Clutch and Execution Problems

Actually I know what it is, playoffs teams make that play and others make excuses.

My expectations is improvement on the offense. Havent seen it, dont care we down to a couple RB, we have been able to run the ball with K Williams several occasions.
Minnesota loses its head coach our game week and the team has been in disary most of the season. Lotta people on here expecting a win and a decisive one at that. This was a game we shoulda and had to have. Im generally not satisfied with no progress, limited improvement on the offense.

The thing that really pisses me off is the fact this year the NFC is up for grabs, not alot of dominace from anybody, if we could get just half our sh*t together we could be in it.

Im just kinda tired on giving passes out after yesterday. Minnesota defensive is far from good. If you look at the game its not just that play or another...its been a litany of errors.

I don't understand the whole expectation that a team changes it's HC so we should dominate. Did the NYG dominate Dallas? Did we dominate the Rams when Haslett took over? I know Smootsmack posted a list of other mid season changes where the team didn't improve, but this Vikings team was in the NFC championship last year. They respect Frazier and played for him yesterday. This wasn't a constant bottom feeder going through another cycle. It was a team in disarray, and stood up and showed respect for itself and it's new coach.

I still wish we had won, and think we lost mainly due to the decisions made regarding the OL.

This has been an issue for the Redskins since 2000. We under achieved the year we essentially bought a championship. untimely drops, penalties, sacks, which ever the case may be have always been a thorn is this teams side. Playing down to opponents has hurt this team for years. Good teams/franchises just dont lose games to winless teams, or 1 or 2 loss teams. Sure it happens in the NFL, but it happens to us every year. We play really well one week, then revert to the same stuff the next week. Instead of building on a nice win, we take two steps backwards. Hopefully Shanny can turn the mentality of this team around and we will start winning these games. We have played more 3-7 point games in the last 5 or so years than any team in the league. So its obvious that this team shoots itself in the foot repeatedly every year.

Moss' drops yesterday were costly, Cooley had a huge drop, so did Armstrong. McNabb was OK but the underthrow to Armstrong could've been 7 but he had a linemen pushed into his face. McNabb also can't hit anyone in stride it seems. The block in the back by Riley was so piss poor. No reason to even try to attempt that block. Good teams don't make these kind of mistakes and when they do they're good enough to overcome them. We're not good enough to overcome mistakes.

Did you guys listen to the post-game interviews? Buchanon said that 10-6 was not that far off. Goes to show how badly Shanahan has prepared this team that they are thinking about 5 games rather than focusing on one. This was a Vikings squad we should have beaten at home, and is arguably the second worst loss all season.

I've lost a lot of faith in the Shanahans, especially Kyle

I honestly don't think yesterday was a "bad loss". Going in I really thought it was a 50/50 type of game. The Vikings have struggled but are still very talented, and you had to figure they were going to come out with a more focused and back to basics attack with Childress out of the picture.

I just don't see where we were supposed to be that much better than them, especially with all the injuries.

Did you guys listen to the post-game interviews? Buchanon said that 10-6 was not that far off. Goes to show how badly Shanahan has prepared this team that they are thinking about 5 games rather than focusing on one. This was a Vikings squad we should have beaten at home, and is arguably the second worst loss all season.

I've lost a lot of faith in the Shanahans, especially Kyle

Kyle has really nothing to do with Buchanon, and I'm guessing you missed the part where he said you got to start with one first. I think you're just grasping here

From an offensive standpoint it's so difficult to gauge the true worth of it until we can field the most important ingredient necessary to make it all work. Some people want R/B's some want W/R's, both are worthless when the heart and soul of the offense is in complete shambles. This offense is going to remain inconsistent until the most important part of it is addressed in a serious way.

Actually I know what it is, playoffs teams make that play and others make excuses.

My expectations is improvement on the offense. Havent seen it, dont care we down to a couple RB, we have been able to run the ball with K Williams several occasions.
Minnesota loses its head coach our game week and the team has been in disary most of the season. Lotta people on here expecting a win and a decisive one at that. This was a game we shoulda and had to have. Im generally not satisfied with no progress, limited improvement on the offense.

The thing that really pisses me off is the fact this year the NFC is up for grabs, not alot of dominace from anybody, if we could get just half our sh*t together we could be in it.

Im just kinda tired on giving passes out after yesterday. Minnesota defensive is far from good. If you look at the game its not just that play or another...its been a litany of errors.


Maybe your expectations are a little high for a team that was just 4-12 a season ago? A lot of people on here expect quite a bit of stuff that is really unrealistic. This team will do well to be .500, which will be a big improvement from a year ago. If they wind up going 9-7, I will be extremely impressed.

We may have the talent, but does the talent have the football smarts to become a better team? So many times, we're dumbfounded at the fact that this team always seems to underachieve when they need the wins the most. Almost to the point to where we expect them to make the mistakes and foolish penalties that cost the Redskins victories. That comes from players who just don't seem to have the high football IQ that the elite players have. Don't get me wrong, the Redskins have the playmakers who have the football IQ needed to win, but they're overshadowed by those who just don't have it.

If football was completely physical, there would be no reason why the Redskins couldn't win the Super Bowl with the talent they have on the team. But, football is just as much mental (if not much more) than physical, and that is where you separate the good teams from the bad teams, elite teams from the good teams. Look at the Redskins teams from the glory years. I believe wholeheartedly that those teams in the 80's and early 90's were champions because the majority of the players on those teams had high football IQs. I think that is why Gibbs was successful with your average "joe" players. He got smart players on his team even though they were not always the most talented team on the field.

For this version of the Redskins to remotely resemble those teams of the 80's, we need more high football IQ players who can work together to make the team better. And, it starts up front. The hogs of the 80's were smart players and worked very well together. That is probably at least 70% of the reason why those teams of the 80's won on a consistent basis.

Until Mike, Kyle, and Jim can get the right players together, I am not really expecting much more than .500 from this team.

Havent done the play-by-play yet, but I'm guessing theres not much at play here besides just not being good enough to win these games comfortably. Run/pass balance is an easy target because the game was close and we sure could have run more, but if you're trying to score points, and you're not going with the best you have (passing game), then you have no one to blame but your own coaching staff.

I think we went with the best style of attack we had for the Vikings, and we executed, uh, I'd say well enough to beat a below average team like the Vikings. We needed to get in the end zone once more than we did and I think the drops are mostly responsible for why we did not.

This has probably been the thing that has bothered me the most over the past year. So many times the Redskins have had a chance to gain an advantage during games and so many times they've come up short. Today's examples were as follows.

Brandon Banks Punt Return: A block in the back against a player that had no chance of stopping Banks

Brandon Banks Kick Return: Getting the Skins to the Vikings 30 yard line and coming away with only a field goal

James Davis: Tripping on a play where he had what might have been the most wide opening running lane the Line has provided throughout the course of 2010.

And it's not just today. The countless dropped Int's, the wide open deep passes that are either underthrown, overthrown, or flat out dropped, bobbled holds on kicks, the holding calls on pivotal plays. And of course the one that bothers me more then the rest combined, getting turnovers that lead to red zone chances and then being lucky to come away with 3 points.

Maybe Zorn was right, this group of guys simply can't execute.

All these things point to coaching. Shanny and his staff will not get it done.