Skins vs Texans Gameday Thread

For those of you blaming the O-line, we rushed 137 yards rushing on only 18 carries. Our RB's averaged 7.6 yards a carry. We should not have lost that game.
It was very frustrating watching RGIII play. He missed a ton of open receivers.
It's mental for RGIII.

This... this is the most damning part of the game.

I made fun of the 'abandon the run' crowd under the Shanahan regime because when you actually look at the drive logs and consider the context of the way the games were going they weren't abandoning the run, they were doing what was working and appropriate for the time.

But today... the passing game wasn't working. Griffin looked slow and confused. Watt looked like he was joined at the hip with Griffin. It wasn't just bad passing, it was bad plays for losses.

We have that one series that resulted in a TD, and our offense opens the next series with a WR reverse for a 9 yard loss.

Bad, bad play calling. The run game was working incredibly well and we couldn't do anything in the passing game, the game was close until the end. Bad coaching.

Griffin is no Andrew Luck but he's still pretty good, he has lost his mojo. What RGIII needs is a few good games to get his confidence back and believe in himself.


Im beginning to think the whole "griff was good in a gimmicky offense" thing has some validity to it. Last year i blamed the brace for everything - his motion was screwing up his mechanics which was affecting his throws / confidence ( aka - ability to go through your progressions). After the pre season and today it is slightly apparent to me that he is not that good. He does not see the whole field. He panics. He holds the ball waaaay to long.

They're a fine running line, but looked awful in pass pro today. If you're going to be bad in pass pro, then run Morris more, :P.

I think next game we see a TON of Alfred Morris. And rightfully so.

The problem is our QB is playing so poorly he sabotages productive drives.

I didnt wait this long to give up on the season this fast, it's just 1 game.
This

This... this is the most damning part of the game.

I made fun of the 'abandon the run' crowd under the Shanahan regime because when you actually look at the drive logs and consider the context of the way the games were going they weren't abandoning the run, they were doing what was working and appropriate for the time.

But today... the passing game wasn't working. Griffin looked slow and confused. Watt looked like he was joined at the hip with Griffin. It wasn't just bad passing, it was bad plays for losses.

We have that one series that resulted in a TD, and our offense opens the next series with a WR reverse for a 9 yard loss.

Bad, bad play calling. The run game was working incredibly well and we couldn't do anything in the passing game, the game was close until the end. Bad coaching.
I Completely Agree!

We were in the redzone and kory got pushed back into griffin that hurt that looked like playaction i liked the call. Td there and were all saying different things. Not letting that xp getting blocked. Tough day.

Jay Gruden likes passing the ball, he isn't changing after one bad game. The problem isn't that he likes to pass, the problem is our O-Line is terrible at pass blocking, and RG3 needs a great line to be good. He is still learning how to read defenses, and the extra split second it takes for a non pro bowl type qb he isn't going to get with the offensive line we started today.

I didnt wait this long to give up on the season this fast, it's just 1 game.

Me neither but if we go 0-2 vs Houston and Jacksonville.........hmmm

Aaron Rodgers, Peyton, Tom Brady, Andrew Luck and Russell Wilson all would look bad with Chester and Tyler on the right side of their line. How do you expect to gain confidence as a QB under constant pressure and unblocked defenders? I'm not making excuses for the QB he made his mistakes but the line didn't give him a chance to make magic happen period.

Pretty god damn disappointing. What the fuck happened to our special teams? I thought we got rid of that shit from last year. Apparently not.


RGIII had a mixed review game. Some good and some bad. I can say the same about our offensive line as well.


Not sure why Gruden went away from the run. Really Jay?


I would make Niles Paul inactive for next week. As a coach, you have to make a statement that fumbling isn't tolerated at all. If you lack the discipline, your team will implode.