Santana Moss Career Stats
Below are some ‘interesting’ career stats for Santana Moss.
I have no proof nor do I have any source to confirm that Santana Moss did any sort of illegal performance enhancing drug. But I do have access to STATS so let’s see what the stats tell us.
All of these stats below exclude his first year when he only played in 5 games.
Pre 2008 (2002-08, 6 Seasons):
Average Games per season = 15
Average Yards per Game = 60.1
Average Receptions per Game = 3.8
Average Yards After Catch = 5.1
Average TD per season = 6.2
Pre 2008 (2002-08, excluding 2005-06): Santana had career year in 2005-06 where he had more Receptions, Yards, Y/G and YAC than any other year by FAR. This was also his first year with Redskins which could have motivated more than ever. Or he could have had more help than ever. Or maybe it was just his contract year and he could get PAID by the skins if he over-performed.
Average Games per season = 14.8
Average Yards per Game = 53.6
Average Receptions per Game = 3.5
Average Yards After Catch = 4.68
Average TD per season = 5.6
=I think these stats are a very good representation of his average career stats. ONE great year shouldn’t skew career stats.
POST 2008 (the last two seasons with the Redskins):
Average Games per season = 16 (He found a way to stay healthy and play in every game two seasons in a row, the first and only time of his career.)
Average Yards per Game = 60.85
Average Receptions per Game = 4.65 (a BIG jump up)
Average Yards After Catch = 5.45 (another big increase)
Average TD per season = 4.5
MY Conclusion:
In 2008 his yearly stats were on the decline. He peaked in the 2005-06 season but after that season his stats were clearly on the decline the two following seasons.
From 2008-2010, he showed some sort of “second life” posting stats slightly better than his career average prior to 2008. I find it hard to believe it was a resultJim Zorn’s stellar offense.
The most (and maybe only) damning stat is the fact that he was able to play in 32 straight games 2008-2010.
Below are all of the stats I was referring too.
Skins Draft Day 2
Here is my ideal scenario for the 2nd day of the 2010 draft.
Trade Fat Albert for a 2nd round pick.
Actually in an ideal world this punk would man up, use his $30 million to wipe away his tears and play nose tackle in the skins 3-4 but if that won’t happen the skins need a 2nd round pick or a 3rd round pick. Since his ridiculous contract (worst in NFL history!) won’t hurt the skins cap, I couldn’t care less about over paying him 30 mil for 1 season (2/3′s really) of work. F- you Danny boy, you got what you deserve. I’d be content if the skins get a 3rd round draft pick.
Trade Jason Campbell for a 3rd round pick.
Again, in MY ideal world, the skins keep JCam for WHEN McNabb goes down because it is only a matter of time. Considering the fact that Jcam almost never gets hurt no matter how many times he’s sack/knocked down, he is an IDEAL back up QB. Maybe with some recovery/sideline time he can hone his QB skills and help the skins when we need him most. I’d settle for a 4th round draft pick too but after that I’d much rather keep him on the skins roster than give him away for nothing.
Positions that I’d like to see Skins draft this year:
- More O-linemen (I wouldn’t care if they draft an o-lineman with every pick)
- RB
- S / CB
- LB (only if they are PERFECT for a 3-4)
2010 Draft Day 1
1st Round Pick – Trent SILVERBACK Williams!!!! (OT – Oklahoma)
I like this pick a lot. He should fit in well with the zone blocking system and even though he isn’t known for his pass blocking, the skins RBs probably need more blocking help than the QBs do, McNabb can get the ball out quick if/when the pass rush comes on (or dodge and run for 14+ weeks).
I’m just happy that the skins FINALLY drafted an OFFENSIVE LINEMAN in the FIRST round.
My Grade on Trent Williams = A+ (after Silverback I would have preferred Okung then Berry)
Other NFC East DAY 1 Grades
Cowboys: B+ (DAMN! Dez. damn.)
Eagles: C (Who? but I’m sure it will work out for them, their def is always young)
Gmen: C+ (good position to draft.)
[note: all of these grades are extremely biased so +/- 1 grade level]
More Day 1 Grades
Denver: D (I like drafting Tebow but I think they reached far for him. And DEN’s QB group is STILL the worst in the league. Unless they can merge all 3 QBs together to form 1 mutant qb, DENVER is fucked. )
Bills : B ( Great player, good value, bills just need Jcam now)
Cowboys : A… Wow, I wish I could talk shit about this but the cowboys just got scarier. Best pick in the draft imo.
NFC East had the best picks overall.
Lions: AA (they got two sick picks. If they draft an O-lineman this week I’d give them AAA)
For the skins NEXT scheduled pick (in the 4th round on the 3rd day!!!)… I’d be happy if they draft ANOTHER o-line man, rightside OT or best avail.
I’ll do some more research and continue the round 3 prediction.
Cooley’s Injury: A Tragic Accident or Foul Play?
The first play of the second quarter, Chris Cooley, TE for the Washington Redskins, breaks his right ankle. In his first five seasons, Chris Cooley managed to play every single game, then, after two pro bowls and 30 touchdowns, it appears that Chris Cooley is headed for the injury reserve with a season ending injury. My condolences to Chris, his friends and family, and to Redskins fans everywhere. To ease the pain, here are some cheerleaders, the one on the left is totally sassy:
After pondering this tragic event for a while, it occurs to me that after 87 games without a serious injury, Chris Cooley must be invincible. Not invincible like Jesus or Steven Segal are invincible, more like invincible the way Colossus from the X-Men is invincible. Football players don’t just get injured as their careers go on, obviously, foul play was at work here. So, with my magnifying glass, note pad and this chick, I went a sleuthing – Sherlock Holmes style!
With my trusty sleuthing tools and my watson-esque sidekick (sans the service revolver and narration of this story) I embarked on my quest to find the real truth behind the injury of Chris Cooley. I began my inquiry in the redskins locker room on the theory that his pads or shoes had been booby-trapped. Opening his locker I find something that only Chris Cooley would leave in a locker…
“Oh man, thanks for setting me free. I was going to surprise Chris after the game, but, I guess he didn’t stop by his locker after his injury,” said the random cheerleader.
“It’s not a problem, now go away, I’m totally sleuthing now,” I stated with extreme awesomeness.
Fearing that the conspiracy against Chris Cooley was more widespread, I hit the internet to locate some more facts about the conditions surrounding the injury. After googling “Miley Cyrus Eagles Fan” I found 820,000 hits, and, our prime culprit. Miley Cyrus a.k.a. Hannah Montana.
Then it all became clear to me. Just like Scientology and Xenu had forced Suri Cruise to wear Redskins pajamas in exchange for Detroit to win, here it was again, staring me in the face.
Miley Cyrus is the devil and she’s the one who injured Chris Cooley’s ankle because she’s an ardent Eagles fan who hates puppies and Santa!!
Note from the author: Admittedly, this was a lazily produced entry. Clearly more nuance is needed but, posting pictures of cheerleaders pays the bills, and after last night’s game I just don’t have it in me. Plus, seriously, the Redskins just lost their best player. Yeah, I guess you could make the argument that Clinton Portis is just as necessary to the offense, but, Cooley is super badass. Sherm Lewis sucks, Jim Zorn sucks and Dan Snyder actually is the devil. Sell the team, everyone hates you, hell, pull a Green Bay and make it fan owned, I’ll bet you can make money. I’ll let you play in my fantasy league if you sell the team. It’s pretty awesome, we drink Natty Light kegs during parties (of which we totally have 3!)
Side note: Just in case the wrong person reads this – Miley Cyrus is not the devil, this is a joke and is intended to be viewed as satire. As stated above, Dan Snyder is way more of the devil than both Miley Cyrus and Hannah Montana, and, again, in case the wrong person reads this – Dan Snyder is also not literally the devil.
Loss to the Chiefs: A Detailed Analysis
On the KC team report on October 15th, free safety Jarrad Page said ”As a team, I think we’ve done everything we can to be a good team, the only thing we haven’t done is win games. Until we do that, we can’t consider ourselves a good team.” At the time, I thought this was one of the stupidest things I had ever heard. As such, I concluded that a team full of retarded defenders would provide an opportunity for the Washington Redskins to finally break their self inflicted scoring ceiling of 17 points.
Oh yeah, Santa’s helpers… But I digress. Given an opportunity to fine tune, or, at the very least, progress on the offensive side of the ball, the Redskins showed during the game that they were, at best, impotent, to the point that Jim Zorn had to take Jason Campbell out as quarterback and replace him with veteran Todd Collins.
Wow, I suddenly care about breast cancer awareness. And pink pom poms apparently. At any rate, the addition of Todd Collins, while an improvement over Jason Campbell still did not produce any touchdowns for the beleagured Redskins offense.
Whoa, are those chicks stretching? Or is this a cheer? If that’s a cheer, every cheerleading squad in the world needs to take some notes from the Chargers cheerleaders. Lesson 1: If you’re on the ground, writhing around, you’re doing something right. Lesson 2: I don’t know, too busy something something something. So, while the change to Todd Collins eventually netted two field goals for the Skins, one weakness present with Jason Campbell still remained highly visible – Red Zone offense.
Holy crap that blonde is good looking. I was a little disappointed while panning the picture to see three cheerleaders out of focus, but, wow, totally worth it, that girl is freakin stunning! Maybe they do make them better in Texas? Perhaps that whole, “loving Jesus” thing has some merit? People in Texas are big into that, right? Wow, that chick is something. Anyways, yeah, red zone offense. The Redskins managed a 78 yard run on the back of Clinton Portis bringing the skins all the way to KC’s 10 yard line. Easy enough, right? Well, easy enough for Suisham who kicked a 28 yard FG, apparently impossible for everyone else.
In the rain, wow, what a trooper! Plus, it’s like she’s looking directly into my eyes. Are you asking me out Ms. Cheerleader? Can a picture actually do that? I don’t think I care, and yes, yes cheerleader picture, I will go out with you. We can go to a really fancy restaurant because, you being two dimensional and a cheerleader, probably don’t eat much. We’ll have a terrific relationship.
Wow, Carolina cheerleader who isn’t quite paying attention, you are downright gorgeous! You’re even better looking than ol’ whats-her-face above you. You should call me sometime, I’m a really nice guy. And honest. And rich, very very rich. I own 10 bentleys.
Doesn’t the chick on the right look like Keri Russel? I think she does, maybe it’s her? Someone should look into that.
Step 1: stick out ass, step 2: stick out chest. That is all kinds of awesome!
I think I was talking about something in this post? Puppies or something? More like sweater puppies! Yes!!
I love blondes. Wait! This is TalkingSkins, I should be talking about the Redskins!
Done and done. Pulitzer prize, please!
Source: USA Today NFL Cheerleaders pictures – http://www.usatoday.com/sports/gallery/football/s090701_cheerleaders/flash.htm?gid=1079&aid=4986
Sherman Lewis will fix our… our… uh…
I haven’t been posting. Mostly, the reason is I’m not a fan of recording my vitriol and there has been little else coming from the Skins section of my brain. (Thinking about writing a post on the Caps…)
But seeing this little diddy was just too much. I just had to share it.
From an AP article, regarding the Skins hiring of Sherman Lewis:
Cerrato said it has not been determined what Lewis’ role will be.
“They’ll get that figured out here in the next day,” Cerrato said.
Guh?
Let’s break this down. Vinny hired a dude for a position. This position is one for which the Skins previously believed they had no need. The hiring means they now believe the need is there. But the position’s role is not yet determined. So, they need a guy for something, but they don’t know what that something is. How exactly did they choose a person before knowing what he would do? How could you know if he’s good at it?? Ack!
I’m picturing my boss coming in tomorrow.
Boss: Welcome Sherm, he’s a new guy. I don’t know what he’ll do, but he’s going to stand right next to you while you work. Sound good?
Me: No.
Boss: Doesn’t matter what you think – deal with it. I’m off to tell the world I hired Sherm, but don’t know why.
Then I would fear for my job security. Oh yeah, and once news of this got out, every one else would seriously question why the heck they’d ever apply for a job with this organization.
Win Against the Bucs: Good Running Game or Gift from Santa?
16 to 13. Redskins win. Fed Ex field erupts in cheers and laughter. Children smile and Washington fans let the abortion of a loss to the Lions fade in their memories. Everything was right with the world, but, Jim Zorn knew the truth. He knew someone would find out. He knew the Washington Post would eventually catch wind of his dealings, and it was eating him up inside.
Jim Zorn had remembered, vividly, the wreck that was last week’s game. He knew his job was on the line. While he also thought that other forces were at work during the match up with the Lions, he knew he had to come away with a win. So, Jim Zorn contacted the only person he knew could deliver such an impossible gift. Santa.
Santa, after reading Jim Zorn’s heartfelt letter, felt compelled to help the struggling coach.
So, Santa decided to take action, and he knew right where to start. Santana Moss. Santa visited Santana on Saturday night before the game, giving him the gravest of warnings.
“Santana, this is Santa, first, your name is goddamn ridiculous, secondly, if you don’t score at least one touchdown this weekend I’ll shoot every moderately attractive ho you try to scam on, starting with this one”
Santana, seeing the gravity in Santa’s face, and realizing that his parents named him “Santa”-”na”, vowed to get a touchdown pass. Santa then went to visit Chris Cooley and Clinton Portis, finding them both on the practice field, he approached them both to deliver his warning.
“Clinton and Chris, you two must make touchdown passes or there will be TERRIBLE CONSEQUENCES” Santa said to them both.
“LOOK AT MAH SHORTS! THEY ARE THE TINY!” Yelled Cooley.
“FUCK YO COUCH, COOLEY! LOOK AT THIS HAMBURGER! IT GOT CHEESE!” Yelled Portis.
Santa, realizing that Portis and Cooley had lost their minds quickly gave up. He knew Santana Moss wouldn’t risk losing all that mediocre trim and also knew that he couldn’t kill a hamburger or a pair of short shorts.
The game begins. Zorn knew Santa tried his best to deliver the win, Moss was unbelievably motivated during warm ups, so something was going right. The Bucs pass to Antonio Bryant in the end zone… TOUCHDOWN BUCCANEERS! Zorn begins questioning the deal he made with Santa. Can Santa even give someone a win for Christmas? Can he give someone a win on a random Sunday in October? Mike Nugent connects with a 37 yard field goal! Tampa Bay lead 10-0.
“What the hell? That retard waits until game 4 against us to even make a field goal? Fuck Santa,” Says Zorn with desperation in his voice.
Then the 3rd quarter begins, and so does the Skins scoring drive. First come a field goal, then, a Cooley touch down. With only one catch in the game, and his hos on the line, Moss knows he has to come up with something big. 59 YARD TOUCHDOWN RECEPTION… SANTANA MOSS!!
Zorn knew who to thank for his win, he knew who was responsible for such luck. Santa.
“Zorn, let this be a lesson from Santa. Campbell sucks.”
Loss to the Lions: Poor Coaching or Galactic Conspiracy?
Like many Washington Redskins fans I watched the game on Sunday afternoon. Like many Washington Redskins fans I was left feeling sad, disappointed, and betrayed that my team broke the Detroit Lion’s 19 game losing streak. Surely, I thought, after an offseason where we picked up pro bowl lineman Albert Haynesworth, and drafted defensive end Brian Orakpo from Texas, we would have an unstoppable defense. Surely, I thought, another year for Jim Zorn and another year for Jason Campbell would create a better passing game, a more balanced offense, and more points. To the untrained eye, it appeared that I was wrong about those things.
Let me paint a picture for you: On a small planet, Teegeeack, thousands of hydrogen bombs blast out of volcanoes, billions die in an instant, their souls wandering the planet only to be captured and brainwashed. Sound terrifying, right? It should because Teegeeack is Earth! Not the Earth you and I are familiar with, but Earth as it was during the rule of the Galactic Confederacy 75 million years ago. And this atrocity, committed by the evil ruler Xenu (or Xemu depending on what part of Wikipedia you glance at), cleverly deposed billions of his confederates and, to this day, cause all the horrible afflictions you see today. Luckily, eventually Xenu was overthrown and locked in an electronic mountain prison of sorts.
The universe was peaceful, until, Sunday, one o’clock pm eastern time, Detroit, Michigan. The NFL football game between the Washington Redskins and the Detroit Lions begins. Washington kicks off, Detroit promptly punts, Redskins move the ball down the field 75 yards to the 1 yard line. 4-goal on the 1 yard line, beginning of the game, time to get on the board with a field goal from Shaun Shuisam….. “Go for it” says Coach Zorn.
Go for it? With more than 7 minutes in the first quarter remaining? What is going on here?
FAIL! Turnover on downs at the one yard line! Detroit then drives down the field until, at the Washington 33 yard line, 3rd and 4 yards, Detroit commits a 10 yard penalty! Washington has stopped the drive! Detroit’s only option is a 50 yard field goal…. “Penalty accepted” says Coach Zorn. Matt Stafford runs for 21 yards, 1st down. Matt Stafford passes for 21 yards, TOUCHDOWN DETROIT! 99 yards after the Washington Redskins turn over the ball on downs. Seven to zero, Detroit leads. Xenu laughs, menacingly.
The remainder of the game is Washington, fruitlessly trying to make up for those two insidious mistakes of the first quarter. Those two mistakes that cost them 7 points. I thought to myself, “there is no way a professional like Jim Zorn would make such reckless calls as he did in the first quarter, something fishy must be going on”. It was then I read this from Larry Wiesmann (via DC Sports Blog):
“[Tom] Cruise says his daughter [Suri Cruise] loves the Redskins and always wears the Redskins pajamas the Snyders gave her.”
I like to think this is the innocent face of a beautiful child.
Suri Cruise (from theinsider dot com)
But I know the truth. Tom Cruise was born in Syracuse, NY, not in Washington, which means he would like the Buffalo Bills, the team trounced by the Washington Redskins during the entire 80s and early 90s. Those same Redskins which routinely denied the Bills a super bowl ring. He should, nay, he MUST hate the Redskins with infinite passion. His vengeance runs deep, deeper than the deepest chasm, so much so that he was the perfect vessel of Xenu, the imprisoned galactic ruler.
Tom Cruise, a practicing and enthusiastic Scientologist, knows of Xenu, and made an exchange. He told Xenu “I will force my one daughter to wear the pj’s of my enemy if you will smite the Redskins!” Xenu agreed. It was then that Xenu visited Jim Zorn in his dreams. He gave Coach Zorn an image of the great Clinton Portis ramming through a beleaguered Detroit defensive line. Putting touchdown after touchdown into the end zone. He gave Coach Zorn images of a defense impenetrable by Matt Stafford’s impotent offense, immune to repeated attempts, humiliated on all 3rd and longs. During the first quarter Coach Zorn took these visions to heart, and made the mistake at the goal line, and then again with the mistake on the penalty. He awoke from the daze that he was in, but too late, Xenu had already won.
Cruise PBS
And the Buffalo Bills had finally gotten their revenge.
Note: This is a work of fiction and satire, this isn’t true and isn’t based on fact. Please don’t sue me. I’m looking at you Scientology. Keep those lawyers in your pants. Just a joke, mainly on Buffalo fans.
Sources: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2009/09/time_to_make_a_change_obviousl.html#more
Week 1 Skins v. Gmen Review
Lousy offensive performance. Luckily they got a fake FG to turn into a TD or else the game would not have been close.
I put the blame on Coach Zorn. He did very little to show that he has confidence in J Campbell… Fuck, Randle El threw the skins’ first pass of 2009! And that play was horribly timed and horribly executed.
I don’t think JCam threw the ball until the 2nd possession.
Zorn seemed to be upset with a few of Campbell’s decisions (read INT’s) but I put that blame on the this so called QB Coach Genious Jim Zorn, not even the QB coach who Zorn also seemed to be pissed at.
When Campbell was throwing the ball on a regular basis and able to get in a rhythm, he looked good and the skins moved the ball with ease.
Some could say that Portis had a good game, but I disagree. You take away that 34 yard run and he averaged about 2 yards a carry.
Again, I put that blame on Zorn… Just horrible play calling. The skins seem to run the ball to the left side every other play. Very few draw plays, just simply run to the left, get 2 yards, play over. PATHETIC.
Zorn needs to get a lot more creative with the offense, and that does NOT mean more “trick” plays. Has he seen the Patriots play? They do Draw & Play Action plays all of the time, you never know what they are going to do. With the skins it’s, run to the left, short pass or screen pass… repeated about 15 times.
Defensively the skins looked OK, but not great. Hall sucked, bad tackling and bad schemes were to blame. I don’t know exactly what “schemes” would have been better, but Eli was way to comfortable back there and he never had trouble finding an open receiver.
The skins struggled to tackle, and/or push a player out of bounds!
And Hall lived up to what we have come to expect when the skins blow their load on an unproven player… How can anyone justify all of that money they gave him! He can’t cover, he can’t tackle, I guess he can catch the ball better than the average DB, YIPPEE!!!!
I did like Fat Albert’s performance. I don’t think we can complain about his effort and/or production yet. Just please stay healthy! I think the entire DC area shit themselves when he was slow to get up that one time.
Orakpo seemed invisible, but I don’t expect anything for his first game in the NLF against one of the best o-lines in the NFL.
I underestimated the Giants too (here). They do have the highest paid QB in the game and he looks like he deserves the money. Great o-line and great defensive line and linebackers. Even with an “injury plaugued” backfeild they seemed to shut the Skin’s WR’s down.
Skins Lines and Peterson’s Picks
Ravens +3: San Diego is good, but, they’re not that good. Ravens have a revamped passing game even though Derrick Mason is closer to 40 than 30 and Flacco seems more inclined to throw it opening up the field for one of their many great RBs
