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Originally Posted by hail_2_da_skins
The Redskins have two chances to beat the Patriots; slim and none. Uh oh, slim just left the building.
It's going to be a long day in New England. The only way the Skins can beat the Pats is to play solid defense, win the turnover battle and capitalize on all the Pats mistakes. The Skins will have to force at least three turnovers and commit none. Brady has to be frustrated going underneath all day and make some mistake trying to force it deep. The offense has to establish a strong running attack and hit a few big plays deep on play action.
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You just reminded me of something. In the middle of the 1st quarter to the halftime in the Dallas game Julius Jones was able to run on the Pats pretty effectively. The best I have seen since last years AFC Cahmp game. I am not sure if it was because they were respecting Romo and the pass or if the Pats did not respect the the Cowboys running game?
Either way, Dallas took the lead on mostly drives led my Jones' running. While it is imperative that we open up the passing game and keep them honest, we should not abandon the running game. Dallas might have have exposed a SLIGHT weakness in their defense, they may be vulnerable to a power running game. The only problem is in Julius Jones you have a bigger back that provides power running. I would not call a banged up Portis or Betts a power back, which may be our weakness.