Strike up the Bandwagon! The Redskins offense is 6-9 in their last 3 red zone trips, which I certainly did not see coming given the porous start against all those cellar-dwelling, winless teams. The key thing is the Redskins need to stay Medium. The secret is definitely out on their trick plays, all of which have come at high stake moments. With the momentum from the win, the Redskins need to get their offense going early and consistently. to avoid situations where trick plays are needed to bail their offense out. Live by the sword, die by the sword. I'm sure McDaniels will be catching a lot of heat for botching that trick play even after the Skins showed their cards:
"They were setting up something -- we knew it," defensive lineman Vonnie Holliday said. "They came back, and I think they may have even yelled out on their sideline, 'Let's just punt it. Let's just punt it.' And I guess we just bought into it, because we didn't lock in on the play and what was going on. It seems like it took forever to unfold. You've got to know coming into a game like this, with a team like this, to expect it."
The Skins' red zone defense has been quite solid last year, although it is a bit misleading since they've given up 3 deep balls over the last 3 games.
I cannot imagine the heat Zorn and Fred Davis would be dealing with right now if that punt trick failed. Thank the Lord it worked out because I'm exhausted from covering poor play calls and missed opportunities.
| 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 |
| BYE | - | - |
| @Falcons | 2-2 | 1-2 |
| Broncos | 2-4 | 0-1 |
| Total | 12-26 | 6-18 |
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