Redskins undefeated on 14-6 win over Titans

by Skin Patrol on Aug 13, 2007 9:46 AM EDT in Redskins Recaps

Thanks largely to some fourth quarter heroics Your Washington Redskins bested a Vince Youngless Titans on Sunday. I'll do my best to recap the reaction to the win though would caution reader(s) from reading too much into it; this was just the first preseason game. If I were to take one thing from the game it is the money quote from Marcus Washington, who adequately sums up my feelings on the game:

"Winning is a habit," Marcus Washington said. "We want to start off the season with a good habit. We did it tonight. We got a win. It feels good. We're going to enjoy it."

Winning is habitual and best accomplished through practice. As we found out last year, the preseason, which I frequently chided as a meaningless endeavor (because we were losing) turned out to be predictive of our regular season performance. Hopefully a team that performs differently in the preseason -- through winning -- will carry that into the regular season.

Curly R is excited then sadface then happy again over the outcome of the game, tracking well my own feelings on it. We didn't do a very good job protecting Jason Campbell, who fumbled on consecutive drives due to protection breakdowns (though we recovered one).

What went right? The backups played to win and did. Finally, football. Finally, LaRon Landry. I don't know how TexSkins is going to handle the news, but Todd Collins looked like a quarterback... for five passes. Still, paint me impressed.

One of the worst defenses in the league last year held their opponents to the least amount of points this week, though we'll wonder how much of that was due to an absence of Vince Young. Run defense was stout, holding the Titans to just 2.5 YPC.

Was this a parenthetical win? No. You hold an opponent to 6 points without winning the turnover battle, and you deserve a win in the National Football League. You open the fourth quarter within a touchdown of the lead and good things will happen.

Other thoughts: Are Shaun Suisham's days numbered on a botched field goal? We should see Clinton Portis in a preseason game. 100% of Redskins points were scored by local talent. This glass ain't half full. The defense is back. Ok ok, it wasn't that exciting.

Finally, this is the greatest thing to happen to Redskins blogging in a while: Post Game Heroes breaks down the Redskins offensive line, and I mean breaks it down. Every single play is charted with additional holistic commentary. If you read nothing else about the game, go check out Post Game Heroes (hat tip to Dagger for alerting me to this) and give Dillweed a hollar for his effort here -- and tell him we want this every week.

Hogs Haven happily applauds the return of football and congratulates Your Washington Redskins on their 14-6 win over the Titans.

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Game was boring until last 2 minutes

however some things we are all concerned over looked good.

Run D was actually great and that will help beyond what we know especially if the O is going to struggle at all.

First Team O needs to get more reps. Line struggled but I'll give it a pass because Samuels had a rookie starting in his place and Wade needs just a little time to adjust to guard. If its not straightened out by 4th preseason then we should be concerned.

Pass D looked.....well, the same as last year but lets give them a little time to see also with springs being healthy and Landry back there, who also looked like he could step right into that position.

Looks like Fletcher is going to be our mvp on D, that guy is all over the field.

And I hate to say it but Collins will most likely be kept after that performance against what.... 3rd string noticeably.

by Sincethebeginning @ Hogs Haven on Aug 13, 2007 12:34 PM EDT reply actions

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by TexSkins on Aug 13, 2007 6:50 PM EDT up reply actions

On a more serious note...

the PostGameHeroes article is bad-freaking-ass. I could see taking it a step further and charting all the O-Line's points for the whole year to see who actually ends up with the best score (based on the initial scores, it might be a negative number.)

Washington (and a piggy-backing SP) are right about the effects of "getting in the habit" of winning, though I would still rather see the team play well and improve and go 2-2 than see poor play that results in a 4-0. The pre-season is the exact opposite from the regular season: good play and improvements matter more than wins and losses.

In any case... a good start to the year. No "major" injuries, players getting their feet wet and a victory. All in all a good day.

by TexSkins on Aug 13, 2007 7:00 PM EDT reply actions

REEEEAAAAAALLLLLYYYY!!!!

by Sincethebeginning @ Hogs Haven on Aug 13, 2007 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm going to be

at a computer watching much more of the 2007 games on some kind of recordable than I was last year, so I'll try and do my part to contribute to the greater play-recording mission for the Redskins upcoming season. I was thrilled to see the guys at Post Game Heroes run that stuff and will do my best to encourage them in the future.

Go Register. Or else.

by Skin Patrol on Aug 14, 2007 9:50 AM EDT up reply actions