Scud's Studs (Week 11 vs Dallas)
 

Well, despite the outcome, a lot more positives this week than we've had in a while. Let's get right to it.

Ryan Kerrigan: What can I say? The guy is a total beast and brings it every week.

Stallworth/Gaffney: great job all day bailing out a team with zero running game.

Rex Grossman: the pick was bad, but overall he looked very poised and confident and spread the ball out to 9 different receivers. No question he's better for this team than John freaking Beck.

Pass Pro: was surprisngly good today. I thought Dallas was a lock for 4 or 5 sacks.

Sav Rocca: continues to be so valuable.

Brandon Banks: 2 very good returns today. About time.

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Im gonna say Kyle did a better job, especially in the second half. Kept the cowboys off balance most of the game after the 1st quarter. Fletcher had another solid game.

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Stallworth
Gafney
Kerrigan
Nield
Riley
Fletcher
ST w/ exception of Gano

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[quote=SFREDSKIN;861687]Stallworth
Gafney
Kerrigan
[B]Nield[/B]
Riley
Fletcher[/quote]

This guy seems to be a force in the middle whenever he gets play time. I wish as the season wraps up, we could see a bit more of him. We know what Cofield has to offer already, I'm ready to see this kid.

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[quote=GMScud;861678]Well, despite the outcome, a lot more positives this week than we've had in a while. Let's get right to it.

Ryan Kerrigan: What can I say? The guy is a total beast and brings it every week.

Stallworth/Gaffney: great job all day bailing out a team with zero running game.

Rex Grossman: the pick was bad, but overall he looked very poised and confident and spread the ball out to 9 different receivers. No question he's better for this team than John freaking Beck.

Pass Pro: was surprisngly good today. I thought Dallas was a lock for 4 or 5 sacks.

Sav Rocca: continues to be so valuable.

Brandon Banks: 2 very good returns today. About time.[/quote]

I'll second all of the above.

I'll give props to the whole team for playing hard and not tossing in the towel. I was expecting an ugly one sided game today, instead we got a hard fought battle against a probable playoff team. I'll take it.

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Perry Riley needs work but he is improving.

Dejon Gomes is raw and needs work but I think he's going to be a good one.

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Our rookies in general.

I like how Gomes, Kerrigan, and Neild played.

It is looking like we had a very succesful draft.

Now if we can just get RGIII in the draft next year we are in business.

HAIL!!! Tough loss though, watched w/ 2 cowboys fans too.

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Not being a homer here guys but how can Trent Williams not b mentioned?? Dude practically shut out the best PR in the NFL today.. He's a stud LT

I'd say also

Kerrigan
Rocca
Rexy - good job man
Gaffney - I predicted he'd lead us in td catches this yr
Stallworth
Oline
Choice for owning Newman on that one play

KS
Ms
And honestly the overall team to show up today and FIGHT w heart

HTTR

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Oh and for us real skins fans who stick with our squad week in and out.. Just wait for next yr when we have a true QB and more depth I can't wait

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only saw the 2nd half with no audio but the skins offense passing attack looked professional, the lack of run game i think is the reason we have such a bad record, single biggest factor by alot imo. not a fan of the corner fade but rex and stallworth made great plays at a super clutch time.

the D seemed to give up some heart breaking pass plays (witten TD, romo connecting on 3rd and long in OT).

im happy the skins fans who went got an exciting game. lets face it. going to a game at fed ex to watch this 3-7 team is alot to ask for from fans. from the pain in the ass traffic trying to get in and out, to finding parking, to food and drink prices, to loud obnoxious cowboy fans and a good chance of a crappy view . . . skins fans put up with alot.

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[quote=over the mountain;861750]only saw the 2nd half with no audio but the skins offense passing attack looked professional, the lack of run game i think is the reason we have such a bad record, single biggest factor by alot imo. not a fan of the corner fade but rex and stallworth made great plays at a super clutch time.

the D seemed to give up some heart breaking pass plays (witten TD, romo connecting on 3rd and long in OT).

im happy the skins fans who went got an exciting game. lets face it. [B]going to a game at fed ex to watch this 3-7 team is alot to ask for from fans. from the pain in the ass traffic trying to get in and out, to finding parking, to food and drink prices, to loud obnoxious cowboy fans and a good chance of a crappy view . . . skins fans put up with alot[/B].[/quote]

Yeah, but going to a Skins vs Cowboys game, dude its like the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca for Skins fans, you have to do it once in your life. Nothing like it. Been once and it was the Skins blowout game Gibbs vs Parcells 4 oclock game bout 5-6 years ago. It was fukin rad. Went with a Cowboys fan too...lololololololol perfect. I was hammer time too

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[quote=skinsfaninok;861715]Not being a homer here guys but [B]how can Trent Williams not b mentioned?? Dude practically shut out the best PR in the NFL today.. He's a stud LT [/B]

I'd say also

Kerrigan
Rocca
Rexy - good job man
Gaffney - I predicted he'd lead us in td catches this yr
Stallworth
Oline
Choice for owning Newman on that one play

KS
Ms
And honestly the overall team to show up today and FIGHT w heart

HTTR[/quote]
TW was today...rare for Ware to be soooo....quiet!

AND courtesy of Lotus:
[B]Perry Riley needs work but he is improving.

Dejon Gomes is raw and needs work but I think he's going to be a good one.[/B]

Happy to see these guys evolving....a bright side to having the entire starting lineup nicked and out.......
And the Makeshift O-line played remarkably well today. They deserve some love for sure...
The entire team could easily have rolled up and mailed it in....I'm proud of my Redskins today....

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yeah ive been to a good bit of skins boys games. a heart crushing MNF week 1 was they worst but they best was week 17 when we won to clinch a playoff spot . . . right around christmas time. alot of man huggin amongst strangers.

just glad he fans atleast got some excitement. for a good 4 games or so we had some of the most boring games i have ever seen

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I was very happy to see Stallworth make some big catches, not least of which was that TD reception

Also happy to see Grossman play smart for almost the whole game.

Unsung stud-Darrel Young. That catch and run on the final drive was great

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I'd consider our D-Line "studs" this week...

DeMarco Murray - 25 Carries for 73 yards... 2.9 per carry.

This is after carving up the league for the past 3 games. I was very glad to see that today.

Also... 4 sacks when Romo hadn't been sacked in 3 games. I know there were 4 times he KILLED us (they decided the game) by eluding our pressure... but coverage needs the majority of the blame there.

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[quote=Hail to the Redskins;861815]I'd consider our D-Line "studs" this week...

DeMarco Murray - 25 Carries for 73 yards... 2.9 per carry.

This is after carving up the league for the past 3 games. I was very glad to see that today.

Also... 4 sacks when Romo hadn't been sacked in 3 games. I know there were 4 times he KILLED us (they decided the game) by eluding our pressure... but coverage needs the majority of the blame there.[/quote]

Good points about the D. However, it's not quite strong enough deodorant to cover up the smell of our 3rd down defense today, particularly late in the game.

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[quote=GMScud;861828]Good points about the D. However, it's not quite strong enough deodorant to cover up the smell of our 3rd down defense today, particularly late in the game.[/quote]

Oh heck, yes, I agree on the 3rd and long D especially... but the D-Line was who I was praising... and in those situations, they DID flush Romo from the pocket... it's just that a guy was wide open by 10 yards every time he did. lol

Which leads me to another side note...

Add cornerback (at least one) to a MUST HAVE for the offseason.

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[quote=Hail to the Redskins;861833]Oh heck, yes, I agree on the 3rd and long D especially... but the D-Line was who I was praising... and in those situations, they DID flush Romo from the pocket... it's just that a guy was wide open by 10 yards every time he did. lol

Which leads me to another side note...

[B]Add cornerback (at least one) to a MUST HAVE for the offseason[/B].[/quote]

Yeah, and I don't know if it's been really talked about, but we may be without Josh Wilson (hamstring) for a while. That's gonna hurt. Without him we don't have a cover corner with a lick on this team.

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we wont beat seattle IMO they are better than us right now too.. But again I'm willing to take a bad season or 2 (2010) for a QB and more young depth

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Our D played well JH has done a good job

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[quote=Lotus;861707]Perry Riley needs work but he is improving.

Dejon Gomes is raw and needs work but I think he's going to be a good one.[/quote]

Not sure why it's taken a year and a half for Riley to get on the field. He looks like a player.

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Riley looks BEAST.. Hopefully he continues to improve and eventually takes Fletcher's spot when Fletcher has to call it quits

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Stallworth should get the game ball today. To get cut, re-signed, and come out and play that hard say's a lot about his character.

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Seems like Riley got mixed up on that Witten TD, but he's not really going to learn unless he's out there on the field. I think though that even most coaches were surprised he didn't start at the beginning of the season. I suppose the lockout impeded his progress.

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[quote=Mattyk;861691]I'll second all of the above.

I'll give props to the whole team for playing hard and not tossing in the towel. I was expecting an ugly one sided game today, instead we got a hard fought battle against a probable playoff team. I'll take it.[/quote]

I agree,it would have been nice to get the win but ive seen this team play worse against dallas when we had better records,great effort

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Grossman. The whole team seems to have more life when he's in.

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I Agree about stallworth what a game he had and yes shows his character he's a guy that has made some mistakes and paid his time but I'd take him on my team anyday

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[quote=Mattyk;861691]I'll second all of the above.

I'll give props to the whole team for playing hard and not tossing in the towel. I was expecting an ugly one sided game today, instead we got a hard fought battle against a probable playoff team. I'll take it.[/quote]

I just hope the team shows up for the next games just the same way they showed up for this game.

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[url=http://espn.go.com/blog/nfceast/post/_/id/32878/redskins-arent-packing-it-in]Redskins aren't packing it in - NFC East Blog - ESPN[/url]


Good write up by Graziano.

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So I was unable to watch the game but it sounds like folks are giving P.Riley a lot of credit for playing well. Anything in particular? Same question for Nield.

Like hearing how the rookies seem to be stepping up.

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[quote=JoeRedskin;861969]So I was unable to watch the game but it sounds like folks are giving P.Riley a lot of credit for playing well. Anything in particular? Same question for Nield.

Like hearing how the rookies seem to be stepping up.[/quote]

I'll say this for Riley he is FAST for a big dude. He was flying all over the place and he stuffed the whole twice like a madman. I think they were both against Murray and he just stopped him stone cold both times. I also like how he gang tackles, someone else has the guy wrapped up and heading to the ground but he jumps in there for some extra punishment, nothing dirty but good hard playing.

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[quote=Hail to the Redskins;861815]I'd consider our D-Line "studs" this week...

DeMarco Murray - 25 Carries for 73 yards... 2.9 per carry.

This is after carving up the league for the past 3 games. I was very glad to see that today.

[B]Also... 4 sacks when Romo hadn't been sacked in 3 games. I know there were 4 times he KILLED us (they decided the game) by eluding our pressure... but coverage needs the majority of the blame there[/B].[/quote]

I see it the other way around, I thought our 4 sacks were mainly coverage sacks. romo beat us downfield on plays in which the coverage held long enough for a sack or hurry, but neither happened. He left the pocket not as much due to pressure, but in anticipation of pressure & to get a better angle. Far too much time back there for him & when he left the pocket, he was never forced to throw off balance.

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Someone who has not been mentioned so far is Polumbus. The Skins' interior offensive line play was better here than it has been all season long. Perhaps this kid is a real player? Time will tell but the first showing was positive.

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[quote=sportscurmudgeon;861977]Someone who has not been mentioned so far is Polumbus. The Skins' interior offensive line play was better here than it has been all season long. Perhaps this kid is a real player? Time will tell but the first showing was positive.[/quote]

yeah, he ended up matched up w/speed rushers too, they really tested him. Got beat several times but held his own for the most part. He got hit w/a really bogus holding call in 1st half that negated a big play to Davis.

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[quote=JoeRedskin;861969]So I was unable to watch the game but it sounds like folks are giving P.Riley a lot of credit for playing well. Anything in particular? Same question for Nield.

Like hearing how the rookies seem to be stepping up.[/quote]


Hes definitely fast like Jontrem said, but ive always thought hes a little small.... but maybe being next to Orapko and Kerrigan it just seems that way.

The thing i really like about him is his hussel or motor or whatever you call it. He also has pretty good instints. Hes just all over the field on every play. You see 56 everywhere. Hes kind of like a London Fletcher lite.

But what i really love about him is he can tackle, i dont think ive seen him wiff a tackle yet. Thats what ive hated about Macintosh.

As SS pointed out it looks like he was responsible for leaving witten wide open for a TD, but the guy just needs to get more reps. He could be good and if Fletcher leaves he will likely be the play caller next year.

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[quote=freddyg12;861974]I see it the other way around, I thought our 4 sacks were mainly coverage sacks. romo beat us downfield on plays in which the coverage held long enough for a sack or hurry, but neither happened. He left the pocket not as much due to pressure, but in anticipation of pressure & to get a better angle. Far too much time back there for him & when he left the pocket, he was never forced to throw off balance.[/quote]


I kind of felt that Orapko was assigned to keep Romo contained rather then just rush him. It seemed like Orapko stayed in front of him and to his outside while the presure came from Romo's right and in front of him in order to keep romo from running to his left. I dont know how true this is, but it seemed this way to me.

I really liked the way our front 7 played. I would love to see Neild get some more reps, he could end up being a stud.

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[quote=SFREDSKIN;861687]Stallworth
Gafney
Kerrigan
Nield
Riley
Fletcher
ST w/ exception of Gano[/quote]
Gafney should be listed first on that list. I thought with Moss sidelined the Dallas Defense would have had a better showing. But Gafney was KILLIN the Dallas secondary all friggin day.

I like what Siragusa said during the game. It was like the Dallas secondary was "waiting for the sack" and not covering as well as they should.

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[quote=sandtrapjack;861992]Gafney should be listed first on that list. I thought with Moss sidelined the Dallas Defense would have had a better showing. But Gafney was KILLIN the Dallas secondary all friggin day.

I like what Siragusa said during the game. It was like the Dallas secondary was "waiting for the sack" and not covering as well as they should.[/quote]

My list wasn't by performance, just the names that popped up at the time. Stallworth did make that nice TD catch and also made some other plays too.

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^ I agree Gaffney had a great game as did the Oline my boy TW held his own against Ware

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[quote=SFREDSKIN;861994]My list wasn't by performance, just the names that popped up at the time. Stallworth did make that nice TD catch and also made some other plays too.[/quote]
Sorry, did not mean to infer your list was out of order or anything. Just ponting out that I think Gafney was the top performer in my opinion. Seems like every time the Skins needed to move the chains, Gafney was open or making great grabs.

Props to Stallworth for the TD catch, but he would have never been in that position had not Gafney provided those 3rd down conversions. He really stepped up in the absence of Moss and the inability of Davis to get the ball on third down.