salventuri

salventuri — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:08:58 +0000

If the Redskins are “clumsily defending their nickname”, its only because there is no reason they should need to defend it in the first place.

If the Redskins ever change their name, that would be the biggest travesty ever in sports as a storied valuable franchise was bullied to change their name by what amounts to be a small group of radicals with no life to call their own.

By: unkrautsalat

unkrautsalat — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:07:19 +0000

I don’t care about this at all, but that last sentence seems pretty stupid. Because there was never a talented player who just didn’t fit a system/didn’t got his stuff together with his first team and went on to play well on another team?

By: spoilerfutbol

spoilerfutbol — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:01:19 +0000

He is not bad, just put a piece of chicken in the hashmarks and will be unstoppable.

Jamarcus Russel and Vince Wilfork 2.0