Week 1 Positives and Negatives

Negatives: We lost a game that we should have won. Pretty much wipes out any positives for me.

But ... I agree with Matty. Robinson jumped out at me. I just hope he continues to do so.

Love Robinson. He's obviously a young pup compared to Fletcher's knowledge but his athleticism really jumps out at you.

Yeah, if he continues to play like that he will quickly move up the list of my favorite players. I was watching him and watching film of Bobby Wagner and they look so identical in the way he plays. Not saying he will be Wagner but if he can become that, it would be awesome.

i see helu, over and over again, whiff in pass protection( and on the blocked kick)
with watt causing all kinds of chaos, why no adjustments?
polumbus couldnt block me

roberts looked good, all around
robinson could be a real star
morris is a flat out baller, but we dont keep running?
thought RG3 looked ok, but wont finish the season unless we can pass block

I don't know--I feel sick about the loss, but I think there were some positive signs from RGIII. He executed the game plan pretty well, IMO. We knew we couldn't block Watt, but we still managed to gain lots and throw a high percentage of completions. The Texans took away the deep stuff. RGIII only f up was the fumble, really. Yeah, he missed that sideline throw, but that's a tough play. And I think it was inbounds, personally. What happened to all the talk of patience? Come on. If Niles Paul friggin holds onto the ball, we probably win. And we do win if that punt shite does not occur. And then what are we saying about RGIII, with exactly the same stat line?

Other positives: Ryan Clark, Darrell Young, WRs got the ball a lot, good punt/kick returns.

Negatives: o-line pass pro (though Watt is a freak of nature--give a bit of credit), Rambo (Not For Long...), TOs and the ST blocking. Maybe it's the long snappers fault? J/K, but this is pathetic. Reed's injury.

Overall, it's about what I expected, given what we've seen so far. We went in 3 point dogs to Houston and should have won. We beat ourselves. If the team eliminates stupid mistakes, it will go 6-10/7-9 (a 3-4 game improvement, actually a big deal). If it doesn't, yikes. I think both the D and O looked better, but it's not there yet. PATIENCE!!!!!

Watch Washington Redskins vs. Houston Texans [09/07/2014] - NFL.com (http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2014090703/2014/REG1/redskins@texans#menu=gameinfo%7CcontentId%3A0ap300 0000390995&tab=recap)

negative:

at the 00:20 second mark of the highlight video, its 3rd and 8 with the texans showing 6 in the box. we had 6 in pass pro. it appears the texans bring 7 with a DB moving up right before snap ...... RG3 looks left, hesitates, back peddles and gets sacked.

why didnt he audible to a hot route or do something to show that he recognized his pass pro was going to be overloaded ... why werent he and the receivers ready and anticipating a blitz on 3rd and long? just baffling to me that he looks like he didnt expect a blitz/pressure and didnt know what to do ....

The play at :30 was more irritating. It was blocked perfectly. He ran right into Watt when all he had to do was step up and he had a huge running lane. Great field position that was ruined by taking sacks, and that takes points off the board.

Positives were several. It actually looks like we have a professional return man. And all Morris does is show up and ball every week. Hatcher also had a good game as well.

Shame for jordan reed, dude stays hurt

Negatives:
4 bonehead plays: 2 on offense, 1 on defense, 1 on special teams.

Positive:
If those four plays don't end in boneheaded results, we win easily.

Have to clean up the boneheaded plays and we'll be ok.

Defense on a whole doesn't grade as positive, 7/9 in the second half on third down against Fitzpatrick will never be ok.

It's pretty hard to find any positives in a loss to the worst team last year.

Same ol' players, Same ol' coaches, same ol' owner, same ol' Redskins...to expect different is insanity.

Agree with EQ's summary, especially that we should have run more. The game plan seems to have been installed partially to avoid JJ, but mostly to develop Robert's confidence. He's back in remedial reading class. Let's hope next week's game plan has more to do with beating the Jags and less with Robert's needs.