Looking back to Week 1 (video) and discussion

That particular game against the Giants showed how ferocious the defense had become within a year after a great draft and key free agent pickups. The defense had Eli Manning under duress the whole game, forcing him to conclude the contest with a 69.9 QB rating and sacking him 4 times.

The offense was very crisp. This to me was the best day Grossman had all season. This was the only game Rex played in where he didn't throw a damn interception. He did however turn the ball over on a sack-fumble. Gaffney, Moss, F. Davis, and Chris Cooley did a wonderful job getting open underneath. The running game, although average on that day of September 11th 2011, was the only flaw in that game.

It's not how you start a season, it is how you end it. The Redskins started healthy and ended some what beat up. The Giants started beat up and ended healthy.

The Skins did find some interesting players from some of the back ups that had to play this season. Skins will be alright. No need to give away a ton of draft picks to get one good QB that we THINK we will be great. There will be a descent number Qb's available in FA and draft. No need to panic.

The offense was very crisp. This to me was the best day Grossman had all season. This was the only game Rex played in where he didn't throw a damn interception. He did however turn the ball over on a sack-fumble. Gaffney, Moss, F. Davis, and Chris Cooley did a wonderful job getting open underneath. The running game, although average on that day of September 11th 2011, was the only flaw in that game.I actually saw the running game as a positive from this game.
Sure they didn't run for a huge ypc but Kyle kept the rushing attempts up which provided balance.
And that balance kept the defense honest.
I think lack of balance was a major reason the offense struggled.
Too often Kyle got away from the run.
It seemed to my eye that if the running game wasn't successful early Kyle didn't give it more attempts.
An offense makes it easier for defense when they don't force them to respect the run.
In this game there were 28 rushing attempts.

The Giants defense actually played well against the run. Once Kyle Shanahan discovered how much the Giants defense were vulnerable against the pass, he called for plays for Grossman to air it out. F. Davis had 5 receptions for 105 yards in this game. Santana Moss was able to get open underneath to keep the chains moving. Jabar Gaffney had a busy game that game and Anthony Armstrong was also in the mix, catching one TD grab.

Man seeing this clip makes me miss Hightower and how hard he runs... The one great thing that has changed in years past is that the Running backs position is fixed. Pick your poison we can get it done!
Now we need to do that with other positions...
The Big one QB...but I will leave that to the numerous threads being discussed already.
Thank you for letting me remember how I felt after that game with a friend who is a Giants fan sitting in my living room watching with me...I kept thinking if this is the same old Redskins we lose this game...We won and we have the starting of something good.. Slowly we will win again!

It's not how you start a season, it is how you end it. The Redskins started healthy and ended some what beat up. The Giants started beat up and ended healthy.



This, it's what I've said all year.