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Gus Was A Pro Bowler In '96

SkapePhin said:
BTW, if you all havent heard, Clinton "did not have sexual relations with that woman."
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i wonder who thinks about clinton's ***** more: monica or 36% of the country still obsessed with him?
 
DPlus47 said:
i wonder who thinks about clinton's ***** more: monica or 36% of the country still obsessed with him?
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Not sure what your getting at, but this was more a dig at SoFlo's timewarp than Clinton's lies.. :tongue:
 
vegasphan said:
I found it informative. Get over yourselves.

I am optimistic of Gus.
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I love optimism but this is the best you can hope for with gus....

1996 – Started all 16 games and led the Redskins to a record of 9-7 ... Four of the Redskins’ seven losses came by three points or less, including two in overtime as Washington missed out on the playoffs on tiebreakers ...
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Brian Griese was a pro bowler before he came here, and still managed to stink it up.
 
I think we have a better chance of being hit by 2 comets simultaneously than having one of our QBs make the probowl.



But I'd love to be wrong :rawk:
 
finjim said:
I think we have a better chance of being hit by 2 comets simultaneously than having one of our QBs make the probowl.



But I'd love to be wrong :rawk:
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It just happened! Oh wait, no, it was two of those frozen poop things from the 747's
 
I think he was refering to Septemer 2001 as being 4 years ago.

As for those stats going into the Pro Bowl, what the hell happened to the rest of the league?
 
thecoordinator said:
whats even funnier about the fact that it was 9 years ago, is that he was probably the 108th alternate because here are his 96' stats:

3453 yards
57% completions
12 tds
11 ints
79 qb rating

what a year. without a doubt probowl numbers.
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Aside from the yards those stats kind of suck I mean he only had 12 Tds to go with 11 ints.
 
thecoordinator said:
whats even funnier about the fact that it was 9 years ago, is that he was probably the 108th alternate because here are his 96' stats:

3453 yards
57% completions
12 tds
11 ints
79 qb rating

what a year. without a doubt probowl numbers.
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I decided to take a futher look into those numbers, since Gus attempted all but 1 pass for the Skins that year. These are TEAM numbers (out of 30 teams).

- Those 12 TD passes ranked dead last in the NFL that year.
- Those 4 INTs ranked 4th (471 attempts, 1 per 118 attempts)
- 3453 yards ranked 18th
- Yards Per Attempt was 5th (7.33)
- 27th in attempts, 26th in completions

Those numbers say a lot. But not exactly what we might think.

Washington's rushing attack was pretty solid that year. They were 13th in attempts, 7th in yards, 4th in yards per carry, and 1st in TDs.

When I saw the yards per pass ranking, I said to myself, "That's Norv Turner". When I looked at the rushing stats, I said to myself, "That's really Norv Turner". Blugeon you with the run game, take shots down the field.

The stats suggest Gus was able to simply manage the game (Dolfans associate that with Jay Fiedler, but that's not the blueprint for "managing and making plays") and keep his mistakes to a minimum. But if you compare those stats to Norv's Cowboy offenses of the early 90s, they look very similar.

The Cowboy QBs (Aikman) always finished below average in attempts, yards and TDs. But they were near the top in INTs and YPA. And the Dallas rushing attack was always at the top.

Granted, the Cowboys were a legendary team with Hall of Famers. So their stats are going to be on a higher parallel. But the offensive trend remained the same under Norv Turner's watch.

One big difference between that '96 Skins team and the Cowboy teams (:lol: I know, stay with me here) were the WRs. Aikman was throwing to Michael Irvin, Alvin Harper, Kevin Williams and Jay Novacek. Gus' best reciever that year was Henry Ellard, who was in his 14th year. But Ellard averaged 19.5 ypc that season because that's Norv's offense, Gus had a gun, and Ellard could still get downfield.

At any rate, Gus' career numbers suggest that he can get the ball downfield, but he's not overly accurate and can't be expected to carry a team for more than a one or two games at a time. The offensive players rave about his generalship in the huddle. And that's a stat that can't be measured. And as many have noted, his time in the Turner/Linehan systems have made the TE a big part of his game. In short, he's just a stopgap.

Our QB of the future will arrive next offseason.
 
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