If you don’t follow football (especially the Redskins) just skip this whole part.

So, fuck them.  Fuck the Redskins.  I decided after the Carolina game last week that I was no longer going to waste my time and money on Sunday, going to the bar I always go to, to watch this team.

So I didn’t watch today.  But as I saw the score scrolling across the bottom of the screen it became pretty clear they were going to lose.  And lose they did.

I think part of the blame lies with Zorn, because from what I can tell, he is one of the worst play callers I can ever remember watching.  Part of the problem lies with the team because, come on, you can’t beat the Lions, Chiefs, or Panthers?

But the real problem lies with Dan Snyder and that idiot he’s got “running” the team, Vinny Cerrato.

Snyder’s owned the team for what, ten years now?  More?  Wouldn’t you think that by now he’d learn a little something about football and, you know, hire a real general manager?

I’m so fucking sick and tired of Snyder and Cerrato trying to run this team like they’re playing fantasy football.  Trade away all of our draft picks for big names.  Sign huge names in the off-season only to have cap issues and have those “star” players come in here and flop.

Why is it that we don’t just benchmark on what the succesful NFL franchises do?

It’s really pretty simple: keep your draft picks and build from within.  An offense starts with an offensive line.  With no line, it doesn’t fucking matter who your quarterbacks and receivers are.  Look what Brett Favre (Brett Favre!!) is doing in Minnesota for fuck’s sake!  Do you really think that 40 year old Brett Favre is a better quarterback than Jason Campbell?  I don’t think so.  I honestly don’t.  The big difference is that Brett Favre, Tom Brady and Peyton Manning have spectacular offensive lines while we have fucking garbage.  Well why is this?

Since Cerrato has been “running” the team, here’s what he’s done with draft picks regarding offensive linemen:

2002: Reggie Coleman (who???), Round 6

2003: Derrick Dockery, Round 3 (although we only had a 2nd, 3rd, and 7th round pick)

2004: Mark Wilson (who???), Round 5, Jim Molinaro (who???), Round 6

2005: None

2006: Kili Lefotu (whoo??), Round 7

2007: None

2008: Chad Rinehart, Round 3

2009: None

To recap, we’ve drafted 6 lineman since 2002 with the ONLY notable name being Dockery.

In Cerrato’s defense, it is hard to draft linemen when you HAVE NO DRAFT PICKS.  In 2003, we had no 1st, 4th, 5th, or 6th.  In 2004 we had no 2nd, 4th, or 7th.  In 2005 we had no 2nd or 3rd.  In 2006 we had no 1st, 3rd, or 4th.  In 2007 we had no 2nd, 3rd, or 4th.

There’s a pattern of complete ineptitude here.  Good teams USE the draft to BUILD TEAMS.  Because we’ve drafted almost no useful offensive linemen, and traded away a large chunk of our picks, we now have this dreadful mess.

It’s really not that difficult.  You know what the Patriots do?  They stockpile picks and build from within.  Why don’t we do this?  Why does Cerrato still have a job?

I’m so fucking sick and tired of this piece of shit team that seemingly gets worse every year.  I feel bad for Jason Campbell.  I feel bad for whoever has to come in and play quarterback behind this makeshift offensive line we’ve put together.  And it’s a shame because our defense has been great for the last several years - of course, rather than promote Gregg Williams two years ago, we showed him the door and hired Jim Zorn, who is so in over his head it’s ridiculous.

It’s pretty simple: if the Skins do not spend their off-season either drafting an offensive line, or bringing in some players (and not overpaying them) to fill these gaping holes on our roster, I am done.  I will stop rooting for this team.  As it is, I am done for this season.  It is unbearable to watch them.

Fuck Dan Snyder, I hate what he’s done to my football team.

As for Balloon Boy…well they said it was a hoax, which was sort of the “No shit” moment of the week.

I hope and pray they arrest these two moron parents and throw them in jail.  And make them pay huge restitution fees.

They did it to try to get a TV show.  A TV show.  Hey, fucktards, here’s an idea: how about you raise your fucking family.  You have three kids.  Raise your fucking family.  Raise your fucking family.  Why in the fuck should you have a television show?  Raise your goddamn children.  What makes you so goddamn special?  Raise your fucking children.
Fuck these people.  Throw them in jail forever and let their kids end up in foster care.  It’s what they deserve.

God this makes me so fucking angry.  What’s sad is, they probably will end up with a tv show.  There’s something really fucking wrong with this country.