Are we a playoff team?

[rypper11]

I said in the prediction post the other day that this would be a much more difficult game than fans thought. These are not your father's Cards. They have several great players on the DLine as well as good LB's. Where are we weak? OL. Gibbs and Saunders did a great job of trying to hide just how weak the line is. If Rabach is healthy next week everyone will be using the inconsistent line but really with no holes and no protection the skill players cant do anything.

[Redskins247]

well here's my thing...while the cards are not horrible by any means, we had them down and were in complete control of the game...and if fletcher doesn't do that f'ing stupid taunting, i really don't think this game ends up that close.

that being said, the playcalling is just bad. i realize our o-line is decimated, so why not use more screens, roll out passes, WR screens, quick slant passes...plays that get away from the lines protection. i just don't get this very vanilla conservative calling that doesn't produce any results.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Redskins247

well here's my thing...while the cards are not horrible by any means, we had them down and were in complete control of the game...and if fletcher doesn't do that f'ing stupid taunting, i really don't think this game ends up that close.

that being said, the playcalling is just bad. i realize our o-line is decimated, so why not use more screens, roll out passes, WR screens, quick slant passes...plays that get away from the lines protection. i just don't get this very vanilla conservative calling that doesn't produce any results.

Not sure what you were watching but we DID try more screens than usual, and one ended up getting picked off right before the half.

Let's give the Cards D some credit, they bottled things up pretty good all day.

[Sean Taylor]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Not sure what you were watching but we DID try more screens than usual, and one ended up getting picked off right before the half.

Let's give the Cards D some credit, they bottled things up pretty good all day.

That was a horrible play. Campbell really showed his inexperience on that one. We are up 14-0 and our defense shuts them out on 4th down. I know we all want to score but maybe a run wouldn't be the worst call there. Ok, maybe pass it over the defender properly but NEVER throw a pick on the VERY next play. Come on man!!! That game should have been 17 or 21 nothing at half with Skins getting the ball after halftime. NEVER should have been a game at all.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Sean Taylor

That was a horrible play. Campbell really showed his inexperience on that one. We are up 14-0 and our defense shuts them out on 4th down. I know we all want to score but maybe a run wouldn't be the worst call there. Ok, maybe pass it over the defender properly but NEVER throw a pick on the VERY next play. Come on man!!! That game should have been 17 or 21 nothing at half with Skins getting the ball after halftime. NEVER should have been a game at all.

LOL damned if you do, damned if you don't.

If we just ran and didn't try to move the ball people would be bitching that we needed to be more aggressive.

The screen RB screen is a pretty safe call, JC didn't get enough air under his pass and the D made a nice play.

I can't fault the call though, I liked the fact we were trying to move the ball and weren't content on sitting on it and running out the half.

[Sean Taylor]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

LOL damned if you do, damned if you don't.

If we just ran and didn't try to move the ball people would be bitching that we needed to be more aggressive.

The screen RB screen is a pretty safe call, JC didn't get enough air under his pass and the D made a nice play.

I can't fault the call though, I liked the fact we were trying to move the ball and weren't content on sitting on it and running out the half.

Well it looked like shit. I'm never negative but I call it like I see it. That series would have ended that game and we didi about the only thing to keep them in it. All this bullcrap about the line being hurt and that's why they didn't let Campbell throw. I watched ever snap like you all and Campbell had his worst game of the year. He overthrew balls and was never even close to a rythm out there. How about a three step drop and slant or hook or 5 step bomb to go for the throat on that 1st play? That screen wasn't a good call because there were only two defensive linemen rushing on that play. One happened to tip it to the other fat ass who caught a gift. Screen is best on blitzes or at least 4 to 5 man rush.

[724Skinsfan]

I think we're a playoff team. The bad thing about that is it shows the lack of dominance any of the other NFC teams are showing. We can beat any NFC team out there. We can make the playoffs but we're not going to the Super Bowl.

[jgalecpa]

Are we a playoff team? Sure, we could be in it.

Before the year started I thought we'd end up 9-7.

Having seen the D this year, I have upped it to 10-6, which shuld get us a wild card spot.

We could even win that game (especially if we play the leader of the NFC east).

After that, it is anybody's guess.

Are we still rebuilding? Yes, but we are further along than I thought we'd be, given we have a QB who is still within his first 16 games of starts.


J-Dawg.

[Cowell]

No. We are not a playoff team. Playoff teams get a good lead and keep it that way. Playoff teams can muster more than 200 yards of total offense. The sad thing is though, because of our conference I think we will make the playoffs. We probably won't get past the divisional round but we should make the playoffs.

[skinsnut]

Originally Posted by Redskins247

well here's my thing...while the cards are not horrible by any means, we had them down and were in complete control of the game...and if fletcher doesn't do that f'ing stupid taunting, i really don't think this game ends up that close.

that being said, the playcalling is just bad. i realize our o-line is decimated, so why not use more screens, roll out passes, WR screens, quick slant passes...plays that get away from the lines protection. i just don't get this very vanilla conservative calling that doesn't produce any results.

On one hand, I like your rollout idea to deal with the crappy line, but it pretty much eliminates half the field...how about shifting our offense to shotgun with portis draws as the running threat?....the only problem with that is our WR seem to all have hamstring injuries and cant get separation.

Why does everyone on the offense seem to pull so many muscles?
You got it....they aint stretching, so they are getting hurt.
Anyone know if the defense has a different trainer or something?
If so...someone in house is responsible for all these injuries....moss, ARE, the O line...etc

[Redskins247]

I look at it like this....if our line gets healthier, and our D can keep us in the really tough games (like next week)...anythings possible...look at how bad Chicago's offense was the 2nd half last year!

[GMScud]

We SHOULD be a playoff team. So many weapons on offense with a very good QB to run it, and a phenomenal D. But the offense needs to get it together. We need to throw more and get WRs involved. We just have to. Our lack of ability to sustain drives consistently really bothers me, especially in the second half. Something has to change offensively for us to be any kind of playoff threat.

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

Season is not over so I dont know yet but the NFC East will have 3 playoff teams again.

[jdlea]

My heart says yes, but my gut isn't so sure. I think that them being 4-2 is a big deal and it's great, however, this team having lost 2 games that they dominated is a bad sign. In my opinion, this team should be 6-0, they've outplayed teams for all but about 1 half of football this season. The fact that they're 4-2 is actually a bad sign to me, but with a winning record and what I would say are about 8 "winnable" games left on the schedule I'm encouraged so far.

[saden1]

160 total yards? We didn't "win" today, we escaped with a win...sorta like GB did against us but in even uglier fashion.