[Jef]

obviously disappointed in Redskins overall.

i spent a lot on some rg3 cards but do not mind - i am a fan and i think he will turn it around. they are staying in my collection until the end of time, so i am enjoying them as much as always.

that said, expectations that were lowered last monday night need to be completely readjusted. keep griffin healthy this season, let him improve as a player all around (and i dont mean just keep him in the pocket - let him do everything he does best), and hope that we can add more to the team next year when there are finally none of the (still preposterous) salary cap deductions.

this team, especially on defense, is so much further behind than even the most homery of homers (i.e. people like me) wanted to believe. there are pieces that can be built around - rg3 is still one, alfred morris got going a bit yesterday (granted, once the packers only had to play the pass), jordan reed looks like a keeper, garcon is a quality upper tier starting wr, and trent williams looks good.

but talent in the secondary and lack of impact players at ilb is killing them. london fletcher is one of my favorite players of all time and the one free agent signing by the redskins no one can ever trash, but he is just not an impact player any longer. he is a great leader and will make tackles and give maximum effort 7 days a week, but his explosion and game changing ability seems gone.

that said, last year it looked gone the first half of the season and he led the turnaround with a career year intercepting the ball. hopefully that happens again, but i am not confident. ill still wear the 59 jersey every week, but we need to look to the future sooner than later to find a bigtime ilb to go alongside perry riley (who looks serviceable and shows flashes, but is overall inconsistent).

the secondary is...it is what it is. it is awful, and haslett consisently being a step behind doesnt help.

tl;dr version: the redskins kind of suck, it is suprising to me because im a homer but it also isnt suprising, and i think rg3 can still turn it around and make good progress this year.