The "I Was Wrong" Thread [Archive]

elkabong82

June-28th-2008, 08:01 PM

Time for some humility on this board. So let's see it. Who is man enough (or woman enough in some cases) to admit they have been wrong in the past on here?

I'll start it off obviously:

1) In '06 said we were playoff bound
2) Thought we would draft DE with 1st rounder in '06
3) Made a bet about our team that resulted in a "board beyotch" avatar for a month
4) Thought Lloyd would be a good pick-up

JustAfan47

June-28th-2008, 08:12 PM

I made a bet with a fellow friend of mine that JC would have a better TD to int. ratio. then Romo also that Moss would have another 1300-1500 yard season and make the pro bowl again...

hail2skins

June-28th-2008, 08:18 PM

In 1981 I wrote a letter to the Skins front office demanding that this loser Joe Gibbs who had us at 0-5 be fired immediately, and that he'd never amount to much of a coach............... :jk:

Seriously, I didn't see much chance in hell in 2005 of us putting together a playoff run after the OT loss to the Chargers. There's a poster skinsfan1010 who has a blog in which he kept insisting that things were going to shake out fine and I pretty much just laughed. Well..............

After ST's death and the Buffalo double-timeout fiasco, I didn't see us getting there this past year either.

bushwack

June-28th-2008, 08:19 PM

I made a $50 bet with a friend of mine, who's a Cowboys fan, back in September that the Skins would not only make the playoffs, but also win a game in the playoffs. That one still stings.

Walking Deadman

June-28th-2008, 08:20 PM

Well, I wanted Branden Albert 1st round....we didn't get him but he didn't come close to falling to us anyway.

Walking Deadman

June-28th-2008, 08:21 PM

I made a $50 bet with a friend of mine, who's a Cowboys fan, back in September that the Skins would not only make the playoffs, but also win a game in the playoffs. That one still stings.

You should have bet him about Dallas winning a playoff game :laugh:

dcnativenerd

June-28th-2008, 08:23 PM

I said we'd last forever...:(

elkabong82

June-28th-2008, 08:27 PM

5) Thought Tags would get in to HOF this year
6) My '07 mock draft (though I did say trading out of the 1st would be our best bet).
7) Thought Saunders would give us a top 10 offense.

JustAfan47

June-28th-2008, 08:30 PM

I bet a giant fan that CP would have the best season of his career in 06 and well...we all know what happened to him :(

Califan007

June-28th-2008, 08:32 PM

Besides the obvious lol...

I thought Ramsey would turn out to be a solid starting QB...

I thought Gibbs would never retire before his 5 year contract was up...

I thought Brunell was gonna suck huge in 2005...

I thought the Skins were gonna do some damage in the playoffs at the beginning of the 2000 season...

I thought Lenny P was just blowing smoke out of his ass when he said we were gonna draft Jason Campbell a week before the draft...

I thought Antonio Pierce would not be missed very much...

I thought Rod Gardner would go on to have a decent career after he left here...

I thought Archuletta would go on to have a decent career after he left here...

I thought bringing Al Saunders on board would cause our offense to explode...

I thought Brad Johnson would never do as well as he did here after he left...

I thought Stephen Davis would never do as well as he did here after he left...

elkabong82

June-28th-2008, 08:37 PM

Hmm... where are the "I thought we wouldn't make the playoffs after losing to Buffalo" and the "I thought the D would be terrible after not drafting DE in '07" people? They were so vocal back then. C'mon guys, fess up.

JustAfan47

June-28th-2008, 08:38 PM

Mark The Homer

June-28th-2008, 08:38 PM

Besides the obvious lol...

I thought Ramsey would turn out to be a solid starting QB...

Check

I thought Gibbs would never retire before his 5 year contract was up...

Check

I thought the Skins were gonna do some damage in the playoffs at the beginning of the 2000 season...

Check

I thought bringing Al Saunders on board would cause our offense to explode...

Check

I thought Stephen Davis would never do as well as he did here after he left...

Check

Morneblade

June-28th-2008, 08:43 PM

I thought Health Shuler was gonna be a good QB for us.

AAARedskin

June-28th-2008, 08:46 PM

I was wrong about Eli Manning. When he was drafted, I thought he was incredibly average, and that he could never, ever play in a Super Bowl....

Califan007

June-28th-2008, 08:48 PM

lol....are you sure you got everything off your chest? :D
It was very cleansing lol :laugh:...

skinsfanindallas88

June-28th-2008, 08:48 PM

I thought Adam Archuleta was the last piece to our secondary being amazing

elkabong82

June-28th-2008, 08:51 PM

I thought Adam Archuleta was the last piece to our secondary being amazing

The STAR defense? (Springs, Taylor, Arch, Rogers).

Redskins:Victory_or_Death

June-28th-2008, 09:07 PM

I was wrong about Eli Manning. When he was drafted, I thought he was incredibly average, and that he could never, ever play in a Super Bowl.... You still get credit - you were only half wrong. ;)

zoony

June-28th-2008, 10:32 PM

I thought Lloyd was a good pickup, and he'd be a solid number two for us

I was hoping we could somehow draft Joey Harrington :doh:

I thought Arrington was a great player unfairly criticized for being out of position all the time (prior to Gibbs arrival)

skindogger47

June-28th-2008, 11:53 PM

I thought Sean Taylor would paralyze someone before his career was over. But Im not eating crow for it. I did think we'd sweep the Giants last year, though. God that game sucked.

skindogger47

June-28th-2008, 11:53 PM

Oh and I thought Pac Man would be in prison by now.

Hiro

June-29th-2008, 12:02 AM

When we added Randle El and Lloyd at receiver and Saunders as our offensive coordinator, I thought we were going to have the "Greatest Show on Grass" or whatever, with Clinton Portis putting up Marshall Faulk like numbers. :doh:

I truly believed that Jason was going to have a Pro Bowl/Breakout year in '07. While he had a decent first year, fact is I set the bar way too high.

After our debacle in '06, I thought the guy we should've been gunning for was Jamal Anderson, and while I didn't mind us picking Landry, I was a bit upset we didn't choose Anderson. One year later ... :laugh:

I didn't think a playoff run was even conceivable after our display in the Buffalo game following Sean's death. While I was proven wrong, that game still hurts to this day ... :(

I thought Romo was going to regress and prove to be a one year wonder. Meh, he still sucks anyway ...

By this point in time, I thought that Matt Leinart was going to be an absolute stud in the NFL, while Jay Cutler would turn out to be a Patrick Ramsey clone. Eh so far ... :doh:

That's all I got so far, my brain's pretty dead right now ...

bubba9497

June-29th-2008, 12:06 AM

Taylor Jacobs.....'nuff said

I've been wrong more times than I care to remember

Tastes Like Chicken

June-29th-2008, 12:17 AM

Hiro

June-29th-2008, 12:27 AM

Add me to the Arch Club. I almost bought an Archuleta authentic jersey. :doh:

I remember emailing a video to all my family- the video where AA is flinging dumbbells up in the air with his fingertips, and bouncing up off the ground during push-ups and landing the opposite direction. None of that seemed to come in handy for the personal punt protector.

At least I bought the Cooley jersey instead of what could have been, the worst jersey purchase EVER.
TLC ... kindly point me in the direction of bschurm so I can smack him for insulting the woman of probably the best series of sigs on this site! :mad:

Just to emphasize this point ... even if she didn't win me the Hottie Draft ..

http://www.mactonnies.com/jessica.jpg

McD5

June-29th-2008, 12:29 AM

1. I thought Betts would rush for more yards from scrimmage than Portis last season.

2. I thought Betts was going to the pro bowl last season.

3. I thought that surely, and even more surely after Cerrato's comments, that we would make D-line an emphasis in the top round or two of the draft this year.

joeknows

June-29th-2008, 05:42 AM

I thought Ramsey would turn out to be a solid starting QB...

I thought Gibbs would never retire before his 5 year contract was up...

Gart Monk

June-29th-2008, 06:01 AM

I thought Marty could turn this franchise around

I thought Xanadu was the best movie ever

I thought Mark Carrier still had some talent

I thought purchasing beer in Maryland was simple

I thought Washington would win Superbowl XVIII

I thought she was single

I thought ST bit on too many play-action fakes

I thought about it again and decided to just eat lunch.

jujuskinsfan

June-29th-2008, 06:24 AM

I thought we had a chance to win against the pats.

Koolblue13

June-29th-2008, 07:07 AM

I thought Alan Branch was the best player for us last season, even at a top ten pick.

I was wrong about us winning the Super Bowl the last few years.

I was wrong about Gibbs leaving before his contract was up.

I was wrong about Lloyd being a super star.

I was wrong about Arch.

I've been wrong about a lot.

SkinFaninOKC

June-29th-2008, 09:03 AM

When Gibbs came back in 2004 I posted we would go 10-6. Based on his return alone.

Vicious

June-29th-2008, 09:09 AM

I thought we had a chance to win against the pats.

It still hurts.

REDSKINS8181

June-29th-2008, 11:06 AM

I was really excited when we brought B Lloyd in.

I thought we could 'outphysical' the Pats last year.

I still own around 40 Heath Shuler rookie cards and 25 or so Reggie Brooks and Tom Carter rookie cards.

I thought Stephen Davis, Champ Bailey, and Lavar Arrington would all be career Redskins.

bedlamVR

June-29th-2008, 11:09 AM

I thought we had a chance to win against the pats.

My god I thought that too and it still stings ...

I have been wrong about so much, just recently ..I thought Gibbs wasn't just going to up and leave .. I thought Archuetta and Lloyd could be at least productive if not great for us ...I thought Collins was a waste of a roster space...I was wrong about McD5...I thought Gibbs was crazy to pull Ramsey in 05... I thought LaVar would have made an excellent DE...I thought Coles was better than Moss ..I thought Rock would be long gone...

Rdskn4Lyf21

June-29th-2008, 12:23 PM

Our '06 record :(

elkabong82

June-29th-2008, 01:50 PM

Where are all the "realists"? Only a couple of the usual suspects have had the cahones to post in here.

ArmchairRedskin

June-29th-2008, 02:25 PM

I thought we'd make noise in the 06 season playoffs
I thought we'd beat Seattle last season
I thought Smoot would beat out Carlos for the starter spot
I thought Saunders would have us at the top of the league in offense
I thought GW was a shoe-in to be our next HC
I thought Gibbs would coach all 5 years

mistertim

June-29th-2008, 02:43 PM

I thought Jamaal Anderson would be the best pick for us. I was wrong.

I thought the Lloyd pickup was good. I was wrong.

I thought we would have an amazing D in 06...I was wrong :doh:

I thought that even though Todd Collins had been in Saunders' system for years he was still pretty much worthless. I was wrong.

...but I'm right about everything else. :silly:

Califan007

June-29th-2008, 02:56 PM

chiefhogskin48 should probably post on this thread lol...here's why:

"Shawn Springs would be a huge mistake

Obviously, our replacement for Champ will be Shawn Springs if Danny gets his way. But this would be an enormous mistake, and a pretty obvious one at that. Anyone who has watched any film on this guy can see that "Toast"--- yes, that's his nickname in Seahawkland--- can't get it done as a starter.

He was replaced by the likes of Ken Lucas and talented rookie Marcus Trufant. Decent/good players, but this doesn't bode well.

Signing Springs gets Danny his former probowl corner, a big name and a former top 10 draft pick. But his name alone will command him a higher salary than he deserves. If he gets anything similar to what Dre Bly received last season from Detroit, this move will go down as one of our worst free agent signings ever.

Please, Danny, go with Winfield, Vincent, Plummer, or Bryant (in that descending order). Don't flirt with disaster and sign a has-been whose hamstring will probably never heal.

Just my 2cents......"

http://www.extremeskins.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=52315&highlight=mistake

Califan007

June-29th-2008, 03:23 PM

I'm trying to find an old thread of mine I started about Brunell, and I'm finding other old threads that kind of fit into this thread (as well as the one about nailing it). Here's a whole list of "I Was Wrong" predictions lol...

Poll: Who's Going To Be The Biggest Surprise Next Season? (with "next season" being the 2005 season)

http://www.extremeskins.com/forums/showthread.php?t=95766

A few nuggets of wisdom:

"Not on your list...Ladell Betts. He becomes a touchdown machine. He'll be the short yardage guy who benefits most from the OL improvement."

"I'm gonna go out on a limb and vote for someone else not on the list: Darnerian McCants. Word is Gibbs has said D Mac is a part of his plans. He is the possession receiver that we could use. And I feel that I could be a inside the 5 yard line TD scorer like a couple of years back."

"I'll tell you who I think is going to have an incredable year (besides Gibbs and Ramsey) is Taylor Jacobs. I think he will step up real big."

And ironically enough, even though he did get some votes, only one poster mentioned Santana Moss as being the surprise player for 2005...

elkabong82

June-29th-2008, 03:30 PM

Well if you want to point out other people's goofs, Cali, then I'll direct you to D Pablo's "Andre Carter Sucks" thread. Or you can even take some of my links in my "Nailed It" thread. The poll on if we would win out for the playoffs, my calling a top 10 D in '07 thread, both have some gems in there.

Shoot, just google Todd Collins and ES.

RammsteinSkins

June-29th-2008, 03:33 PM

I thought Sean would come back this season after going on IR :(

Califan007

June-29th-2008, 03:34 PM

elkabong82

June-29th-2008, 03:41 PM

Just trying to jog people's memories lol :cool:

Hopefully once the regular week starts we'll get more responses. Something tells me the usua suspects of "realists" won't be posting in here. :laugh:

cathartic-j

June-29th-2008, 03:49 PM

The biggest thing I've ever been wrong about in football was the Ricky Williams trade and subsequent choice of Champ Bailey. I was so upset I almost cried; I was certain that we needed a running back, and we actually somehow had the opportunity to take the best one in college history, and we passed it up. I was really devastated. (I was also eleven, so I deserve a little slack.) Obviously, that ended up working out much better than I expected...

I also thought that Skip Hicks would be a good player for us. Oops.

Hmm... where are the "I thought we wouldn't make the playoffs after losing to Buffalo" and the "I thought the D would be terrible after not drafting DE in '07" people? They were so vocal back then. C'mon guys, fess up.

I wasn't a member here yet, but I'll admit that I was very skeptical about our chances after that game. In fact, it wasn't until the second half of the game in New Jersey that I started thinking about the playoffs again.

Mooka

June-29th-2008, 04:06 PM

I thought Brunell was gonna suck huge in 2005... Ditto. I was convinced he was damaged goods and was done. He won the starting spot from Patrick fair and square.

Tastes Like Chicken

June-29th-2008, 09:56 PM

Just trying to jog people's memories lol :cool:

And on that note...

http://www.extremeskins.com/forums/showthread.php?t=200537&page=1&pp=15

Greatest.

Sub-par.

QB.

Comparison.

EVER.

:laugh: :doh:

Garcia is average, Brunell is a little above average.

Morneblade

June-29th-2008, 10:19 PM

I thought Jamaal Anderson would be the best pick for us. I was wrong.

I was right there with you Tim. After what happened to Sean it turned out to be a great pick, but I see Anderson playing much better this year.

I thought the Defense would be average this past year. Our pass defense was, but our run defense was great.

Califan007

June-29th-2008, 10:20 PM

And on that note...

http://www.extremeskins.com/forums/showthread.php?t=200537&page=1&pp=15

Greatest.

Sub-par.

QB.

Comparison.

EVER.

:laugh: :doh:
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :applause: :notworthy

wildbill

June-30th-2008, 03:05 AM

I thought Marty would win game one of his Skins debut vs the Chargers.

elkabong82

June-30th-2008, 12:47 PM

A lot of people still haven't fessed up.

Potato Sack

June-30th-2008, 02:23 PM

Can someone please pull some of my gems of the past? I've got some doooosies.

Potato Sack

June-30th-2008, 02:24 PM

HAHAHAHA what a great sig, Wildbill!!!

Morneblade

June-30th-2008, 03:00 PM

I also thought that Golsten would be backing up Griff and be ready to start in a year or 2. Instead they made him gain about 30 pounds and have him behind Monty.

Although I dont think that is the best place for him, that is where he is.

PalmettoRedskin

June-30th-2008, 04:58 PM

I wanted Mike Williams in the 1st Rd. of the '05 draft.
I thought Spurrier would be a great coach. :(
I was pissed when we didn't land DE Courtney Brown as I thought he would resurrect his career after the Browns.

clskinsfan

June-30th-2008, 06:50 PM

I absolutely thought the season was over once Sean Taylor was murdered and we lost to the Bills. I am happy to admit that I was wrong.

clskinsfan

June-30th-2008, 06:53 PM

HAHAHAHA what a great sig, Wildbill!!!

Dude that video of the moron lighting his face on fire in your signature is classic. Where can i find the clip?

tonyriggins

June-30th-2008, 07:31 PM

A few years ago I said that Chris Samuels would be traded or cut due to the salary cap and that wasn't such a thing as a career Redskin anymore.
That Tampa Bay could not win the Superbowl with Brad Johnson.

DCchillin89

June-30th-2008, 07:36 PM

I wanted pac man jones in the draft, and since he was gone, I almost threw something at the tv when we didn't take mike williams

ImRickJamesB

July-1st-2008, 04:23 AM

This is embarrassing........:doh:

Up until 2006, I actually believed that Roy Williams was better than Sean Taylor...... My bad.......:doh:

Steve567

July-1st-2008, 08:51 AM

I said on here that Archuleta was a good pickup and that he and Taylor would be a great tandem.

Redskins:Victory_or_Death

July-1st-2008, 09:18 AM

This is embarrassing........:doh:Yes. Yes, you are very embarassing.

bootzilla

July-1st-2008, 09:46 AM

Michael Westbrook we be the second coming of art monk just faster. But he did play with some crappy QB's lol

In 1996 after the 7-1 start, we were going to the SB finished 9-7

In 2006 we were going to SB

In 2005 that switching to MB after Ramsey was clothlined WWE style was a mistake

NoleSkin21

July-1st-2008, 11:01 AM

Ok, I am fairly new to the board. But I was wrong in a different manner. For critisizing another posters tattoo of ST. I am man enough to say I was wrong. Its actually very nice. Sorry.

Potato Sack

July-1st-2008, 12:01 PM

Dude that video of the moron lighting his face on fire in your signature is classic. Where can i find the clip?

I found it on youtube a long time ago. Not sure how I stumbled on it.

Idaho fan

July-1st-2008, 12:04 PM

I thought Health Shuler was gonna be a good QB for us.

Yep me to... :doh:

I also thought the paloffs were now.

NoleSkin21

July-1st-2008, 12:26 PM

I thought CP was done for the year Betts rushed for 1000. I was actually hoping he was traded. I WAS WRONG.

Destructis

July-1st-2008, 12:49 PM

Heath Shuler would be a future HOF QB.

Man I f*&ked up on that one.

BigRedskinDaddy

July-1st-2008, 04:10 PM

I thought Xanadu was the best movie ever...

It's not??

As for me, haven't been here long enough to be wrong about anything. Sometimes (relatively) new guys have all the luck...

lupin_iv

July-1st-2008, 05:16 PM

I expected Sultan McCollough to beat out Betts, and expected "Darkerian" McCants to make a huge impact with the Gibbs regime. Guess I didn't realize he couldn't play special teams...

oraphus

July-1st-2008, 07:07 PM

I bet a friend $50 that skins will have better record then the Raiders this year.... i better win that bet!

scruffylookin

July-2nd-2008, 05:21 AM

Probably too many to count :D so I'll list some random ones that come to mind.

I had the Giants going 6-10 in 2007.

I think I said Clinton Portis had a shot at 2000 yards and a ton of receiving yards after we hired Al Saunders in 06.

I didn't know why Rock Cartwright was being used as our kick returner (still think we can upgrade but he's done a hell of alot better than I thought he would)

I thought Skip Hicks was going to be our runner in 99 and not Stephen Davis.

There are so many players that I thought were going to be good but turned out not to be but I'll single out one that, looking back, is quite embarrassing.

I thought in 1992 that Desmond Howard was going to be so good and so dynamic a player that he was going to provide the Redskins with enough big plays to offset the deterioration/loss of both Art Monk and Gary Clark (both of whom were getting older so I thought this new young player could compensate for both great receivers declining skills). I can still vividly remember saying this to some friends and I'm relunctant to own up to this but here it goes. I said "Desmond is going to be our Jerry Rice. A player who is a threat to go all the way anywhere on the field and with any type of route". Boy was I wrong. Horribly horribly horribly wrong.

DeanCollins

July-2nd-2008, 06:22 AM

I thought Arrington was a great player unfairly criticized for being out of position all the time (prior to Gibbs arrival)

me too, I thought benching Arrington was the reason our defense sucked and that we were losing games because of it.

Mr. Brownstone

July-2nd-2008, 10:07 AM

I thought we were gonna draft DL this year.:mad:

When we drafted him, I thought Cooley would be a bust because he was one dimensional and too slow.:doh:

ucfSKINS

July-2nd-2008, 10:25 AM

5) Thought Tags would get in to HOF this year
6) My '07 mock draft (though I did say trading out of the 1st would be our best bet).
7) Thought Saunders would give us a top 10 offense.

I also thought Saunders would help us get into the top 10.

D'oh! :doh:

REDSKINZ-RIDEORDIE

July-2nd-2008, 10:52 AM

I admit I was wrong, because I was PISSED when we traded away our 1st round draft pick to the Rams for Sean Gilbert, which ended up being Lawrence Phillips. I wanted us to draft Lawrence Phillips so bad!!! I thought we would regret not drafting that dude, and I was TOTALLY wrong....