It's POSSIBLE a Running Back was signed

[hail2skins]

according to Gary Fitzgerald at Redskins.com

No official word yet, but the Redskins have brought in running back Dee Brown to practice. It's likely that he has been signed.

Read the rest here (http://www.redskins.com/news/newsDetail.jsp?id=27714).

[skinfanjon]

according to Gary Fitzgerald at Redskins.com



Read the rest here (http://www.redskins.com/news/newsDetail.jsp?id=27714).


I wasn't aware we needed another back, unless its just to cover injuries. We already have Rock, Blaylock, and Mason to fill out the depth charts...maybe this means Betts will miss the game Saturday? He's been out with a neck injury the past couple days.

[dj_stouty]

Dee Brown, huh? Does he run with the ball blindfolded like he did when he won the slam dunk contest 15 years ago?

[akhhorus]

We cut Casey "Tom Brady" Bramlet for him?!?!?!?!?!


[/sarcasm]

[Sweepea436]

I'm here every day reading about this team, and every time a story like this surfaces, I feel like I know less about what they're thinking in DC than I did before. Would one of the 1,000,000 post guys please explain this to me? I gotta know why!:doh:

[hail2skins]

I'm here every day reading about this team, and every time a story like this surfaces, I feel like I know less about what they're thinking in DC than I did before. Would one of the 1,000,000 post guys please explain this to me? I gotta know why!:doh:I think you need to find someone with 2 million plus post to get this answer.

[Hrabanmaur]

The good news is that we got Dee Brown. DEE F_ING BROWN!

The bad news is that we traded our 2008 2nd round pick, our 2009 4th round pick, our 2010 fifth round pick, and swapped first round picks for the 2011 drafts.

[firehawk157]

Phew, that was close! I was sure the FO would have accepted the 2008 1st rounder, swapping the 2009 1st rounder for a 4th rounder and the 2010 second round pick. Way to stay strong Vinny!

[openallnight]

I'm here every day reading about this team, and every time a story like this surfaces, I feel like I know less about what they're thinking in DC than I did before. Would one of the 1,000,000 post guys please explain this to me? I gotta know why!:doh:

I'm not sure the answer but after visiting TC yesterday I'm sure Rock was begging for another RB. They were working him like a dog. Mason spelled him from time to time but, none of the other backs saw anytime in the backfield. Portis was nowhere to be seen and Betts and Blaylock sat out of the scrimmage.

[Sweepea436]

The good news is that we got Dee Brown. DEE F_ING BROWN!

The bad news is that we traded our 2008 2nd round pick, our 2009 4th round pick, our 2010 fifth round pick, and swapped first round picks for the 2011 drafts.

Dead even if you ask me. I mean were talking about a guy I've never heard of here. I'll youtube him later and watch some of his pop-warner clips to get my blood flowing. MODS!!! Need a thread started on wether or not this kid is going to get a fair shake from the coaching staff PRONTO. NUMBERS GUYS, let work the cap implications on this - and I need someone to troll ES to see what they are saying so we can mock it ----- READY???? BREAK!!!!:lol1:

[redskinz#1fan]

I'm here every day reading about this team, and every time a story like this surfaces, I feel like I know less about what they're thinking in DC than I did before. Would one of the 1,000,000 post guys please explain this to me? I gotta know why!:doh:


I think you need to find someone with 2 million plus post to get this answer.


Here (http://img.alibaba.com/photo/50875581/Electronic_Dartboard.jpg) is the answer!!!

[Hrabanmaur]

Dead even if you ask me. I mean were talking about a guy I've never heard of here. I'll youtube him later and watch some of his pop-warner clips to get my blood flowing. MODS!!! Need a thread started on wether or not this kid is going to get a fair shake from the coaching staff PRONTO. NUMBERS GUYS, let work the cap implications on this - and I need someone to troll ES to see what they are saying so we can mock it ----- READY???? BREAK!!!

YAWWWWWN! I'm sorry, did you say something?

[Sweepea436]

Here (http://img.alibaba.com/photo/50875581/Electronic_Dartboard.jpg) is the answer!!![/QUOTE]

LOL

[shally]

the guy who was cut to make room for dee brown was will "i have eaten myself out of a roster spot" whittaker.

he was supposedly in such bad shape that he wasted his opportunity

[CNYSkinFan]

Hey leave a syracuse boy alone.

Gotta wonder if they needed a camp body why they went after a 5 year vet and not someone pS eligible. Blaylock's name has not been called much lately.

[CNYSkinFan]

the guy who was cut to make room for dee brown was will "i have eaten myself out of a roster spot" whittaker.

he was supposedly in such bad shape that he wasted his opportunity
And hurt...probably looking at an injury settlement at some point

[firehawk157]

Dead even if you ask me. I mean were talking about a guy I've never heard of here. I'll youtube him later and watch some of his pop-warner clips to get my blood flowing. MODS!!! Need a thread started on wether or not this kid is going to get a fair shake from the coaching staff PRONTO. NUMBERS GUYS, let work the cap implications on this - and I need someone to troll ES to see what they are saying so we can mock it ----- READY???? BREAK!!!!:lol1:
You know, I don't have to do any research to tell you those answers...

He was a beast in 6th grade flag football, but due to strained achilles from running after the ice cream truck, he wasn't able to make the transition to intramural 7th grade touch football.

He needs to prove he is worth a shot to get a shot at having a shot to play if Portis' legs are shot.

He signed a 10/35/5 deal that show how counts only $1.35 on this year's cap, so we're good until year 4, at which point, he runs $17M a year.

Extremeskins are saying that he's going to push Portis for half his carries and 1200/15 isn't unthinkable for him.

There you go... Time saved, you may thank me in cash or check form (two forms of ID), or for the ladies, uh, nevermind...

[firehawk157]

And hurt...probably looking at an injury settlement at some point
Wow, that story went downhill fast...

[Sweepea436]

You know, I don't have to do any research to tell you those answers...

He was a beast in 6th grade flag football, but due to strained achilles from running after the ice cream truck, he wasn't able to make the transition to intramural 7th grade touch football.

He needs to prove he is worth a shot to get a shot at having a shot to play if Portis' legs are shot.

He signed a 10/35/5 deal that show how counts only $1.35 on this year's cap, so we're good until year 4, at which point, he runs $17M a year.

Extremeskins are saying that he's going to push Portis for half his carries and 1200/15 isn't unthinkable for him.

There you go... Time saved, you may thank me in cash or check form (two forms of ID), or for the ladies, uh, nevermind...


Thanks for the quick turn around getting this info to the "common" fan like myself. I'm totally on board now. He sounds SUPER smart, and probably plays his guts out (Bang STILL rules):Peace:

[hockeygoalie29]

We cut Casey "Tom Brady" Bramlet for him?!?!?!?!?!


[/sarcasm]

I know you were just joking but cutting the mighty Bramlet didn't open up a roster spot since he was an NFL Europe exception. We made room for this guy by cutting Will Whittiker.

[skinsfan36]

hate to see whittaker go i thought he might have had a chance but he was in bad shape and then got injured,he did look good in mini camp though according to the media o well. another rb just for depth isnt dee brown a former chief(saunders)

[JoeJacksonTaylor28]

I'm here every day reading about this team, and every time a story like this surfaces, I feel like I know less about what they're thinking in DC than I did before. Would one of the 1,000,000 post guys please explain this to me? I gotta know why!:doh:
Portis has tendonitis, Betts had a stinger, Blaylock injured his ankle, so we need bodies for camp and for the Titans.

[BurgundyNGold]

You know, I don't have to do any research to tell you those answers...

He was a beast in 6th grade flag football, but due to strained achilles from running after the ice cream truck, he wasn't able to make the transition to intramural 7th grade touch football.

He needs to prove he is worth a shot to get a shot at having a shot to play if Portis' legs are shot.

He signed a 10/35/5 deal that show how counts only $1.35 on this year's cap, so we're good until year 4, at which point, he runs $17M a year.

Extremeskins are saying that he's going to push Portis for half his carries and 1200/15 isn't unthinkable for him.

There you go... Time saved, you may thank me in cash or check form (two forms of ID), or for the ladies, uh, nevermind...
LOL, great post.

[SkinsfaninNJ]

Portis has tendonitis, Betts had a stinger, Blaylock injured his ankle, so we need bodies for camp and for the Titans.

I agree that is the reason, but I am also worried about needing bodies on the o-line. I'm afraid to send JC out ther against the Titans unless he can wear one of those yellow jerseys.

[Keino]

Dee Brown, huh? Does he run with the ball blindfolded like he did when he won the slam dunk contest 15 years ago?

Cmon man....he was the one who tore it up for the Panthers a few years ago when all of their RBs went down.

[culpeper]

ROFL! great thread! sweatpea you need to post a lot more buddy, lol, you sir are halarious...

with that said...why the hell do we always freak out when guys get nicked up? everyone in the NFL knows Dee brown isnt going to make the team, so we gave up OLine depth? granted he wasnt anything special, but we kept heyer!

i love JG for some of his paranoia, but these decisions (duckett, brown) dont make any sense. LB was back at practice today and if blaylock doesnt go on his ankle, his behind is cut (and he knows it).

[dj_stouty]

Cmon man....he was the one who tore it up for the Panthers a few years ago when all of their RBs went down.

It was a joke! Geesh.

[LadyNRedskinsfan]

ROFL! great thread! sweatpea you need to post a lot more buddy, lol, you sir are halarious...

with that said...why the hell do we always freak out when guys get nicked up? everyone in the NFL knows Dee brown isnt going to make the team, so we gave up OLine depth? granted he wasnt anything special, but we kept heyer!

i love JG for some of his paranoia, but these decisions (duckett, brown) dont make any sense. LB was back at practice today and if blaylock doesnt go on his ankle, his behind is cut (and he knows it).
i dont see how this is a panic move. whittaker probably was going to cut sooner or later anyway since he's hurt and out of shape. its not like we gave up a 3rd and a 4th for dee brown. :doh:

[colkurtz]

Every summer we spend a lot of time talking about players who are probably going to be cut or end up on the practice squad.

[BurgundyNGold]

i dont see how this is a panic move. whittaker probably was going to cut sooner or later anyway since he's hurt and out of shape. its not like we gave up a 3rd and a 4th for dee brown. :doh:
Or DID we? Hmmm. :D

[skinfanjon]

Cmon man....he was the one who tore it up for the Panthers a few years ago when all of their RBs went down.

I thought that was Nick Goings...

[WarEagle]

Since Dee knows the 700 page playbook, he might surprise us all. Coach wouldn't have acquired him unless he liked him in KC, so maybe he's more than just practice fodder.

[chas3]

we need to snatch him up before someone else in our division does and plays him against us. then, in a fit of pique we will refuse to play him expect for 2 or 3 downs during the entire season. BUT, we will talk about how he is coming along and a great player during the year. next year, brown will feel the need to actually play some football, and leave for another team.

he could be the backup to the backup to the backup that the running back core needs.

[hockeygoalie29]

Since Dee knows the 700 page playbook, he might surprise us all. Coach wouldn't have acquired him unless he liked him in KC, so maybe he's more than just practice fodder.

And so the legend begins...

[Redskin4Life]

Since Dee knows the 700 page playbook, he might surprise us all. Coach wouldn't have acquired him unless he liked him in KC, so maybe he's more than just practice fodder.

I thought that's why we brought in Blaylock?

[Redskin4Life]

i dont see how this is a panic move. whittaker probably was going to cut sooner or later anyway since he's hurt and out of shape. its not like we gave up a 3rd and a 4th for dee brown. :doh:

the guy who was cut to make room for dee brown was will "i have eaten myself out of a roster spot" whittaker.

he was supposedly in such bad shape that he wasted his opportunity

What happened in the last couple of days to think he wouldn't have made the roster? Everything I was reading said that he looked great in minicamp and was running with the 1st team in TC while Randy was out? Buges was bragging about him during the summer? I thought he was a shoe-in.... did I miss something?

[redskin_rich]

What happened in the last couple of days to think he wouldn't have made the roster? Everything I was reading said that he looked great in minicamp and was running with the 1st team in TC while Randy was out? Buges was bragging about him during the summer? I thought he was a shoe-in.... did I miss something?

He has been fat and in terrible shape in training camp.

[Redskin4Life]

He has been fat and in terrible shape in training camp.
But he was running with the first teamers all through TC right? So what does that say about our backups then?

[redskin_rich]

But he was running with the first teamers all through TC right? So what does that say about our backups then?
It says they're backups. Whittaker was working with the 1st team because Thomas was resting an injury and because he impressed in mini-camp. He showed up to TC fat and then got hurt and now he is gone.

[culpeper]

i dont see how this is a panic move. whittaker probably was going to cut sooner or later anyway since he's hurt and out of shape. its not like we gave up a 3rd and a 4th for dee brown. :doh:

good point! the day is looking up!

still, we have rock, LB, blaylock, #41 (who?), and mason. and we NEED one more, and get rid of OL depth?

[ChiefPowhatan17]

Dee Brown is just a body for preseason, cause our coaches are too afraid to play starters due to injuries. I guess Whittaker was not cutting it and would have been cut eventually. But, I can't believe Bramlet is gone already. Good pat on the back for winning the world bowl.

[Spence]

I remember Dee Brown's patented "King Kong Dunk" over the Empire State Building years ago. Glad to see he's still got the stuff.

[Redskin4Life]

It says they're backups. Whittaker was working with the 1st team because Thomas was resting an injury and because he impressed in mini-camp. He showed up to TC fat and then got hurt and now he is gone.
Well if he was good enough to run with the starters during camp PRIOR to his injury and none of the other guys that are backups could supplant a supposed overweight, lazy, no-chance-of-making-the-squad guard in the lineup says to me that the story may not be over with Whittacker as a Skin. He's injured and no one will touch him from now til after the Titans game. We may sign him back on Sunday or Monday.

[Hr fan]

Wow, that story went downhill fast...

Man, are we bored or what???

[SkinsfaninNJ]

It says they're backups. Whittaker was working with the 1st team because Thomas was resting an injury and because he impressed in mini-camp. He showed up to TC fat and then got hurt and now he is gone.

I also think Fabini who has a groin issue would have been playing there in place of Thomas.

[Hr fan]

What happened in the last couple of days to think he wouldn't have made the roster? Everything I was reading said that he looked great in minicamp and was running with the 1st team in TC while Randy was out? Buges was bragging about him during the summer? I thought he was a shoe-in.... did I miss something?

Yeah, missing the fact that hype may be news but it is not information. A guy as overweight and as out of shape as he is would have been cut immediately in Gibbs I. It speaks volumes about the OLG position that he even got a look. Toniu Fonoti anyone?

[redskin_rich]

Yeah, missing the fact that hype may be news but it is not information. A guy as overweight and as out of shape as he is would have been cut immediately in Gibbs I. It speaks volumes about the OLG position that he even got a look. Toniu Fonoti anyone?

It's training camp, nearly 40% of the players practicing are going to be cut.
Back in the Gibbs I era, the Skins cut an overweight Guard in training camp named Nate Newton, he turned into a pretty good player.

[CNYSkinFan]

I posted this in another thread but I wondering whether Brown might, with a good game Saturday, put himself in position to take Blaylock's spot?

[redskin_rich]

I posted this in another thread but I wondering whether Brown might, with a good game Saturday, put himself in position to take Blaylock's spot?

Possible if Blaylock continues to have the nagging injuries that have plagued him the last two years. It's a shame because Blaylock has more talent but being able to play is the first most important thing.

[Keino]

I thought that was Nick Goings...

He was there too. Dee Brown, despite all the jokes in this thread has demonstrated some talent at RB in the league.

[Sweepea436]

ROFL! great thread! sweatpea you need to post a lot more buddy, lol, you sir are halarious...

with that said...why the hell do we always freak out when guys get nicked up? everyone in the NFL knows Dee brown isnt going to make the team, so we gave up OLine depth? granted he wasnt anything special, but we kept heyer!

i love JG for some of his paranoia, but these decisions (duckett, brown) dont make any sense. LB was back at practice today and if blaylock doesnt go on his ankle, his behind is cut (and he knows it).


Thanks! I think I A) spend WAY too much time reading posts here & B) The insanity of the never ending off season is finally getting to me. It gets us all eventually...........:drunker:

[Redskin4Life]

Since Whit wasn't as good as advertised and Brown isn't expected to stay on the roster, can we move this thread to the "Camp Fodder" one?

[LadyNRedskinsfan]

Or DID we? Hmmm. :D
lol. oh we'd know if we did, by the reports of thousands of armed and dangerous fans at the entrance of redskins park. lol

[WarEagle]

I find myself rooting for Dee Brown to find success with the Redskins, if only because there's something noble in supporting an underdog back who's "been around the league," as they say. He has a cool name too. :D

[dj_stouty]

He was there too. Dee Brown, despite all the jokes in this thread has demonstrated some talent at RB in the league.

He managed a few goaline TDs late into the 2002 season with no playoffs in sight. I'm not that impressed...and he certainly didnt' tear it up; especially in yardage production.

[Keino]

He managed a few goaline TDs late into the 2002 season with no playoffs in sight. I'm not that impressed...and he certainly didnt' tear it up; especially in yardage production.

I just remember KC CHiefs in our fantasy league picking him up and riding him to the chip. I didn't bother to look up his stats, but I seem to remember him doing a bit more than goaline carries.

[dannyskins]

He managed a few goaline TDs late into the 2002 season with no playoffs in sight. I'm not that impressed...and he certainly didnt' tear it up; especially in yardage production.

it's called the Al Asaunders buddy deal.

[SkinKing]

We cut Casey "Tom Brady" Bramlet for him?!?!?!?!?!


[/sarcasm]


No, we cut a injured Offensive Lineman. QB was a completely different situation.I guess 3rd String QB is gonna be Collins with Palmer on the PS. So I guess this negates any Brunell trade rumors.