Bengals1181 Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 (Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post) Every time I publish anything about Vinny Cerrato, I invariably receive a certain type of feedback. It goes like this: Why would you publish the musings of a man universally credited with torpedoing Washington’s roster during his years in the front office? Why would you confer credibility upon a man loathed by most local fans? Why would you think that any of your readers care what Cerrato thinks about the Redskins, or about the NFL, or about the price of Pecorino in a Tuscan market? And don’t you possibly have anything better to do with your time? I dunno. Guess not. Anyhow, Cerrato was on SiriusXM NFL Radio with Howard David over the weekend, and was asked how he thought Jay Gruden would fare in Washington. “Well I say this, I think Cincinnati got better,” Cerrato began. “And here’s why I say that: I think Hue Jackson will run the ball, and …” At this point David interrupted Cerrato, pointing out that he was asking about Jay Gruden, Washington Redskins head coach. “I was talking about Washington and what you expect out of Jay Gruden,” David noted. “Right,” Cerrato agreed. “And that’s why I was saying, I think Cincinnati got better by him leaving. Just look at one play against the Ravens last year. They had the Ravens on the ropes, ready to quit. They run the ball down to the 1, he throws an interception, they continue the game. See, I think what they’ll do now in Cincinnati is [offensive coordinator] Hue Jackson will run the football a lot more than Jay Gruden. I think there’ll be more balance. “Now, in Washington, I don’t know how he’ll be,” Cerrato said, getting to the Redskins. “You know, he’s got to commit to the run game, too, Jay Gruden. So it’s going to be interesting to see. I mean, it’s his first chance. I’ll be anxious to see it. Because let me say this: Mike Shanahan’s a great football coach. I’ve worked with Mike. I know what he can do. So it’s going to be interesting to see what Gruden can do.” Wait, I just thought of a reason to do this: Because if Cerrato thinks the Bengals will be better off without Gruden, many Redskins fans will feel a whole lot better about him running their team. Also, if you wanted to be struck dead from irony like a caterpillar being body-slammed by Albert Haynesworth, Cerrato talked about some teams being stuck in salary cap jail. “There’s certain teams — Dallas, New Orleans, and some of those — that have no cap room,” Cerrato noted. “That’s gonna make it very difficult for them to do anything. That’s why you see them restructuring, getting rid of players. They’re doing a credit-card mentality in Dallas. It’s going to catch up to them eventually. I’ve been through that.” Sounds yucky. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-sports-bog/wp/2014/03/10/cerrato-bengals-better-without-gruden/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigboi Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 Vinny Cerrato is a joke ask any redskins fan and they will tell you how he screwed up the redskins roster,and how he over paid for an over the hill donovan mcnabb and an overrated albert haynesworth or how he traded away most of the draft picks and set mike shanahan up for failure.I'm not saying jay gruden was the greatest thing since slice bread and I'm not saying he was a bad offensive coordinator because under and he and mike zimmer the Bengals have made it to the playoffs 3 season's in row. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeb Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 We are better off without Gruden because our OC won't be looking for a new job this season and in a hurry to get there. Maybe now we can finally win that first game of the playoffs. How did we lose to the Chargers? ...at home? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khatmandude Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 Vinny Cerrato.....LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alleycat Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 We are better off without Gruden because our OC won't be looking for a new job this season and in a hurry to get there. Maybe now we can finally win that first game of the playoffs. How did we lose to the Chargers? ...at home? BJ fucking GE running over 5 ypc to boot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zins30 Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 I'm pretty sure this isn't news.... @ProFootballTalk: Andre Roberts thinks Redskins offense will be "passing more than running" http://t.co/BZXgoNRmfU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted March 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 I'm pretty sure this isn't news.... @ProFootballTalk: Andre Roberts thinks Redskins offense will be "passing more than running" http://t.co/BZXgoNRmfU not exactly what you want to hear as a Washington fan when you're team was a top 5 rushing team last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Dub Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 Where would you set the over/under for RG3 going to IR? I'm gonna say week 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 not exactly what you want to hear as a Washington fan when you're team was a top 5 rushing team last year. They passed more than they ran last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted March 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 They passed more than they ran last year. well yea, every team passes more than it runs, nobody's over 50% run. Roberts seemed to imply that they'd be more pass heavy this year though, which flies in the face of what they're best at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted March 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 @evansilva: More you examine Jay Gruden's usage of players as #Bengals OC, more you wonder how he got HC job. Great last name though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigris Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 @evansilva: More you examine Jay Gruden's usage of players as #Bengals OC, more you wonder how he got HC job. Great last name though Gruden may have been a good hire in terms of bringing in an outside guy with a name young and old player's could recognize. He probably got their respect immediately. And plus, he was more creative than Bratkowski but almost just as predictable. When you go from a guy like Bratkowski to anyone, it sure is better... But coaching Andy to throw that first down fade to AJ after we ran it down their throat, telling Andy to throw a blind post no matter what. He barely used our 1st round down field threat down field, Gio bailed him out completely with some Houdini acts on defenders and ended in the end zone, our defense gave us numerous chances to score points. They may have set records on offense for this and that but the talent on the team is WAY better than most. We definitely have the most talent in the AFCN. His inability to minimize the turnovers and his managing of Andy was shameful. How he got a HC job... well, it's Washington if that tells you anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|High School Harry| Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 In a couple of years he will probably say the Redskins are better off without Gruden, too. :ph34r: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 well yea, every team passes more than it runs, nobody's over 50% run. Roberts seemed to imply that they'd be more pass heavy this year though, which flies in the face of what they're best at. Actually in 2012 they did run more than they passed. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randle P McMurphy Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 In a couple of years he will probably say the Redskins are better off without Gruden, too. :ph34r: No ninja needed! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigboi Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 I don't put any stock in to what Vinny Cerrato has to say because he is joke.with that being said,I'm looking forward to what hue jackson is going to do.because when he was in Oakland his offense looked like a combination of cam cameron and bob bratkowski,so he may very well take some of what jay gruden did last year and modify it.Was jay gruden perfect no,he did do some good things here and he did do some bad things here as well,but he is the redskins problem now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeatPurdue Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 I think people here are a bit too critical of Gruden. He did a pretty good job here. I like Hue a lot, but I bet our overall production offensively won't be that much different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 I think people here are a bit too critical of Gruden. He did a pretty good job here. I like Hue a lot, but I bet our overall production offensively won't be that much different. I still don't get the love affair with Hue as an OC that a number of people have here, as a position coach yes, but he hasn't done much as an OC, now ill grant you the teams he was OC for didn't have the level of talent we do so I'm willing to see how he does with a talented team, but this Hue is gonna fix everything as if he's proven je can as an OC I don't get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alleycat Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 I still don't get the love affair with Hue as an OC that a number of people have here, as a position coach yes, but he hasn't done much as an OC, now ill grant you the teams he was OC for didn't have the level of talent we do so I'm willing to see how he does with a talented team, but this Hue is gonna fix everything as if he's proven je can as an OC I don't get. Took the Raiders who were 31st in Offense and raised them to 10th in one season. They went from 21st to 2nd in the NFL in rushing. I'd call that proof. He's got a lot more talent now (O-Line in progress), so that's enough for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 As a head coach, I believe I was referring to him as an OC. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldcat Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 As a head coach, I believe I was referring to him as an OC. ;) He did that as an OC. He was HC the next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 Fair enough I hadn't realized he was their OC first. Well no excuses then right? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Dub Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 Fair enough I hadn't realized he was their OC first. Well no excuses then right? ;) What if our starting offensive line are eaten by bears? Would that be a valid excuse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 What if our starting offensive line are eaten by bears? Would that be a valid excuse? Grizzly or Polar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Dub Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 Grizzly or Polar? Grizzly seems more likely. Who should we fire if that happens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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