Plusses and Minuses vs. Browns

Kirk always plays well in the preseason, I'm finding it hard to be excited about him right now.

Kirk is the best QB on the team. That is, until he throws an INT and his confidence goes down the drain. Then he turns into the worst.

Stoney could make a return to Washington, I didn't know he got released by NE.

Tight end options (other than Cooley) that make sense for 'Skins | Comcast SportsNet Washington (http://www.csnwashington.com/redskinsblog/three-tight-ends-other-chris-cooley-make-sense-skins)

Kirk is the best QB on the team. That is, until he throws an INT and his confidence goes down the drain. Then he turns into the worst.

His losing confidence after an INT still puzzles me because he was great at leading late game comebacks in college. I thought he had ice in his veins. That's one of the reasons I was happy when we drafted him.

Not to get too touchy-feely but sometimes I wonder if he's being being handled the right way by Gruden.

Kirk is the best QB on the team. That is, until he throws an INT and his confidence goes down the drain. Then he turns into the worst.

This. When Cousins is "on", things just seem to move more smoothly and efficiently then with RGIII. Unfortunately, once he is "off", he goes way, way off. You can practically see him melt under pressure.

The 49ers do have many TE's available.

Should 49ers try and trade tight ends to Washington? - Niners Nation (http://www.ninersnation.com/2015/8/13/9151633/should-49ers-try-and-trade-tight-ends-to-washington)

Reading some of the folks who broke down film, it looks to me like RGIII was exactly what we had been hearing from camp. Improved, but inconsistent - on some throws he had good reads, was decisive and the ball came out on time at the top of the drop; a definite improvement from last year. On others, he blew his reads, was a beat or two slow on his reads/throws, or had bad fundamentals.

The consensus, based on the small sample, was that it was an improvement from last year but not a giant leap forward.

Here's a good one that breaks down all his throws: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/football-insider/wp/2015/08/14/robert-griffin-iii-showed-what-he-needed-to-in-start-against-cleveland/?postshare=5591439550044937

The Garcon play was definitely more Garcon's fault than Griffin's, but the ball needed to be up the field another 5 yards or so. You saw Garcon have to break stride and turn back to the ball.

If Garcon had only a step or two on his man (open in the NFL) instead of wide open because of blown coverage, that ball would have been intercepted. Griffin is still inconsistent on the deep ones.

But yeah, Garcon got his hands on it and just doofed it. His fault more than anybody's.

The ball hit him right in his hands. There was nothing wrong with that deep ball. That was a 100% Garcon's fault.

From Keim, interesting note on the Defense:

On the touchdown pass that capped the drive, watch the eyes of the Redskins’ secondary. All on the quarterback. That’s how they’re taught to play this season as opposed to being a pattern-match team in the past (basically playing man within your zone). You still need to be aware of what’s around you, but you could see safety Duke Ihenacho staring at the quarterback, flowing with him, as receiver Travis Benjamin cut back the other way. Nobody flowed with him and once Josh McCown ran back to his right, he had a wide-open target.

The 49ers do have many TE's available.

Should 49ers try and trade tight ends to Washington? - Niners Nation (http://www.ninersnation.com/2015/8/13/9151633/should-49ers-try-and-trade-tight-ends-to-washington)

Yes, they should trade a TE to the Redskins. One who can block.

From the article: "Garrett Celek is a capable blocker who can do a little something in the passing game". This guy sounds about right.

From Keim, interesting note on the Defense:

In theory that's a strategy in the secondary that can result in more turnovers, but it's dependent on the front 7 getting pressure. If there's no pressure then you can read the QB all you want, but he'll have time to look off the defenders and find a guy wide open.

Sure enough on that play Murphy does a good job of knifing in to get initial pressure on McCown but he doesn't get home, McCown escapes, buys himself all kinds of time, looks off the secondary and finds the target for a TD.

It's more aggressive, which I like. Reading the eyes means earlier breaks on the ball and more INTs. But if there's no pressure it will mean more big plays given up, that's the part you have to live with.

Good thing we signed JUNIOR GALETTE.