Redskins’ Week One Loss Doesn't Matter? I think It Does!

A team which is 6-2 has a 75% chance to make the playoffs, not the Redskins
and a single game loss is not going to end the season using pretty statistics either.
My concern will ratchet up if the Redskins do not play the Rams very well, it should not be a close game and the Redskins should approaching doing something they have not done in a very very long time which is score over 30 points. Otherwise, I’m moving over to the “spilled pitcher”

The argument that he should have stepped up looks very flawed. He’s in the motion of throwing the ball, with a decent pocket around him, and no way of knowing that Osi’s 7 foot reach are going to make a highlight reel play on the ball.

Kenny, your optimism is great, but take a look back at your “Friday Night Mights” post. I mean, I want all this to be true, and I will always be going to the games…but hasn’t the last few years given me the right to vent every now and then?

The Redskins to me are like my divorced dad who says he’ll come to my soccer games and then never does. All that time I spent in training camp, I was telling people 10-6…boasting about Kelly and Thomas…then that week 1 offense plan comes out.

All I know is I’m going to my first game this year since the Jags OT game in ‘07, so I’ll be drinking plenty burgundy and gold Cooley-Aid and Vodka. Finally have some money since recovering from my college years! Will be my girlfriends first FedEx experience too (Don’t worry Kevin you can take a picture).

ar ea bunch of pessimistic pansies. I love listening to them, but they are no good for getting actual unbiased sports opinion/info. EB is a homer, Lurch is a 49er fan, Cakes is fairweather, and JP HATES the Redskins. The problem is, JP can never be wrong, and he keeps the argument going until the other person (usually EB) gives up. As far as the Redskins go, the person who comes to mind when I think about JP is La Canfora.

Ok with your statement re: who’s a starter, nickleback, etc.

We (well I’m) not using a bad game defense. As I’ve said, our D played pretty well for being on the field as long as they had to be. Disagree on the “non-facemask” call on Eli. Our guy had him by the jersey (but it was close and the rum was flowing).

Agree on the Moss incident. Should have been a pers. foul on us. Although he kinda made up for it by losing his helmet and letting himself be jammed into the turf. I would have yanked him then. Spidy clearly got into his head and he’s pretty much useless after that.

about injuries. They hit every team. Don’t care about missed calls. They happen every game. With the Moss/Webster fracas, this is nothing new. Players get into scuffles all the time, and it’s always the guy who retaliates that gets caught. Since this one covered half the field, and Moss got gang tackled by half your team, it’s obvious they were gonna call a double. But, no, Moss did not “hit the guy 6 times in the head provoking him.” They were hitting each other.

Facemask on Eli’s fumble, pass interference on Webster’s INT. (No, you can’t go through a guy to catch the ball) Again, missed calls happen. Do you REALLY wanna go back and add up missed calls for every game? The bottom line is, you guys won that day. More or less dominated us. Which you should have. Division champs, at home, 1st game, etc, etc, etc. You were supposed to beat us. Maybe you guys showed opening game jitters, but we were just plain bad. And, with all that said, we till had a shot at the end of the game. I can take that, and know that we can get better, and keep my warm, fuzzy feeling for the season going at least another week.

Now, as for the “late hits.” Landry hit was late, and we all know why he did it. But tell me why Jacobs saw him coming and quickly stepped out of bounds?

Oh, and what’s “flamming”?

As well as the fact that there’s clearly was a facemask on eli’s fumble, not called.

For the hundredth time, that wasn’t a friggin’ face mask. Look at it again and you will see it was 90% jersey with maybe one finger on Eli’s face mask. That fits within the new rules regarding face masks and that’s why it was not called.

I think your point on the Moss altercation is completely bias. Moss might have started it by blocking/jabbing him in the facemask but I’m pretty sure the penalty should go against the Giants after Webster ripped off his helmet and then planted him on the ground. He should have been ejected imo. Point is moot anyways since we punted the next play.

Also, no one here has said the Redskins were a better team, simply that we had a chance to steal this game and that’s pretty accurate. I think if it weren’t for all the circus catches on 3rd and long, Skins win, so once again I disagree that your team played poorly. That is probably the best your wr’s will play all year. Good luck sir.

Yea it really felt like no one on the offensive side of the ball had any faith in the game plan, including Zorn. I was so disappointed to see the screen pass to Moss when we finally got in the redzone. When you haven’t shown that your playbook is any more expansive than it was last year, then proceed to run the play that every team knows is your go-to, its not going to work.

I hate to be bashing Zorn so much, especially after giving Kevin crap for it, but I just think that if he called a more aggressive and straightforward game, instead of the same slow developing trick plays that we ran last year, the offense would have responded with more intensity and more confidence. Even if you run the plays and they don’t succeed, it still lets the offense get a little more comfortable. We saw this towards the end of the first half and in the second half.

but still, injuries have hit the Eagles so hard this year. Their fans were so high on the OL, too.

Stacy Andrews is who they signed at guard from cincy. Shawn Andrews is the one out, I keep getting them mixed up…looks like they are going to sign runyan now? I was hoping we would sign him.

redskins will probably go 1-1 against giants, get swept by eagles, and sweep dallas

a Va_Skin sponsored petition for Marcus Mason??

except on the first run of the game. just my humble opinion