Redskins vs Rams Postgame Thread

The loss hurts but at the same time I was expecting to be 1-1 after the second week.

The Oakpo injury seems to chronic. Something to watch. Loved that bomb to Hankeson, but didn't like that he bobbled it.

I like all of our RBs, but none of them can take it to the house from distance. Would be nice to have one true speed back like the dude who came in for Steven Jackson.

Really didn't like that we won the turnover battle and got a special teams TD and still lost the game. That's what bad teams tend to do.

Hope we can get Garçon back next week.

With RGIII and putting him in instead of attempting the last field- I think it was absolutely the right decision. Do we all agree that RGIII is the redskins franchise qb for the unforeseeable future? Then why set him up to fail this early on and risk a setback in his development? who knows it might have been the play that he couldn't recover from. Look at romo and the botched extra point. That still haunts him.

The play after the whistle by the Rams was bad. What was worse is how the refs continued to let it go on the entire game. The true NFL refs would've put a stop to the BS early. Those non calls set Josh Morgan for his stupid mistake.

I can't understand why Morgan didn't just run through the pass for the 1st down. Griffin led him perfectly but he stopped and twisted back toward the sideline. Two costly mistakes on 1 play.

I'm more concerned with the D at this point. 63 points given up in two weeks is ridiculous. It sucks to have an offense putting up big points but a D that is a water spout.

The dropped long pass by Robinson was bad as well.

The play after the whistle by the Rams were bad. What was worse is how the refs continued to let it go on the entire game. The true NFL refs would've put a stop to the BS early. Those non calls set Josh Morgan for his stupid mistake.

I can't understand why Morgan didn't just run through the pass for the 1st down. Griffin led him perfectly but he stopped and twisted back toward the sideline. Two costly mistakes on 1 play.

I'm more concerned with the D at this point. 63 points given up in two weeks is ridiculous!

Agreed. It's one thing to give up 25 to the Saints, but you can't get lit up by the Rams.

Carriker expected to have surgery on knee; Orakpo may miss time (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/football-insider/wp/2012/09/16/carriker-expected-to-have-surgery-on-knee-orakpo-may-miss-time/)

Looks like Orakpo might be gone for a while. Do they bring someone like Markus White back from the TB PS? I say this cause he has experience with the system/Redskins and like him too.

I think they should've let Griffin go for it. Cundiff is horrible from beyond 50, and we all know 60 is even worse than 50. They were basically saying the odds of Cundiff making a 62 yarder are better than the odds of RG3 getting the first down on 4th and 16.

Agree with you. I think we had a much better chance for a first down over the FG. Obviously, Shannahan hasn't looked at the statistics for Cundiff on 40+.

The Good:

RG3
Bowen
Fletch
Bomb to Mr Hanky
Alfmo

The Bad

Refs
Robinson letting that pass bounce off his f*ckin chest when we needed it most
Silverblunt got beat bad several times
Polumbus is a f*ckin disaster at Tackle
Banks fumbling out of bounds, every week its something with him
Haslett not making any adjustments
Morgan



the Ugly:

Muther****in blocked ****in Punt AGAIN. No excuse and a fire-able offense at this point

I think I"ll just add my Duds and Studs here. Dud's are going up tonight and I'll do my studs tomorrow at work.

Duds:

The Refs- I'm not one to really complain about officiating or they they are biased, but this by far is on the worst called games I've ever witnessed in my life. The previous worst was the Eagles/Baltimore game I watched prior...lol They absolutely let this game get out of control and become a thug fest. (as noted by this tweet)
Rich Campbell ‏@Rich_Campbell
Darrel Young: "This is THE dirtiest game I’ve ever played in."


Jim Haslett - Horrible defensive game plan and adjustments (or lack thereof) for the Rams offense. Haslett was out coached big time today. He allowed a average receiever to tie a NFL record in receptions in the first half alone with close to 150 yards. His zone coverages were getting ate up by Bradford and the Rams offense. They also allowed 7 out of 12 third down conversions. Horrible.


Defensive Line- No pressure at all this game. Allowed Bradford too much time in the pocket to eat up our zone. Also allowed a 5.5 and 6.4 rushing average of the Rams two RBs. All this with the Rams having key injuries to their starters. They should have dominated the Rams OL.

Trent Williams - guy was getting abused like a rag doll out there by Robert Quinn.

Josh Morgan - nothing more to say here except a bone headed move that added to our loss today

Danny Smith's Special Teams - Another blocked punt for the 2nd week in a row. He's moved from having FGs blocked to punts now. How many more times is this guy going to get a pass? He's been getting a pass since the horrible special teams play back when Randle El was here dancing sideways.

The Good - RGIII - He's a star and barring injury, he will be for years to come!

The Bad - Two blocked punts in two consecutive games. Unconscionable!

The Ugly - Morgan taking away a great chance to tie the game.