Loading ...
This Ole Fart Thinks: End of Season
Now that the 2011 season is in the books, where do we stand, and where do we go from here?
Let’s start with this undeniable fact. We still do not nearly have enough talent to compete successfully within our own Division. And at that, we are in one of the weakest Divisions in the NFL. The Giants won the division with 9 wins. Any thoughts of the NFC Beast are simply not realistic. That cuts both ways. It means we have less far to go to become competitive in our division; but it also means we are even further from the elite teams of the NFC. We need talent, and a lot more of it. That has implications for the upcoming off season, both in the draft and free agency.
Akh’s Thoughts Post Mortem 2011
It was another dark and stormy season…..
hailRedskins.com NFL Mock Draft Database
Well, it’s that time of year again where everyone starts thinking about the NFL draft. Some Redskins fans have been thinking about it since earlier this season. Anyway, we got our Mock Draft Database up and running today.
We have two sponsored mock draft sites this year as we did last year. The are New NFL Draft and New Sports Draft. We also will three featured mock draft sites this year and two of the spots are already filled. This year SB Nation takes the top featured spot while Mocking The Draft takes the middle spot.
We currently have 43 mocks listed right now and that number will only grow as the draftniks will start working on their mocks.
So jump on over to hailRedskins.com NFL Mock Draft Database and check it out. Can you guess who’s listed as the #1 overall pick by most sites?
Redskins Fall To Vikings 33-26
The Redskins lost their 10th game this season against the Minnesota Vikings 33-26. The game was tied at 10-10 at the half but the teams traded scores in the busy 2nd half. The Redskins tried to tie the game up late in the 4th quarter but came up short. The Redskins faced both of the Vikings QB’s in Ponder and Webb. Ponder didn’t look too bad for a young QB (hint, hint).
Grossman play was blah. He did manage to throw an interception when he over threw Moss in the 2nd half. He also took some really bad sacks losing almost 10 yards on each.
I still don’t know why Kyle wants to put the game in Grossman’s hands. He came out throwing the ball on the Redskins first series. I must say, Grossman threw what looked like would be a great long ball to Royster who was running up the right sideline. I jumped out of my seat thinking this will be big and then Rosyter cut off his route and the ball fell incomplete. I can’t fault Grossman for that, it had to be a bad decision on Rosyter’s part. Also, what is it with Royster falling to the ground with very little contact. Yeah, he had a 100 yard game but it could have been a lot more because he had several runs where he hit gaps and because of very little contact fell to the ground.
As for the defense, they just gave up too many points to the Vikings. I know Ponder escaped the pressure a couple of times but why didn’t Hasslett attack this kid?
Anyway, the Redskins are now 5-10 and as I’ve mentioned before, so fans will be very happy because it helps their draft position. I’d rather see wins than lose for draft positioning.
View From Across The Pond
It seems the need for us as a battered fanbase to cling onto anything remotely positive has some both in the media and within the fanbase raising expectations beyond the sensible. As good as it was to beat the awful Giants this week it seems like people are getting carried away big time as a result. The shoulda, woulda, couldas are now voicing there opinions with increasing confidence. Articles by people like Mike Wise are trotting out the line that things are getting better, Grossman can and indeed deserves to start next year, this team has turned the corner. The players are saying the same off course and despite being 5-9 the apologists are out in force. As a recognised hR naysayer my view naturally does not tally with this. In fact I am very worried about this coming offseason.
I myself used to be part of the “we just need a couple of pieces brigade” but having been burnt by those thoughts one too many times I jumped of that bandwagon after Zorn’s second season. Silently I watched Shanahan adopt the win now philosophy and quietly seethed about it. His last chance in my eyes was this offseason and to my mind we have now seen two wasted seasons and I personally feel he cannot be trusted and should be gone. That obviously isn’t going to happen so where do we stand?
