The Gud, the bad and the Great. Rams Post game reactions

[Chico23231]

Yes! Got the W

Gud: Kirk played really well. The online is just nasty! Special kudos to Moses and Luavo...they stood out. This one-two punch of Morris and jones looks special.

Bad: who cares, first win of the season

Great: Matt Jones is a beast! Pot roast was really good today. Unsung goldson free safety play. I really liked the way the new kicker came in and made a significant impact.

[Chico23231]

The great...and maybe the best of the day was the game ending drive we started around 8 minutes left in the 4th. Great running and timely throws by cousins. Well executed and well called. We didn't go all conservative. That's redskins football

[NC_Skins]

Good:

• Offensive line was dominate & against one of the best defensive fronts
• Matt Jones went beastmode
• Kirk Cousins had a fantastic game
• Defensive front dominated the Rams offensive line
• Special Teams played much better

Bad:

• Penalties (7) still killed a few drives

Overall this is one of the best games I've seen from the Skins in a while. This is old school smash mouth football at it's best. Dominate the line on both sides and go from there.

[OnceWeWereKings]

Good: entire first half. A kicker that kicks it out of the end zone...matt Jones (who?) Maaattt jooooneeesss.
Great that if one runner is having a hard time there's another to step in and give a push. This is going to be valuable all year, mark my words.

Bad: we still haven't made good adjustments at the half. After the first 2 quarters we were playing well ahead, then stuck with the same scheme and came close to having it tied up/losing the lead. It seems like our coaching staff is not acclimated to making adjustments, and thinks because we are leading at the half we can just cruise through 30 more minutes of football....thats, unfortunately not going to happen.

The great: 3 shots of fireball. One for each touchdown.

[Darrell_Green_28]

Originally Posted by OnceWeWereKings

Good: entire first half. A kicker that kicks it out of the end zone...matt Jones (who?) Maaattt jooooneeesss.
Great that if one runner is having a hard time there's another to step in and give a push. This is going to be valuable all year, mark my words.

Bad: we still haven't made good adjustments at the half. After the first 2 quarters we were playing well ahead, then stuck with the same scheme and came close to having it tied up/losing the lead. It seems like our coaching staff is not acclimated to making adjustments, and thinks because we are leading at the half we can just cruise through 30 more minutes of football....thats, unfortunately not going to happen.

The great: 3 shots of fireball. One for each touchdown.

Actually I thought I saw we switched schemes on offense after the half, going to 3 WR and passing , instead of 3 TE and running the ball, the Rams got 10 points quick because of this and then we switched back to 3 TE and we pulled away. Just my observations, not sure if anyone else saw that.

[DYoungJelly]

Originally Posted by Darrell_Green_28

Actually I thought I saw we switched schemes on offense after the half, going to 3 WR and passing , instead of 3 TE and running the ball, the Rams got 10 points quick because of this and then we switched back to 3 TE and we pulled away. Just my observations, not sure if anyone else saw that.

Agree. Great observation.

I think some of the switch was situational. Down and distance.

They starting bringing 8 in the box almost every 50/50 down and distance in the 3rd quarter. Kirk hit some passes over the middle and opened it back up.

Same as last week, I thought the penalties more than the "adjustments" hurt us after the half. Hard to call a play for 1st and 20 or 2nd and 15.

By the 4th, they were playing us straight up again.

[Kope]

good: lines / grit / cousins
bad: penalties
great: running over the rams. Man football. nuff said.

[MTK]

Love that McCloughan's fingerprints were all over this win.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Love that McCloughan's fingerprints were all over this win.

Physical football...McC know the tradition here, finally getting back to it.

[NoCalHail]

If the defense and running game look like this week in and week out, then wins & losses are going to come down to two big things: Special teams and Cousins eliminating turnovers.

If Cousins could ask for two throws back it would probably be the one that was almost picked (obviously) and the underthrown ball to Ryan Grant that is likely a TD pass if thrown to him in stride. (I can't remember that that drive ended though, did we get points?).

I still do have question marks about Kirk for games that are close and the running game is being shut down. There will be games on this schedule where he will likely have 30_ attempts and have to make plays like that nice throw to Reed, but more times a game.

However, until those situations come up, Kirk can continue to win with efficiency and I will be happy with it.

[44Deezel]

Originally Posted by NoCalHail

If the defense and running game look like this week in and week out, then wins & losses are going to come down to two big things: Special teams and Cousins eliminating turnovers.

If Cousins could ask for two throws back it would probably be the one that was almost picked (obviously) and the underthrown ball to Ryan Grant that is likely a TD pass if thrown to him in stride. (I can't remember that that drive ended though, did we get points?).

I still do have question marks about Kirk for games that are close and the running game is being shut down. There will be games on this schedule where he will likely have 30_ attempts and have to make plays like that nice throw to Reed, but more times a game.

However, until those situations come up, Kirk can continue to win with efficiency and I will be happy with it.

They only have 3 QBs on the roster and he gives them the best chance to win. There are maybe 5 QBs on the planet who don't make a couple of bad throws every game and none of them are one of the 3 QBs the Skins have under contract. Reality is probably a good expectation for Cousins. At least until he has more than 11 starts under his belt.

[MTK]

2 games and the D has given up 20 points. What?!

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

2 games and the D has given up 20 points. What?!

But Joe Barry sucks! LOL.

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[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

But Joe Barry sucks! LOL.

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I think every single fan had a right to be pessimistic about Barry as the DC. Nothing of his career projected anything good. I think it has more to do with the acquisitions that Scott made in the off-season to beef up that DL. Our secondary still sucks. At least we're getting better play from the S spot.

[artmonkforhallofamein07]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

2 games and the D has given up 20 points. What?!

This is my favorite stat. Very excited about that

The run game is special.

Oline Dline game balls.