Ryan Kerrigan Helps Us Forget Carlos Rogers
by Kevin Ewoldt on Sep 12, 2011 8:06 AM EDT
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PrintI'll make this pretty short and sweet. There were a lot of games over the past few years that should have gone the Redskins way. For example, the TWO dropped interceptions vs the Colts last season by Rogers. There was the same story in our loss to Pittsburgh in 2008. Regardless, turnovers are momentum turners and for years the Redskins have failed to take what is given to them...until yesterday. On the Giants first drive in the second half, with the game tied at 14, Kerrigan bats and catches Eli Manning's third and long pass for a TD. The Giants downwawrd spiral starts from there. Clearly, a big hole from last year at OLB has been filled.
Also, congratulations to Chris Cooley, who's three catches moved him past Jerry Smith as the Redskins' all-time leader in catches by a tight end (423).
Game stats after the jump....
Comparison
| NYG | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Downs | 15 | 22 |
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Passing 1st downs
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10 | 18 |
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Rushing 1st downs
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5 | 3 |
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1st downs from Penalties
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0 | 1 |
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3rd down efficiency
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1-10 | 5-14 |
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4th down efficiency
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0-1 | 1-1 |
| Total Plays | 56 | 64 |
| Total Yards | 315 | 332 |
| Passing | 240 | 258 |
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Comp-Att
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18-32 | 21-34 |
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Yards per pass
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7.5 | 7.6 |
| Rushing | 75 | 74 |
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Rushing Attempts
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20 | 26 |
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Yards per rush
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3.8 | 2.8 |
| Red Zone (Made-Att) | 2-3 | 3-4 |
| Penalties | 8-63 | 3-25 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 1 |
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Fumbles lost
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0 | 1 |
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Interceptions thrown
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1 | 0 |
| Defensive / Special Teams TDs | 0 | 1 |
| Possession | 27:24 | 32:36 |
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My only issue is that it seemed the Giants always had pressure on Grossman
We SOMETIMES pressured Manning (and when we did, we were very effective on those plays; some of them, even beyond the Tip/Int/TD by Kerrigan, were momentum changers) but we were inconsistent in getting there. On the other side, even depleted, it felt like the Giants were constantly knocking down Grossman (and in fairness, at least two marginal roughing the passer calls could have been called; one was pure judgement, the other it SHOULD have been called, but you could argue both ways) but the fact that the Giants put so much pressure on Rex has me worried. If this had been the Giants WITH Tuck, WITH Osi, ok; that’s one of the best DLines in the league. But this wasn’t. That has me worried about our OLine going forward, when we run into Philly and such.
Other than that Debbie Downer, GREAT JOB by the Redskins. I realize that the arguements being made by the Giants are “We lost the game”…. but I saw a team that from top to bottom is improved over last year, has a better attitude, and is even better coached. Yesterday, the better team WON that game.
And hey, Bad Rex showed up…. and then promptly went away… progress there, too!
No Danny, Nooooooo - Tom Landry, 1982., and Washington Redskins fans, 1999-
I think that D-line is still pretty damn good
JPP is going to be a good one for a long time. What it really comes down to is that you have to beat the 11 guys lined up across from you. It’s great to see us do that.
Yea the oline resembled the 2009 one. I need to watch the game again. I remember one play where Lichtensteiger was on the ground behind Grossman.
"It's a dog eat dog world, and I'm wearing Milkbone underwear." - Norm Peterson
by Kevin Ewoldt on Sep 12, 2011 8:33 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Trent was maddeningly
inconsistent. He’d be brilliant for a few plays, then he’d be Heyer for a few plays.
sad to say he wasn't nearly as bad as Brown
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by Steve Shoup on Sep 12, 2011 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Great game
It’s been so long since we’ve seen all these things go in our favor:
-INT return for TD
-Blocked kick
-Stop on 4th down
-D holding them to 1for 10 on 3rd down
-TOP
HTTR!
Hopefully our 3rd down percentage looks better next week
5-14 is still pretty brutal. Luckily we got some conversions when it counted.
The defense did an incredible job adjusting for the 2nd half
Can’t wait till we get Landry back on the field.
"If a man speaks and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong???"
by ThuGodfather on Sep 12, 2011 8:41 AM EDT up reply actions
Me too.
On that play where the Giants were deep in their own territory and Eli hit the TE for ~40 yards, all I was thinking was that Landry would’ve either A) covered enough ground to make the pick or B) destroyed the TE causing an incompletion.
While I felt pretty good about Doughty’s overall performance, that play really stood out as one where Landry’s athleticism would’ve resulted in a huge play for the Skins.
Anybody else see the hold on Orakpo
on the giants only 3rd down conversion, it resembled the Bucs one from last year…also wasn’t called
I was cussing up a storm when that happened
couldn’t believe it, then again I could…
"If a man speaks and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong???"
by ThuGodfather on Sep 12, 2011 9:31 AM EDT up reply actions
I really think Orkapo
needs to take more inside moves, to get the qb. I usually watch him or Kerrigan on a given play and it seems like Kerrigan has more in his arsenal Orakpo always goes outside and gets held.
"If a man speaks and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong???"
by ThuGodfather on Sep 12, 2011 9:59 AM EDT up reply actions
I was at the game, Orakpo was held on multiple plays...
and no flags were thrown. I just think Orakpo isn’t getting the respect from the refs the way DeMarcus Ware would. There were a few plays where he was basically in a head lock and the play continued. I got home from the game late last night, but plan on watching it again on the old tivo. Maybe I missed something, but there seemed to be quite a few missed calls….shouldn’t there have been a defenseless receiver flag thrown on one of those mid range passes over the middle (i think Davis caught it)?
you know what the difference is?
Ware can fight through that better than Rak, sure he should get more calls than he does but no official is calling holding every time it happens. He needs to develop some more moves or he will never progress to being an elite rusher.
and true winners...
don’t waste time talking smack after the game is over……..unless we are talking about the Cowboys, I still talk shit going back to games that took place 30 years ago.
"Please don't dominate the rap, Jack, if you got nothin' new to say."-Robert Hunter
it needs to be said, though
that I know losers whine because I’ve been in that column for far too long.
Also I’ve found that every time I talk smack before the game I doom my team to failure, so a little tasteful gloating is nice every now and then.
Suspend Colin Campbell!
2.8 Yards Per Rush is unacceptable
The o-line really needs to get their shit together in both run blocking and pass protection or we’ll have some real ugly games.
"If a man speaks and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong???"
by ThuGodfather on Sep 12, 2011 8:40 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Indeed
I believe Rex should throw as many attempts over 30 + pass attempts. The skins have to do a better job establishing the run game.
A win is always nice, but the more tweeking to get this team going, I’m sure Shanny will bring this team up to speed!
Correction
Rex should not toss 30+ pass attempts, but you’re correct that was the game plan the skins came out on top.
I’m sure Kyle S. understand that Rex isn’t Schaub!
The Giants have a very good defensive team. While the Skins rushing yardage for the game was only 74 yards, the
passing yardage was 258. The score of 28-14 does not seem like a defensive game, the Giants 75 yards rushing was not that great either. The Team did win the time of possession battle with 32 minutes. EXPECT THE RUN GAME TO DO BETTER
AGAINST MOST OF THEIR OTHER OPPONENTS> CAP KEY IS LOCKED>
by Jefferson1935 on Sep 12, 2011 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I actually didn't cringe
everytime the ball left Grossman’s hand towards the end of the game. I was impressed with the execution of the last few drives, getting a first down on almost every play. I was still not impressed by the play calling or run blocking. Aside from the long run Hightower got 5 yards every third rush, the other 2 he got nothing. I was glad when they ran him twice towards the end as we had to run down the clock, but was getting frustrated when we were up 2 TDs and we throw on first down incomplete, throw on 2nd down for a sack and then end up having a 3 and out only using up less than 30 seconds.
We’ll see in the coming weeks if our throwing success was due to the giants’ depleted secondary and if our failures running were due to a good giants’ D-Line.
Not sure how a D-lineman(linebacker) getting an interception helps us forget Mr. Stonehands since rogers was a CB. Our secondary was OK, nothing great just yet.
Suspend Colin Campbell!
i STRONGLY disagree about the playcalling being poor
…in fact, i felt like this was one of the better offensive play calling days for the redskins in the last 5+ years
Hail to 'Em
by SkinsaneAsylum on Sep 12, 2011 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions
you’d have disagreed if there were more drops. Lucky for us our receivers were up to the task for the most part and Grossman was on his game.
Look at the second half after we got the lead, they ran about twice before giving up on it and started getting pass happy. the second touchdown they started running it more.
If we’d dropped the ball or thrown short or given up a sack once more we probably would have lost the game and all the fingers would have been pointed at Kyle Shanny for being pass happy. The only reason you think it was good is that they executed on the passing plays.
I’m not being negative, just pointing out a concern.
Suspend Colin Campbell!
In the middle of a football game
you should know what’s working well and what isn’t, and you do less of what isn’t and more of what is. The running game wasn’t working and the passing game was. It’s pretty simple to be honest.
Except that it's not
If it were that simple we’d have run the ball down so many team’s throats to win games even last year. How many times last year did they get pass happy when the running game was gashing the other team?
Not to mention there’s two teams out there. It was clear that the Giants were stacked against the run for most of the game…when the realized we weren’t running the ball they could have adjusted also and made some plays on defense.
What’s simple is this: you throw the ball to score, you run the ball to win. Throwing the ball moves you down the field quickly and takes less time off the clock. It’s easier to get out of bounds and any dropped balls stop the clock. Running the ball drains the clock, sucks out any momentum your opponent may have and allows you to finish the game. I would have been happier if they’d ran the ball twice taking 3 minutes off the clock then doing play action on third down to get the first down. If they didn’t get the first down you’ve put yourself in a better position to win. Instead we had a couple of drives that took less than 30 seconds that could have cost us the game if our defense let up at all. FORTUNATELY, they were able to execute on all three phases of the game when it counted and we won…Execution is the only difference between this team and last years team. If they shore up another quality, “Consistency” we’ll have a good team on our hands. Unfortunately we’ll have to wait at least 4 games before we can have an idea if we’re consistent or if the Giants aren’t the team we wanted them to be.
Don’t get me wrong! I’m ecstatic we won. I’m ecstatic even more about the way we won (2 td’s and we didn’t need any fluke plays to ice it). But Temperance is what I’m preaching.
Suspend Colin Campbell!
I like the effort!
It was exactly how I expected. A hard fought game, lots of players struggling in both sides of the ball, but overall, a team effort gets a huge win.
Lots of good stuff to talk about, but I’ll say this: for the first time in years, we’ve made serious halftime adjustments on the defense. Haslett pretty much fixed the defensive problems against the running game, and then it was PURE domination. I was caught remembering Greg Williams’ days in DC.
Next draft we need to continue to bolster this defense. We got a chance to have a top 5 D# if we get a shutdown corner and a physical ILB.
So happy, really.
Congrats
Solid win for you guys. You guys outplayed the GMen and deserved the W.
FedEx did a pretty good job with the festivities and the crowd was intense (sans the guys in the Orakpo jersey sitting infront of me that waved his hands like a fairy). Also, I was pretty pissed there was no fly over.
See you in 14 weeks…
"Winning is the most important thing in my life, after breathing. Breathing first, winning next."
by Larry Soprano on Sep 12, 2011 8:53 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Class Act
Read your comments last week. I am having to change my opinion of Giants fans. See you in 14 weeks in Jersey, hopefully we’ll be playing for the East.
by WestCoastHokie on Sep 12, 2011 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Thanks
You guys are heading in the right direction, which is a good thing for the East. It should be a tight race this year, but don’t forget that its a marathon.
One other thing, I got a real chuckle from one of your fans’ T-shirts at the game that read: “Have you even been to Dallas?” Well played, well played.
"Winning is the most important thing in my life, after breathing. Breathing first, winning next."
by Larry Soprano on Sep 12, 2011 5:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Congatulations to...
CAPTAAAAAAAIIIN CHAAAAAOOOOSSS Chris Cooley.
Look out tho! If we re-sign Fred Davis(which we damn well better) that record might not stand too long.
by PAinfUL on Sep 12, 2011 9:02 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
That was actually the thing that impressed me most on Kerrigan’s TAINT – Hall was in great position to make a play on Nicks had that pass actually been completed.
by l.pensinger on Sep 12, 2011 10:00 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Touchdown After INTerception. My absolute most favorite dirty football word!
by l.pensinger on Sep 12, 2011 10:03 AM EDT up reply actions
Not bad
The O-line play definitely needs to get better but then what else is new.
I was most impressed by the halftime adjustments on D.
I know this is kinda random but who is excited for nield? I mean if he becomes a good NT at the nfl level the Dline would be awsome. NT: nield DE: coefield,bowen,JJ,Carricker. I know it was only after one game but everyone can have their dreams. I just hope he develops. But right now Im deff in the nield fan club.
not random at all
Nield had an excellent game.
by brazilianbeast on Sep 12, 2011 9:27 AM EDT up reply actions
I was very excited to see that in the box score.
Even if I didn’t notice so much during the game. Hard to believe that someone people thought should be on the practice squad is a league leader in sacks.
He has half as many sacks as Mario Williams did his first season (and as a 7th round selection no less).
Here’s for building through the Draft. And never discount those 7th rounders again!!!
In the long run men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.
Walden
by matthiasstephan on Sep 12, 2011 9:40 AM EDT up reply actions
Let's see how many sacks Fat Al gets tonight. :-)
"If a man speaks and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong???"
by ThuGodfather on Sep 12, 2011 9:47 AM EDT up reply actions
I'd rather watch him play and see him do his "beached whale" move.
"If a man speaks and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong???"
by ThuGodfather on Sep 12, 2011 9:50 AM EDT up reply actions
Which is better for the season opener though?
I imagine we’ll see a lot of it all this season. Maybe he plays and does the beached whale thing for the first game. He then gets so upset by the criticism that he honeymoon is instantly over and he finds an excuse not to play next week.
Whatever happens, it'll be fun to watch it happen to the Pats.
"If a man speaks and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong???"
by ThuGodfather on Sep 12, 2011 10:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Start laughing....
Big Al has a tummy ache and is not playing
Hail to 'Em
by SkinsaneAsylum on Sep 12, 2011 10:26 AM EDT up reply actions
awesome
"If a man speaks and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong???"
by ThuGodfather on Sep 12, 2011 10:53 AM EDT up reply actions
Great Game!
this was a game the skins definitely needed……was it pretty at all times?…..no. but what we have to look at, is this is a division game. yes the giants were banged up, but what i’m looking at, is the redskins beat a team that they were suppose to beat. yes it will be different when we play them again, so let’s not be too judgemental. take the win, and let’s get ready for the cardinals next week! imma love watching sportscenter this week!
Suspect tackler, liability in coverage, decent special teams player….he’d be worth $40MIL in San Diego.
I actually think he’s as good as Weddle if not a bit better. He’s a high effort guy and fills in fairly well, but yeah he’s not starter material.
by It's Always Sunny in DC on Sep 12, 2011 2:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Weddle is over-paid, but extremely good.
"By far the worst performers on the (Redskins) are in the front office." – Sally Jenkins
its a crazy world
beating the giants, just can’t even remember the last time it happened. that’s a GREAT win right there.
Besides coming out flat, and watching our o line get abused, I think the team showed a great fighting spirit. Especially coming back and getting the ball game tied up before the half.
It was great to see them score 28 points hahaha, that just hasn’t happened very often. Here’s hoping we can keep that going against the cards.
The Beat Box aka skins secondary.
i called this in the preseason...
i knew he would go back the kicker he was last year where we have to hold our breathe anything over 25 yards. was hoping we got a new kicker this year:(
by munson21502 on Sep 12, 2011 10:14 AM EDT up reply actions
Terrific game - seemed the defense adjusted nicely
Hightower only averaged 2.1 yds/carry – no real running game – but one guy was saying that he ran so hard and dangerous that the Giants could not ignore him – so the running served its purpose of opening up the passing game. The Giants played a lousy game – maybe the injuries, but Coughlin has a big job ahead of him.
I think
Coughlins problem is, he became content with his team, the great teams are constantly churning their roster making them better adding depth and youth…he hasn’t done much in recent years to bring in new people.
Coughlin isn't the GM
"By far the worst performers on the (Redskins) are in the front office." – Sally Jenkins
donnio1234,
yes thats what i thought would happen when i gave my 31 to 10 score in the free chance at skins tickets… giants d line is better then most teams will will play this year even hurt…. so other teams will also have to worry about the running game and make rex beat them.. what they dont know is our wrs are the best we had in years.. so we are gonna be scoring alot more then people think:)
by munson21502 on Sep 12, 2011 10:10 AM EDT up reply actions
Thats not an issue
that is actually slightly above the average line for home teams int he NFL. Also, the cardinals are not exaclty creme puffs anymore. like the 1.5 pt favoriate plus the home 3 pts.
Hail to 'Em
by SkinsaneAsylum on Sep 12, 2011 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions
one whole win!
"By far the worst performers on the (Redskins) are in the front office." – Sally Jenkins
who cares?
I’d rather be an underdog the whole season and win than be favored and lose.
Suspend Colin Campbell!
still dont like the 3-4
to easy for big plays against us. and their TE was killing us when ryan was covering him. ryans needs to be a on 4-3 line same with Orakpo. they just cant cover rbs or TEs which is gonna get us killed down the road….
Its easy for big plays to go agaisnt 4-3
Correct me if Im wrong but the redskins had more big plays against the giants and the giants run a 4-3. The saints gave up more big plays against the packers. So its not the 3-4 fault and ryan and orakpo only dropped back into covererage maybe 10% of all the snaps.
Their TE had one big play and it was not on Kerrigan, it was on Doughty
Hail to 'Em
by SkinsaneAsylum on Sep 12, 2011 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions
Kerrigan got out played by their TE early in the game on one play.
"If a man speaks and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong???"
by ThuGodfather on Sep 12, 2011 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions
I would say he allowed the TE to get a step on him for a 5yd pass on an out....
but i think “outplayed” is the wrong word. In fact, Kerrigan = 1TD catch….NYs TE = 0 TD catches….
Kerrigan outplayed the TE by a mile and then some
Hail to 'Em
by SkinsaneAsylum on Sep 12, 2011 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions
No, he got outplayed/outrun by the TE for 12-15 yard gain to the left.
"If a man speaks and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong???"
by ThuGodfather on Sep 12, 2011 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions
which is exactly what you would expect out of a rookie in his first game transitioning to OLB
if it keeps happening, we have an issue. its safe to say Kerrigan outplayed a large majority of the NYG team, not just the TE he allowed to catch one pass
Hail to 'Em
by SkinsaneAsylum on Sep 12, 2011 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm not upset with Kerrigan's performance in the least
I’m simply clarifying that he did get outplayed by their TE on ONE PLAY. That is all.
"If a man speaks and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong???"
by ThuGodfather on Sep 12, 2011 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions
fair enough, haha
i will agree with you on that
Hail to 'Em
by SkinsaneAsylum on Sep 12, 2011 10:48 AM EDT up reply actions
Real concern about the o line
Defense was great! However, and i hate to be a “the cup is half empty” guy, but I was really concerned about the o-line’s performance. I completely agree with above comment that Grossman was under pressure all the time and we could not get a running game going. I did not expect the middle of the line to perform that well this season, but was shocked at thow easily T Williams seemed to be beaten so many times during the game.
My observations...
1. Trent Williams injured his right knee on the first Pierre-Paul sack. After that PP owned him. Watch the video..his knee buckled and he went down.
2. Doughty is a liability. We would have been better off with Gomes in there.
3. Hightower looked tentative on a lot of his runs. The oline blocking left a lot to be desired. Certainly had no resemblance to the oline we saw in preseason.
4. Rex looked pretty good after he settled down. First two series sucked though.
5. Fred Davis was a beast. Can’t believe the Giants didn’t bother to cover him. Rolle may deny he hit him helmet first but the video is clear. FD is sitting on his but as Rolle clocks him from behind.
6. No sacks from Rak. They’re still holding him and we’re still not getting calls.
7. Lastly the Kerrigan INT/TD was a great play for a guy his size.
Crazy prediction
Kerrigan gets as many as or more sacks than orakpo…you heard it hear first unless someone already said it haha
I just think he will because the left tackle is usually the best lineman so orakpo will have a harder time than kerrigan
That and being held or not
Orakpo still can’t get off blocks consistently
Ya it seems like he needs to add more to his arsenal of moves or just attack the lineman differently
good point
i just am not seeing that next step in pass rushing progression from Orakpo yet…he is predictable and only has one or two moves. its almost like the refs are now refusing to call that play a hold on the OL or somthing.
i also read an article where Orakpo basically poo-pooed the idea that he needs to work on new / diverse pass rushing moves….not the attitude I was hoping for from him.
lets see if this persists before we pile on too much on our best D player
Hail to 'Em
by SkinsaneAsylum on Sep 12, 2011 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions
Just looked like a sprain but it definitely made a difference
He didn’t have much trouble in the first half in pass pro but the run blocking was poor all along the line.
I was wondering about that
Has anyone said anything about his knee? I noticed he was slow getting up afterwards but no one said anything on tv about it and I haven’t read anything.
The Beat Box aka skins secondary.
I hope Trent’s knee is alright, I didn’t see that yesterday. I’m sure he’ll be fine if he played the rest of the game
Orakpo actually got injured earlier in the game but came back. Might have a sprained ankle or something?
I trust Doughty over Gomes as of right now, Reed’s catching a lot of flak for his play yesterday but he’s a smart backup, not the most athletic but he can get the job done in spot duty.
Yeah Trent looked like something got hurt which scares me a bit.
I thought that the whole offense looked like they were playing way too frantic on the first few series and then they settled down pretty well.
by It's Always Sunny in DC on Sep 12, 2011 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions
just hope we dont get to high after this game
it was a big win.. but they need to stay grounded and focus on the cards starting today and not overlook to the cowboys game.
Hankerson
anyone else think its weird Paul suited up and Hankerson didn’t. I just hope he doesn’t get buried on the depth chart to never return.
Paul plays teams, Hank doesn't
neither were likely to get snaps at WR so Paul had the edge.
I remember seeing Paul out there as a WR for one play.
"If a man speaks and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong???"
by ThuGodfather on Sep 12, 2011 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions
run play?
Hes also a much better blocker than Hank.
Don't remember what the exact call was
just remember seeing his jersey in the huddle
"If a man speaks and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong???"
by ThuGodfather on Sep 12, 2011 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions
Saw that too.
As soon as I saw his number I told the wife it would be a running play. Sure enough, it was an outside zone right. Paul was split left.
I'm sure it will be a while before we see Hank or Paul making contributions in the passing game
They’re both mid to late round picks who had hardly any time with the team due to the lockout.
Other than because of injuries I doubt we see either of them making much impact this year.
I think we just need to remember they were always going to be projects
Hank has all the physical tools to be a first rounder but lapses in concentration saw him drop down a lot.
We have a pretty solid top 3 at the moment so it will be hard for them to crack the lineup anytime soon.
They just need to grab the chances when they get them.
Didn't he work one punt return
and almost knocked Banks on his ass trying to get to the ball?
by DudleyDoright on Sep 12, 2011 6:43 PM EDT up reply actions
How about Chris Neild?
He was about as close as you can get to being Mr. Irrelevant and then he came out and put on a show. He looked strong pushing their C into the backfield
I owe Ken an apology!
It wasn’t quite 34-13, but I definitely poo-pooed the idea of our winning be anything more than 7 points.
Our defense took over that game. That’s the first time we’ve scored 20+ points in a season opener since 2002! Momentum truly is something else.
It’s one game… I’m not there yet, but I know that if we stay healthy…. well hey, who knows, right?
by Dammit Cerrato... on Sep 12, 2011 10:36 AM EDT reply actions
So Redskins players have the day off on Mondays after a win....
Every player is at the facility today practicing.
"It's a dog eat dog world, and I'm wearing Milkbone underwear." - Norm Peterson
by Kevin Ewoldt on Sep 12, 2011 10:37 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
fail on my behalf...already linked above.
"It's a dog eat dog world, and I'm wearing Milkbone underwear." - Norm Peterson
by Kevin Ewoldt on Sep 12, 2011 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions
I LOVE this team!
"If a man speaks and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong???"
by ThuGodfather on Sep 12, 2011 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions
I think that this attitude the players are showing is somthing to keep an eye on
i may be more fired up about the player’s attitude and excitement than I am about this one win (although, it feels awesome to beat the Giants for the first time in a while).
when you can get 53+ men to commit to one goal and believe in that goal, great things can happen. GREAT things. Hardwork, Confidence, and Trust will trump talent every single time
Hail to 'Em
by SkinsaneAsylum on Sep 12, 2011 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions
Agreed
For the first time in a long time I think the players on this team are having fun playing together. In years past, every player jumped at the opportunity to not go to work. Now, they seem to be relishing all the time they are getting with their teammates.
by StephanHart on Sep 12, 2011 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions
In other news, it was great to see Romo hasn't lost his touch :-)
"If a man speaks and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong???"
by ThuGodfather on Sep 12, 2011 10:57 AM EDT reply actions 4 recs
yeah any time the game is above a normal game he just chokes
this was a big 9/11 game and he couldnt handle it. i turned it on late they were up by 14 and 1 was rooting for the jets really bad lol
quote of the week ...(at least for now).
. every single news story has that when talking about rex grossmen. even seen the guys on sportscenter use it.. looks like no 1 respects grossmen at all… even when he did a good job under pressure both by the giants d line and the pressure from a big game.
Was At FedEx Yesterday
Game was a pleasure to watch. In the fourth quarter, it felt like we were going to the same old Redskin thing….letting teams back into games, not finishing them off.
The Giant drove and it looked like they were going to kick a field goal and pull within 4 and I thought….oh man here we go, letting them back into the game.
Then Orakpo blocked the field goal, we drove and scored a TD to put the game away.
It felt amazing to spend the final half of the fourth quarter relishing in Victory, instead of watching in dreaded anticipation.
by StephanHart on Sep 12, 2011 12:11 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Kerrigan is
One of the easiest players to root for we’ve had in a long time.
In other news, the Cowboys have brought in CPR trainers to once again try and teach the heimlich. Probably won’t work.
by jellis113 on Sep 12, 2011 1:57 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
The Cowpies need a proctologist not heimlich training...
in order to get their oversized heads out of their asses.
by DudleyDoright on Sep 12, 2011 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions
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