My 1st anti-coaching thread

Good comparison between Portis and Alexander/James. I heard last week that Portis has not had back-to-back 100-yard games in his two years with the Redskins. He's a gamer, but he's playing well below his potential.
The running game doesnt work because we cant stretch the field... saftey's can play up linebackers too... I dont think we threw even 1 pass all day longer 15 yards ..i'm not talking R.A.C just plain deep pass....they dont have to respect the deep pass at all....so you just pack everyone up..... Thats the problem

The running game doesnt work because we cant stretch the field... saftey's can play up linebackers too... I dont think we threw even 1 pass all day longer 15 yards ..i'm not talking R.A.C just plain deep pass....they dont have to respect the deep pass at all....so you just pack everyone up..... Thats the problem
I agree, that's one of the problems.. I would like to see Brunell take a 7 step drop and throw a fly pattern once in a while, if for nothing more than to show that we are willing to take that chance.. You never know when you are going to get a 30 yd pass interference penalty or what may happen.. But I do know that when you throw a 5 yd hitch on 3rd & 7, that means PUNT TEAM...

I agree, that's one of the problems.. I would like to see Brunell take a 7 step drop and throw a fly pattern once in a while, if for nothing more than to show that we are willing to take that chance.. You never know when you are going to get a 30 yd pass interference penalty or what may happen.. But I do know that when you throw a 5 yd hitch on 3rd & 7, that means PUNT TEAM...

Normally I'd agree with you. But whom exactly was Brunell supposed to hit for big plays? The phantom wideout deep the secondary or to Moss who is getting doubled?

As has been pointed out before by TAFKAS and others, last week people were saying Gibbs was dumb for not running out the clock in a very similar game. This week, Gibbs is dumb for trying to run the clock out.

I agree, that's one of the problems.. I would like to see Brunell take a 7 step drop and throw a fly pattern once in a while, if for nothing more than to show that we are willing to take that chance.. You never know when you are going to get a 30 yd pass interference penalty or what may happen.. But I do know that when you throw a 5 yd hitch on 3rd & 7, that means PUNT TEAM...

Another thing I've seen the last few weeks, is Brunell on what appears to be a deep pass attempt on third and 2. Nobody's open, and Brunell throws it 15 yards out of bounds. So instead of trying to get just 5 to 7 yards on third and short, we have to punt. There's ill-timed deep pass atttempts too. That's not bad execution, that's bad playcalling.

Normally I'd agree with you. But whom exactly was Brunell supposed to hit for big plays? The phantom wideout deep the secondary or to Moss who is getting doubled?

As has been pointed out before by TAFKAS and others, last week people were saying Gibbs was dumb for not running out the clock in a very similar game. This week, Gibbs is dumb for trying to run the clock out.
Do we not have anyone other than Moss who is capable of running straight up the sideline? I guess I just find it hard to believe that we have 4-5 WR on the roster and only one knows how to run a fly pattern.. I think it's perfectly fine on a 2nd and less than 5 to run a play that you run a WR on a fly pattern and that's your only read.. If he's open, you hit him, if not you still throw deep but you throw it out of bounds.. That lets the defense know that you are able and willing to throw it deep down the field.. Sometimes you hit the big play, sometimes you get a penalty and sometimes you just get an incompletion but the same criticism that we had last year of the 'dink and dunk' offense is back.. Moss has made big plays because of his run after the catch skills, but since the SF game how many deep balls down the sideline have we seen thrown?

As I titled the thread, I have not been critical of coaching this season on this forum until yesterday so I can't speak on what was said before this week but I'm fed up with what I've been seeing.. Regardless of the clock and situation, absent a 2 TD lead and less than 4 minutes remaining, attack and be balanced. Obviously our current defense cannot hold a 2 score lead in the 4th quarter, so we need more than points than that to win.. That's what I would like to see..

I am not taking up for Gibbs and his staff by no means. But I wanted to try and explain why it appears we run the same plays. The Gibbs and Co. coaching staff rely on confusing defenses by running different plays from the same formation. Play action, guard and tackle pulls, traps, guts, all of those plays from the same formation. Problem is, when they dont work we cant run anything else from that formation. When the calls are working, we run a very effective offense. As seen early in the season against Denver, KC, Tampa. But as defesive coaches figure out what they are doing they prepare for it. We have not done a good job a adjusting ourselves. Defensively, I am disappointed in the lack of adjusting GW has done. It is painfully obvious that teams have come up with ways to block hits complicated blitzes. Yet he continues to put our players in bad positions at the end of the game. Although we played fairly well against Oakland and San Diego, they still gave up a big play at the end of the game. And again it was on a blitz call. When LT hit the hole, No LBs were to be found because they were behind him and the safetys were blizing. leaving clark one on one, and LT will win that battle 99% of the time. We have been out coached lately, not out played

Normally I'd agree with you. But whom exactly was Brunell supposed to hit for big plays? The phantom wideout deep the secondary or to Moss who is getting doubled?

As has been pointed out before by TAFKAS and others, last week people were saying Gibbs was dumb for not running out the clock in a very similar game. This week, Gibbs is dumb for trying to run the clock out.
So It gets picked off ...at least they have to respect that! And Hell a 40 - 50 yard punt is better than our punter could do yesterday