Big News!

Jake · Post by **Jake** » Wed Feb 04, 2004 7:41 pm

The Cards released Jeff Blake! I posted this because if he settles for a backup role in the league, I wouldn't mind taking him. But if we don't, I will still be satisfied if Gibbs will (but probably won't) keep Gibby and Hasselbeck on the roster.

So I guess the Cards will pick Rothlisberger (I don't know how you spell that kind of name). Well, since he was released from the staring qb job with the CARDINALS, he won't be asked to be a starter anywhere else anytime soon.

hailskins666 · Post by **hailskins666** » Wed Feb 04, 2004 9:03 pm

i called this one.
http://www.thehogs.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1544&start=0
quoting me:

we aren't going to find a "great" back up. if a guy is good enuff too start in this league, thats what he'll want to do. and there are plenty of openings. personally, i'd rather have warner(if the rams dump him) than brunell. but, he too, is good enuff to start, and will find work elsewhere. arz might dump jeff blake, and he has a hell of an arm too. would be cheap as well, and has been in the league for about 10 years.

i follow blake because he went to ECU. one of my favorite pirates

he's got a great arm, and a bit of a scrambling ability. he's got an arm that joe would like. i'd love to see him a skin. he can throw about 78 yds..... or at least he could at ECU. was one of the strongest arms in school history.

redskincity · Post by **redskincity** » Wed Feb 04, 2004 9:12 pm

I hate it fo Blake because he is INMO starter material. He almost took the Ravens to the playoffs year before last and didnt because of the dropped passes againts the Steelers.He also was nice before he broke his leg. The Saints were finally starting to win before the accident. He also made some nice passes to the Rookie of the year this pass season.

Jake when you mention Brunell and Warner you are talking about major money.

hailskins666 · Post by **hailskins666** » Wed Feb 04, 2004 9:31 pm

Jake when you mention Brunell and Warner you are talking about major money.

RScity, that was me that mentioned warner and brunell, and i said it wouldn't happen for the same reason you said....$$$$$. blake could be a cheap veteran option. and man, he's got an arm.

redskincity · Post by **redskincity** » Wed Feb 04, 2004 9:36 pm

hailskins666 wrote:
Jake when you mention Brunell and Warner you are talking about major money.

RScity, that was me that mentioned warner and brunell, and i said it wouldn't happen for the same reason you said....$$$$$. blake could be a cheap veteran option. and man, he's got an arm.

Oh my bad Jake.

Yeah....Those two still have to prove themselves as starters though.

Wysocki · Post by **Wysocki** » Wed Feb 04, 2004 11:02 pm

There's no way I'd feel comfortable with the "great" Jeff Blake as back-up. We can do a heck of a lot better.

hailskins666 · Post by **hailskins666** » Wed Feb 04, 2004 11:14 pm

There's no way I'd feel comfortable with the "great" Jeff Blake as back-up. We can do a heck of a lot better.

no one said he was "great". i said the guy has an arm, which gibbs likes. we could do much worse at backup. i don't mind TH hangin around, but from the press, joe wants an experienced back up. teams can't have top starters and backups with the cap in place, but i suppose you have better suggestions???

redskincity · Post by **redskincity** » Wed Feb 04, 2004 11:15 pm

Wysocki wrote:There's no way I'd feel comfortable with the "great" Jeff Blake as back-up. We can do a heck of a lot better.

Man I cant wait to see who we get this OFF S

redskin mark · Post by **redskin mark** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 3:41 am

I too like Blake. I believe he will come cheap, and if something goes wrong with P-Ram, then Blake can step right in. An interesting thought for him to come to camp.

Warmother · Post by **Warmother** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 8:37 am

So long as Blake accepts the back-up job He would be a good pick-up.

Wysocki · Post by **Wysocki** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 9:59 am

OK 666, bring on Blake...come to think of it I probably questioned Joe when he brought in Doug Williams off the scrap heap in the '80s. A long interception is sometimes just as good as a punt anyway...

redskins56 · Post by **redskins56** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 10:06 am

I heard Denny Green on ESPN Radio two days ago, and he talked about how much he and his new staff love Scott McCown, or however you spell #10's name...

He said that he is going to be a "PRO BOWL TYPE PLAYER ONE DAY" and that he hopes it is with the Cardinals. He then went on to say that the Bengals weren't wrong by taking Carson Palmer with a formidbale Kitna, cuz early on you take the best propects...

What does that mean... Your guess is as good as mines...

-GEEPZ
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L.A. NATION!!!

Jake · Post by **Jake** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 3:22 pm

[quote="redskins56"]I heard Denny Green on ESPN Radio two days ago, and he talked about how much he and his new staff love Scott McCown, or however you spell #10's name...

He said that he is going to be a "PRO BOWL TYPE PLAYER ONE DAY" and that he hopes it is with the Cardinals. He then went on to say that the Bengals weren't wrong by taking Carson Palmer with a formidbale Kitna, cuz early on you take the best propects...

What does that mean... Your guess is as good as mines...

-GEEPZ[quote]

That doesn't mean anything. They will still take Ben from Miami of Ohio (I'm sick of saying his last name, so I'm just calling him Ben.) Josh McCown isn't a starting caliber QB and has had only one standout game. I just don't see how they're gonna make McCown their regular season starter.

Redskins4Life · Post by **Redskins4Life** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 4:03 pm

Bring on Blake. I wanted to get him in the first year of the Spurrier regime, but instead we got Shane Matthews. Hopefully this time around we can land the guy for a backup role

hailskins666 · Post by **hailskins666** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 7:26 pm

OK 666, bring on Blake...come to think of it I probably questioned Joe when he brought in Doug Williams off the scrap heap in the '80s. A long interception is sometimes just as good as a punt anyway...

wysocki, we are talking about a backup here, right? ramsey is the starter. but, joe said he'd like to have a veteran qb backup. with the cash we have available, we aren't going to get peyton manning as our backup :lol:

and i don't get the long interception thing, am i missing a joke or something? blake has 132 career TD's and only 98 INT's. thats not bad considering some guys in the league(most backups are the other way around). he consistantly had more TD's than INT's in every season except this past year with arz, and his rookie year. the only knock i have on him, is that he needs to complete more passes. he is stuck at a measly 56% completion....

Wysocki · Post by **Wysocki** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 1:02 pm

Hey 666 - I compared Blake to Doug Williams didn't I? I'm just having some fun - BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT THE BACKUP QB. I haven't followed Blake very much but he IS a journeyman (why?) and when I think of him I picture a hard-throwing passer with no touch who loves to throw the bomb (ala Jeff George). No question that is a good TD/INT ratio that Blake has so bring him on. Maybe he can be a holder for Hall - and every field goal we'll have the threat of a fake! :twisted:

hailskins666 · Post by **hailskins666** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 1:09 pm

I haven't followed Blake very much but he IS a journeyman (why?) and when I think of him I picture a hard-throwing passer with no touch who loves to throw the bomb (ala Jeff George).

you answered your own question my man. my only knock is that 56% completion rate he has. the guy makes overall pretty good decisions out there, but those passes thrown at a gazillion miles per hour are kinda hard to hold onto at times. the deep ball is his strength.(now you now why boldin caught so many long balls, and made the pro bowl

)

Wysocki · Post by **Wysocki** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 2:40 pm

So Blake made a WR ROY, and a TEAM that is drafting 2nd...look, I don't want him so we disagree. If he makes my team - great - he'll be a Redskin and I'll support him. But I'm not going to celebrate the day he signs. If and when he does you can be sure I'll be trading a few comments with you! :lol:

you, you, tarheel...I've got bigger fish to fry - the draft, TEs, RBs, DL, DBs

TopHawg · Post by **TopHawg** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 5:20 pm

Blakes a Bum. He ain't even a good back up. Hasselback better than that tool. At least he has a good brother can win. He ain't no good at predicting though

owa · Post by **owa** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 6:53 pm

I think he'd be a good pickup. I don't think we need a great QB. A lot of the QBs we won with weren't that great QB-wise. If you give an average QB a lot of time to throw, he'll usually complete the pass. The defense can only cover for so long (heh, one our problems I think since opposing QBs had all day to throw and b/c of that we made average and struggling QBs look like pro-bowl QBs).