The Washington Redskins have decided to start Rex Grossman over Donovan McNabb at quarterback in Dallas on Sunday just a month after signing McNabb to a much-ballyhooed contract extension, according to multiple media reports, which cite anonymous sources.
I don't even know how to cheer for this franchise anymore. It really is disappointing.
Re: Redskins bench McNabb in favor of Grossman
Posted: December 17th, 2010, 1:48 pm
by PAmedic
you all thought Jeff Lurie was crazy when he let him go
now you know why.
Re: Redskins bench McNabb in favor of Grossman
Posted: December 17th, 2010, 3:51 pm
by Kolzilla41
I went to my first Redskins game in December of 1990. I have been watching them all my life and I've never seen an organization implode like this. There is absolutely no leadership from ownership down. It seems that everyone needs to go in order to revamp their image. Its just sad.
Re: Redskins bench McNabb in favor of Grossman
Posted: December 17th, 2010, 4:20 pm
by LUconn
One thing I've noticed about Redskins fans is that they think they're the Cubs or something. You guys have a couple of Superbowls and an owner who is at least trying even if he is misguided. Just be glad you're not Lions, Bengals, or Cardinals fans.
Re: Redskins bench McNabb in favor of Grossman
Posted: December 17th, 2010, 4:58 pm
by jcmanson
We've (Cowboys) had a drought but still have 5 Super Bowl wins. More than Washington can dream of.
Re: Redskins bench McNabb in favor of Grossman
Posted: December 17th, 2010, 5:12 pm
by jcmanson
As much time as you've spent in Washington
Re: Redskins bench McNabb in favor of Grossman
Posted: December 17th, 2010, 5:14 pm
by ToTheLeft
But Virginia, especially the Richmond area, is so close to Texa... I mean, oh wait. It's close to D.C.
Re: Redskins bench McNabb in favor of Grossman
Posted: December 17th, 2010, 5:51 pm
by LUconn
Are you guys suggesting that you can't have a favorite team from a place not near where you live? Or is it because he said "we".
Re: Redskins bench McNabb in favor of Grossman
Posted: December 17th, 2010, 5:53 pm
by jcmanson
I only said we because I was "quoting" what BYD said right before me. I am a Cowboys fan. I have never lived in Texas. Oh well. When I refer to the Cowboys I rarely, if ever, say we.
Re: Redskins bench McNabb in favor of Grossman
Posted: December 17th, 2010, 5:53 pm
by jcmanson
BuryYourDuke wrote:
jcmanson wrote:As much time as you've spent in Washington
Do you know how much time I've spent in Washington?
Do you know how much time I've spent in Texas?
Re: Redskins bench McNabb in favor of Grossman
Posted: December 17th, 2010, 7:34 pm
by JMU Supporter
so are you a fan of the Rangers, Stars, and Mavericks? or are you a yankees, red wings, lakers fan?
Re: Redskins bench McNabb in favor of Grossman
Posted: December 17th, 2010, 8:30 pm
by ToTheLeft
JMU Supporter wrote:so are you a fan of the Rangers, Stars, and Mavericks? or are you a yankees, red wings, lakers fan?
He's a Heat and Cowboys fan. Not joking on that one.
Our friend JMUDukes (JMU2012) is a Spurs, Cowboys, Caps, and Mets fan. Do I get it? No. But I'm learning to accept that some people randomly choose to like teams that I hate. And that their mistak... I mean choice.
Re: Redskins bench McNabb in favor of Grossman
Posted: December 17th, 2010, 8:33 pm
by From the class of 09
Bandwagon...
Re: Redskins bench McNabb in favor of Grossman
Posted: December 17th, 2010, 9:15 pm
by WinthropEagleFan
I had a roommate my freshman year of college (and this was in 1996, so keep that in mind when I list these teams) that was a fan of the Braves (which made sense, he was from Greenville, SC), Cowboys, Bulls, Penguins, Duke Basketball (to be fair, he had a cousin that was a team manager for Duke), and Florida State football...now that is how you cherry-pick teams if you are going to do it.
Re: Redskins bench McNabb in favor of Grossman
Posted: December 17th, 2010, 9:20 pm
by LUconn
I love the picking a different college team in football and basketball.
Re: Redskins bench McNabb in favor of Grossman
Posted: December 17th, 2010, 9:23 pm
by WinthropEagleFan
LUconn wrote:I love the picking a different college team in football and basketball.
Well I've noticed that 90% of the Duke basketball fans I know don't follow Duke football at all...
Re: Redskins bench McNabb in favor of Grossman
Posted: December 17th, 2010, 9:59 pm
by jbock13
Let me say as a die-hard Redskins fan, it's hard to even watch this team play anymore. I don't even really consider watching them anymore this season, we thought Zorn was bad, but clearly it's just getting worse. My opinion, I feel Kyle Shanahan is the problem.
Re: Redskins bench McNabb in favor of Grossman
Posted: December 17th, 2010, 10:02 pm
by jbock13
LUconn wrote:One thing I've noticed about Redskins fans is that they think they're the Cubs or something. You guys have a couple of Superbowls and an owner who is at least trying even if he is misguided. Just be glad you're not Lions, Bengals, or Cardinals fans.
True, but look where we're going now, we haven't done anything since the last Super Bowl we won
Re: Redskins bench McNabb in favor of Grossman
Posted: December 17th, 2010, 10:11 pm
by jcmanson
Cowboys fan - my granddad and dad were both Cowboys fans which led to me being a Cowboys fan
Yankees fan - my granddad and dad were both Yankees fans which led to me being a Yankee fan
Heat fan - lived just outside of Miami during high school became a fan then, and have been since
UVA fan - from my dad and granddad, had season tickets every year
LU fan - went there
call me bandwagon if you wish, but that's not the case
Re: Redskins bench McNabb in favor of Grossman
Posted: December 17th, 2010, 11:29 pm
by RubberMallet
LUconn wrote:Are you guys suggesting that you can't have a favorite team from a place not near where you live? Or is it because he said "we".
there are certain rules yes.
Re: Redskins bench McNabb in favor of Grossman
Posted: December 17th, 2010, 11:30 pm
by RubberMallet
jcmanson wrote:Cowboys fan - my granddad and dad were both Cowboys fans which led to me being a Cowboys fan
Yankees fan - my granddad and dad were both Yankees fans which led to me being a Yankee fan
Heat fan - lived just outside of Miami during high school became a fan then, and have been since
UVA fan - from my dad and granddad, had season tickets every year
LU fan - went there
call me bandwagon if you wish, but that's not the case
you aren't. your granddad and dad are.
Re: Redskins bench McNabb in favor of Grossman
Posted: December 18th, 2010, 2:16 am
by adam42381
I'm a Red Sox, Celtics, Redskins an Tar Heels fan. Have been since I was about 3 or 4 years old. We had no pro teams in NC at the time and my uncle was a big Sox and Celtics fan who gave me a Sox helmet around that time an I became a fan for life. I put up with a lot of crap as a kid being a Sox fan in Braves country. Of course now I get accused of jumping on the bandwagon when they got good by people from New England. Oh well, I know the truth.
I probably would have liked the Patriots too but I didn't realize that Boston was in New England. I was given a Skins jacket around the same time by one of my dad's employees so they became my team.
Typically, I would adhere to the philosophy of pulling for the team where you are from. When there are no pro teams in you state/adjoining states when you're growing up, you're free to pick whoever you want.
Re: Redskins bench McNabb in favor of Grossman
Posted: December 18th, 2010, 6:58 am
by jcmanson
RubberMallet wrote:
jcmanson wrote:Cowboys fan - my granddad and dad were both Cowboys fans which led to me being a Cowboys fan
Yankees fan - my granddad and dad were both Yankees fans which led to me being a Yankee fan
Heat fan - lived just outside of Miami during high school became a fan then, and have been since
UVA fan - from my dad and granddad, had season tickets every year
LU fan - went there
call me bandwagon if you wish, but that's not the case
you aren't. your granddad and dad are.
Maybe so. I asked my dad once about why he and his dad grew up liking the Cowboys and Yankees. They lived in southern VA close to the NC state line. His response was that they were the only teams they could get coverage on.
Re: Redskins bench McNabb in favor of Grossman
Posted: December 18th, 2010, 8:32 am
by Schfourteenteen
flamerbob wrote:I went to my first Redskins game in December of 1990. I have been watching them all my life and I've never seen an organization implode like this. There is absolutely no leadership from ownership down. It seems that everyone needs to go in order to revamp their image. Its just sad.
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Re: Redskins bench McNabb in favor of Grossman
Posted: December 18th, 2010, 10:34 am
by Sly Fox
The Cowboys were born out of an obvious opportunity to make a boatload of money in the most football-crazy place on the planet. The Hunt Brothers had already started up the Texans and the NFL desperately wanted to snatch up the DFW metroplex fanbase. The Cowboys & Texans then went on fullscale marketing battles with the Cowboys ultimately winning out due to strength of NFL brand vs. Texans' AFL. That is what forced the Hunts to move the franchise to KC and rebrand as the Chiefs.
My dad was a big Dallas Texans fan and for years many in the metroplex despised the Cowboys franchise for forcing the Texans out. Everyone has long since forgotten that page in history these days in Big D. Primarily because of a Christian Texas Ex who was brought in as head coach to start the Cowboys that it was impossible for any Texan not to like.
