E-Dog Night
July-25th-2005, 10:18 AM
No, not those nuggets (basketball, green, gold or otherwise). I'm talking about Skins nuggets – those daily periodical updates about our beloved Redskins.
The end of July marks the start of regular articles in the Washington Post, Washington Times, and the other sundry smaller publications which cover the Skins. For far too long, we have had to make do with nothing more than the occasional update concerning members of the franchise, and more often then not, when news is received between mid-February and late July, sans the draft, the news does not normally make for pleasant reading. Please see Sean Taylor's Amazing Adventures in the Sultry South and the Never-ending Story of LaVar Arrington and the Poston Pact Predicament for further details.
But now, every day, we can sink our incisors to the kind of information that we crave. How are the rookies doing? Are they signed yet? Are the free agents making a splash? What kind of new looks on offense are being tested? Who are the no-names that just might make the team? How are our early season opponents and division rivals shaping up? We already have had the first installments addressing such issues.
I think the only thing that is different for me this year than any other is my odd acknowledgement that the normally despised Washington Times may actually have jumped ahead in the quality (and accuracy, as many on this board, perhaps somewhat obsessively, will tell you) of the stalwart Washington Post. But we shall see. The Post is likely to have a plethora of juicy pieces which this fan and many others will undoubtedly read over and over again, and overall, the skill quality of the Post’s writers remains, in my opinion, a healthy step above their upstart cross-town rivals. In terms of Redskins coverage, I equate the Post to and old friend who is currently having a tough time of things, and to abandon him now would put me in the same company of the unnamed subject of scorn in Bob Dylan's "Positively 4th Street". Do I want to be on the side that’s winning? Absolutely, but I don't change sides when the going gets tough.
So what does all this mean? It means the season is nigh; every day brings fresh nuggets of information in which to delve, and the endless summer (and spring…and a little bit of winter) of our football discontent is coming to a close. This is the season of keeping change in my pockets, inserting coins into blue and red newspaper vending machines, having ink rub off on my hands (I will always prefer this to reading articles on the internet) and having visions of decisive victories to come dance through my head.
I love this time of year. Except for the heat. Football is just one of many reasons that fall is my favorite season. It's a dinner banquet after many months of the hunger of anticipation. Just think: in 20 days we all will watch 60 minutes of Redskins football…and we can read all about it the next day. Don't tell me preseason means nothing!
The end of July marks the start of regular articles in the Washington Post, Washington Times, and the other sundry smaller publications which cover the Skins. For far too long, we have had to make do with nothing more than the occasional update concerning members of the franchise, and more often then not, when news is received between mid-February and late July, sans the draft, the news does not normally make for pleasant reading. Please see Sean Taylor's Amazing Adventures in the Sultry South and the Never-ending Story of LaVar Arrington and the Poston Pact Predicament for further details.
But now, every day, we can sink our incisors to the kind of information that we crave. How are the rookies doing? Are they signed yet? Are the free agents making a splash? What kind of new looks on offense are being tested? Who are the no-names that just might make the team? How are our early season opponents and division rivals shaping up? We already have had the first installments addressing such issues.
I think the only thing that is different for me this year than any other is my odd acknowledgement that the normally despised Washington Times may actually have jumped ahead in the quality (and accuracy, as many on this board, perhaps somewhat obsessively, will tell you) of the stalwart Washington Post. But we shall see. The Post is likely to have a plethora of juicy pieces which this fan and many others will undoubtedly read over and over again, and overall, the skill quality of the Post’s writers remains, in my opinion, a healthy step above their upstart cross-town rivals. In terms of Redskins coverage, I equate the Post to and old friend who is currently having a tough time of things, and to abandon him now would put me in the same company of the unnamed subject of scorn in Bob Dylan's "Positively 4th Street". Do I want to be on the side that’s winning? Absolutely, but I don't change sides when the going gets tough.
So what does all this mean? It means the season is nigh; every day brings fresh nuggets of information in which to delve, and the endless summer (and spring…and a little bit of winter) of our football discontent is coming to a close. This is the season of keeping change in my pockets, inserting coins into blue and red newspaper vending machines, having ink rub off on my hands (I will always prefer this to reading articles on the internet) and having visions of decisive victories to come dance through my head.
I love this time of year. Except for the heat. Football is just one of many reasons that fall is my favorite season. It's a dinner banquet after many months of the hunger of anticipation. Just think: in 20 days we all will watch 60 minutes of Redskins football…and we can read all about it the next day. Don't tell me preseason means nothing!