Redskins Red Zone Review at the BYE

by Kevin Ewoldt on Nov 2, 2009 10:02 AM EST in Redskins Analysis

Sooo, how was everyone's week off? As the Redskins get back to practicing today, motivation has to be at an all time low. It's about at this time we start hearing all the interviews from Redskins Park. "I'm still motivated, after all it's a job."

It's safe to say that the Redskins will look quite different next year. Chris Samuels, an anchor on the left side and the longest tenured Redskin will be gone, and Jim Zorn and Sherman Smith are likely to see pink slips. It would be surprising to me if Blache stuck around given everything he's been through this season as well.

Coming off a much needed break from all the negativity, the Redskins face a tough opponent with a trip down to visit the red hot Falcons. With Zorn getting two weeks to prepare, I still don't feel much better for the Skins chances in pulling an upset. We'll post a game thread tonight so we can follow the action and discuss how to best match-up with Atlanta.

Even though the Skins went 2-3 in the red zone against the Giants and Eagles, two of them (one in each game) were late TDs when the game was already out of reach. Either way though, it's a glimmer of hope that they can punch it in.

Redskins Red Zone Statistics 2009
	*Redskins Offense*	*Opponent's Offense*
*@Giants*	2-3	0-3
*Rams*	0-5	1-3
*@Lions*	1-2	1-3
*Buccaneers*	1-3	1-1
*@Panthers*	2-3	2-3
*Chiefs*	0-1	0-2
*Eagles*	2-3	0-0
Total	8-20	5-15

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I wouldn't call the Falcons red hot

They are coming off an ass-whooping by Dallas and a not all that impressive win against the Bears. I’ll be scouting them tonight, but I don’t see them bothering the Saints too much. So they’ll likely be looking to break a two game losing streak when we head down there.

Their offense isn’t too flashy, but they have a pretty strong defense. It would be a very quality win for the Redskins.

by Boo. on Nov 2, 2009 11:37 AM EST reply actions

yea...

Red hot wasn’t the best choice of words..ATL is averaging 24 points a game though…

by Kevin Ewoldt on Nov 2, 2009 12:54 PM EST up reply actions

Sam Baker

This is the LT that the Falcons drafted with our first round pick in 2008 when we traded back. I have not heard if he is any good, but he does start and at least last year they ran the ball well. I’m going to watch him tonight, but I know I will be pissed off.

by liger99 on Nov 2, 2009 1:31 PM EST reply actions

he's good. he's been a starter from day 1.

he should be on our team.

"By far the worst performers on the team are in the front office." – Sally Jenkins

by smutsboy1 on Nov 2, 2009 1:51 PM EST up reply actions

ATL's pass-protection is one of the best in the league.

They’ve only given up 6 sacks all year….tied 2nd best in the NFL.

by Kevin Ewoldt on Nov 2, 2009 2:33 PM EST up reply actions

That seems to be the case and the numbers surely support that. I’m sure it helps to have Tony g there for the dump-offs. The only concern is that they fell behind in the Dallas game and gave up four of the six sacks. They could get behind in this game, so we will be able to see if the DAL game was just an anomaly.

by liger99 on Nov 2, 2009 4:13 PM EST up reply actions

Tie that in with Oher

having an excellent 1st season with Baltimore and….oooohhh….another one to the nutsack.

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

by Scott E on Nov 2, 2009 4:01 PM EST reply actions

yeah

Oher would have been nice to get. I’m not sure if we should have gone with him over Orakpo tho. I think the key thing to note here is that ATL and BAL both traded up to the mid-late first round (#21 and #23 pick) to get a starting quality tackle. Scouting/Combine have really advanced to a point were tackle is a safe first round pick (Gallery did not work out too well, but that was the Raiders). There were questions on Loadholt this year and he fell to the second round and he has been paying, but getting bad reviews. I guess my point is that we better get a tackle with our first pick this year b/c it is going to be difficult to get a tackle with our second round pick.

by liger99 on Nov 2, 2009 4:33 PM EST up reply actions

Just imagine

If the skins had drafted Oher we would be so Hollywood right now.

by Boo. on Nov 2, 2009 6:42 PM EST up reply actions

Imagine this:

If the Skins had traded back and got 2 picks, one that we used to pick Oher later in the 1st. And the 2nd pick we used to select Maualuga early in the 2nd…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvIX3S0f-2c&feature=player_embedded

by VA_Skin on Nov 2, 2009 8:14 PM EST up reply actions