Top 10 Signs the Season was Headed Down the Drain

[Dan T.]

Who'd have thought this season would be such a disaster? Looking back, if we looked hard enough, the signs were there. Here are the top 10 signs the season was headed down the drain:

10. Al Saunders changes offensive scheme from "vanilla" to "french vanilla".

9. At a send-off rally at Redskins Park, Huly's dog pees on Warrick Holdman's leg after mistaking him for a fire hyrdant.

8. Joe Gibbs changes his assessment of Mark Brunell from "super-smart" to "not retarded".

7. Pittman4Two is hired as a Redskins scout.

6. Adam Archuletta spotted directing traffic in the Green Lot.

5. After the Tennessee game, Om is at a loss for words.

4. Shawn Springs breaks wrist while signing his contract extension.

3. Funky Four signed to the practice squad as D lineman.

2. Marcus Washington misses the Pro Bowl, but gets a call-back to "Dancing With the Stars."

and the number one sign the season was headed down the drain:

1. Arena Drive renamed Highway to Hell.




What signs did you see that the season was headed for the tank?

[laxpck]

Walk it out.

Done
and
Done.

[RDSCNZ20]

LOL..that's kinda funny.

[Brandon Lloyd Christmas]

real reasons:


portis' injury in preseason

mark brunell

prielou's injury

loss of ryan clark/effects on taylor

archuleta being torched by jason witten

sean springs abominle surgery

kenny wright/mike rumph vs marvin harrison/reggie wayne

travis henry = barry sanders

highway 57

the obligatory reverse

[trez]

Funny post. I'd put one reason at the top of any list of why the skins suck donkey balz: Daniel Snyder.

[Dan T.]

real reasons:


portis' injury in preseason

mark brunell

prielou's injury

loss of ryan clark/effects on taylor

archuleta being torched by jason witten

sean springs abominle surgery

kenny wright/mike rumph vs marvin harrison/reggie wayne

travis henry = barry sanders

highway 57

the obligatory reverse

Certainly a more accurate list than mine, but not as fun and much sadder to contemplate. :(

[authentic]

Springs..
1. strained hamstring
2. abdominal surgery
3. stained groin
4. fractured shoulder
5. leak to Tom Friend
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6. AA, the highest paid 'personal protector' on Special teams, in NFL history.
7. Holdman, the worst starting LB in NFL history.
8. Unless we generate 3 turnovers in our final game against NY, our defense will be the lest futile in NFL history.
9. the highest paid coaching staff in NFL history, yet they can't figure a darn thing out.
10. A hall of fame coach, who is certainly not a hall of fame GM.

[ross3909]

Patriots smacking us around in the 3rd preseason game like they were the Harlem Globe Trotters playing against scrubs trained to loose.

Portis getting injured on a meaningless play.

Sean Springs taking the year off.

Carlos Rogers not even trying to look back at the ball because he is so far behind his man. He is just trying to stay in the same TV Picture frame so people at home know someone was covering that wide open reciever.

Chris Cooleys "Bull fighter" style of blocking.

Defenses phobia of covering the middle of the field.

Not finding a real kicker until the season is long gone.

That look on Gibbs face after each game. Like a deer with a flashlight on it.

Pattens 1 catch.

Moss is injured, our only receiver.

[Gallntfox]

8. Joe Gibbs changes his assessment of Mark Brunell from "super-smart" to "not retarded".



:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[BigRay]

That was pretty funny :laugh: .

[#1njskinsfan]

[QUOTE=authentic]
6. AA, the highest paid 'personal protector' on Special teams, in NFL history.
7. Holdman, the worst starting LB in NFL history.
8. Unless we generate 3 turnovers in our final game against NY, our defense will be the lest futile in NFL history.
9. the highest paid coaching staff in NFL history, yet they can't figure a darn thing out.
QUOTE]



all of these...............


to quote metallica................"SAD BUT TRUE"

[Brandon Lloyd Christmas]

[QUOTE=authentic]
6. AA, the highest paid 'personal protector' on Special teams, in NFL history.
7. Holdman, the worst starting LB in NFL history.
8. Unless we generate 3 turnovers in our final game against NY, our defense will be the lest futile in NFL history.
9. the highest paid coaching staff in NFL history, yet they can't figure a darn thing out.
QUOTE]



all of these...............


to quote metallica................"SAD BUT TRUE"


DUN DUN WENR WENR WENR

[Brandon Lloyd Christmas]

ill add some more to my first 10


nick novak

steven jackson

john hall

jerry gray

bruce gradkowskis QB rating

TJ duckett and his goal line milk carton (have you seen this man?)

jacksonville and houston making us think our team was actually good

9 offensive points against NFC east teams on the road

the screen pass

al saunders and the case of the poodle play

[LoudMouth12thMan]

Grrrreat Post Dan T.

lol.....

:point2sky

[Chief skin]

Incompetent stubborn ownership

[Dan T.]

Incompetent stubborn ownership

Yeah, I let Snyder off the hook - he's not mentioned in my Top Ten. Maybe I can fix that. . .

[FunBunch7]

9 offensive points against NFC east teams on the road

[/QUOTE]

But hey, there's alot to be said for consistancy!!! lol

[Warpath81]

Who'd have thought this season would be such a disaster? Looking back, if we looked hard enough, the signs were there. Here are the top 10 signs the season was headed down the drain:

10. Al Saunders changes offensive scheme from "vanilla" to "french vanilla".

At least on offense, this was my major concern. Not sure how many read the Todd Collins interview in pre-season, but he told Brunell that it takes 'a full year to learn this offense'.

[Cooley4President]

6. Adam Archuletta spotted directing traffic in the Green Lot.


He was doing this after week 10. Now he's all the way back to directing traffic in the cash lots. If there were another week in the season, he'd be cleaning the toilets at FedEx.

[E-Dog Night]

Gibbs hires blind & deaf troglodyte from Melwood Employment agency, assigns her title of "Assistant Head Coach in Charge of Time CLock Management & Two Minute Drill Urgency".

[pgitta]

Damn. That was good.


The only part I hated was the part where I wasn't the one who wrote it.

[E-Dog Night]

Holdman beaten out by aging traffic cone for starting OLB. Unfortunately, cone placed on IR after being injured during hideous paralell parking mishap.

[Dan T.]

11. Hoping to buoy their spirits, Dan Snyder treats the team to breakfast turnovers before practice one morning. Nobody on the defense knows what they are, and Carlos Rogers drops his.

[Oldfan]

Solid post, Dan T.

I'd like to add that I thought it a bad sign when Brunell's QB rating went up after the bye week.

Finding a used copy of Al Saunder's 700 page playbook on sale at Amazon for 3.98 with 147.00 shipping added wasn't a good sign either.

[Pittman4Two]

Give me a little more time, Dan T. and you'll see the fruits of my labor.

[E-Dog Night]

Williams informs Carlos Rogers that he is a cover corner. Rogers looks up the words "cover" and "corner" in the dictionary. Sees cover as "To rest on the surface". Sees corner as "The space in between converging lines".

Decides that his job as a cover corner is to rest in between lines while on surface of playing field.

[Brandon Lloyd Christmas]

11. Hoping to buoy their spirits, Dan Snyder treats the team to breakfast turnovers before practice one morning. Nobody on the defense knows what they are, and Carlos Rogers drops his.




by far the best post ive read in awhile. good work. haha

[SkinsFTW]

9 offensive points against NFC east teams on the road



But hey, there's alot to be said for consistancy!!! lol[/QUOTE]

Yeah, but if our defense was better in those games we might have won! :D :D

I guess the lack of offense caused our opponents to not make our defense look any worse. We know now our defense could be a lot lower ranked. At least the Colts defense has to live with the fact that everybody expects their offense to score 30-40, our opponents know its over when they score more than 17.

[Dan T.]

Give me a little more time, Dan T. and you'll see the fruits of my labor.


I can't wait! :cheers:

[corsair_joe]

the 700-page playbook.

[JKS1414]

Instead of ten I'll give 6 major signs that the season was headed down the drain:

1) Letting Ryan Clark go when you could have held on to him for a fraction of the cost of the most overpaid special teams player in the history of the NFL: AA.
2) The hiring of Al Saunders....not that I think this wil be a bad move in the long run, but when Todd Collins is quoted saying "This offense takes at least a full season to really learn" we all should have known it was going to be a long year.
3) The shoulder injury to Portis in the first preseason game, not that Betts hasn't filled in nicely, but the injury to Portis truely exposed how old Mark Brunell is and how he can not be depended on to actually win you games.
4) The failure of Gibbs to give up on Brunell and turn to Campbell until it was too late.
5) All the injuries to Shawn Springs...it really forced the defense away from its attacking style.
6) The crazy trade for TJ Duckett: first they gave up too much for him, then they hardly played him, and to top it all off i believe he is a FA this offseason but yet Atlanta still got our draft picks. No single thing during the season exposed the Redskins need for a REAL GM more then that trade.

OK, OK, I'll play along now and give you seven:

We all knew the season was doomed the second Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes walked onto the field at Fed Ex for the opening game, I mean geez, everything else the two of them touched this year was a diaster so why should we have expected anything else for our season!!!

[SkinsOrlando]

Nice post, very funny.

[Dan T.]

We all knew the season was doomed the second Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes walked onto the field at Fed Ex for the opening game, I mean geez, everything else the two of them touched this year was a diaster so why should we have expected anything else for our season!!!


Yeah, even Six Flags went downhill when they added new "You Have to Be this Tall to Ride" signs at ride entrances that were lifesize photos of Cruise.

[theo229]

Thank you, Dan T and E-Dog!!

Very funny stuff.

That's the best laugh I've had in a while.

Keep it up.

theo

[ciresolstice]

good post, smacks of David Letterman.

BLC reply hurts, but true. yeah wow. man.

[IceDragon38]

Here are my signs......

1. Went on Interstate 57 in Chicago. For some reason I reached my destination instantly.

2. Then went on Interstate 26 in NC. Wrecked my car trying to avoid a hamburger wrap.

3. While riding on Interstate 24 the car blew two tires, the battery died, lost 3 cylinders, coolant pressure, and eventually the car just burst into flames.

4. I saw the Redskin's best cornerback in mid season at the mall the other day. Yep Darrell Green still got it.

5. I played as the Redskins in Madden. For some reason when Brunell was playing my only plays available were screen passes, and for some damn reason the only player I could pass to was Ladell Betts.

that's all i can think of for now....

[Doctorfro]

11. We held training camp

[Bostic Hog]

11. SSM broke wrist doing a leg drop on the pinata ..


12. Halter continues to wear striped pants to tailgate ..

13. ES Tailgate failure to kick a keg (YES !! WE DIDN't KICK THE KEG) before the Eagles game.

I cannot go on; the sadness overwhelms me at #13.

[Doctor ToughLove]

Frost has career year as Redskin punter.

Dale Lindsey breaks rare coaching protocal and talks smack to the press & loses.

Champ Bailey has career year as both Portis & Springs injure out. (both his tradebait & replacement)

Brunell completes 12 passes behind the line of scrimage on way to consecutive pass record. (against the worst team in the league)

Carlos Rogers becomes the human backboard because all the balls bounce off of him before going in.

Lavar Arrington sacks Bledsoe for a safety in Giants win over Cowboys. After cowboys stomp Redskins.

Ryan Clark & Walt Harris have career years for other teams as their more expensive replacements become the goats of the season. (Does anyone think GreggW is anywhere near as good of a defenseive coach as Marvin Lewis now?? (hate to say I told you so, but...))

Dale Lindsey & Warrick Holdman found "lingering" in steam room after practice.

[Dan T.]

11. At the opener against Minnesota, Pierson Prieleau accidentally wanders too close and gets blasted by the on-field fireworks during pregame introductions and is lost for the season.

[SkinsOrlando]

12. Gregg Williams coaches first game of season with wrong playbook, MW still trying to figure out how the D can run Screen pass left.

[stuck_N_virginia]

lol AA directing traffic in the green lot...AHAHAHHAHAHAA

[Dan T.]

Frost has career year as Redskin punter.



And on a related note, punter Derrick Frost has been placed on the IR. Doctors diagnosed repetitive motion injury to his right leg.

[deejaydana]

Don't forget to add these two as well:
11). Tom Cruise playing footsie with Snyder in owner's box during home opener

12). All turnstyles leading into stadium painted with Adam Archuleta's likeness

[Wow_we_actually_won]

Well, I hang this season 100% on the coaching.

From the incredibly predictible offensive playcalling to the trying to kill the clock with a small lead and half the game left to the allowing corners to play 20 yards off receivers.

Geesh it was just a train wreck of incompetence. Take this same group of players and coach them well and we are 11-5 at worst.

Oh yeah, worst coaching call of all? Playing Brunell until the season was hopeless.

[deejaydana]

(Does anyone think GreggW is anywhere near as good of a defenseive coach as Marvin Lewis now?? (hate to say I told you so, but...))



Our defense certainly STINKS, but you haven't watched many Cincy games if you think they have anything even slightly resembling a good defense. They win IN SPITE of that defense. I still get your point tho, we burn thru talent like tissues

[Dan T.]

Dale Lindsey & Warrick Holdman found "lingering" in steam room after practice.

:laugh: :laugh:

Well THAT explains SO MUCH about why Holdman's still a starter. . .

[pgitta]

:laugh: :laugh:

Well THAT explains SO MUCH about why Holdman's still a starter. . .

Wow. That disturbing visual brought to mind something I stumbled on recently.

What cruel, twisted mind could have thought this, this thing humorous?

That's just wrong.

http://www.rcdbase.com/skin/cial.jpg

[Hog Lover]

A couple of those are pretty funny.

[Doctor ToughLove]

Our defense certainly STINKS, but you haven't watched many Cincy games if you think they have anything even slightly resembling a good defense. They win IN SPITE of that defense. I still get your point tho, we burn thru talent like tissues


Fair enough. Mostly I just think the Marvin Lewis defense was the best Redskin defense I have seen in the last decade. Plus he got the best out of Bruce Smith, Daryl Gardener, and Lavar Arringotn (and in hindsight the Bruce & Daryl part is looking like nothing short of miracle work). While GreggW is good I never thought the defenses were as good as MarvinL's and thought GreggW got a lot more to work with to boot (even when the defense was doing well). This year has been vindicated to me.

But I would also say the cincy defense is good enough to support a winning record and beats the Redskins defense in almost every defensive catagory without the extravagant acquisitions.

[Doctor ToughLove]

:laugh: :laugh:

Well THAT explains SO MUCH about why Holdman's still a starter. . .

Yeah, the Lindsey/Holdman love affair has to end. It has gone to preposterous proportions.

[.Guy.]

11. When the Washington Redskins lost to the bye week.

[Doctor ToughLove]

And on a related note, punter Derrick Frost has been placed on the IR. Doctors diagnosed repetitive motion injury to his right leg.

Now that is funny, like pitcher's arm. It is never too good when you punter does too well.

[RedskinsB40]

I got one:
Fairweather Fans

[Spaceman Spiff]

There was only one sign, and it was that we messed with a team that wasn't far from going to the NFC championship game last year.

You don't rip out an entire engine that has an oil leak and thats exactly what we did.

[terpfan]

Chris Cooleys "Bull fighter" style of blocking.
OK, so he may not be the best blocker, but he's not that bad. Seemed strange to point this out with all those other atrocities. Cooley has been one of the bright points of this season.

[atloldskin]

The early losses to Minnesota and Tennessee;
A lack of pass rush;
Springs and Portis injuries;
The QB changeover;
The Saunders changeover;
The kicking problem early on.

[JLU44]

Considering the fact, we were just coming off a season where we made the play-offs and won our opening round wildcard play-off game, this season has been a huge disappointment......I suppose you can look back and first see Clinton Portis's injury as a harbinger of things to come. The Offense led by Al Saunders was a disappointment right from the start, even if it was just the exhibition season. Granted Mark Brunell's age and lack of mobility finally caught up with him, but in the last seven (7) years the Redskins have also had one of the 3 worst kicking games in the NFL. Didn't our veteran coaches see this? Doesn't a players age have anything to do with him being susceptible to injury? [ie; John Hall, Shawn Springs and Cornelius Griffin] Other than QB Jason Campbell do we have any other good young players that we can look forward to in the future? What's happened to Carlos Rogers, and Rocky McIntosh? If it wasn't the injuries and the question regarding our talent it was the lack of turnovers and penalties! No aggressiveness = no turnovers, that much we know, but most of the penalties occurred in beaten match-ups, not to mention a little stupidity. What happened to Brandon Lloyd, Adam Archuletta and Mike Rumph? Well, Rumph now is history, but it did cost us a valuable draft pick! But of everything to go wrong this season, who would have ever thought our Defense would get torched as often, as it did! And
because so many things went wrong as they did, I can't seem to understand how a veteran caoching staff could not have been prepared or anticipated any of this! Injuries, I can understand, they're a part of the game, but in some positions we didn't have any capable back-ups.....Oh, God, can someone please tell me when our first 2007 Pre-season game is?

[Dan T.]

One more bump, now that the season is officially done.

[alwaysaskin]

Here are my reasons

Al Saunders' Playbook: 200 pages of screens, 300 pages of 3rd and long runs up the gut
Mark Brunnell's fountain of youth declared a banned substance in the NFL
Portis dislocates shoulder going for the remote control
Nick Novak somehow given kicking job, doesn't realize you have to get the ball through those yellow uprights
Gregg Williams attempt to make all his players convert to Williamsism fails when Carlos Rogers drops the Kool-Aid
The D-Line gets inspiration from Subway turnstyles
Holdman shows up with pictures of Cerrato, Lindsey and a barn-yard animal
The coaching staff puts Paris Hilton in charge of time-clock management
Portis injures wrist getting on the bus