Hogs Haven - The Washington Redskins Lose 6th Straight Game; Fall 24-13 to the GiantsHome of Washington Commanders Fanshttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/50623/hh-fav.png2014-12-19T16:12:43-05:00http://www.hogshaven.com/rss/stream/71513482014-12-19T16:12:43-05:002014-12-19T16:12:43-05:00Santana Moss Fined $22,050 For Yelling at Referee
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<p>Santana Moss was the only Washington Redskins player fined for last week's game against the New York Giants</p> <p>The NFL has fined Redskins WR Santana Moss $22,050 for an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty and the ejection that followed in last Sunday's game against the New York Giants. Robert Griffin III had rushed for a touchdown on 3rd down seconds before time ran out, but he lost possession of the ball before regaining it and crossing the goal line. He then lost the ball again when he hit the ground out of bounds. The play was reversed and several current and former NFL officials explained why the reversal was the correct call including <a style="font-size: 12px;" href="http://www.hogshaven.com/2014/12/17/7407099/dean-blandino-explains-why-robert-griffin-iiis-reversed-td-was">Dean Blandino</a> and <a style="font-size: 12px;" href="http://www.hogshaven.com/2014/12/14/7390925/mike-pereira-explains-why-rgiiis-td-was-a-fumble">Mike Pereira</a>.</p>
<p>Redskins players did not take the reversal well, especially Santana Moss, who immediately went up to the referees, including Head referee Jeff Triplette, and began screaming and pointing at them. Teammates and coaches tried to separate Moss from the officials to avoid penalties or worse. That did not happen, and Moss was penalized and ejected from the game. And now he has a large fine as a result of losing his cool.</p>
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<p>Triplette said Moss was ejected for his language and for pointing at an official. He was assessed two 15-yard penalties. The first for his actions toward the referee and the second for his action toward field judge Alex Kemp.</p>
<p>"The first one was directed at me with the language and the point. Probably everybody saw that," Triplette said. <a href="http://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/ap/redskins-wr-santana-moss-ejected-at-halftime/article_3a0cc0d4-2060-5182-92b9-59aa9b71fdcf.html" style="font-size: 12px;">"Then the second one, when he got them away, it was a second group of inappropriate language, derogatory, directed at the official specifically."</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Redskins?src=hash">#Redskins</a> WR Santana Moss was fined $22,050 for whatever it was he screamed at Jeff Triplette. <a href="https://t.co/PqKOYhpGpY">https://t.co/PqKOYhpGpY</a></p>
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/546042533462028288">December 19, 2014</a>
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<p>Santana Moss explained what happened, and apologized for getting ejected from the game which didn't help the team. This is likely Moss's last season with the Redskins, and it was just one more thing to add to the list of things that have gone wrong during his time here.</p>
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<p>Santana Moss apologized for getting tossed, but not for his feelings. He elaborated… <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Redskins?src=hash">#Redskins</a> <a href="http://t.co/ndVwnMhrUd">pic.twitter.com/ndVwnMhrUd</a></p>
— michael phillips (@michaelpRTD) <a href="https://twitter.com/michaelpRTD/status/544260021736198144">December 14, 2014</a>
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https://www.hogshaven.com/2014/12/19/7423689/santana-moss-fined-22050-for-yelling-at-referee-redskins-giantsScott Jennings2014-12-19T07:00:03-05:002014-12-19T07:00:03-05:00Hazard's Huddle: Coverage Breakdowns vs. NY Giants
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<p>An All-22 film look at some of the coverage breakdowns vs. Giants.</p> <p>You know how this goes by now. The botches, assignments missed, and communiation issues have haunted the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/washington-redskins">Redskins</a> all year and it didn't stop this week. Let's take a look:</p>
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<p>1. The Redskins are in a Cover 3. <span>Bashaud Breeland</span> is at the bottom of the screen and is responsible for the bottom 3rd of the field. The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.bigblueview.com/">Giants</a> send two fly routes from the right side.</p>
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<p>Breeland sees the fly route from the slot and crashes down on it not realizing that Odell Beckham is also running a fly route. It is at this moment that Breeland realizes and tries to recover. If the ball came out now, it'd be a touchdown but Eli has to roll out to avoid the pass rush and misses it.</p>
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<p>Breeland runs so hard at Beckham that he runs right by him in the back of the end zone. Eli rolls out and doesn't see Beckham open again running to the front pylon. Instead, <span>Eli Manning</span> throws the in-route and it ends up incomplete.</p>
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<p>2. The Redskins are in a Cover 2 shell but are disguising a Cover 1. One safety over the top and man coverage underneath. What messes up this play for the Redskins (or exposes communication flaws) is the receiver at the bottom of the screen is going to motion into a stack formation (typically to combat man to man coverage).</p>
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<p>EJ Biggers sees the motion and gives a hand signal with his left hand. Typically, this would be a gesture to Breeland to pick up the outside guy if they cross (a pick play).</p>
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<p>This is what the alignment looks like shortly before the snap.</p>
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<p>But right before the snap, EJ Biggers takes a step towards the outside WR. So did Biggers original hand gesture mean he'll take the outside guy? Did Biggers recognize something from film knowing the outside guy was going to go inside?</p>
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<p>Either way, it confused Breeland and both Biggers/Breeland follow the inside route letting Odell Beckham release on a sail route freely.</p>
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<p>It's at this moment that Breeland realizes that they just let Beckham run free. Eli Manning is able to dip his shoulder in the pocket and step up.</p>
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<p>Eli delivers the ball and Beckham catches it while Breeland tries frantically to get back into the play. This play doesn't even end up counting because of a penalty.</p>
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<p>3. Giants run a slant and a bubble screen. The Redskins are in a Cover 3. One of the ILB is blitzing from the middle. <figure class="e-image">
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<p>All Eli Manning does is show his shoulder to the bubble screen and Biggers and Breeland crash on it. Meanwhile, Beckham is running a slant right behind Biggers. Will Compton is dropping in the middle of the field but he has to carry the TE down the seam.</p>
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<p>EJ Biggers sees Beckham at the very last second and tries to adjust as Beckham runs by.</p>
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<p>Beckham catches the ball here and is able to run it all the way to the end zone.</p>
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<p>It's not like the Redskins are the only team in the league that blows coverages. It just seems like they do it the most often, by the most yards of separation, and it is never NOT taken advantage of.</p>
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<p>Looking beyond the box score to see how the Redskins utilized their offensive players in Week 15</p> <p>In <a href="http://www.hogshaven.com/2014/12/16/7394321/snap-judgments-week-15-redskins-giants-defense">Tuesday's edition of Snap Judgments</a>, I discussed how the 2014 Redskins' defense was on pace to set a number of franchise records, and I'm not talking about the good kind of records. I wish I could say that things were different for the offense, but sadly that is far from the truth.</p>
<p>Over the past six games Jay Gruden's biggest problem has been the number of sacks that his quarterbacks are taking. Washington QBs have been sacked five or more times in each of those games, which is tied for <a href="http://pfref.com/tiny/VDGGt">the second longest such streak on record in NFL history</a>. So, we know it's not going to be pretty, but let's take a look at some of the overall sack statistics and metrics for this team along with the projected full-season totals. We'll also see where the projected end-of-season totals would rank in franchise history. When viewing the following tables please keep in mind that team and individual player sack data are only available dating back to the 1950s and late 1960s respectively.</p>
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<i>2014 Redskins Sacks</i><br>
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<td width="70" style="width: 53pt;" class="xl67"><u><b>Sacks</b></u></td>
<td width="70" style="width: 53pt;" class="xl67"><u><b>Sack/G</b></u></td>
<td width="71" style="width: 53pt;" class="xl67"><u><b>Sack %</b></u></td>
<td width="70" style="width: 53pt;" class="xl67"><u><b>Sack Yards</b></u></td>
<td width="73" style="width: 55pt;" class="xl67"><u><b>Sk Yards/G</b></u></td>
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<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl66"><b>Current Value</b></td>
<td class="xl66">53</td>
<td class="xl66">3.79</td>
<td class="xl69">9.89%</td>
<td class="xl66">372</td>
<td class="xl68">26.57</td>
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<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl66"><b>2014 NFL Rank</b></td>
<td class="xl66">31st</td>
<td class="xl66">31st</td>
<td class="xl66">30th</td>
<td class="xl66">31st</td>
<td class="xl66">31st</td>
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<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl66"><b>Season Pace Projection</b></td>
<td class="xl66">60.58</td>
<td class="xl66">3.79</td>
<td class="xl66">9.89%</td>
<td class="xl66">425.14</td>
<td class="xl66">26.57</td>
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<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl66"><b>Projected Franchise Rank</b></td>
<td class="xl66">2nd Worst</td>
<td class="xl66">2nd Worst</td>
<td class="xl66">8th Worst</td>
<td class="xl66">2nd Worst</td>
<td class="xl66">8th Worst</td>
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<p id="paragraph4" class="pgh-paragraph">Wow. So, to recap, the 2014 Washington Redskins are the <a href="http://pfref.com/tiny/xxA7m">second worst team in the league</a> in terms of being sacked behind only the Jacksonville Jaguars, and if they keep up this pace they will finish <a href="http://pfref.com/tiny/d3vkj">eighth or second worst in every major sack category in franchise history</a>. I should also add that those projected marks would put them just .42 sacks, .02 sacks per game and 2.86 sack yards away from setting the all-time record in each category. It would also place them <a href="http://pfref.com/tiny/fwTWZ">51st in sacks allowed</a> and <a href="http://www.pro-football-reference.com/play-index/tgl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=single&year_min=1940&year_max=2014&game_type=R&playoff_round=&game_num_min=0&game_num_max=99&week_num_min=0&week_num_max=99&game_day_of_week=&game_time=&time_zone=&game_location=&surface=&roof=&stadium_id=&temperature_gtlt=lt&temperature=&game_result=&overtime=&league_id=&team_id=&team_conf_id=&team_div_id=&opp_id=&opp_conf_id=&opp_div_id=&team_off_scheme=&team_def_align=&opp_off_scheme=&opp_def_align=&conference_game=&division_game=&tm_is_playoff=&opp_is_playoff=&tm_is_winning=&opp_is_winning=&tm_scored_first=&tm_led=&tm_trailed=&c1stat=&c1comp=gt&c1val=&c2stat=&c2comp=gt&c2val=&c3stat=&c3comp=gt&c3val=&c4stat=&c4comp=gt&c4val=&c5comp=&c5gtlt=lt&c6mult=1.0&c6comp=&order_by=pass_sacked_yds">93rd in sack yards lost</a> in NFL history.</p>
<p class="pgh-paragraph">There's another problem though. Those projections are based on the team's season long sack pace and not the pace at which they have been operating at in their last six games. In those games they have been sacked 36 times (6 sacks/game) for 246 yards lost (41 yards/game). Let's recalculate based on this new pace.</p>
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<td width="70" style="width: 53pt;" class="xl68"><u><b>Sack/G</b></u></td>
<td width="71" style="width: 53pt;" class="xl68"><u><b>Sack %</b></u></td>
<td width="70" style="width: 53pt;" class="xl68"><u><b>Sack Yards</b></u></td>
<td width="73" style="width: 55pt;" class="xl68"><u><b>Sk Yards/G</b></u></td>
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<td class="xl67">53</td>
<td class="xl67">3.79</td>
<td class="xl70">9.89%</td>
<td class="xl67">372</td>
<td class="xl69">26.57</td>
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<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl67"><b>Week 9-15 Pace Projection</b></td>
<td class="xl67">65</td>
<td class="xl69">4.06</td>
<td class="xl70">10.59%</td>
<td class="xl67">454</td>
<td class="xl69">28.38</td>
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<td class="xl67">Worst</td>
<td class="xl67">Worst</td>
<td class="xl67">8th Worst</td>
<td class="xl67">Worst</td>
<td class="xl67">4th Worst</td>
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<p class="pgh-paragraph">Well, that certainly had an effect. According to these new projections, the 2014 Redskins will basically become the franchise kings of pass protection futility. Their all-time league rankings in sacks allowed and yards lost due to sacks would jump to <a href="http://pfref.com/tiny/xa1DZ">20th</a> and <a href="http://pfref.com/tiny/mjE3l">55th</a> respectively. Why is this happening though? What changed in Week 9? Oh yeah, that was when Robert Griffin returned from his ankle injury. But is Griffin really that much worse than Colt McCoy and Kirk Cousins?</p>
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<td width="71" style="width: 53pt;" class="xl69"><u><b>2014 Sacks</b></u></td>
<td width="102" style="width: 77pt;" class="xl69"><u><b>2014 Sack Yards</b></u></td>
<td width="67" style="width: 50pt;" class="xl69"><u><b>14 Sack/G</b></u></td>
<td width="64" style="width: 48pt;" class="xl69"><u><b>14 Sack %</b></u></td>
<td width="101" style="width: 76pt;" class="xl69"><u><b>Career Sacks/G</b></u></td>
<td width="93" style="width: 70pt;" class="xl69"><u><b>Career Sack %</b></u></td>
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<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl71"><b>Robert Griffin</b></td>
<td class="xl71">28</td>
<td class="xl71">185</td>
<td class="xl71">4</td>
<td class="xl68">15.7%</td>
<td class="xl70">2.74</td>
<td class="xl68">8.8%</td>
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<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl71"><b>Colt McCoy</b></td>
<td class="xl71">17</td>
<td class="xl71">117</td>
<td class="xl71">3.4</td>
<td class="xl68">11.7%</td>
<td class="xl70">2.30</td>
<td class="xl68">8.4%</td>
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<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl71"><b>Kirk Cousins</b></td>
<td class="xl71">8</td>
<td class="xl71">70</td>
<td class="xl70">1.3</td>
<td class="xl68">3.8%</td>
<td class="xl70">1.14</td>
<td class="xl68">3.8%</td>
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</table>
<p class="pgh-paragraph"> </p>
<p class="pgh-paragraph">If the Redskins' QB competition was based on who takes the most sacks, then Robert Griffin would have the job in a landslide. He is far and away the worst of this trio when it comes to avoiding the QB sack. The offensive line and Trent William's injuries certainly are playing a big part in the team's astronomical sack totals this year; but when you look at the numbers in the table above and you connect the dots between them and the fact that the pace at which the team was getting sacked exploded exactly when Griffin returned, then I think it's hard to argue that Griffin is most likely the main reason behind this whole issue.</p>
<p class="pgh-paragraph">I mean, we've all seen it with our own eyes. He looks straight at wide-open receivers, and in the face of pressure he just chooses not to throw it to them. He's simply not getting rid of the ball quickly enough.</p>
<p class="pgh-paragraph">I decided to check one more thing to see if his sack avoidance issue was indeed as out of control as it initially appeared to be. I looked at the <a href="http://pfref.com/tiny/7nB3A">100 worst seasons in terms of sacks taken by individual quarterbacks</a> and calculated those player's sacks per game, sack yards per game and sack percentage. Using these efficiency metrics, we can see how Griffin's 2014 season compares to some of worst sack seasons in league history. We need to look at things from an efficiency standpoint because Griffin will likely only end up playing in more than 11% of the snaps in seven of Washington's games this year. That is also a reason for you to put more emphasis on his sack percentage than his sack and sack yards lost per game averages. So here it is, this is how Griffin's 2014 ranks amongst the 100 worst individual sack seasons in NFL history.</p>
<p class="pgh-paragraph"> </p>
<table width="524" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<colgroup> <col width="170" style="mso-width-source:userset;mso-width-alt:6217;width:128pt"> <col width="103" style="mso-width-source:userset;mso-width-alt:3766;width:77pt"> <col width="83" style="mso-width-source:userset;mso-width-alt:3035;width:62pt"> <col width="168" style="mso-width-source:userset;mso-width-alt:6144;width:126pt"> </colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="170" height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl69"><i>Against 100 Worst Seasons</i></td>
<td width="103" style="width: 77pt;" class="xl67"><u><b>Sacks/G</b></u></td>
<td width="83" style="width: 62pt;" class="xl67"><u><b>Yards/G</b></u></td>
<td width="168" style="width: 126pt;" class="xl67"><u><b>Sack %</b></u></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl69"><b>Griffin 2014 Averages</b></td>
<td class="xl69">4</td>
<td class="xl68">26.43</td>
<td class="xl70">15.7%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl69"><b>Griffin's 2014 Season Rank</b></td>
<td class="xl69">9th Most</td>
<td class="xl68">21st Most</td>
<td class="xl69">3rd Highest</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="pgh-paragraph"> </p>
<p class="pgh-paragraph">At these rates, Robert Griffin would have been sacked approximately 64 times for 423 sacks yards lost if he had played in all 16 games. Those numbers would have ranked <a href="http://pfref.com/tiny/mrHjf">4th</a> and <a href="http://pfref.com/tiny/pAOdG">12th</a> most/worst of all-time. Maybe it's a good thing that Griffin missed half of the season, at least for his own sake.</p>
<p class="pgh-paragraph"><i>***Data Disclaimer: This is my own count after watching the game tape. Snap data for kneel-downs and plays negated by pre-snap penalties are not included. However, plays negated by post-snap penalties are included.***</i></p>
<h4>The Offense ran 70 snaps</h4>
<ul>
<li> <b>42</b> <b>Passing Snaps</b> (60%) and <b>28 Rushing Snaps</b> (40%)</li>
<li>The Redskins had not rushed on more than 28% of their snaps since Week 12. However, this number is somewhat deceiving as six of their rushes (21%) against the Giants came in the form of quarterback scrambles.<br> </li>
<li> The game was tied during 25 of the offense's snaps (36%). Washington led the game across 17 snaps (24%) and trailed New York on the remaining 28 offensive snaps (40%). Since their Week 10 bye, the Redskins had only held the lead over their opponents on a combined three snaps prior Sunday's game.</li>
<li>The Washington offense was on the field for 12 drives on Sunday. They scored on 3 drives (FG, TD, FG) and turned the ball over on a Robert Griffin fumble at the end of the first half. The 12th and final drive of the game only lasted one play. The offense also went three-and-out on 3 drives (25%). The three-and-out drives occurred consecutively between the third and fourth quarter.</li>
<li>The offense stayed fairly consistent throughout the game. They passed on 60% and ran on 40% of the snaps in the first half, and passed on 61% and ran on 39% of the snaps in the second half. The second-half numbers were, however, heavily affected by the aforementioned QB scrambles. Five of the six scrambles came in the second half. </li>
<li>Only three of the team's 13 penalties (35 yards) were called against the offense. That is tied for the second fewest number of offensive penalties called against the Redskins this season (zero against Seattle). Santana Moss drew both of the flags during an argument with the referees over the team's overturned touchdown at the end of first half. Moss was ejected when the second flag was thrown. Robert Griffin was also flagged for a delay of game penalty in the fourth quarter.<br> </li>
</ul>
<h4><u>Team Snap Data</u></h4>
<p> </p>
<table width="279" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<colgroup> <col width="140" style="mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 5120; width: 105pt;"> <col width="139" style="mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 5083; width: 104pt;"> </colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;">
<td width="140" height="21" style="text-align: center; " class="xl68"><u><b>Quarter</b></u></td>
<td width="139" style="width: 104pt;" class="xl68"><u><b>Number of Snaps (%)</b></u></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl67">1st</td>
<td class="xl67">15 (21%)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl67">2nd</td>
<td class="xl67">27 (39%)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl67">3rd</td>
<td class="xl67">16 (23%)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl67">4th</td>
<td class="xl67">12 (17%)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl68"><u><b>Down</b></u></td>
<td class="xl68"><u><b>Number of Snaps (%)</b></u></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl67">1st</td>
<td class="xl67">32 (46%)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl67">2nd</td>
<td class="xl67">23 (33%)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl67">3rd</td>
<td class="xl67">14 (20%)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl67">4th</td>
<td class="xl67">1 (1%)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl68"><u><b>Field Position</b></u></td>
<td class="xl68"><u><b>Number of Snaps (%)</b></u></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl67">Redskins Side</td>
<td class="xl67">41 (59%)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl67">Giants Side</td>
<td class="xl67">28 (40%)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl67">Midfield</td>
<td class="xl67">1 (1%)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl67">At or Inside Own 20</td>
<td class="xl67">13 (19%)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl67">Red Zone</td>
<td class="xl67">7 (10%)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl67">Goal-to-Go</td>
<td class="xl67">14 (20%)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl68"><u><b>Formation</b></u></td>
<td class="xl68"><u><b>Number of Snaps (%)</b></u></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl67">Under Center</td>
<td class="xl67">33 (47%)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl67">Total Shotgun</td>
<td class="xl67">37 (53%)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl67">Shotgun</td>
<td class="xl67">34 (49%)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl67">Pistol</td>
<td class="xl67">3 (4%)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl68"><u><b>Play Type</b></u></td>
<td class="xl68"><u><b>Number of Snaps (%)</b></u></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl67">Regular Pass</td>
<td class="xl67">25 (36%)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl67">Regular Hand-off</td>
<td class="xl67">15 (21%)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl67">Play-Action Pass</td>
<td class="xl67">11 (16%)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl67">QB Scramble</td>
<td class="xl67">6 (9%)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl67">Screen</td>
<td class="xl67">5 (7%)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl67">Zone-Read Run</td>
<td class="xl67">4 (6%)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl67">HB Draw</td>
<td class="xl67">1 (1%)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl67">QB Draw</td>
<td class="xl67">1 (1%)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl67">Reverse</td>
<td class="xl67">1 (1%)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl67">Zone-Read PA</td>
<td class="xl67">1 (1%)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl67">HB Pitch/Toss</td>
<td class="xl67">0 (0%)</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<ul>
<li>The offense took a season-high seven snaps in goal-to-go situations and a total of 14 snaps in the red zone. They did not make the most of these opportunities, as the team only put 13 points in their four visits to the red area. Unfortunately, this is not a new development. The Redskins <a href="http://www.teamrankings.com/nfl/stat/red-zone-scoring-pct">rank 21st in red zone TD scoring percentage (50%)</a>. They would probably be better in this department <a href="http://www.hogshaven.com/2014/5/8/5691008/the-washington-redskins-pint-sized-receivers-touchdowns-and-the">if they had bigger receivers</a>.<br> </li>
<li>When you factor in all of the regular play-action passes, the single zone-read play-action pass and the scrambles that started out with play-action fakes (not double counted in the table), the Redskins used some form of play-action on 15 snaps (21%). This is the most that they have used PA so far in 2014.</li>
<li>Washington took 47% of its snaps from under center, their second highest rate this year. This directly ties in with the team running the ball and utilizing more play-action.</li>
<li>Gruden did not call a HB-pitch play in this game. That is quite a reversal for him, as the team was averaging seven of them per game in the last four weeks.</li>
</ul>
<h4><u>Personnel Groupings</u></h4>
<p> </p>
<table width="279" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<colgroup> <col width="140" style="mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 5120; width: 105pt;"> <col width="139" style="mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 5083; width: 104pt;"> </colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="140" height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl67"><u><b>Personnel</b></u></td>
<td width="139" style="width: 104pt;" class="xl67"><u><b>Number of Snaps (%)</b></u></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl68">
<b>01</b> (0 RB/1 TE/4 WR)</td>
<td class="xl68">1 (1%)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl68">
<b>11</b> (1 RB/1 TE/3 WR)</td>
<td class="xl68">37 (53%)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl68">
<b>12</b> (1 RB/2 TE/2 WR)</td>
<td class="xl68">16 (23%)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl68">
<b>21</b> (2 RB/1 TE/2 WR)</td>
<td class="xl68">15 (21%)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl68">
<b>22</b> (2 RB/2 TE/1 WR)</td>
<td class="xl68">1 (1%)</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<ul>
<li>The Redskins used the 01 personnel (four receivers and one tight end) for the first time since Week 3 against the Eagles.</li>
<li>The 15 snaps from the 21 grouping tied a season-high that was set in Week 2 against the Jaguars.</li>
<li>Washington's only touchdown was scored from - you guessed it - the 11 personnel. Approximately 60% of the team's touchdowns have come courtesy of the 11 this season.</li>
</ul>
<h4><u>Individual Player Snaps</u></h4>
<p> </p>
<table width="523" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<colgroup> <col width="140" style="mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 5120; width: 105pt;"> <col width="139" style="mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 5083; width: 104pt;"> <col width="109" style="mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 3986; width: 82pt;"> <col width="135" style="mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 4937; width: 101pt;"> </colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="140" height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl70">
<u><b>Name</b></u><font class="font8"> </font><i><font class="font5">(* -denotes starter)</font></i>
</td>
<td width="139" style="width: 104pt;" class="xl70"><u><b>Position</b></u></td>
<td width="109" style="width: 82pt;" class="xl70"><u><b>Snaps</b></u></td>
<td width="135" style="width: 101pt;" class="xl70"><u><b>Snap %</b></u></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="mso-height-source: userset; height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="140" height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl71">Shawn Lauvao *</td>
<td width="139" style="width: 104pt;" class="xl71">LG</td>
<td class="xl67">70</td>
<td width="135" style="width: 101pt;" class="xl68">100%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="mso-height-source: userset; height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="140" height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl71">Kory Lichtensteiger *</td>
<td width="139" style="width: 104pt;" class="xl71">C</td>
<td class="xl67">70</td>
<td width="135" style="width: 101pt;" class="xl68">100%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="mso-height-source: userset; height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="140" height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl71">Chris Chester *</td>
<td width="139" style="width: 104pt;" class="xl71">RG</td>
<td class="xl67">70</td>
<td width="135" style="width: 101pt;" class="xl68">100%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="mso-height-source: userset; height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="140" height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl71">Tom Compton *</td>
<td width="139" style="width: 104pt;" class="xl71">RT</td>
<td class="xl67">70</td>
<td width="135" style="width: 101pt;" class="xl68">100%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="140" height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl71">Pierre Garcon *</td>
<td width="139" style="width: 104pt;" class="xl71">WR</td>
<td class="xl67">69</td>
<td width="135" style="width: 101pt;" class="xl68">99%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="140" height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl71">DeSean Jackson *</td>
<td width="139" style="width: 104pt;" class="xl71">WR</td>
<td class="xl67">59</td>
<td width="135" style="width: 101pt;" class="xl68">84%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="140" height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl71">Robert Griffin III</td>
<td width="139" style="width: 104pt;" class="xl71">QB</td>
<td class="xl67">58</td>
<td width="135" style="width: 101pt;" class="xl68">83%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="140" height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl71">Trent Williams *</td>
<td width="139" style="width: 104pt;" class="xl71">LT</td>
<td class="xl67">55</td>
<td width="135" style="width: 101pt;" class="xl68">79%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="140" height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl71">Andre Roberts</td>
<td width="139" style="width: 104pt;" class="xl71">WR</td>
<td class="xl67">43</td>
<td width="135" style="width: 101pt;" class="xl68">61%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="140" height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl71">Jordan Reed</td>
<td width="139" style="width: 104pt;" class="xl71">TE</td>
<td class="xl67">33</td>
<td width="135" style="width: 101pt;" class="xl68">47%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="140" height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl71">Alfred Morris *</td>
<td width="139" style="width: 104pt;" class="xl71">HB</td>
<td class="xl67">32</td>
<td width="135" style="width: 101pt;" class="xl68">46%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="140" height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl71">Logan Paulsen *</td>
<td width="139" style="width: 104pt;" class="xl71">TE</td>
<td class="xl67">31</td>
<td width="135" style="width: 101pt;" class="xl68">44%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="140" height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl71">Niles Paul *</td>
<td width="139" style="width: 104pt;" class="xl71">TE</td>
<td class="xl67">23</td>
<td width="135" style="width: 101pt;" class="xl68">33%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="140" height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl71">Darrel Young</td>
<td width="139" style="width: 104pt;" class="xl71">FB</td>
<td class="xl67">20</td>
<td width="135" style="width: 101pt;" class="xl68">29%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="140" height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl71">Chris Thompson</td>
<td width="139" style="width: 104pt;" class="xl71">HB</td>
<td class="xl67">20</td>
<td width="135" style="width: 101pt;" class="xl68">29%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="140" height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl71">Tyler Polumbus</td>
<td width="139" style="width: 104pt;" class="xl71">RT</td>
<td class="xl67">15</td>
<td width="135" style="width: 101pt;" class="xl68">21%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="140" height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl71">Silas Redd</td>
<td width="139" style="width: 104pt;" class="xl71">HB</td>
<td class="xl67">13</td>
<td width="135" style="width: 101pt;" class="xl68">19%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="140" height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl71">Colt McCoy *</td>
<td width="139" style="width: 104pt;" class="xl71">QB</td>
<td class="xl67">12</td>
<td width="135" style="width: 101pt;" class="xl68">17%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="140" height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl71">Ryan Grant</td>
<td width="139" style="width: 104pt;" class="xl71">WR</td>
<td class="xl67">5</td>
<td width="135" style="width: 101pt;" class="xl68">7%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="140" height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl71">Santana Moss</td>
<td width="139" style="width: 104pt;" class="xl71">WR</td>
<td class="xl67">2</td>
<td width="135" style="width: 101pt;" class="xl68">3%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="140" height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl71">Spencer Long</td>
<td class="xl67">G</td>
<td class="xl67">0</td>
<td class="xl69">0%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="text-align: center; " class="xl67">Josh LeRibeus</td>
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<li>Pierre Garcon only missed one play against the Giants and was in on a season-most 99% of the team's snaps. Garcon took 13 of his 69 snaps from the slot, which was also a season-high.</li>
<li>Silas Redd and Chris Thompson filled in for the injured Roy Helu in this one. Redd set a new season-high with 13 offensive snaps, and Thompson burst onto the scene with 20 snaps and a receiving touchdown. All 13 of Redd's snaps came in the first half, while 55% of Thompson's action (11 snaps) came in the fourth quarter.</li>
<li>Thompson, Redd and Darrel Young handled Helu's passing and third down work, as only 41% of Alfred Morris' snaps came on passing plays and he did not record a single third-down snap for the first time this season. And yes, you read that correctly, Darrel Young was used as the lead half back - not the fullback - on four 3rd-down passing plays.</li>
<li>Young made quite the comeback in this game. Not only did he did get receiving work, but he carried the ball for a first down and followed up his season-low three snaps last week with 20 in this game, which is his second highest total of the year. Tight end Logan Paulsen was also on the comeback trail, as he followed up his season-low total of three snaps with 31 on Sunday. That's over a 1,000% increase in snaps!</li>
<li>Paulsen's gain was Jordan Reed's loss, as he took almost all of Reed's usual 12 personnel work. It seems that the coaches have really picked up on <a href="http://www.hogshaven.com/2014/12/10/7352055/snap-judgments-week-14-rams-redskins-offense">Reed's disinterest in all things blocking</a>, because 82% of his snaps came on passing plays and he ran a route on almost everyone of them. He was asked to line up in the slot or out wide on season-most 73% of his snaps. That way he wouldn't even have to think about blocking anyone, just the way he likes it.<br> </li>
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<h4><u>Records and Rankings<br></u></h4>
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<li>In the third quarter of Sunday's game, Andre Roberts turned a short Griffin pass into a 60-yard gain. Despite some recent offensive struggles, the Redskins still rank very highly in the big-play department. They rank first with <a href="http://pfref.com/tiny/fZ6mi">16 plays or 40 or more yards</a>, second with <a href="http://pfref.com/tiny/Yc7KE">nine plays of 50 or more yards</a> and third with <a href="http://pfref.com/tiny/SvHbW">five plays of 60 or more yards</a>. <br> </li>
<li>Take a look at these two receiving lines. The first is: 35 receptions, 291 yards, 8.3 yards per reception and zero touchdowns. The second is: 11 receptions, 129 yards, 11.7 yards per reception and one touchdown. The first line is Alfred Morris' career receiving numbers, and the second is what Silas Redd and Chris Thompson have combined to produce on just 67 offensive snaps this year. If Helu is allowed to walk in free agency, then we may be seeing a lot more of Redd and Thompson in passing situations next year. <br> </li>
<li>When Robert Griffin actually attempted a pass he surprisingly got it away rather quickly; well, at least by his standards. Griffin's <a href="https://go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1516590&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.profootballfocus.com%2Fdata%2Fsignature.php%3Ftab%3Dsignature%26season%3D2014%26pos%3Dqbt%26teamid%3D-1%26filter%3D25%26conf%3D-1%26yr%3D-1%26wk%3D15&referrer=sbnation.com&sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hogshaven.com%2F2014%2F12%2F18%2F7395267%2Fsnap-judgments-week-15-redskins-giants-offense" rel="sponsored nofollow noopener" target="_blank">average time of 2.49 seconds to attempt a pass</a> was his lowest time in a start this year. Unfortunately, his best is only slightly above average, as his time came in as the 13th fastest out of 32 qualifiers this week. The league average for the week was 2.57 seconds. This is still quite an improvement on <a href="https://go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1516590&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.profootballfocus.com%2Fdata%2Fsignature.php%3Ftab%3Dsignature%26season%3D2014%26pos%3Dqbt%26teamid%3D-1%26filter%3D25%26conf%3D-1%26yr%3D-1%26wk%3D1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17&referrer=sbnation.com&sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hogshaven.com%2F2014%2F12%2F18%2F7395267%2Fsnap-judgments-week-15-redskins-giants-offense" rel="sponsored nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Griffin's season average of 2.74 seconds</a>.</li>
<li>Griffin even almost scored his first rushing touchdown in two years (Week 17 of the 2012 season), but the replay official instead ruled that Griffin fumbled out of the end zone for a touchback. This made me think about how long it's been since he's scored this way and how often he was able to early in his rookie season. Six of Griffin's seven career rushing touchdowns came in his first six games (1 TD per game). He went on to then score just one touchdown in his next 29 games (.03 TD per game). That means that he scored 86% of his rushing touchdowns in those first 6 games (17% of his career games), and that he scored the other 14% them of in 83% of his games. That seems pretty backwards. <br> </li>
<li>This brings another six game span to mind. Six of Griffin's 13 career wins came in the final seven games of the 2012 season (six of which he played in). This means that 46% of his career wins came in less than a month-and-a-half's time (17% of his career games). That sure was a great month-and-a-half, but he's been here for three years now and we'd like to see some more winning. </li>
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<p><b>CORRECTION (Dec. 18, 11:48 a.m.)</b>: The initial version of this article incorrectly stated that Silas Redd and Chris Thompson's combined receiving line was 14 receptions, 191 yards, 13.6 yards per reception and one touchdown. Their actual line is 11 receptions, 129 yards, 11.7 yards per reception and one touchdown. The correction has been made.</p>
https://www.hogshaven.com/2014/12/18/7395267/snap-judgments-week-15-redskins-giants-offenseJames Dorsett2014-12-18T07:00:03-05:002014-12-18T07:00:03-05:00Hazard's Huddle: Blame Game vs. NY Giants
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<p>An All-22 film look at who is at fault for the sacks produced by the NY Giants this past weekend.</p> <p>Another game, another multi-sack performance and another week of finger pointing amongst media and fans. It's become almost routine but until the finger pointing is done, I feel like the duty is mine to review these sacks and find out who actually deserves fault for these plays. Let's take a look at the results this week:</p>
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<p>1. On the first play, <a href="https://www.bigblueview.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Giants</a> are showing a single high safety but drop into a Cover 2 zone.</p>
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<p>Griffin wants <span>Jordan Reed</span> (the bottom circle) but the defender who is close to him scares Griffin off of that read. Meanwhile, <span>Andre Roberts</span> is coming free in the middle of the field. In a Cover 2 zone, the MLB drops to cover straight deep in case of any seam routes.</p>
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<p>When Griffin moves off J.Reed, he tries to run but <span>Cullen Jenkins</span> blocks his way. Andre Roberts is right in front of him but unfortunately, by the time he cocks back his arm to throw it to him, Jenkins already has a hold of him and brings him down for the sack. Griffin took off too early and had plenty of time to throw on this one.</p>
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<p>2. This one occurs in the red zone. Griffin is going to scan the Trips Bunch side of the field.</p>
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<p>This should be a learning point for Griffin. He goes to throw the ball to the shallow route but turns into a pump when he doesn't like the look. What he doesn't realize is the pump made three defenders commit to the shallow route including the guy responsible for deep. Roberts is about to go free to the back of the end zone.</p>
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<p>Immediately after the pump fake, Griffin looks to the slant on the opposite side of the field which is covered meanwhile Roberts is in the clear to the back corner of the end zone.</p>
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<p>Griffin then tries to run left but the Giants swarm him and he can't escape. A pass to Roberts would have been a touchdown. This one is also on Griffin.</p>
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<p>3. <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/washington-redskins" class="sbn-auto-link">Redskins</a> run a "Slay" concept at the top of the screen (slant/flat). The Giants have a single high safety so that should alert Griffin to Cover 3 or Cover 1.</p>
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<p>Griffin looks to the "Slay" side. He wants <span>Jordan Reed</span> on the slant but he sees the LB who is about to run into the passing lane. What Griffin doesn't realize is that LB is not dropping into a zone underneath Reed but he's chasing <span>Alfred Morris</span> out of the backfield on the flat route which opens up a huge window for Griffin to throw into.</p>
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<p>Griffin ends up looking away just as Reed runs into the open window.</p>
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<p>Griffin really didn't have time to get to a second read because of the pass rush. If Jordan Reed would have been covered, this would be on the OL but Rg3's first read was open so this one is on him.</p>
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<p>4. Giants are showing two high safeties. Griffin wants Jordan Reed on the double move up the seam.</p>
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<p>The MLB was playing deep so he doesn't bite on the double move and the safety comes over the top. Griffin gets sacked as he looks to his second read. This one is on the OL.</p>
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<p>Literally, the OL. Trent gets beat on the outside by <span>Jason Pierre-Paul</span>, <span>Shawn Lauvao</span> gets manhandled and thrown to the ground, and <span>Kory Lichtensteiger</span> doesn't pick up a stunt.</p>
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<p>5. Once again, Jay Gruden has a Smash Variation called against a Cover 2 zone. Needless to say, thats exactly when you want to have that call. Now Giants are showing a single high safety but are bailing into the Cover 2 before the snap.</p>
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<p>The short in-route does exactly what it is suppose to do: makes the CB crash on it (LB crashes on it too) opening up the sideline for the corner route. Reed is making his break now and the ball should come out. It doesn't.</p>
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<p>Griffin is looking at the in route. By the time he realizes the corner route is open, he gets taken down for the sack. This one is on Griffin.</p>
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<p>6. Griffin has three deep routes on the right side of the field with a drag from the left and a RB release. The drag route gives Griffin a short read and puts everyone on one side of the field. I don't blame Griffin for wanting to make a play down the field late in the game, but Giants clearly showing Cover 4. Hard to get the ball to one of those deep routes. He wants the deep comeback from the slot.</p>
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<p>The drag route and RB release are open immediately but like I said, Griffin is waiting on the deep comeback. Also note that Jason Pierre-Paul beats <span>Tom Compton</span> easily right off the snap.</p>
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<p>Before Griffin can throw the deep comeback or notice the open drag, he is taken down by Pierre-Paul. This one is on Tom Compton.</p>
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<p>7. Here is the last one. Giants are in Cover 4 again as it's late in the game.</p>
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<p>Tom Compton again gets beat pretty easily but the RB release route is open. Griffin tucks the ball and runs left.</p>
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<p>As Griffin is running, a Giants defender is able to hit his foot and send him crashing to the ground.</p>
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<p>I really wasn't planning on doing another sack breakdown but to see Twitter and Facebook explode and shift ALL the blame back to the offensive line had me wondering what exactly everyone was watching. The offensive line does not get a pass in the mess but to blame any one position group is completely ignoring the entire picture. I received an e-mail that said, "Redskins have given up at least 5 sacks in 6 straight games. The only constant is the offensive line!" That's inaccurate. Regardless of the name on the back of the jersey, inconsistent quarterback play has also been constant.</p>
https://www.hogshaven.com/2014/12/18/7413521/hazards-huddle-blame-game-vs-new-york-giantsP_Hazard2014-12-17T01:08:35-05:002014-12-17T01:08:35-05:00Dean Blandino Explains Why Robert Griffin III's Reversed TD Was Correct Call<h3 class="link-title"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-videos/0ap3000000445013/RGIII-reversed-TD-correct-call">Dean Blandino Explains Why Robert Griffin III's Reversed TD Was Correct&nbsp;Call</a></h3>
<div class="description"><p><p>NFL Vice President of Officiating Dean Blandino explains why Robert Griffin III's TD was overturned at the end of the 1st half.</p></p></div>
https://www.hogshaven.com/2014/12/17/7407099/dean-blandino-explains-why-robert-griffin-iiis-reversed-td-wasScott Jennings2014-12-16T22:30:01-05:002014-12-16T22:30:01-05:00Snap Judgments: Week 15- Redskins @ Giants-DEFENSE
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<p>Looking beyond the box score to see how the Redskins utilized their defensive players in Week 15</p> <p>After the Colts game in Week 13,<a href="http://www.hogshaven.com/2014/12/1/7313797/snap-judgments-week-13-redskins-colts-defense"> I used statistics and advanced metrics to show that the Redskins have the worst secondary in the NFL</a>, but since then I have come across some statistics that are even more troubling. Things are much worse than I, and probably most everyone else thought. The entire passing defense is to blame, as this team is on pace to become one of the worst teams against the pass in franchise and, in some respects, NFL history.</p>
<p>In the table below, you'll find the following pass defense statistics and NFL rankings for the 2014 Redskins: completions allowed, completion percentage allowed, yards per pass attempt allowed, passing touchdowns allowed and interceptions. End of season projected totals were then calculated based on the team's per game averages. Finally, the last two rows show where those projected totals would rank in team and NFL history. There are a few caveats that you should take note of before you dive into the contents of the table though.</p>
<p>First, most of the data that is available only dates back to 1940, and the NFL and the Redskins were founded in 1920 and 1932 respectively. However, I don't think that much if any of these rankings will be affected by this, because almost all of the Redskins data is available, and because of the fact that teams did not pass nearly as much in the 20s and 30s as they do today. There still may be a few gaps, but for simplicity's sake, and for the purposes of this article, I will just say "all-time", instead of "since 1940 and most likely all-time".*</p>
<p>I also need to point out that I did not have a way to sort the yards-per-attempt data, so I only calculated it for the worst 516 defenses in terms of total passing yards allowed.** Why 516, you ask? Well, because that is where the 2014 Redskins rank as of today. I also feel that using 500-plus of the worst passing defenses, according to their passing yardage allowed totals, provides for a more than adequate sample size. So without further ado, here's how the 2014 Redskins passing defense stands.</p>
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<td width="64" class="xl69" style="width: 48pt;"><u><b>Comp %</b></u></td>
<td width="83" class="xl69" style="width: 62pt;"><u><b>Pass Yards</b></u></td>
<td width="76" class="xl69" style="width: 57pt;"><u><b>Y/A</b></u></td>
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<td height="20" class="xl70" style="text-align: center; "><b>Value</b></td>
<td class="xl68">286</td>
<td class="xl73">65.7%</td>
<td class="xl72">3,330</td>
<td class="xl68">7.7</td>
<td class="xl68">31</td>
<td class="xl68">5</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" class="xl70" style="text-align: center; "><b>Current NFL Rank</b></td>
<td class="xl68">5th</td>
<td class="xl68">26th</td>
<td class="xl72">17th</td>
<td class="xl68">29th</td>
<td class="xl68">31st</td>
<td class="xl68">31st</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" class="xl70" style="text-align: center; "><b>Pace Projection</b></td>
<td class="xl71">327</td>
<td class="xl73">65.7%</td>
<td class="xl72">3,806</td>
<td class="xl68">7.7</td>
<td class="xl71">35.4</td>
<td class="xl71">5.7</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" class="xl70" style="text-align: center; "><b>Projected Franchise Rank</b></td>
<td class="xl68">7th Worst<br>
</td>
<td class="xl68">Worst</td>
<td class="xl72">5th Worst</td>
<td class="xl68">9th Worst</td>
<td class="xl68">2nd Worst</td>
<td class="xl68">Worst</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" class="xl70" style="text-align: center; "><b>Projected All-Time NFL Rank *<br></b></td>
<td class="xl68">287th Worst<br>
</td>
<td class="xl68">41st Worst<br>
</td>
<td class="xl72">134th Worst</td>
<td class="xl68">33rd Worst **<br>
</td>
<td class="xl68">11th worst</td>
<td class="xl68">9th Worst</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p> </p>
<p>See what I mean about the state of the passing defense being worse than everyone thought? If they continue to perform at this abysmal pace, then the 2014 Redskins will rank in the bottom ten in franchise history for each of these categories. They are on pace to force the fewest interceptions and allow the highest completion percentage in franchise history.</p>
<p>Washington is also projected to post bottom-50 NFL marks in completion percentage allowed, yards per attempt allowed, passing touchdowns allowed and interceptions. Their touchdown and interception totals would both rank among the dozen worst in league history.</p>
<p>This pass defense is not just bad, it's historically bad. The poor secondary might be the primary reason for this, but it's not the only one. Everyone on the defense needs to take responsibility when the product that they are putting out there is this pathetic. The defensive linemen and linebackers either cover receivers or rush the quarterback on every play too, so they need to share some of the blame. Also, I understand that the talent just isn't there for Jim Haslett and company to work with; but again, you just simply cannot be let off the hook if you have any association with the performance of this group, and these are the people (the coaches) that are ultimately charged with the performance of the defensive units and the defense as a whole.</p>
<p>Maybe things will change in the final two weeks of the season, and the passing defense will narrowly avoid being ranked so poorly in the vast annals of NFL and Washington Redskins' history. Maybe, but it will not be easy with Chip Kelly's high powered offense and the Cowboys ultra-efficient passing attack coming to FedEx Field to close out the season. Only time will tell, but I won't be holding my breath, nor should you.</p>
<p> </p>
<h4>61 Snaps were run against the Defense</h4>
<p class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph7"><b>39 Passing Snaps</b> (64%)</p>
<p class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph8"><b>22 Rushing Snaps</b> (36%)</p>
<ul>
<li>The Giants took their 61 snaps against the Redskins' defense over the course of 11 drives. New York finished off four of those drives with scores (two field goals and two touchdowns), three of which came in the second half. The Washington defense did cause one turnover on downs, when Ryan Clark tackled Odell Beckham short of the line to gain on a questionable fourth down sweep call.<br> </li>
<li>Seven penalties (four accepted) were called against the defense for 70 yards. Bashaud Breeland committed both a defensive holding and a taunting penalty on the same play; both of which could not be accepted, so the 15-yard personal foul was chosen by the Giants. David Amerson's illegal hands to face penalty was declined in favor of an Odell Beckham touchdown and a 12-men on the field call was turned down to allow for a 21-yard Odell Beckham gain. The Redskins basically couldn't stop Beckham even when they were cheating.</li>
<li>Breeland was responsible for all four of the accepted penalties against the defense (70 yards). In addition to the taunting infraction, he was also twice flagged for pass interference and was called for unnecessary roughness on the game's first play. Breeland's five total and four accepted penalties in this game were both the most by a Redskins player in 2014. In fact, the only players on the team that have committed more than 5 total penalties in the entire year are Logan Paulsen with 7 (2 ST) and Trent Williams with 10. Breeland's 11 total and 9 accepted penalties <a href="https://go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1516590&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.profootballfocus.com%2Fdata%2Fcstats.php%3Ftab%3Dby_team%26season%3D2014%26teamid%3D32%26stype%3Dr%26pre%3DREG%26stats%3Dd&referrer=sbnation.com&sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hogshaven.com%2F2014%2F12%2F16%2F7394321%2Fsnap-judgments-week-15-redskins-giants-defense" rel="sponsored nofollow noopener" target="_blank">now lead the team</a>. Only eight players in the league have been flagged more than the Redskins' rookie corner.<br> </li>
</ul>
<h4><u>Downs</u></h4>
<p> </p>
<table width="457" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<colgroup> <col width="64" style="mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 2340; width: 48pt;"> <col width="79" style="mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 2889; width: 59pt;"> <col width="109" style="mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 3986; width: 82pt;"> <col width="105" style="mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 3840; width: 79pt;"> <col width="100" style="mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 3657; width: 75pt;"> </colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="64" height="20" class="xl71" style="text-align: center; "><u><b>Down</b></u></td>
<td width="79" class="xl71" style="border-left: none; width: 59pt;"><u><b># of Plays</b></u></td>
<td width="109" class="xl70" style="text-align: center; "><u><b>Short (1-3 yards)</b></u></td>
<td width="105" class="xl69" style="text-align: center; "><u><b>Med (4-6 yards)</b></u></td>
<td width="100" class="xl70" style="text-align: center; "><u><b>Long (7+ yards)</b></u></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="64" height="20" class="xl72" style="text-align: center; "><b>1st</b></td>
<td width="79" class="xl72" style="border-top: none; border-left: none; width: 59pt;">22</td>
<td class="xl73" style="border-top: none; border-left: none;">0</td>
<td class="xl73" style="border-top: none; border-left: none;">1</td>
<td class="xl73" style="border-top: none; border-left: none;">21</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="64" height="20" class="xl72" style="text-align: center; "><b>2nd</b></td>
<td width="79" class="xl72" style="border-top: none; border-left: none; width: 59pt;">20</td>
<td class="xl73" style="border-top: none; border-left: none;">0</td>
<td class="xl73" style="border-top: none; border-left: none;">7</td>
<td class="xl73" style="border-top: none; border-left: none;">13</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="64" height="20" class="xl72" style="text-align: center; "><b>3rd</b></td>
<td width="79" class="xl72" style="border-top: none; border-left: none; width: 59pt;">13</td>
<td class="xl73" style="border-top: none; border-left: none;">3</td>
<td class="xl73" style="border-top: none; border-left: none;">2</td>
<td class="xl73" style="border-top: none; border-left: none;">8</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="64" height="20" class="xl72" style="text-align: center; "><b>4th</b></td>
<td width="79" class="xl72" style="border-top: none; border-left: none; width: 59pt;">2</td>
<td class="xl73" style="border-top: none; border-left: none;">2</td>
<td class="xl73" style="border-top: none; border-left: none;">0</td>
<td class="xl73" style="border-top: none; border-left: none;">0</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<ul>
<li>The defense forced a third down on a quite healthy 59% of New York's offensive sets.</li>
<li>They also did an admirable job of keeping the Giants out of second and third-and-short situations. Only 9% of the second and third-down snaps plays of the short yardage variety. The Giants offense had seven or more yards-to-go on 65% and 62% of their second and third down plays respectively.</li>
<li>The Giants converted on five of their fourteen combined third and fourth-down opportunities (36%).</li>
<li>That's actually quite an improvement for this Redskins defense. Most people will talk about their poor offensive performance on third down, but they don't always look the other side of the ball. They rank <a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/statistics/team/_/stat/downs/sort/thirdDownConvPct/position/defense">2</a><a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/statistics/team/_/stat/downs/sort/thirdDownConvPct/position/defense">3rd in third-down conversion rate allowed</a> (42.5%) and <a href="http://pfref.com/tiny/0bxeN">24th in combined third and fourth-down conversion rate allowed</a> (43.6%).</li>
<li>Washington also <a href="http://pfref.com/tiny/0LxvX">ranks 29th in combined second and third-and-long conversion rate allowed</a> (28.5%). This should come as no surprise, as we've seen them allow opposing offenses to frequently convert in these situations over the past several weeks.<br> </li>
</ul>
<h4><u>Defensive Snaps</u></h4>
<p> </p>
<table width="360" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<colgroup> <col width="168" style="mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 6144; width: 126pt;"> <col width="64" span="3" style="width: 48pt;"> </colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="179" height="20" class="xl68" style="text-align: center; "><u><b>Name</b></u></td>
<td width="64" class="xl69" style="width: 48pt;"><u><b>Position</b></u></td>
<td width="64" class="xl69" style="width: 48pt;"><u><b>Snaps</b></u></td>
<td width="64" class="xl69" style="width: 48pt;"><u><b>Snap %</b></u></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="168" height="20" class="xl71" style="text-align: center; ">David Amerson *</td>
<td class="xl67">CB</td>
<td width="64" class="xl71" style="width: 48pt;">61</td>
<td width="64" class="xl68" style="width: 48pt;">100%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="168" height="20" class="xl71" style="text-align: center; ">Ryan Clark *</td>
<td class="xl67">FS</td>
<td width="64" class="xl71" style="width: 48pt;">61</td>
<td width="64" class="xl68" style="width: 48pt;">100%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="168" height="20" class="xl71" style="text-align: center; ">Will Compton *</td>
<td class="xl67">ILB</td>
<td width="64" class="xl71" style="width: 48pt;">61</td>
<td width="64" class="xl68" style="width: 48pt;">100%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="168" height="20" class="xl71" style="text-align: center; ">Perry Riley *</td>
<td class="xl67">ILB</td>
<td width="64" class="xl71" style="width: 48pt;">61</td>
<td width="64" class="xl68" style="width: 48pt;">100%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="168" height="20" class="xl71" style="text-align: center; ">Ryan Kerrigan *</td>
<td class="xl67">OLB</td>
<td width="64" class="xl71" style="width: 48pt;">61</td>
<td width="64" class="xl68" style="width: 48pt;">100%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="168" height="20" class="xl71" style="text-align: center; ">Trent Murphy *</td>
<td class="xl67">OLB</td>
<td width="64" class="xl71" style="width: 48pt;">58</td>
<td width="64" class="xl68" style="width: 48pt;">95%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="168" height="20" class="xl71" style="text-align: center; ">Bashaud Breeland *</td>
<td class="xl67">CB</td>
<td width="64" class="xl71" style="width: 48pt;">49</td>
<td width="64" class="xl68" style="width: 48pt;">80%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="168" height="20" class="xl71" style="text-align: center; ">Chris Baker *</td>
<td class="xl67">DE</td>
<td width="64" class="xl71" style="width: 48pt;">41</td>
<td width="64" class="xl68" style="width: 48pt;">67%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="168" height="20" class="xl71" style="text-align: center; ">E.J. Biggers</td>
<td class="xl67">CB</td>
<td width="64" class="xl71" style="width: 48pt;">40</td>
<td width="64" class="xl68" style="width: 48pt;">66%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="168" height="20" class="xl71" style="text-align: center; ">Phillip Thomas *</td>
<td class="xl67">SS</td>
<td width="64" class="xl71" style="width: 48pt;">38</td>
<td width="64" class="xl68" style="width: 48pt;">62%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="168" height="20" class="xl71" style="text-align: center; ">Stephen Bowen *</td>
<td class="xl67">DE</td>
<td width="64" class="xl71" style="width: 48pt;">37</td>
<td width="64" class="xl68" style="width: 48pt;">61%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="168" height="20" class="xl71" style="text-align: center; ">Barry Cofield</td>
<td class="xl67">NT</td>
<td width="64" class="xl71" style="width: 48pt;">36</td>
<td width="64" class="xl68" style="width: 48pt;">59%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="168" height="20" class="xl71" style="text-align: center; ">Jarvis Jenkins *</td>
<td class="xl67">DE</td>
<td width="64" class="xl71" style="width: 48pt;">32</td>
<td width="64" class="xl68" style="width: 48pt;">52%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="168" height="20" class="xl71" style="text-align: center; ">Kedric Golston</td>
<td class="xl67">DE</td>
<td width="64" class="xl71" style="width: 48pt;">17</td>
<td width="64" class="xl68" style="width: 48pt;">28%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="168" height="20" class="xl71" style="text-align: center; ">Frank Kearse</td>
<td class="xl67">DE</td>
<td width="64" class="xl71" style="width: 48pt;">11</td>
<td width="64" class="xl68" style="width: 48pt;">18%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="168" height="20" class="xl71" style="text-align: center; ">Kenny Okoro</td>
<td class="xl67">CB</td>
<td width="64" class="xl71" style="width: 48pt;">3</td>
<td width="64" class="xl68" style="width: 48pt;">5%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="168" height="20" class="xl71" style="text-align: center; ">Trenton Robinson</td>
<td class="xl67">S</td>
<td width="64" class="xl71" style="width: 48pt;">3</td>
<td width="64" class="xl68" style="width: 48pt;">5%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="168" height="20" class="xl71" style="text-align: center; ">Justin Rogers</td>
<td class="xl67">CB</td>
<td width="64" class="xl71" style="width: 48pt;">1</td>
<td width="64" class="xl68" style="width: 48pt;">2%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" class="xl67" style="text-align: center; ">Ja'Gared Davis</td>
<td class="xl67">LB</td>
<td class="xl67">0</td>
<td width="64" class="xl68" style="width: 48pt;">0%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" class="xl67" style="text-align: center; ">Gabe Miller</td>
<td class="xl67">LB</td>
<td class="xl67">0</td>
<td width="64" class="xl68" style="width: 48pt;">0%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" class="xl67" style="text-align: center; ">Trevardo Williams</td>
<td class="xl67">LB</td>
<td class="xl67">0</td>
<td width="64" class="xl68" style="width: 48pt;">0%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" class="xl67" style="text-align: center; ">Akeem Davis</td>
<td class="xl67">S</td>
<td class="xl67">0</td>
<td class="xl70">0%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" class="xl67" style="text-align: center; ">Jason Hatcher</td>
<td class="xl67">DE</td>
<td class="xl67">Inactive</td>
<td class="xl67">N/A</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" class="xl67" style="text-align: center; ">Keenan Robinson</td>
<td class="xl67">ILB</td>
<td class="xl67">Inactive</td>
<td class="xl67">N/A</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" class="xl67" style="text-align: center; ">Brandon Merriweahter</td>
<td class="xl67">SS</td>
<td class="xl67">Inactive</td>
<td class="xl67">N/A</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<ul>
<li>For the second week in a row, reserve linebacker Will Compton was tied for the team lead in defensive snaps taken.<br> </li>
<li>With the exception of Jason Hatcher, the defensive line has continued to get healthier over the past several weeks. Chris Baker, Stephen Bowen and Barry Cofield all recorded their second highest snaps totals of the season against the Giants.</li>
<li> <a href="http://www.redskins.com/news-and-events/article-1/Redskins-Sign-Cornerback-Justin-Rogers/40204ac1-2fac-41b7-b50c-d5ae0ba5c47c">Newly signed cornerback</a>, Justin Rogers, recorded his first, and so far only, snap with the Redskins. Rogers, a 2011 seventh round selection by the Bills, had played in <a href="http://www.nfl.com/player/justinrogers/2508135/profile">35 games prior to this one</a> and has three career interceptions.</li>
<li>Starting strong safety Brandon Merriweather was inactive for the second game in a row, and in that time the team's number three and four safeties have been on the field for only a combined four snaps. I find it a little strange that coaches wouldn't want to use this opportunity to get a closer look at Trenton Robinson (4 snaps last two weeks) and Akeem Davis (0 snaps), because Merriweather and Clark are clearly nothing more than short-term stopgaps. Although, what's clear to us is not always so obvious to this front office.<br> </li>
</ul>
<h4><u>Special Teams Snaps</u></h4>
<p> </p>
<table width="382" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<colgroup> <col width="179" style="mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 6546; width: 134pt;"> <col width="73" style="mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 2669; width: 55pt;"> <col width="64" style="width: 48pt;"> <col width="66" style="mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 2413; width: 50pt;"> </colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="179" height="20" class="xl68" style="text-align: center; "><u><b>Name</b></u></td>
<td width="73" class="xl68" style="width: 55pt;"><u><b>Position</b></u></td>
<td width="64" class="xl68" style="width: 48pt;"><u><b>Snaps</b></u></td>
<td width="66" class="xl68" style="width: 50pt;"><u><b>Snap %</b></u></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" class="xl67" style="text-align: center; ">Trenton Robinson</td>
<td class="xl67">S</td>
<td class="xl67">21</td>
<td class="xl69">75%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" class="xl67" style="text-align: center; ">Niles Paul</td>
<td class="xl67">TE</td>
<td class="xl67">21</td>
<td class="xl69">75%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" class="xl67" style="text-align: center; ">Ja'Gared Davis</td>
<td class="xl67">LB</td>
<td class="xl67">19</td>
<td class="xl69">68%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" class="xl67" style="text-align: center; ">Trevardo Williams</td>
<td class="xl67">LB</td>
<td class="xl67">19</td>
<td class="xl69">68%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="179" height="20" class="xl71" style="text-align: center; ">Darrel Young</td>
<td class="xl67">FB</td>
<td width="64" class="xl71" style="width: 48pt;">17</td>
<td width="66" class="xl70" style="width: 50pt;">61%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="179" height="20" class="xl71" style="text-align: center; ">Silas Redd</td>
<td class="xl67">RB</td>
<td width="64" class="xl71" style="width: 48pt;">17</td>
<td width="66" class="xl70" style="width: 50pt;">61%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="179" height="20" class="xl71" style="text-align: center; ">Akeem Davis</td>
<td class="xl67">S</td>
<td class="xl67">15</td>
<td class="xl69">54%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" class="xl67" style="text-align: center; ">Frank Kearse</td>
<td class="xl67">DE</td>
<td class="xl67">14</td>
<td class="xl69">50%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="179" height="20" class="xl71" style="text-align: center; ">Trent Murphy</td>
<td class="xl67">OLB</td>
<td width="64" class="xl71" style="width: 48pt;">13</td>
<td width="66" class="xl70" style="width: 50pt;">46%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="179" height="20" class="xl71" style="text-align: center; ">Logan Paulsen</td>
<td class="xl67">TE</td>
<td class="xl67">12</td>
<td class="xl69">43%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" class="xl67" style="text-align: center; ">Justin Rogers</td>
<td class="xl67">CB</td>
<td class="xl67">11</td>
<td class="xl69">39%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="179" height="20" class="xl71" style="text-align: center; ">Andre Roberts</td>
<td class="xl67">WR</td>
<td width="64" class="xl71" style="width: 48pt;">11</td>
<td width="66" class="xl70" style="width: 50pt;">39%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" class="xl67" style="text-align: center; ">David Amerson</td>
<td class="xl67">CB</td>
<td class="xl67">10</td>
<td class="xl69">36%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" class="xl67" style="text-align: center; ">Kenny Okoro</td>
<td class="xl67">CB</td>
<td class="xl67">10</td>
<td class="xl69">36%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" class="xl67" style="text-align: center; ">Will Compton</td>
<td class="xl67">ILB</td>
<td class="xl67">9</td>
<td class="xl69">32%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="179" height="20" class="xl71" style="text-align: center; ">Nick Sunberg</td>
<td class="xl67">LS</td>
<td class="xl67">9</td>
<td class="xl69">32%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="179" height="20" class="xl71" style="text-align: center; ">Tress Way</td>
<td class="xl67">P</td>
<td class="xl67">9</td>
<td class="xl69">32%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="179" height="20" class="xl71" style="text-align: center; ">Bashaud Breeland</td>
<td class="xl67">CB</td>
<td class="xl67">8</td>
<td class="xl69">29%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" class="xl67" style="text-align: center; ">Kedric Golston</td>
<td class="xl67">DE</td>
<td class="xl67">7</td>
<td class="xl69">25%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" class="xl67" style="text-align: center; ">Kai Forbath</td>
<td class="xl67">K</td>
<td class="xl67">7</td>
<td class="xl69">25%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="179" height="20" class="xl71" style="text-align: center; ">E.J. Biggers</td>
<td class="xl67">CB</td>
<td class="xl67">5</td>
<td class="xl69">18%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" class="xl67" style="text-align: center; ">Stephen Bowen</td>
<td class="xl67">DE</td>
<td width="64" class="xl71" style="width: 48pt;">4</td>
<td width="66" class="xl70" style="width: 50pt;">14%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" class="xl67" style="text-align: center; ">Perry Riley</td>
<td class="xl67">ILB</td>
<td width="64" class="xl71" style="width: 48pt;">4</td>
<td width="66" class="xl70" style="width: 50pt;">14%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="179" height="20" class="xl71" style="text-align: center; ">Gabe Miller</td>
<td class="xl67">LB</td>
<td width="64" class="xl71" style="width: 48pt;">4</td>
<td width="66" class="xl70" style="width: 50pt;">14%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" class="xl67" style="text-align: center; ">Barry Cofield</td>
<td class="xl67">NT</td>
<td width="64" class="xl71" style="width: 48pt;">4</td>
<td width="66" class="xl70" style="width: 50pt;">14%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" class="xl67" style="text-align: center; ">Ryan Kerrigan</td>
<td class="xl67">OLB</td>
<td width="64" class="xl71" style="width: 48pt;">4</td>
<td width="66" class="xl70" style="width: 50pt;">14%</td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" class="xl67" style="text-align: center; ">Philip Thomas</td>
<td class="xl67">SS</td>
<td width="64" class="xl71" style="width: 48pt;">4</td>
<td width="66" class="xl70" style="width: 50pt;">14%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="179" height="20" class="xl71" style="text-align: center; ">Chris Chester</td>
<td class="xl67">G</td>
<td width="64" class="xl71" style="width: 48pt;">3</td>
<td width="66" class="xl70" style="width: 50pt;">11%</td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" class="xl67" style="text-align: center; ">Shawn Lauvao</td>
<td class="xl67">G</td>
<td width="64" class="xl71" style="width: 48pt;">3</td>
<td width="66" class="xl70" style="width: 50pt;">11%</td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" class="xl67" style="text-align: center; ">Spencer Long</td>
<td class="xl67">G</td>
<td width="64" class="xl71" style="width: 48pt;">3</td>
<td width="66" class="xl70" style="width: 50pt;">11%</td>
</tr>
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<td width="179" height="20" class="xl71" style="text-align: center; ">Tom Compton</td>
<td class="xl67">T</td>
<td width="64" class="xl71" style="width: 48pt;">3</td>
<td width="66" class="xl70" style="width: 50pt;">11%</td>
</tr>
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<td width="179" height="20" class="xl71" style="text-align: center; ">Tyler Polumbus</td>
<td class="xl67">T</td>
<td width="64" class="xl71" style="width: 48pt;">3</td>
<td width="66" class="xl70" style="width: 50pt;">11%</td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" class="xl67" style="text-align: center; ">Ryan Grant</td>
<td class="xl67">WR</td>
<td width="64" class="xl71" style="width: 48pt;">3</td>
<td width="66" class="xl70" style="width: 50pt;">11%</td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" class="xl67" style="text-align: center; ">Chris Thompson</td>
<td class="xl67">RB</td>
<td class="xl67">1</td>
<td class="xl69">4%</td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" class="xl67" style="text-align: center; ">Pierre Garcon</td>
<td class="xl67">WR</td>
<td width="64" class="xl71" style="width: 48pt;">1</td>
<td width="66" class="xl70" style="width: 50pt;">4%</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<ul>
<li>Well, at least Trenton Robinson saw some action on special teams. Robinson and Niles Paul led the team with 21 special teams snaps against the Giants.</li>
<li>All three of the Redskins new signees saw their fair share of special teams work on Sunday. The aforementioned Rogers was in on 11 <i>teams </i>snaps, and linebackers Ja'Gared Davis and Trevardo Williams were tied for second on the team with 19 snaps. They should all expect heavy special teams workloads going forward.<br> </li>
</ul>
<h4><u>Records and Rankings</u></h4>
<p> </p>
<ul>
<li>Just about every Redskins fan knows that Ryan Kerrigan is enjoying a career year, but most don't know why other than the fact that his 12.5 sacks are four more than his previous career high. Let's take a look at few more of his statistics, but on a per-game and a per-pass-rush basis, and we'll see how good he's really doing and where his performance this year ranks relative to his other three seasons in the league.</li>
</ul>
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<colgroup> <col width="85" style="mso-width-source:userset;mso-width-alt:3108;width:64pt"> <col width="118" style="mso-width-source:userset;mso-width-alt:4315;width:89pt"> <col width="118" style="mso-width-source:userset;mso-width-alt:4315;width:89pt"> <col width="76" style="mso-width-source:userset;mso-width-alt:2779;width:57pt"> <col width="118" style="mso-width-source:userset;mso-width-alt:4315;width:89pt"> <col width="70" span="2" style="mso-width-source:userset;mso-width-alt:2560; width:53pt"> </colgroup>
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<td width="85" height="20" class="xl66" style="height: 15.0pt; width: 64pt;"><br></td>
<td width="118" class="xl70" style="width: 89pt;"><u><b>Tackles/G</b></u></td>
<td width="118" class="xl70" style="width: 89pt;"><u><b>FF/G</b></u></td>
<td width="76" class="xl68" style="width: 57pt;"><u><b>Sacks/G</b></u></td>
<td width="118" class="xl70" style="width: 89pt;"><u><b>Total Pressures/G</b></u></td>
<td width="70" class="xl68" style="width: 53pt;"><u><b>Sack/Rush</b></u></td>
<td width="70" class="xl68" style="width: 53pt;"><u><b>Press/Rush</b></u></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" class="xl69" style="text-align: center; "><b>Value</b></td>
<td class="xl71">4.0</td>
<td class="xl66">0.29</td>
<td class="xl66">0.89</td>
<td class="xl66">4.07</td>
<td class="xl67">0.033</td>
<td class="xl67">0.15</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" class="xl69" style="text-align: center; "><b>Career Rank</b></td>
<td class="xl67">2nd</td>
<td class="xl66">1st</td>
<td class="xl66">1st</td>
<td class="xl66">2nd</td>
<td class="xl67">1st</td>
<td class="xl67">1st</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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<ul>
<li>As you can see this is either his best or second best season in each of the categories listed. The only reason that this is not his best season from a pressure per-game standpoint, is that he had far more opportunities to rush the passer in 2012 (will end this year with over 100 less). This was because Brian Orakpo went down earlier and the team held the lead far more often that year, which forced opponents into more obvious passing situations..</li>
<li>When Eli Manning (pictured <a href="http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/article/media_slots/photos/001/692/376/9087b1153350e5beefd9a6738fae2826_original.jpg?1409169528">here, </a><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BbjOWUGIEAAj-6v.jpg">here</a> and <a href="http://www.empiresports.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/manning_01.jpg">here</a>) has faced the Redskins <a href="http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MannEl00/gamelog/2014/">in 2014</a> he has averaged 275 yards passing, a 70% completion percentage, 7.53 yards per attempt, 3.5 touchdowns and .5 interceptions. Those numbers drop dramatically if we look at his combined performance against all of the other 2014 Giants' opponents. They fall to 253 yards passing (-22), 62% completion percentage (-8%), 6.86 yards per attempt (-.67), 1.58 touchdowns (-1.92) and 1 interception (+.5).</li>
<li>When the Giants' Preston Parker gained 45 yards on a kick return we were reminded yet again that despite some improvements over last year's <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/football-insider/wp/2013/11/13/redskins-historically-bad-special-teams-likely-to-improve/">historically horrible showing</a>, this year's iteration isn't any good either. In the table below I've included some <a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/statistics/team/_/stat/returning/position/defense">basic return yardage averages and rankings</a> along with advanced metrics from <a href="https://go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1516590&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.profootballfocus.com%2Fdata%2Fby_team.php%3Ftab%3Dby_team&referrer=sbnation.com&sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hogshaven.com%2F2014%2F12%2F16%2F7394321%2Fsnap-judgments-week-15-redskins-giants-defense" rel="sponsored nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Pro Football Focus</a> and <a href="http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/teamst">Football Outsiders</a>. </li>
</ul>
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<colgroup> <col width="64" style="width: 48pt;"> <col width="92" style="mso-width-source:userset;mso-width-alt:3364;width:69pt"> <col width="63" style="mso-width-source:userset;mso-width-alt:2304;width:47pt"> <col width="92" style="mso-width-source:userset;mso-width-alt:3364;width:69pt"> <col width="95" style="mso-width-source:userset;mso-width-alt:3474;width:71pt"> <col width="74" style="mso-width-source:userset;mso-width-alt:2706;width:56pt"> <col width="75" style="mso-width-source:userset;mso-width-alt:2742;width:56pt"> <col width="90" style="mso-width-source:userset;mso-width-alt:3291;width:68pt"> <col width="93" style="mso-width-source:userset;mso-width-alt:3401;width:70pt"> <col width="64" span="2" style="width: 48pt;"> </colgroup>
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<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;" id="stats.154">
<td width="64" height="20" class="xl72" style="height: 15.0pt; width: 48pt;"><br></td>
<td width="92" class="xl70" style="width: 69pt;"><u><b>KR Yards</b></u></td>
<td width="63" class="xl70" style="width: 47pt;"><u><b>Yards/KR</b></u></td>
<td width="92" class="xl70" style="width: 69pt;"><u><b>Opp KR Yards</b></u></td>
<td width="95" class="xl70" style="width: 71pt;"><u><b>Opp Yards/KR</b></u></td>
<td width="74" class="xl70" style="width: 56pt;"><u><b>PR Yards</b></u></td>
<td width="75" class="xl70" style="width: 56pt;"><u><b>Yards/PR</b></u></td>
<td width="90" class="xl70" style="width: 68pt;"><u><b>Opp PR Yards</b></u></td>
<td width="93" class="xl70" style="width: 70pt;"><u><b>Opp Yards/PR</b></u></td>
<td width="64" class="xl70" style="width: 48pt;"><u><b>PFF Rating</b></u></td>
<td width="64" class="xl69" style="width: 48pt;"><u><b>FO DVOA</b></u></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="64" height="20" class="xl73" style="text-align: center; "><b>Value</b></td>
<td class="xl68">569</td>
<td class="xl68">21.9</td>
<td class="xl68">991</td>
<td class="xl68">26.1</td>
<td class="xl68">193</td>
<td class="xl68">7.1</td>
<td class="xl68">375</td>
<td class="xl68">9.9</td>
<td class="xl68">14.1</td>
<td class="xl67">-7.0%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td width="64" height="20" class="xl73" style="text-align: center; "><b>Rank</b></td>
<td class="xl68">26th</td>
<td class="xl68">23rd</td>
<td class="xl68">25th</td>
<td class="xl68">26th</td>
<td class="xl68">25th</td>
<td class="xl68">23rd</td>
<td class="xl68">29th</td>
<td class="xl68">26th</td>
<td class="xl68">27th</td>
<td class="xl71">27th</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p> </p>
<ul>
<li>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Redskins rank in the bottom third of the league in every category. This is not a good look new coordinator Ben Kotwica. The table doesn't even include return touchdowns. No team has allowed more than one kick or punt return TD against them this season; the Redskins have allowed one of each. They are tied with Green Bay for the most total return TDs (kick and punt) allowed this year with two. A Washington player has <a href="http://pfref.com/tiny/uOPpc">not returned a kick or a punt for a touchdown since 2010</a>. At least they have Kai Forbath and Tress Way.</p>
</li>
<li> Washington currently <a href="http://pfref.com/tiny/EEfAY">ranks 27th in accepted penalties (108), 31st in penalty yards (1,014)</a> and <a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/statistics/team/_/stat/downs/sort/totalPenalties/position/defense">last in total penalties (124)</a>. If the Redskins keeps up their current pace of 7.7 penalties per game, then they will either tie or come one up one penalty short of the<a href="http://pfref.com/tiny/3am9a"> </a><a href="http://en.calameo.com/read/002417261be09811f5c93">franchise record of 124</a> that was set in 2003. However, if they continue to be charged with over 72 penalty yards per game, then they will easily surpass the <a href="http://en.calameo.com/read/002417261be09811f5c93">1948 franchise record</a> for most penalty yards in a season of 1,100, when they finish with approximately 1,158 penalty yards. That would be the <a href="http://pfref.com/tiny/RwBtE">19th most penalty yards by any NFL team since 1940 and likely of all time</a>. Way to run a disciplined team, Jay. You certainly are setting a new standard here in Washington. </li>
</ul>
<p id="paragraph14" class="pgh-paragraph"><i>**Statistics derived from ESPN, </i><i><i>NFL GSIS</i>, Pro Football Focus</i><i><i>, Pro Football Reference</i> and Team Rankings**</i></p>
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https://www.hogshaven.com/2014/12/16/7394321/snap-judgments-week-15-redskins-giants-defenseJames Dorsett2014-12-15T09:24:00-05:002014-12-15T09:24:00-05:00Redskins Lose to Giants via Curb Your Enthusiasm
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<p>The Redskins drop to 3-11 for the year after losing to the Giants 24-13</p> <p>Welp, that was fun. I'm bringing back the gif recaps for this week, and possibly the next two because the season needs a little levity. Who better than Larry David. The Giants rookie WR Odell Beckham, Jr took Victor Cruz's role of burning the Redskins flawlessly as the Redskins lost 24-13 yesterday. Let Larry David and the rest of the Curb Your Enthusiasm cast get you through another loss, and please add any gifs that help tell the story of yesterday's loss or this season in the comments section.</p>
<p>What Colt McCoy said to head trainer Larry Hess on the sidelines after leaving with a neck injury(in my head)</p>
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<p>Odell Beckham, Jr scores his first TD against the Redskins</p>
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<p>Robert Griffin III drives the team down the field and hits a wide open Chris Thompson for his first NFL TD!</p>
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<p>Jay Gruden and Robert Griffin III share a moment on the sidelines</p>
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<p>RG3 rushes for the TD right before halftime!</p>
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<p>And the refs overturn the TD because...Redskins</p>
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<p>Santana Moss unleashes a decades worth of Redskins-related frustration on the referees and gets ejected</p>
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<p>He explained it after the game</p>
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<p>Odell Beckham, Jr scores his 2nd TD</p>
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<p>Odell Beckham, Jr gets his 3rd TD of the game</p>
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<p>3-11...</p>
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<p>My reaction after every game this year.</p>
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<p>Listening to Jay Gruden explain another loss</p>
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<p>My thoughts on Dan Snyder</p>
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<p>Fan opinions on Jay Gruden/Robert Griffin III/Bruce Allen</p>
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<p>Bruce Allen was asked for comment after the game about Jay Gruden's job</p>
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<p>The Washington Redskins</p>
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<p>Wait, we have the #5 pick in the draft this year?</p>
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<p>Robert Griffin III answers questions from the media after finishing today's game vs the New York Giants</p> <p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/sSL3evXczuo" frameborder="0"></iframe></p>
<h3>TD run being overturned:</h3>
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<p>RGIII on his TD being called back: "It's a touchdown in every game I've ever seen."</p>
— Washington Redskins (@Redskins) <a href="https://twitter.com/Redskins/status/544247572043673600">December 14, 2014</a>
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<p>RG3 on overturned TD: "We shouldn't have let that play alter the game. ...Unfortunately it did."</p>
— Tarik El-Bashir (@TarikCSN) <a href="https://twitter.com/TarikCSN/status/544247657687154689">December 14, 2014</a>
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<h3>Opportunity to play today:</h3>
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<p>Griffin: "It's an honor to be able to suit up an play with those guys. You have to have fun out there." <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Redskins?src=hash">#Redskins</a></p>
— George Wallace (@GWallaceWTOP) <a href="https://twitter.com/GWallaceWTOP/status/544247676221804545">December 14, 2014</a>
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<p>RG3 says emotionally he was excited because he loves playing for these guys, it hasn't been a fun year</p>
— Dianna Marie Russini (@NBCdianna) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCdianna/status/544247767879929856">December 14, 2014</a>
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<h3>Getting forward after mistakes:</h3>
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<p>RGIII: "There's going to be mistakes but you cant harp on every single one of them...you try to make plays and help your team win a game."</p>
— Washington Redskins (@Redskins) <a href="https://twitter.com/Redskins/status/544248196298711042">December 14, 2014</a>
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<h3>Offensive playcalling today:</h3>
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<p>Griffin "I thought the play calling was on point. I was able to utilize my legs a little bit, but we didn't win."</p>
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<p>Griffin said play calling was on point, helping him get into a rhythm.</p>
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<p>Griffin III "I thought the play-calling was on point." Says Chris Thompson did a great job on TD recognizing all out blitz. 4th/2 on him</p>— Chris Russell (@Russellmania980) <a href="https://twitter.com/Russellmania980/status/544248959053869056">December 14, 2014</a>
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<h3>Failed 4th down conversion:</h3>
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<p>Griffin on the 4th and 2 miss: "That's one of those plays I wish I had back." Had J Reed open.</p>— George Wallace (@GWallaceWTOP) <a href="https://twitter.com/GWallaceWTOP/status/544248901629644800">December 14, 2014</a>
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<h3>Starting next week vs Philly:</h3>
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<p>Griffin on next week: "Whatever coach decides I'll be ready to go. I'll be there for these guys. We aren't giving up." <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Redskins?src=hash">#Redskins</a></p>— George Wallace (@GWallaceWTOP) <a href="https://twitter.com/GWallaceWTOP/status/544249090176204800">December 14, 2014</a>
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<p>RG3 on if he did enough to win his job back. Not biting: "That's coaches' decision."</p>— Brian McNally (@bmcnally14) <a href="https://twitter.com/bmcnally14/status/544249026871558144">December 14, 2014</a>
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