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Coughlin suspects Redskins' motives after signing ex-Giants
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 7:23 pm
by tribeofjudah
Call it what you want..... don't be hatin...
Associated Press
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- There's nothing like adding a little intrigue, secrecy, and skullduggery to a season-opening contest between two longtime NFC East rivals, the New York Giants and Washington Redskins.
The Redskins' signing of former Giants quarterback Andre' Woodson to their practice squad on Sunday has New York coach Tom Coughlin and players thinking the move is as sinister as a twist in a Tom Clancy novel. Or some plot hatched by the Skins' northern Virginia neighbor, the CIA.
Woodson spent all of last season on the Giants' practice squad and was among New York's final cuts this weekend. He knows all the plays and, even worse, all the audible calls.
Coughlin was blunt in saying it was obvious why Woodson was signed.
"I have been a part of it," Coughlin said Monday when asked whether he has ever signed a player released by a team he was about to play. "I have seen it done. A guy doesn't get in the door two seconds, and he is in a classroom being grilled."
http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d ... nfirm=true
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 7:28 pm
by Redskin in Canada
I knew that some people having connections in Langley would help us some day!!!
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 7:36 pm
by 1niksder
Redskin in Canada wrote:I knew that some people having connections in Langley would help us some day!!!
So the CIA made Tommy C. unable to pick his 5-6 best wideouts without Plax on the roster, so he went with seven WRs and let his #3 QB go?
That's what you really think happened?
OK, I'll buy that
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 7:39 pm
by VetSkinsFan
Amusing!!!
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 7:55 pm
by Tom C
New Yorkers are not entirely unfamiliar with spying, ever hear of industrial spying? What if they bring Woodson back to the to the regular season 53 at the end of the week? He'll know a lot about the defensive game plan.
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 7:57 pm
by VetSkinsFan
Tom C wrote:New Yorkers are not entirely unfamiliar with spying, ever hear of industrial spying? What if they bring Woodson back to the to the regular season 53 at the end of the week? He'll know a lot about the defensive game plan.
Don't we have priority to signhim to the active 53 if they try to pick 'em up?
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 8:00 pm
by Tom C
VetSkinsFan wrote:Tom C wrote:New Yorkers are not entirely unfamiliar with spying, ever hear of industrial spying? What if they bring Woodson back to the to the regular season 53 at the end of the week? He'll know a lot about the defensive game plan.
Don't we have priority to signhim to the active 53 if they try to pick 'em up?
Good question. I don't know the answer.
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 10:39 pm
by aswas71788
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 11:41 pm
by VRIEL1
Screw Coughlin, Come Woodson .....the truth shall set you free. LOL>
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 1:28 am
by rjames66
What about when they signed Tim Hasselback a few years back and he was calling our signals out to their D-fense on their sidlines........
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 1:31 am
by Gibbs4Life
Yeah Coughlin knows he did the same to us with hasselbeck; forget coughlin, Justin tuck said he's looking for a fight on sun. I feel like our O Line is ready to fight back, I have faith in Jason and actually have been encouraged with the offense this pre-season; use marko and Fred Davis in the Red Zone!
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 9:54 am
by Britskin
This is sooo funny - the Giants have picked up a number of our wantaways and castoffs over the past few seasons for exactly the same reason. What goes around, comes around....
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 10:02 am
by SkinsJock
Just sour grapes from the beady-eyed, vertically challenged, Coughlin
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 10:15 am
by Deadskins
Sounds like projection to me:
"They must be doing it, because that's what I would do."
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 12:34 pm
by TincoSkin
heck, im excited! does he go into a CIA warehouse somewhere in crazy-name-istan to be debriefed?
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 12:37 pm
by KazooSkinsFan
Associated Press wrote:"Coughlin was blunt in saying it was obvious why Woodson was signed.
"I have been a part of it," Coughlin said Monday when asked whether he has ever signed a player released by a team he was about to play. "I have seen it done. A guy doesn't get in the door two seconds, and he is in a classroom being grilled."
If you read that particular Coughlin quote more carefully then the reporter did, he didn't actually say that's "why" we signed him, just that since we did they'll have him in and grill him. The Giants kept two QBs, we kept two. Maybe we just liked their castoff better then our two. But sure, since we signed him we'll see if he can help more. Maybe he thinks that's "why" but after saying he was blunt he didn't even say it. Typical AP unfortunately.
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 12:37 pm
by wooly34
rjames66 wrote:What about when they signed Tim Hasselback a few years back and he was calling our signals out to their D-fense on their sidlines........
I specifically remember Wynn, Pierce, Hasselbeck, Arrington to name a few that Coughlin signed. For him to play dumb makes no sense, it happens all the time. Anything within the rules to gain an advantage IMO is fair game.
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 2:53 pm
by NC43Hog
wooly34 wrote:rjames66 wrote:For him to play dumb . . .
Maybe he's not playing.
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 12:59 pm
by rick301
NC43Hog wrote:wooly34 wrote:rjames66 wrote:For him to play dumb . . .
Maybe he's not playing.
He's not ... remember he's a pro at that
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 2:04 pm
by langleyparkjoe
TincoSkin wrote:heck, im excited! does he go into a CIA warehouse somewhere in crazy-name-istan to be debriefed?
