Colts-Redskins Postgame Thread

After 50 years the sellout streak is over. (https://www.richmond.com/sports/redskins/redskins-observations-sellout-streak-ends-after-years-not-that-there/article_aa62b158-b9e5-11e8-8703-bb8647888651.html) TBH I'm surprised it took this long. If you can't fill the stadium on your home opener a week after a dominating win, it obviously speaks to the long-term decline of the team.


Credit to u/TheFart_ of Reddit for this shot. Embarrassing, but par for the course when you lead the league in highest average cost (https://www.cbsnews.com/media/5-least-and-most-expensive-stadiums-to-watch-an-nfl-game/11/) of attending a game.
https://i.redd.it/nk87jzvcenm11.jpgThank you,I was about to post on it myself,I go back to the[Lombardi]era and don't recall EVER seeing the stadium that empty especially after a win and the crowd didn't seem to be much into the game either,Snyder better do something because the fanbase is sending him a message and he better read the handwriting on the wall.

I'd imagine the storm had some sort of impact on attendance but "home field" has been a problem since we moved from RFK

In the words of Bigly:

Sad!

My problem is this, say we want to move on from Jay Gruden, Do you have any faith in Dan and Bruce to make a competent decision at HC? I don't. This organization has a terrible reputation and attracted talent to come here is much tougher than other places.

Kyle Shanny...and McVay...2 young, up and coming HC. We couldn't recognize it and let them walk. In fact, Dan Snyder and Kyle Shanny hated each other, so its that inability as a organization to even operate as a professional organization.

The root cause of the problems is higher than Gruden.
Allen must go. This is a major problem:
https://redskinswire.usatoday.com/2018/04/19/redskins-bruce-allen-are-least-trusted-team-in-the-nfl-poll-of-nfl-agents-finds/

This combined with losing should get him fired.
"The Washington Redskins and Bruce Allen rank among the league’s worst in preparedness and trustworthiness, at least according to a new poll."
I think Snyder has more patience with people he has hired directly and especially a person that is the son of the late great George Allen. If Bruce's last name was not Allen, he would be fired at the end of this year. I am not sure that will happen even if we have a sub .500 record this year.
I know all of the Snyder and Allen apologists will say he has drafted well. I disagree. Being the son of a great Footbal man like George Allen does not make you qualified to be an NFL GM. Either does Gruden being the brother of an NFL coach that won the Super Bowl.

LOL@ this play calling.

https://twitter.com/michaelpRTD/status/1041379354431897600

I love me some Chris Thompson but he did not beat one guy 1 on 1 all game.
On this play, he has one man to beat and he just doesn't do it.

This is the same shit we had with Alfred Morris. He is a guy who can run through a hole but isn't going to make anyone miss.

We are in desperate need of a few playmaker.

We have seen just about 5 years from Gruden. He will never be a great hc. He can't even make simple in game adjustments.

here is the opening line from PFF:

Presented with a favorable matchup against a backup left tackle, Preston Smith failed to deliver for the Washington pass-rush with his only noteworthy play coming on a quick hit after beating Le’Raven Clark in the third quarter.

I'm not a fan of Smith but the Colts did a good job protecting their LT and QB with quick passes.

Not sure what we were doing on offense.

I say let's talk about the HC, drafts, front office, etc. after the season. One loss isn't the end of the world just like one win doesn't mean we're going to the Super Bowl. Take a breath folks.

here is the opening line from PFF:

Presented with a favorable matchup against a backup left tackle, Preston Smith failed to deliver for the Washington pass-rush with his only noteworthy play coming on a quick hit after beating Le’Raven Clark in the third quarter.

And this is exactly why you don't give Smith a LTD. He's a JAG w/ nice rims, looks good on the outside but it has a bad motor.

I say let's talk about the HC, drafts, front office, etc. after the season. One loss isn't the end of the world just like one win doesn't mean we're going to the Super Bowl. Take a breath folks.

This is the 5th year of having games like this.