Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Get. Better. Players.

Sometimes, the simplest message is the most true.

Like Chick-fil-A's brilliantly minimalist marketing strategy, in the NFL there is no substitute for getting better players.

And despite all the problems with the Redskins right now - too many to truly list - the biggest problem remains as boring and old as the NFL hills: poor talent.

Griffin can improve. Shanahan can be fired. Those things will run their course.

Getting mo' better players, however, takes time and a persistent strategy.

Nothing sexy or quick about it.

Here's all that really matters about the Redskins right now. Going into the Vikings game 3 losses ago, the team was staggeringly healthy. All 22 of it's Week 1 starters on both sides of the ball, were suited and ready to go.

And they lost the next three.

If you were to rate each player as follows...

++ = NFL elite, All-Pro
+ = Very good, Pro Bowl Caliber
0 = A decent player, no more, no less.
- = Less than average player
-- = Liability, should not be on roster

I would say the Redskins current roster has more "minus", or double-minus players than "plus" players by a factor of 2-to-1.

And I won't go through calling them out, because I think followers of the team know exactly who they are.

So in other words, the Redskins' roster - full of "minus" players - doesn't even have young backups who are pushing and taking over starting jobs.

Which makes the bench "double-minus" caliber talent.

Shanahan is eager to get at that sweet, sweet, salary cap money which will be finally be available this spring. Hell, he talks about it more than a teenager talks about the upcoming One Direction release.

But you can't buy more than a few decent guys with cap space.

The Rams have our first rounder this year, as final payment for RG3. It's looking like it might be Top-5, perhaps (gulp!) #1/#1.

That's sobering enough if Griffin were good this year, and the team was still bad due to other reasons.

But in my nightmares........ I see Joe Webb.

In my nightmares, I see the great RG3 Experiment morphing into a guy who is not much more than a "run around guy", still trying to pull miracles out of his Superman socks.

I still have faith,  maybe stupidly, that this guy is smart enough, committed enough, and skilled enough to play the position at an elite level.

But he needs better coaching, a big dollop of humility (currently being installed by recent events and games) and... alas.... MORE. BETTER. PLAYERS.

>>>>>>>>>

Here are the notable screen shots from last night's game. None are comforting. Especially, the kick to the gonads!







10 comments:

  1. What do u do with orakpo???? Can they give him the big deal he is gonna want???

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  2. Natalie, at this point in the season, it is pronounced "O-rap-ko."

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  3. It's time again for my family's favorite Redskins Thanksgiving tradition. Talking about next season!

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  4. Funny when they won 7 straight NOT ONE TIME!!! was the salary cap hit mention, now to use that as a crutch well again what I have said about this guy from day 1 of his hiring, at best a Used Car Salesman or a Penny Stock Wall Street Bankgster, Next to Fat Al picture in the FBI Fraud Watch Unit is the Red Lobster his-self, oh wait they might win the last game of the year and along with the more money next year "Were Going To The Super Bowl"

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  5. "Operation Salary Cap Returns" shirt on sale 1 April, 2014.

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  6. Griffin looked like Rodgers with better legs, last year. WTF happened to the guy?!

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    1. Why was I posted as Unknown? Did you hire the brilliant Obamacare specialists to update your website?

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    2. If Czabe had done that, you would have also lost your insurance, your doctor and your job. Oh wait . . . . that stuff is happening anyway.

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    3. He further busted his already-broke knee, trying to play in that sandlot you call home field.

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