Some positives from week 2

CP's block:

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Here's a pretty good breakdown of the teams second half rushing woes compiled by the best poster on this forum. I mean this guy is so good that when he's debating you it's like you're on an island.

http://www.thewarpath.net/redskins-locker-room/38633-skins-need-further-invest-trenches-next-6.html#post736359I can vouch for Dirtbag's analysis. Went above and beyond the call of duty.

It was awesome to see us throw the ball like that. Really, really impressive. The playcalling was just sick. I was really pleased. When we were up 27-10, I was like, "what team is this and what did you do with the Washington Redskins???" But then the Redskins we all know showed up late. :madani:

We never throw the ball like that. People will be afraid of our passing game - when does that ever happen? The NFL is a coordinator's league and I am so happy that we have Kyle Shanahan. And #5.

Trent Williams is a definite beast. I hope that he gets well soon.

We had 5 sacks. 5! Although we had some defensive troubles, you have to like the pressure that we put on Schaub most of the time.

Last year we would have lost this game 31-10.

Agree that 5 sacks is awesome. But not at the expense of allowing 500 passing yards. IMO we should have backed off of the blitzing a bit once Schaub started molesting our exposed secondary.

CP's block:

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lol oh man he just killed that guy

Definitely one of the best blocking backs in the game today, and one of the best I've seen all time too

My postives are very simple and from a big perspective. We are 1-1. When I looked at our schedule, I thought after 2 games against Dallas and Houston we would probably be 1-1, but the best thing about being 1-1 is that our WIN was against Dallas, in division and in conference, which matters SO much more than losing to the Texans.

Here is the best thing however, Dallas has to play Houston next week!!!! The Texans are about to be 3-0 and the Cowboys 0-3.

We look like a professional football team in the NFL for the first time in a while. Even in a loss, we were doing the right kinds of things. And, for what it's worth, this was a fun game to watch, but for the ending. There's something to be said for playing exciting football!

Finally, there's enough optimism about this team, even in a loss. I feel like we're on the right track. It's partly DMac--wow--but it's the coaching staff and FO as well. Now let's use this to grow.

Yes, Landry is on fire now. This is the guy that we all thought we were getting when he was drafted. Obviously, he fits in this scheme. Hope he's ok along w/ TW.

McNabb was great yesterday. Just not enough OL at the end of the game.

Agree that 5 sacks is awesome. But not at the expense of allowing 500 passing yards. IMO we should have backed off of the blitzing a bit once Schaub started molesting our exposed secondary.A lot of our "blitzes" don't actually sacrifice coverage, they overload with seven guys dropping. Our zone coverage isn't exactly airtight, but a lot of that is because we were simply teaching the same players the wrong cues last year. As a whole, I think we're a little tighter in the secondary than last year, and improving.

Schaub threw for better than 9 yards per attempt in this game, and our defensive numbers are going to look horrible for the second straight week, but we were one Andre Johnson jump ball away from having a winning defense for the second straight week.

It's not a shut down unit, and it probably won't be until they can figure out how to fit in Albert like they've figured out how to use Landry/Hall/Rogers in the same secondary. But I think it's safe to say that the concerns about our run defense were grossly exaggerated.

The players know and are willing to accept that they have areas to address. A far cry from the Caps' "don't know" and "hot goalie" excuses.

We made our mark in the trivia book AGAIN, as "Both quarterbacks threw for more than 400 yards, the first time that's happened in an NFL game since 1994."