Good, bad and ugly. Post game reactions vs Dolphins

[skinsfaninok]

I'm just glad we didn't get embarrassed. We are a 6 win team folks nothing more. So don't expect many happy Sunday threads here.

[SCRedskinsFan]

Originally Posted by Skinzman

But after those first 5 games, the rest of the year, you saw a guy who could adapt. They did finish his first season 8-8 after starting 0-5. The only adapting Gruden has done through a full year plus the start of his second is he isnt so negative in his press conferences. Im hoping he can figure it out, but so far, he is showing no halftime changes or any changes to his offense to fit personnel better. He is showing he knows 1 system and very little changes even within his system when it calls for it. I do find it scary that in-game changes are minimal and changes to his system is none regardless of who is playing, which is why I call him a play caller and not a coach.

My point was that Gibbs would have been fired after 5 games and you would have cheered.

Perhaps Jay G. knows he was facing a monster D line and gave his guys a chance keep his QB upright. Which he did. I thought our core problem areas of O line, D line and QB showed up and I choose to give the coach some credit.

[SFREDSKIN]

Good- Bill Callahan as our OL coach
The OL came to play and did an impressive job, providing 37:54 minutes time of possesion.
Running game
Reed
Garcon
Smith (rookie)

Bad- penalties
Special teams
Conservative play calling
Injuries
Reed, he had 2 miscommunications with KC.

[Hog1]

Originally Posted by sevier2

People need to realize this is our head coach's SECOND YEAR of EVER being a head coach. We hired a General Manager within THIS CALENDAR YEAR.

I know we all want to win and the losing starts to piss you off but jesus fucking christ what did you expect to see out there today???????

All we've talked about all off season is "It's okay to lose some games as long as we look improved." DID WE NOT LOOK IMPROVED??

Yes, there were still blown plays and things to fix but thats expected when you're REBUILDING. We knew we couldn't fix the entire team in one off season but I saw DEFINITE improvement.

It's disgusting to see some of the "fans" on here throwing in the towel when iBADt's week 1. Have some faith and support your fucking team for once and maybe they'll reward you with some harder play.

Pretty much agree with this:
But feeling a bit......pissy
Good Cousins mostly. Get the int's in check and we have a QB
Oline basically stiffed and RAN on BIG maybe the best D-line in Pro ball
Pushed their ass around. Suh....who?
Defense...Whoa shit, we have one.....secondary a maybe..please stay healthy Dhall
Sacks with no blitz? WTF???
ALMO...WOW!

BAD
F...n penalties.
O and D catch the damn ball!!!
Picks....enough said
Teams will b the death of me!!! F... Me!!!

As S2 has said fans should b ashamed...we are in FULL rebuild mode and trying to find which way is up. We had more good than bad today and some REAL good
As Gruden said, needs to be tuned up and cleaner, BUT we competed.
I Really wanted to win that game as we had them on their heels and we let them come back. It hurt, but I'm ok with it and happy about the future.

[Evilgrin]

I liked him last year, and I said before the game I was hoping to see halftime adjustments. I also was worried that we wouldn't make any. Losing Djax hurt, but no one cares about injuries, because every team gets them.

[Skinzman]

Originally Posted by SCRedskinsFan

My point was that Gibbs would have been fired after 5 games and you would have cheered.

Perhaps Jay G. knows he was facing a monster D line and gave his guys a chance keep his QB upright. Which he did. I thought our core problem areas of O line, D line and QB showed up and I choose to give the coach some credit.

No... I wouldnt have. And I didnt when it happened. Never once have I ever said a HC should be fired based on his first 5 games... Never...

I also give the coach some credit. Callahan did a great job with our OL.

But Gruden does not make changes. He does not do any tweaks. He just calls plays. Im not saying to fire Gruden now, but if its the same every week like last year, then something needs to change after the year. And I dont mean same every week like last year in terms of losses. I mean I want to see him, during a game, see something and make a tweak to take advantage of it. I want to see him adapt, like a HC should. I see the same guy I saw last year except he is calmer in press conferences. That isnt the change I need to see.

[skinsfan69]

Remember, whether we want to admit it or not, this is a rebuild. But a lot of good out there today. I just want that type of effort every week. Give that effort, cut down on the stupid penalties and keep Amerson off the field. Anyone but him. He is just terrible.

[That Guy]

good: oline, defense, this year's draft class played pretty well.
bad: no adjustments, penalties, coaching (3&13 draw play, 2&20 draw play, 4&1 FG when we were running roughshod, just a lot of give up/no confidence moments).

that return TD and the dropped ints/ kirk's ints were sort of depressing. kirk was fine, he's not the reason we lost, but he definitely didn't look mind-blowingly great either. DJ going down so early really sucks. hamstring too.

[kingj]

Good: compete level
Bad: Penalties
Ugly: play calling

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by That Guy

good: oline, defense, this year's draft class played pretty well.
bad: no adjustments, penalties, coaching (3&13 draw play, 2&20 draw play, 4&1 FG when we were running roughshod, just a lot of give up/no confidence moments).

that return TD and the dropped ints/ kirk's ints were sort of depressing. kirk was fine, he's not the reason we lost, but he definitely didn't look mind-blowing great either. DJ going down so early really sucks. hamstring too.

KC had one bad ball out there today. The defense bailed him out on that. The other one was on Garçon. He has to either catch it or not let the defender outmuscle him for the ball.

I'm at the point where I want to see Ross on the field a lot more. Jackson is always getting nicked up and probably isn't going to be resigned next year anyway.

[rocnrik]

I can live with this loss IF they address the penalties and special teams…think about if i would have told you before the game the Redskins D would only give up 1 touchdown all of us what have taken that!..cousins had one bad throw and he bounced back from that..The Qb play did not cost us this game..so lets not go there! the penalties as well as at least 2 or 3 possible interceptions we let get away..geez ..why can't our D catch passes..factor in almost miracle type catch the Dolphins D had and the result is loss. I would have liked to see the skins go for it on 3rd and one early in the game vs the missed field goal,at that point Alfred was gaining a lot per carry..but all in all not a terrible game ..a lot to build on and think about it IF the skins had won this game how many post are unrealistic about the rest of season..i can see it now ..WE ARE GOING TO THE SUPERBOWL after ONE win..lets face it guys at best this team wins 7 or 8 games..we gotta be patient!

[DYoungJelly]

I don't get the play calling criticism.

What should have been called differently when?

I thought Gruden (or McVay and/or Callahan however it was) and Kirk checking out of plays at the line, did a great job limiting their pass rush and putting us in manageable situations.

I don't know what you're supposed to call when you're looking at 1st and 20 almost all the way through the third.

Bottom line is that when our own mistakes through penalties didn't put us in a down and distance disadvantage we moved the ball.

Like some other posters in this thread have noted, conservative play calling wasn't unexpected and was warranted with Kirk's reaction to throwing picks last year. I don't have any problem with the way the game was called.

They started keying run int he second half and when we weren't in a hole, Kirk moved the ball through the air.

For the first time in a long time, we had a chance to win against a good team in the last 2 minutes of the game.

In the gameday thread somebody noted the clock could have been managed better at the end of the 2nd half to take our possession past the 2 minute warning. This is a legit criticism.

A lot of generalizations about bad play calling and Gruden not seeming like a head coach in this thread with no real specifics.

[punch it in]

Good : KC (for the most part. I think his hands were tied. Only one pic was really terrible) , Oline, Defense, Jordan Reed, Almo.
Bad : forbath, conservative playcalling, discipline, special teams, david amerson.

[SolidSnake84]

Originally Posted by sevier2

Crazy how the part of the team we focused on in the off season is playing better, isn't it?

For all of the hoopla and drama around this team, this is the most stoked I've been in maybe 5 years (2012 aside). Saw a lot of encouraging moments today.

Give Scot another 2-3 years working his magic and we'll be formidable across the entire roster, I guarantee it.

This is a good post and I agree with all points, but do you think Snyder gives Scot that long?

[OmahaRedskins]

Yes - I do.