Paralis wrote:There isn't a single reserve OL on this team I'd want to see start a game without getting hugely drunk first.
Better starting drinking then, because apparently Randy Thomas is out for the year.
PulpExposure wrote:Paralis wrote:There isn't a single reserve OL on this team I'd want to see start a game without getting hugely drunk first.
Better starting drinking then, because apparently Randy Thomas is out for the year.
Chris Luva Luva wrote:PulpExposure wrote:Paralis wrote:There isn't a single reserve OL on this team I'd want to see start a game without getting hugely drunk first.
Better starting drinking then, because apparently Randy Thomas is out for the year.
Zorn downplayed it during his press conference, said it's the opposite arm from last year and might just be a sprain.
Fios wrote:Chris Luva Luva wrote:PulpExposure wrote:Paralis wrote:There isn't a single reserve OL on this team I'd want to see start a game without getting hugely drunk first.
Better starting drinking then, because apparently Randy Thomas is out for the year.
Zorn downplayed it during his press conference, said it's the opposite arm from last year and might just be a sprain.
Recognizing fully that the Post has been wrong about this kind of thing before:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/redski ... eason.html
Paralis wrote:That's lousy news, but it's not surprising. Nobody expected Thomas was going to make it through the season, but week 2? Ugh.
I'm just really pessimistic about the fact that given that he was always going to be the weak point on the OL, regarding injury, that Rinehart couldn't crack the starting 45. Maybe it didn't have anything to do with his play, but it takes a real deep breath.
PulpExposure wrote:Paralis wrote:That's lousy news, but it's not surprising. Nobody expected Thomas was going to make it through the season, but week 2? Ugh.
I'm just really pessimistic about the fact that given that he was always going to be the weak point on the OL, regarding injury, that Rinehart couldn't crack the starting 45. Maybe it didn't have anything to do with his play, but it takes a real deep breath.
Ok I'm going to play optimist here. It's possible that they didn't activate him because he can only play RG, whereas Montgomery can play LG, C, and RG. So as a game-day backup, it makes more sense for Montgomery to be active, to provide more cover.
However, more likely, it's because Rinehart stinks...
Chris Luva Luva wrote:PulpExposure wrote:Paralis wrote:That's lousy news, but it's not surprising. Nobody expected Thomas was going to make it through the season, but week 2? Ugh.
I'm just really pessimistic about the fact that given that he was always going to be the weak point on the OL, regarding injury, that Rinehart couldn't crack the starting 45. Maybe it didn't have anything to do with his play, but it takes a real deep breath.
Ok I'm going to play optimist here. It's possible that they didn't activate him because he can only play RG, whereas Montgomery can play LG, C, and RG. So as a game-day backup, it makes more sense for Montgomery to be active, to provide more cover.
However, more likely, it's because Rinehart stinks...
Maybe I'm mistaken but he did/improved a lot in the preseason.
Chris Luva Luva wrote:At the end of the game we have one WR on the field and that was Santana Moss. He was on the field for about 7 plays or so. Why not have Kelly out there so that the defense has to respect a fade pass? Why make it easy for their defense to focus in on the run because they know we cannot possibly throw it to him.
Paralis wrote:Portis's line was 19 for 79. That's 4.1, not 4.4.
Add Betts' and Mason's totals, and you get 26 carries for 97 yards, or 3.7YPC... against the Rams.
Paralis wrote:Sellers and Thomas won't always drop TDs. Thomas hopefully will learn that if he runs too close to the sideline, he doesn't leave room for Campbell to throw the ball away from coverage.
Paralis wrote:Kelly hopefully will figure out that he's bigger than opposing cornerbacks and actually get off the jam, especially in the red zone.
Paralis wrote:But we're looking right now at starting Will Montgomery at RG next week. Or maybe Mike Williams, who's been out of football for two years and wasn't any good when he was on a roster. Or Chad Rinehart, who can't beat Mike Williams and dress on Sundays. And the running game's not going to look any better with any of those three on the field.
Paralis wrote: somehow this is Campbell and Zorn's fault. I just know it!
PulpExposure wrote:Paralis wrote:That's lousy news, but it's not surprising. Nobody expected Thomas was going to make it through the season, but week 2? Ugh.
I'm just really pessimistic about the fact that given that he was always going to be the weak point on the OL, regarding injury, that Rinehart couldn't crack the starting 45. Maybe it didn't have anything to do with his play, but it takes a real deep breath.
Ok I'm going to play optimist here. It's possible that they didn't activate him because he can only play RG, whereas Montgomery can play LG, C, and RG. So as a game-day backup, it makes more sense for Montgomery to be active, to provide more cover.
However, more likely, it's because Rinehart stinks...
It's a continuation from the end of last year. It's not Portis, it the lack of respect to Campbell. No team thinks that he can beat them, so they focus on Portis. Wouldn't you after what you've seen for 18 weeks now?Paralis wrote:Bravo. It usually takes you a lot more words to get to no valid point whatsoever.
If you don't see the causal relationship between Devin Thomas dropping the ball in the end zone and Mike Sellers dropping the ball behind his linebacker at the 3, and not scoring TDs... well, what more is there to say?
Do you really not see any problems with the running game? Last year, Portis ran 21 times for 129 yards and 2 TDs; Betts ran 7 times for 32. This year? 19/79 and 4/13. That's not a regression?
SKINFAN wrote:LoL, It's never the QB's fault. NEVER. It's the RBs fault, he should've carved up that Defense that gave up what, 38 points the week before? It' the Lineman's fault that they cannot pass protect for 10 seconds (the time it takes our QB to wind up and release/ make a decision). It's the reciever's fault they cannot get open on everyplay and have 6 steps on the CB (the space needed for our QB to under/over throw him when he's open). It's our D's fault they cannot hold them and stay on the field the whole game. It's always someone else's fault, what we are wishing is that if our O line can hold that long, ANY QB could make throws, If our RB can carve it up like what we need for our QB to be successful, ANY QB can be successful, If our recievers can get wide open, ANY QB can make that throw. If our D can hold then ANY QB can win. But we don't have that we need a QB that can overcome and take what we have and make pie with it. HELL, the iglles had a backup QB throwing 2 TD's and scoring 20 plus pts as a team, yah they lost but they scored pts. the Gnats and pukes both cracked 20 plus pts playing each other. We couldn't even score a TD on the Rams. I know Spagz would give our O fits but not the whole freakin game! LMAO, I thought we would at least adjust, adapt and overcome. As it looks right now YES it's the 2nd week! NO it's not too early to tell, but the so called experts ranking us last in the DIvision maybe were right. We all had our blinders on we couldn't see, but the only thing that will keep us competitive is our D, our O is just not good enough to hang with the other teams in this division. It seems whenever this O can produce 20 plus pts we have a chance to win in our division. Magic number is 20 coz I think the D can hold to less than that.
PulpExposure wrote:Ok I'm going to play optimist here...
However, more likely, it's because Rinehart stinks...