Redskins vs. Bills (Preseason Game 1) Thread

[davy]

It seems to have escaped everybody's attention that the defense gave up 146 yds on the ground at an eye-watering average of over 8 yds a pop.

The Ravens will be licking their chops in anticipation.

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by davy

It seems to have escaped everybody's attention that the defense gave up 146 yds on the ground at an eye-watering average of over 8 yds a pop.

The Ravens will be licking their chops in anticipation.

It didn't escape my attention. Good catch. We need to improve there.

[MTK]

Heads up NFLN is replaying the game in a few minutes at 10am

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Heads up NFLN is replaying the game in a few minutes at 10am

thought that I worked at 2 but it's 12.. just not meant to see this.. I think it's on at 4a in a day or two

[12thMan]

I wouldn't be too worried about LJ, he'll be the second back and get some reps next week. I mean, I'd be surprised if he's not in there against the Ravens.

That said, boy did the team look on the ball and prepared last night. The team looked "coached", for lack of a better word. This wasn't a team just trying to score points; They were following assignments, being where they needed to be, and having some fun along the way. That's what pre-season is about.

Thank God Jim Zorn in Baltimore is all I can say.

[Monkeydad]

Watching it now (went to baseball game last night).

Impressed. Very impressed. 21-3 now.

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by Buster

Watching it now (went to baseball game last night).

Impressed. Very impressed. 21-3 now.

thx.. keep us updated

[GusFrerotte]

Very nice game last night. We were in a groove on offense, even Rex looked pretty good!!! Torain and K Williams are keepers. I hope Shanny can keep both of them. It was nice to see Thomas come back after such a shaky start. After the first quarter I was starting to wonder if he was ever going to step it up and he did!! Would like to see Kelly do the same when he comes back, but to be honest would like to see an underdog WR candidate like Alexander make the team. Only time will tell. Would have been nice to see Galloway for a couple series, but I am sure we will see him next game, along with Johnson. Wish Wade would have done better, I liked him at Minnesota. I would caution folks not to get overly excited, just because of how Dallas did against Oakland. They looked sharp at the HOF game, but sucked against Oakland. Buffalo is a really sad team. We will do decently against Balt, but not light them up nearly as we did with the Bills. THe only real concern I have is about defensive depth. Our scrubs made the Buffalo second/third string backs look like Probowlers. IF we get a lot of injuries on the D, things might get dicey, but then again it is only game 1 of preseason. Overall a very solid game and also very promising one at that!!!!! I hate those smarmy Cowboy fans on the NFL.com message boards downplaying our performance, saying it was against Buffalo, when they looked like crap against Oakland. Romo sucked balls!!!!!!! If we look half as sharp against the Ravens, we will be smoking Dallas!!!!!! Shanny is going to have a hard time making cuts with some of the newbie talent.

[diehard]

It's my 3rd time watching the game.

Notes regarding the defense: Henson looked solid digesting plays and making plays on the ball. Blades appeared to be lost. Carter may be a liability in pass coverage, most noticeably in the flats. I expect Alexander to get reps with the first team next week to see how he fares. He played well and didn't look like 'a DL trying to play LB'. Riley seems to have been a solid draft pick. He has a nose for the ball. Hall had an INT (Carriker pressure), Tryon had a couple of pass deflections against reserves. Starting defense seemed to settle down after BUFs first scoring drive. The front seven will need every one of these preseason games to iron out assignments and vulnerabilities. Fletcher still impresses after all these years. Haynesworth is a beast. He will make his presence known with the first team next week. Chris Wilson looks to be a natural 3-4 OLB.

The offense: Let's give Beck more time before we mull cutting Brennan. Nonetheless, Grossman looks as if he's been running this offense for a while. He and McNabb made good decisions and used thier feet to convert a first down. McNabb was throwing darts and Cooley has hands of glue! Almost every combination of OL performed well. Oldenburg and William Robinson at OT are a little shaky. An illegal formation on Trent Williams and a false start on Edwin Williams were significant penalties (Trent Williams' negated a 30+ yard play). As much production as Torain had, I liked what I saw from Keiland more. Keiland makes 'something out of nothing'. Again, gaping holes contributed to Torain's stats. Devin Thomas had the third best recieving game behind Cooley and Roydell Williams. Yes, Thomas muffed a KOR and didn't catch a good ball thrown to him but, everything else he did was solid. Dennis Morris DNP. Daryl Young spelled Sellers. Wade's performance was overrated. I recall only one or two catch(es), an equivilant of misses and conversions by defensive pass interference.

Special teams: I was hoping Austin would have a good showing as he would look to be a legitimate WR on the depth chart. Nada. Brandon Banks stole the show. He made me nervous not fielding one punt though. Armstrong and Austin caught some balls on offense but, need to be able to help in the return game to stick on 53 man roster. They didn't do much last night. Roydell recovered a muffed KOR. Bidwell is a stud.

Game balls
offense: Cooley
defense: Hall
sp teams: Banks
honorable mention: Trent Williams, Roydell Williams

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by diehard

It's my 3rd time watching the game.

Notes regarding the defense: Henson looked solid digesting plays and making plays on the ball. Blades appeared to be lost. Carter may be a liability in pass coverage, most noticeably in the flats. I expect Alexander to get reps with the first team next week to see how he fares. He played well and didn't look like 'a DL trying to play LB'. Riley seems to have been a solid draft pick. He has a nose for the ball. Hall had an INT (Carriker pressure), Tryon had a couple of pass deflections against reserves. Starting defense seemed to settle down after BUFs first scoring drive. The front seven will need every one of these preseason games to iron out assignments and vulnerabilities. Fletcher still impresses after all these years. Haynesworth is a beast. He will make his presence known with the first team next week. Chris Wilson looks to be a natural 3-4 OLB.

Blades is hanging by a thread in my opinion, but we're not that deep at middle linebacker so he probably stays and he can play teams. Carter is a major liability, in my opinion, in pass coverage. We'll have to mask his deficiencies there. If Carriker can stay healthy he's going to be great for our line, but don't expect flashy numbers from him. JoeRedskin wants a Chris Wilson avatar ASAP

The offense: Let's give Beck more time before we mull cutting Brennan. Nonetheless, Grossman looks as if he's been running this offense for a while. He and McNabb made good decisions and used thier feet to convert a first down. McNabb was throwing darts and Cooley has hands of glue! Almost every combination of OL performed well. Oldenburg and William Robinson at OT are a little shaky. An illegal formation on Trent Williams and a false start on Edwin Williams were significant penalties (Trent Williams' negated a 30+ yard play). As much production as Torain had, I liked what I saw from Keiland more. Keiland makes 'something out of nothing'. Again, gaping holes contributed to Torain's stats. Devin Thomas had the third best recieving game behind Cooley and Roydell Williams. Yes, Thomas muffed a KOR and didn't catch a good ball thrown to him but, everything else he did was solid. Dennis Morris DNP. Daryl Young spelled Sellers. Wade's performance was overrated. I recall only one or two catch(es), an equivilant of misses and conversions by defensive pass interference.

Grossman really does seem to like and understand this offense. I prefer Ed Williams at center, but they seem determined to make him a guard. Oldenburg's got to go. Give Capers more playing time at T. Go eff yourself on your Torain critique Wade will probably start next week from what I understand, will be interesting to see what he brings. Can't wait to see that Tiger formation with Cooley and Davis on the field together

[diehard]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Blades is hanging by a thread in my opinion, but we're not that deep at middle linebacker so he probably stays and he can play teams. Carter is a major liability, in my opinion, in pass coverage. We'll have to mask his deficiencies there. If Carriker can stay healthy he's going to be great for our line, but don't expect flashy numbers from him. JoeRedskin wants a Chris Wilson avatar ASAP



Grossman really does seem to like and understand this offense. I prefer Ed Williams at center, but they seem determined to make him a guard. Oldenburg's got to go. Give Capers more playing time at T. Go eff yourself on your Torain critique Wade will probably start next week from what I understand, will be interesting to see what he brings. Can't wait to see that Tiger formation with Cooley and Davis on the field together

Kudos to Artis Hicks as well he played sigificant time and did well.

[Pocket$ $traight]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Blades is hanging by a thread in my opinion, but we're not that deep at middle linebacker so he probably stays and he can play teams. Carter is a major liability, in my opinion, in pass coverage. We'll have to mask his deficiencies there. If Carriker can stay healthy he's going to be great for our line, but don't expect flashy numbers from him. JoeRedskin wants a Chris Wilson avatar ASAP



Grossman really does seem to like and understand this offense. I prefer Ed Williams at center, but they seem determined to make him a guard. Oldenburg's got to go. Give Capers more playing time at T. Go eff yourself on your Torain critique Wade will probably start next week from what I understand, will be interesting to see what he brings. Can't wait to see that Tiger formation with Cooley and Davis on the field together

There is no "imo" about Carter. It isn't going to work. At least we know now because Dallas will kill us if Carter has to cover Witten or any of their runningbacks regularly.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Blades is hanging by a thread in my opinion, but we're not that deep at middle linebacker so he probably stays and he can play teams. Carter is a major liability, in my opinion, in pass coverage. We'll have to mask his deficiencies there. If Carriker can stay healthy he's going to be great for our line, but don't expect flashy numbers from him. JoeRedskin wants a Chris Wilson avatar ASAP

So, Carriker = Corneilus Griffin? Hey, at least he's got the number for it.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

So, Carriker = Corneilus Griffin? Hey, at least he's got the number for it.

Doesn't Ma'ake Kemoeatu wear #96? I thought that was him last night, I guess I might've been mistaken. I was just telling my friends there's so many new numbers to get used to, I'm gonna have a hard time remembering who's who out there. I saw #53 out there and I was like, damn Marcus Washington is looking good, oh wait, he hasn't played for us in at least 3 seasons lol. I think that's Perry Riley. Either way I'm gonna wait until the regular season before getting acclimated to a bunch of new names on old numbers, because I don't wanna start learning the names of guys who won't be here in 4 weeks.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by mooby

Doesn't Ma'ake Kemoeatu wear #96? I thought that was him last night, I guess I might've been mistaken. I was just telling my friends there's so many new numbers to get used to, I'm gonna have a hard time remembering who's who out there. I saw #53 out there and I was like, damn Marcus Washington is looking good, oh wait, he hasn't played for us in at least 3 seasons lol. I think that's Perry Riley. Either way I'm gonna wait until the regular season before getting acclimated to a bunch of new names on old numbers, because I don't wanna start learning the names of guys who won't be here in 4 weeks.

Yeah, I think you might be right. I'm still confused by the 2-4-5.