Todd Pinkston Signed...

Fios · Post by **Fios** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 1:57 pm

Folks, there is way too much consternation over a vet minimum signing. So they take a look at the guy? So what? Why does that automatically signal some act of desperation?

skinsfan#33 · Post by **skinsfan#33** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 2:00 pm

Fios wrote:Folks, there is way too much consternation over a vet minimum signing. So they take a look at the guy? So what? Why does that automatically signal some act of desperation?

I have no problem with looking at the guy. The thought that he might make the team scares the heck out of me.

gibbsfan · Post by **gibbsfan** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 2:16 pm

here i ,ll say it ...it,s worth a look and we will have to wait and see what happens..

HanburgerHelper · Post by **HanburgerHelper** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 2:35 pm

Chris Luva Luva wrote:The guy doesn't suck...

He's not great, or the best... I wouldn't call him good either... He's decent, he's ok...

I mean dare I say it... He may be a better fit at the #2 position than ARE IF he's 100% fit and knew the offense. But neither is probally true by Miami so whatever. lol

Luva,

Let me rephrase. He doesn't suck, he's just completely washed up. He hasn't played since 2004 and this guy never had the body style to hold up to an NFL beating. He was a stick figure. I watched him play because I live in Eagleland. He was streaky at best in his prime which is long gone.

Here are the facts:

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Todd Pinkston Career Stat Summary
Height: 6-3
Weight: 180
Born: 04/23/1977
College: Southern Miss.

Played 2000-2005 or six seasons w/ Eagles, didn't play final season
Best season (2002): 15 games, 60 catches, 798 yds, 13.3 yds/catch, 42 long, 7 TDs
Ave. catches/year = 30.6
TDs per/year = 2.3
Yds per/year = 469

*Hasn't played since 2004
Stats in 2004: 16 games, 36 catches, 676 yds, 18.8 yds/catch, 80 long, 1 TD
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everydayAskinsday · Post by **everydayAskinsday** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 2:47 pm

now show us Lloyd's stats.. and ARE's stats.. and Thrash's stats..

dont look much better

Chris Luva Luva · Post by **Chris Luva Luva** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 2:52 pm

everydayAskinsday wrote:now show us Lldyd's stats.. and ARE's stats.. and Thrash's stats..

dont look much better

Burger!!

Fios · Post by **Fios** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 3:01 pm

Admiral Eckbar (wow I really hope I remembered that incorrectly) totally put me off shrimp for a minute

trey53 · Post by **trey53** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 3:25 pm

Oh I dunno...for some reason I had the old bay in my hand and was heatin up the steamer...mmmmm giant lobster....

BnGhog · Post by **BnGhog** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 3:42 pm

Kentucky Fried Hog wrote:Cannot believe this pickup... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls794MhIkU4

Why didn't you show the other time they threw to him??????

Here, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bKAtA-B4s0

Gibbs' Hog · Post by **Gibbs' Hog** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 4:16 pm

BnGhog wrote:
Kentucky Fried Hog wrote:Cannot believe this pickup... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls794MhIkU4

Why didn't you show the other time they threw to him??????

Here, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bKAtA-B4s0

He couldn't even hold his balance and he was wiiiiiide open. Anyway, if JC has that much time to throw, and our receivers (any of them) beat the defense that badly, that video could be of anyone. I don't think it shows Pinkston's talent (other than maybe some speed) - rather, it shows the Redskins getting plain beat on a long ball, IMO.

Redskin in Canada · Post by **Redskin in Canada** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 7:23 am

Fios wrote:Folks, there is way too much consternation over a vet minimum signing. So they take a look at the guy? So what? Why does that automatically signal some act of desperation?

I knew that there was a Vinny Cerrato fan out there still dfending his hiring record and "talent" discovery abilities.

What an embarrasment!!!

That's the FO for you guys. Instead of having looked for young undiscovered talent, we resort to have to SEARCH for talent in one of the most COWARD and INEPT receivers NOBODY else would even bother to look at.

Nice going Danny and Vinny ... :roll:

Skinsfan55 · Post by **Skinsfan55** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 8:55 am

Redskin in Canada wrote:
Fios wrote:Folks, there is way too much consternation over a vet minimum signing. So they take a look at the guy? So what? Why does that automatically signal some act of desperation?
I knew that there was a Vinny Cerrato fan out there still dfending his hiring record and "talent" discovery abilities.

What an embarrasment!!!

That's the FO for you guys. Instead of having looked for young undiscovered talent, we resort to have to SEARCH for talent in one of the most COWARD and INEPT receivers NOBODY else would even bother to look at.

Nice going Danny and Vinny ...

I can't tell if you're being serious or not.

Freaking out about this move is totally ridiculous IMO.

He's a veteran reciever signed for the vet minimum so we can take a risk free look at him.

The fact is, we have ARE (a 3rd string WR and special teams ace) and Brandon Lloyd (a joke) as our 2 and 3 recievers. The Redskins are out there looking at the best possible vets available at the time to bring to camp. Pinkston and Bradford both have something to offer this team considering we are so painfully thin at WR.

BnGhog · Post by **BnGhog** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 9:05 am

Skinsfan55 wrote:Brandon Lloyd (a joke)

Ouch!!!!!

That hurt.

Im looking foward to seeing what he does this year, as soon as he can get rid of those shin splints.

Fios · Post by **Fios** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 10:35 am

BnGhog wrote:
Skinsfan55 wrote:
Redskin in Canada wrote:
Fios wrote:Brandon Lloyd (a joke)

Ouch!!!!!

That hurt.

Im looking foward to seeing what he does this year, as soon as he can get rid of those shin splints.

That's not my quote

SkinsJock · Post by **SkinsJock** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 11:25 am

seems like a few mis-qotes

I'm not sure why we are getting so concerned here? We might need to add some players so that the players we would like to "rest" can "recover" - we have not been hurt too badly this camp but IMO we also need to keep in mind that we will most likely not be seeing a lot of these players on our roster as the "real" season approaches.

SkinsJock · Post by **SkinsJock** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 11:33 am

I for one am hoping that Lloyd can get back onto the field as soon as possible and in "shape" - IF he has the type of season that he is capable of (I know we have not seen any evidence of this yet) we will be a lot better in the passing game than we have been for a long while.

Maybe I'm a little unrealistic but I think we will be a good team on offense this year (not very good or great) and a very good team on defense and Special Teams. I think that will be good enough for at least a 10-6 season and a sound basis to be very competitive next season.

At this time it seems we need a few extra bodies at various positions and that is all this signing represents.

ChocolateMilk · Post by **ChocolateMilk** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 11:38 am

okay after letting this soak in a few days i've change my opinion. i mean i always thought the redskins could use a tall receiver in the redzone or something. and we did only sign him for the league minimum or something. so its not like we are going broke because of him. and the chances are he wont even make the team. but it wouldnt be such a bad thing to have this guy. i think we just gotta give him a chance and see what he can do for us. if he sucks in these pre season games then we can all start going off.

Fios · Post by **Fios** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 12:25 pm

ChocolateMilk wrote:okay after letting this soak in a few days i've change my opinion. i mean i always thought the redskins could use a tall receiver in the redzone or something. and we did only sign him for the league minimum or something. so its not like we are going broke because of him. and the chances are he wont even make the team. but it wouldnt be such a bad thing to have this guy. i think we just gotta give him a chance and see what he can do for us. if he sucks in these pre season games then we can all start going off.

Agreed save for the last part, why would we even start doing that? You just noted his contract means the team suffers no cap ramifications if things don't work out. If they do, great, if not, I'll repeat my initial reply in this thread: who cares?

SkinsJock · Post by **SkinsJock** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 12:34 pm

ChocolateMilk wrote:okay after letting this soak in a few days i've change my opinion. i mean i always thought the redskins could use a tall receiver in the redzone or something. and we did only sign him for the league minimum or something. so its not like we are going broke because of him. and the chances are he wont even make the team. but it wouldnt be such a bad thing to have this guy. i think we just gotta give him a chance and see what he can do for us. if he sucks in these pre season games then we can all start going off.

I agree with most of what you are saying - I really think that there is no downside to having a bunch of guys to "look at" here especially given that Lloyd has not been able to practice - we have a lot of guys at this position right now and I think in the next 2 weeks this will all be settled - we will have a (hopefully) healthy Lloyd and that combined with the constant improvement (also hopefully) of Campbell will translate into a decent passing game. :lol:

At this time I'm more concerned about the line than the skill positions on offense. If our line is good (to very good) the rest will be fine IMO.

USAFSkinFan · Post by **USAFSkinFan** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 1:11 pm

I think this is one of those signings just to add a body for preseason so the others can get plenty of rest and be healthy when the season starts. He won't be suiting up opening day...

gay4pacman · Post by **gay4pacman** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 1:53 pm

worst gator arms in history

Countertrey · Post by **Countertrey** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:08 pm

By Nunyo Demasio
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, December 24, 2004

Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Todd Pinkston suddenly halted at the end of a deep pattern against the Washington Redskins two weeks ago as quarterback Donovan McNabb's pass fell to the ground only a few yards away.

"Unbelievable. You've heard of alligator arms," said ESPN analyst Joe Theismann during the Dec. 12 broadcast of the game, citing a term often used when football players stop short to avoid a collision. "This is alligator body."

Pinkston explained his abandoned route by saying that he lost the ball in the FedEx Field lights. But Washington's defensive players suspect that Pinkston gave up on the ball because he feared getting hit by Redskins rookie safety Sean Taylor.

"That was probably the only one that everybody got to see and point out," Redskins cornerback Fred Smoot said yesterday. "It's been many of those this season. Believe me. Receivers don't like to get hit, especially going deep. And right now I have somebody behind me that will try to kill you if you catch a deep ball."

Cornerback Shawn Springs was more diplomatic.

"I don't want to call Todd out like that, but it could have been," Springs said. "Sean makes people think twice."

Come on... can we blame Pinky for wanting to live?

Mursilis · Post by **Mursilis** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:12 pm

Countertrey wrote:By Nunyo Demasio
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, December 24, 2004
Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Todd Pinkston suddenly halted at the end of a deep pattern against the Washington Redskins two weeks ago as quarterback Donovan McNabb's pass fell to the ground only a few yards away.

"Unbelievable. You've heard of alligator arms," said ESPN analyst Joe Theismann during the Dec. 12 broadcast of the game, citing a term often used when football players stop short to avoid a collision. "This is alligator body."

Pinkston explained his abandoned route by saying that he lost the ball in the FedEx Field lights. But Washington's defensive players suspect that Pinkston gave up on the ball because he feared getting hit by Redskins rookie safety Sean Taylor.

"That was probably the only one that everybody got to see and point out," Redskins cornerback Fred Smoot said yesterday. "It's been many of those this season. Believe me. Receivers don't like to get hit, especially going deep. And right now I have somebody behind me that will try to kill you if you catch a deep ball."

Cornerback Shawn Springs was more diplomatic.

"I don't want to call Todd out like that, but it could have been," Springs said. "Sean makes people think twice."

Come on... can we blame Pinky for wanting to live?

Great find. And I just love that we drafted Taylor's clone in Laron Landry. :lol:

Irn-Bru · Post by **Irn-Bru** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:48 pm

Mursilis wrote:Great find. And I just love that we drafted Taylor's clone in Laron Landry.

Our secondary is going to make some players hurt this year. In every position upgrade I think we brought in someone who can hit harder than the guy before him: Fletcher over Marshall, Rocky over Holdman, Smoot over Wright, and of course Landry over Archuleta / Fox. It won't matter if you're going short, over the middle, or long. . .we'll have someone there aiming to take your head off.

Landry's hit on Collins was awesome and (I hope) a taste of things to come. I bet we'll be seeing him run in on more than a few blitzes this year. And everything that the players and coaches have been saying about Taylor's shift to a 'centerfielder' type position has me =P~

UK Skins Fan · Post by **UK Skins Fan** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 3:05 pm

Welcome to the Redskins, Todd. As you can see, we wish you the very best. :roll: