Comments on: Pearl Harbor Crew II http://realredskins.com/2006/10/pearl-harbor-crew-ii/ A blog for sophisticated Redskins fans Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:03:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://realredskins.com/2006/10/pearl-harbor-crew-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-889 Anonymous Wed, 18 Oct 2006 03:04:00 +0000 http://realredskins.com/?p=347#comment-889 The problem is obvious. Joe Gibbs should step down. He assembled a group of coaches and players who can't get the job done. What's the point of having the best receiving corps in football, if no one can block for the quarterback.<br /><br />http://gibbsmustgo.com The problem is obvious. Joe Gibbs should step down. He assembled a group of coaches and players who can’t get the job done. What’s the point of having the best receiving corps in football, if no one can block for the quarterback.

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]]> By: UtterDev http://realredskins.com/2006/10/pearl-harbor-crew-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-887 UtterDev Mon, 09 Oct 2006 15:52:00 +0000 http://realredskins.com/?p=347#comment-887 Rich, could you post an update to your post from February, supporting the decision to waive Walt Harris. I think you made some great points at the time. But in hindsight, was the 2 million that the Skins saved, worth the dire predicament that the current secondary is in, while Harris has a tremendous year for the 49ers? Rich, could you post an update to your post from February, supporting the decision to waive Walt Harris. I think you made some great points at the time. But in hindsight, was the 2 million that the Skins saved, worth the dire predicament that the current secondary is in, while Harris has a tremendous year for the 49ers?

]]> By: Matt K http://realredskins.com/2006/10/pearl-harbor-crew-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-886 Matt K Sat, 07 Oct 2006 14:46:00 +0000 http://realredskins.com/?p=347#comment-886 Rich, you're onto something at the end of your post there. A bad pass defense, such as the Redskins have put on the field this season, is a major liability (and remember, the last two QBs who threw on us successfully, Carr and Leftwich, aren't exactly first round fantasy picks). There's only way to make up for consistently soft coverage and propensity to give up big plays -- you've got to make big plays of your own. The '83 Skins are a good example; last year's Bengals are another. Ranked 26th in passing defense, they limited the damage with 32 picks and got a home game in the playoffs. <br /><br />Of course, the line on Gregg Williams's defenses here -- for all the talk of his "aggressiveness" and constant blitzing -- is that they've lacked the big play component. In fact, despite top-10 defenses in '04 and '05, we've been in the bottom third of the takeaway column both years. That's why this year's Pass Def struggles are so worrisome -- we give up a ton of yards, and we're not likely to get a lot of counter-balancing big plays. <br /><br />I wish I could be confident that Springs's return would be a magic potion, but we don't even know when he's going to come back... Remember McNabb and his sports hernia? It's a bad injury. We need Rogers to figure it out on the coverage end, or, failing that, Archuleta and Sean Taylor -- if they're going to get beaten -- to at least make some huge turnover plays. If neither of those guys racks up the picks or gets in the end zone this year, there's only so far that our rebuilt offense can take us... Rich, you’re onto something at the end of your post there. A bad pass defense, such as the Redskins have put on the field this season, is a major liability (and remember, the last two QBs who threw on us successfully, Carr and Leftwich, aren’t exactly first round fantasy picks). There’s only way to make up for consistently soft coverage and propensity to give up big plays — you’ve got to make big plays of your own. The ‘83 Skins are a good example; last year’s Bengals are another. Ranked 26th in passing defense, they limited the damage with 32 picks and got a home game in the playoffs.

Of course, the line on Gregg Williams’s defenses here — for all the talk of his “aggressiveness” and constant blitzing — is that they’ve lacked the big play component. In fact, despite top-10 defenses in ‘04 and ‘05, we’ve been in the bottom third of the takeaway column both years. That’s why this year’s Pass Def struggles are so worrisome — we give up a ton of yards, and we’re not likely to get a lot of counter-balancing big plays.

I wish I could be confident that Springs’s return would be a magic potion, but we don’t even know when he’s going to come back… Remember McNabb and his sports hernia? It’s a bad injury. We need Rogers to figure it out on the coverage end, or, failing that, Archuleta and Sean Taylor — if they’re going to get beaten — to at least make some huge turnover plays. If neither of those guys racks up the picks or gets in the end zone this year, there’s only so far that our rebuilt offense can take us…

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