Positives for this Week:
 

We came back (regardless of the crappy ref's call) on the Green Bay Packers and kept their offense in check. Our defense continues to play outstanding...even when our starters keep dropping like flies! Taylor Jacobs impressed me today, Rod Gardner impressed me today, and so did L. Coles. I honestly still believe we are soooo close on offense that it isn't funny...yet most of us feel a little tweak at QB would do us some good.

You gotta admit, no matter what direction this season is taking, Joe Gibbs is doing exactly what he said he was going to do. He said he was going to find out who wants to be Redskins...long term Redskins. Let me tell ya, I dare to say its even half of those guys who are roaming up and down the sidelines injured.

I was impressed by the receiver corps considering how horrible some of those passes were today. The defense as always came through with an A+. Picking of Favre 3 times in a game is quite an accomplishment. Shawn Springs really showed he was worth the $$$ today. Smoot as always giving 110%. I've really been impressed with how much heart the guy plays with since Champ was traded. I gotta wonder about guys like Arrington and Morton though and whether they will be around next year, especially when you got guys like Fred Smoot going out there playing hurt because they want to win that bad and want to contribute to the team effort.

I dont even want to look at the offensive side of the ball for a positve. Both of our TDs were the results of defensive turnovers, and the one time we actually drove down the feild a little bit, the refs screwed us over. So whatever offense

Defensivley.... you just gotta give it up to these guys. We have a bunch of no name guys running around out there, just playing like maniacs. Our corners are some of the gutsiest and likeable guys that have ever put on Redskin uniforms. If we dont resign Smoot, I might have to quit being a Redskin fan. The guy is my favorite Redskin since i've been a fan, and I am buying his jersey the day we resign him. Springs is coming up big for us, those two picks were money and pretty much the only reason we were still in the game. Our run defense is awsome, how many yards did Green have today? It couldnt have been more than 50. We still need a better pass rush, but even though we got down early, the defense stepped it up bigtime. This D can be on the feild with any offense in the league. We finally put up a good game, against a good team, so hats off to our defense. If we had even a average offense to help these guys, we'd be 5-2.

I'm in total agreement with you Gman. Greg Williams really has a lot of these guys playing so far above what the rest of league would expect of them it's incredible. Many players have said in interviews that they love playing under Greg too, because they like his agressive style of defense and they love to have the chance to make plays. I think Smoot is just one of the main examples.

yeah def all props to the D who once again have been the only reason we've been close in games. clearly g. williams has been the far better coaching acquisition to date for wash. hopefully the O will come together soon. seems like this season is all but lost however.

I agree..this was a much improved TEAM...yes, the D set up both TD's but the offense actually got into the endzone. Before the Turnovers we got barely resulted in a score. I think the Offense improved. Everyone is looking as if the offense needs to Throw for 300+ yards and run for a 100+ to be an improvment. I disagree. The Offense has IMPROVED but some people are so blind and want to hate Brunell so much they can't see his improvement. I admit he made some mistakes and overthrew his receivers a few times. But he also made some excellant throws when he needed to. I guess hitting the TE for a 23 yard gain when they needed 21 for a first down was nothing. I guess the TE just magically got the ball in his hands and Brunell had nothing to do with it. Granted he did fight for the extra 7 yards to get the First down but Brunell gave him the chance. I just wish everyone would stop saying Brunell is so "Awful" when he has improved. No he isn't where he needs to be..but neither is the rest of the offense and to blame it on Brunnell us just unfair.

yeah i guess u are sorta right... but even a few of his completions were only cos of the receivers making great catches (gardner, coles, jacobs)... we need someone to thread the needle and make our passing O feared so CP can get some even better touches. not this crap where we can only have a 30 yd. drive. the only reason the O has looked decent is cos of the D setting it up. i keep saying it but winless w/o the play of our D..

I think blaming the lack of execution on Brunell is more than justified. On several occasions Brunell missed wide open receivers (and I'm not talking about the overthrow to Cooley in the end zone, he was clearly pressured into throwing that away). The throw to Robert Royal was an easy toss under coverage that any QB on the team could have made. The real props on that play went to Royal for diving for the extra yds for a 1st. Bottom line is Brunell is being paid big bucks to perform like a top line QB and he's not cutting it. Do ya think Brunell will walk into "The Daniel's" office tomorrow and say, "Gee Danny, I really haven't been playing up to yours or the fans expectations so far this year so I'm going to give back some of my salary." No, he'll be walking to first federal or wherever he banks and cashing that fat pay check. If you ask me, that is what is unfair.

Isn't NFL payday Tuesday? =p

[QUOTE=Daseal]Isn't NFL payday Tuesday? =p[/QUOTE]
Only if you make less than $1M a year :laughing-

[QUOTE=dragontat7169]I agree..this was a much improved TEAM...yes, the D set up both TD's but the offense actually got into the endzone. Before the Turnovers we got barely resulted in a score. I think the Offense improved. Everyone is looking as if the offense needs to Throw for 300+ yards and run for a 100+ to be an improvment. I disagree. The Offense has IMPROVED but some people are so blind and want to hate Brunell so much they can't see his improvement. I admit he made some mistakes and overthrew his receivers a few times. But he also made some excellant throws when he needed to. I guess hitting the TE for a 23 yard gain when they needed 21 for a first down was nothing. I guess the TE just magically got the ball in his hands and Brunell had nothing to do with it. Granted he did fight for the extra 7 yards to get the First down but Brunell gave him the chance. I just wish everyone would stop saying Brunell is so "Awful" when he has improved. No he isn't where he needs to be..but neither is the rest of the offense and to blame it on Brunnell us just unfair.[/QUOTE]

I have been with Brunell from the jump. But, that overthrown TD really really hurt us. I felt the second INT by Springs was going to be turnaround for our season reminiscent of Lavar's INT against the Panthers.

KUDOS to the defense---didn't give up........Springs and Smoots-INTS! Special Teams are improving. That's the positives

the announcer only said that the redskins were still in the game about 487 times, and every single time i said to myself "self, we really aren't still in any game that we relinquish the lead as long as mark brunell is still the QB................ of the redskins" and low and behold we aren't, haven't, and never will be with this has been HACK! Can we pay him more money to leave!!!!!!!!?????????? please!

That 4th and 21 was all Royal. Brunell threw it like 7 yards on 4th and 21, and Royal made a GREAT effort at the end to get the first. I dont care if people call me blinded and biased, but I've watched this guy f*ck over too many games for me to be quiet. He is a large part of the problem.

Hey now, 11 - 5 isn't a record to scoff over! ;-)

[QUOTE=skinsguy]Hey now, 11 - 5 isn't a record to scoff over! ;-)[/QUOTE]


" Hey ... It could happen " - Angels in the Outfeild

[QUOTE=SUNRA]I have been with Brunell from the jump. But, that overthrown TD really really hurt us. I felt the second INT by Springs was going to be turnaround for our season reminiscent of Lavar's INT against the Panthers.[/QUOTE]

I was thinking the same thing on that INT. And not to bring the whole defense must score issue again, but the way he was running around east-west on that first INT was like someone who felt that just getting interceptions wasn't enough anymore. It's like he felt he had to score because the offense wasn't going to do it.

springs reminded me of smoot last year, when he refused to sit and was throwing up after the games etc... he's just tired and if no one else is gonna fix it, he'll damn sure try...

anyways, blocking after turn-overs was better, STs didn't totally suck, the O was even a bit better... but favre completely abused and overmatched our safeties... i think lavar + taylor would have probably taken 14 points from GB... fookin sean taylor! grow up so i can watch you on sundays...

play calling had some gadgets and more jacobs, which is nice, BUT almost every single brunell throw was high by like 2-3 feet AT LEAST... he's taking the don't turn it over thing to strictly... he can't he anything and he's turning it over anyways :(... he was actually a bit better today, but he had time to not eat at least a couple of those sacks, and he still can't throw over 10 yards with an consistancy... and i'm really getting a little miffed that gibbs keeps praising him and saying its the whole offense, not just him... seems more like its the whole offense because of him...

summary:
*still have way too many injuries
*D good, ST much better, downfield TO blocking better... rehire danny smith for now...
*O sucks cause brunell sucks whether you want to agree with me or not
*only thing worse than brunell are these damn refs they keep calling in to officiate our home games...

We came from behind and won 21-20!!! What, we didn't????? (I'm still in denial)

Smoot and Springs rule. Also, great effort to the entire D for holding GB to 3 points in the second half due to the failed on-sides kick...which I thought was a good gutsy call though (and yes, I'm ignoring the TD after the refs stole the game from us).

Ahman Green was held to 70 yards, at least 10-15 of which came after the bad call and INT that took the life out of us.

Great effort by Gardner. He really seems to have turned it around, and is becoming the clutch receiver he is supposed to be. Awesome on the high one he pulled down! Now if Brunell could actually throw the ball TO the receivers.....

Great effort by Royal on the 4th down conversion.

I liked the not-so-conservative play-calling....the end around early on, Gardner's pass, the on-sides kick, going for 4th down (considering the situation). The balls (and the calls) are still going the other way most of the time, unlike Gibbs first go-around, but it will come around....it HAS to!!!

Clinton only had 70 yards, but he also (should have) had about 60 yards receiving including a TD.

It was nice to see Jacobs getting more involved. He has the potential to evolve into a star in this league.

Morton is looking better and better each week with his returns....he seems to be "that close" to breaking one....hope he is alright.

Gardner looked great. (once again that crow tastes good). Jacobs is getting more involved and had some good gets. I was happy to see Portis more involved in the pass game.
The D had trouble at first but solidified and once again put us in a position to win.

chad's out :(

chad's always been good though, today he just got blockers... that's been the problem all year.