SkinsJock wrote:I agree, there are two sides to a story and in many cases when it involves the local media and our team there are even more than that - we all know that the Post especially has an axe to grind here and our misfortunes the last few years have only added to that agenda.
Look, I'm not saying that Lloyd isn't a bit of a disapointment but in the NFL not all players have the ability to just go to a team and be the same, or better, than they were elsewhere - look at Randy Moss and Archuleta
Moss was a risk that the Patriots felt was worth taking - they only had to give up a 4th rounder for him
that is because he was only worth that to the team that had him
Arch, never worked out here but IMO that was not entirely his fault.
Moss never worked out with Brady this past training camp as he was injured but from what we have seen these 2 look like setting new passing records. Sometimes players just gel together and the system they are in - this however is not always the case - this is a team game and individual stars, when they move to another team, will only be able to help that team if they fit with the other players around them,
AND, almost as important the system that team uses.
In my opinion, Lloyd has demonstrated to Gibbs and Saunders, that he can be a contributor and all I'm saying is that he will be given more opportunities because of that - IF Campbell does not get better (or quicker) at reading the defenses, then no amount of pass catching ability is going to help Lloyd or any other WR
I just think that the "circumstances" with Lloyd have contributed to the local guys blowing it out of proportion as they are wont to do.
I stay out of most Brandon Lloyd conversations, because frankly i see so little 'knowledge' that it isn't worth the time and aggravation.
But you hit the nail on the head, and that is worth applauding.
Funny how nobody talks about how retarded an organization is to spend $30 million on a player and not even give him a chance to be successful or unsuccessful.
Funny how nobody talks about the fact that throwing money away has become a mainstay. Gee, the last time the Redskins wasted a whack of money on a guy that they dog-housed and then dumped was all the way back in... oh yeah, last year. See Adam Archuletta.
Awesome personnel decisions. But rather than rave here, I'll perhaps blog it.
Kudos to you SkinsJock for being able to remove the rhetoric and hate-mongering harbored by the press, and reaching some very sound judgments by yourself.
Personally I'm astounded that this hasn't got ugly yet, and if it does, well, you have to sleep in the beds you make.
While I'm sure it will be seen as biased, I think it's a real credit to Brandon that he still hasn't said anything, or bitched and complained, I watch him continually do his best to be a good teammate. I see guys like LT piping off in SD, and Leinart in Arizona, and I know that prima donna me first attitudes are everywhere and we just haven't seen it from Brandon.
And the Redskins just keep giving him more and more cause and opportunity.
The Redskins proved last year that when they 'dog-house' you - how you're playing, how you can help the team, your particular skill set - have nothing to do with the decision to ostracize you. They just dig their heels in and make a pariah of you. Everybody gives Gibbs, Williams, Saunders carte blanche for the treatment, and rationalizes the decision to burn money like paper. All the while, the Redskins get nothing out of an investment, and the team suffers on the field.
Hoping you can slot in a Caldwell or a McCardell isn't a smart football decision... stop being a third grade bully, let by gones be by gones and do what's right for the football team.
Sean Taylor was one of a kind, may he rest in peace.
