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Rex Grossman is still talking
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 3:10 pm
by riggofan
http://espn.go.com/blog/nfceast/post/_/ ... ll-talking
Grossman gave an interview with SiriusXM radio in which he spoke on a number of issues, including how he felt about being benched for John Beck, where he expects to be in 2012 and, of course, what he thought of his team relative to its record. From the great Dan Steinberg:
"You know I've been on a lot of good teams in my career," Grossman told Adam Schein and Rich Gannon on SiriusXM radio. "And it's hard to say this, but we were a pretty damn good 5-11. You didn't really want to play us. And there's a lot of areas you can improve: the quarterback play needs to be better, a lot of different other areas, an explosive offensive player, maybe an explosive defensive player here and there. But generally speaking, I think the foundation has been set for a really, really, really good team.
"And our record doesn't show that, so it's hard to kind of say I'm not full of [expletive]. I'm not sure if I can say that on the radio or not. But I really feel like we're a good team. And our record didn't prove it. But a few pieces here and there, might be an explosive team."
What do you think? Were they really a pretty damn good 5-11 team?
I'll give him some credit for admitting the QB play needs to be better. You think so, Rex?
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 3:19 pm
by cowboykillerzRGiii
We did whoop the NFC champs twice this year... We were close but he hurt as much as he helped imo he's a pretty good back up tho. Especially good Rex
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 3:24 pm
by riggofan
Gano clearly cost us a couple games too. I'm not sure you can claim to be a pretty damn good team when the kicker can't make the chip shots consistently - not to mention all of those blocked kicks.
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 3:36 pm
by Deadskins
riggofan wrote:Gano clearly cost us a couple games too. I'm not sure you can claim to be a pretty damn good team when the kicker can't make the chip shots consistently - not to mention all of those blocked kicks.
Not sure you can blame Gano for the blocked kicks.
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 3:47 pm
by cowboykillerzRGiii
Or our O for not getting closer... Smh @ the pukes game in OT. Rexy shoulda got Gano closer but Gano wasn't our problem. The Os horrible redzone and ending drives that had promise was. Most or that on the shoulders of Rex
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 4:09 pm
by Irn-Bru
I don't know that I'd say we were a "pretty damn good" 5-11 team, but I would certainly say that this year's 5-11 team was more talented, better disciplined, and more dangerous than last year's 6-10 team.
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 4:28 pm
by ferryrich
We were certainly a tougher opponent than a lot of 5-11 teams have been over the years but there's more we need to improve than what he says there.
Good on him for the QB comment though - it's refreshing to hear players take on some of the blame themselves (even if it's shared 3/16ths with Beck)
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 5:28 pm
by riggofan
Deadskins wrote:riggofan wrote:Gano clearly cost us a couple games too. I'm not sure you can claim to be a pretty damn good team when the kicker can't make the chip shots consistently - not to mention all of those blocked kicks.
Not sure you can blame Gano for the blocked kicks.
I agree with you on that. Honestly, I don't know who was to blame for the blocks. I just know I have never seen an NFL team allow that many blocked kicks in a season!
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 2:12 am
by 1niksder
Deadskins wrote:riggofan wrote:Gano clearly cost us a couple games too. I'm not sure you can claim to be a pretty damn good team when the kicker can't make the chip shots consistently - not to mention all of those blocked kicks.
Not sure you can blame Gano for the blocked kicks.
The Redskins led the league by having five field-goal attempts blocked. Kicker Graham Gano was 31-of-36 otherwise with all of his misses after his season-opening errant 39-yarder coming from at least 49 yards
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:39 am
by brad7686
If you look at total offense/ total defense we should have been better than 5-11. If you look at turnover ratio then no, we're right where we should be
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 12:22 pm
by TimSkin
I agree not all was Gano's fault......I have never in my whole life of watching football seen a field goal unit's oline get pushed back straight on their butts more often then I did ours this past year. Every time other teams would over load over the right guard area and the whole unit would just go straight back and down almost every single time so that is a huge area that Danny Smith and Co. need to focus on in the offseason.
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 1:01 pm
by The Hogster
Rex is right in a sense. We are a few explosive players away on offense and defense. The problem is, one of those is QB. We need a QB that can consistently produce points, and a receiver that can consistently get open. It's not easy to get said explosive players. Especially without the QB in place now.
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 1:33 pm
by KazooSkinsFan
The Hogster wrote:Rex is right in a sense. We are a few explosive players away on offense and defense. The problem is, one of those is QB. We need a QB that can consistently produce points, and a receiver that can consistently get open. It's not easy to get said explosive players. Especially without the QB in place now.
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