Skins v Eagles post game thread

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by punch it in

Bad...first half, run defense(but damn Mccoy is a beast), Rambo looked not just like a rookie but a liability, penalties, missed fg, Kerrigan concussion, the safety.

Good...Second half, Griff looked sharp and the shot of him on the bench in the midst of the comeback shaking his head just screamed "ok im ready now", Hank, Kai's kickoffs. edit..HELU

Bottom line is that when your star player isnt playing like one it is going to infect the entire team - the D gets tired and frustrated, the run game doesnt work rite, the wr's get dejected, but as soon as Griff found his rythym mid way through the third quarter it energized the entire team. I am still just as confident that this team is going places this year as I was at 7:14 pm tonite. I am completely chalking that up to a warm up game for Griff - I wanted them to put in KC and give us a chance to win, but in retrospect now, I am happy they let RG-3 work out the kinks because the next 15 games greatly outweigh week one. HTTR

Well I would say Philly started to play a little prevent too. Griff did not play well at all. It was almost like the Eagles knew he wasn't running so they just blitzed.

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

Well I would say Philly started to play a little prevent too. Griff did not play well at all. It was almost like the Eagles knew he wasn't running so they just blitzed.

Lack of an effective running play led to the Iggles be all blitz happy.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

Lack of an effective running play led to the Iggles be all blitz happy.

Yeah, playing from behind typically means the pass rush is going to tee off on you.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

Lack of an effective running play led to the Iggles be all blitz happy.

I just think they knew Griff wasn't a threat to run. They were not respecting any of our play action at all.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

I just think they knew Griff wasn't a threat to run. They were not respecting any of our play action at all.

As Gruden pointed out, that stuff doesn't work so well when you're down 33-7.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

As Gruden pointed out, that stuff doesn't work so well when you're down 33-7.

They came off the bus blitzing, not just when we were down.

[donofriose]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

They came off the bus blitzing, not just when we were down.

The Redskins were down basically the entire game. Plus the offensive line didn't preform well. Even Trent Williams struggled at times today. I thought it was just a poor performance by the offense the entire first half.

[drumkat44]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

I just think they knew Griff wasn't a threat to run. They were not respecting any of our play action at all.

Exactly!

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

Lack of an effective running play led to the Iggles be all blitz happy.

I don't think that was the running game so much as we just weren't picking up the LBs for the first three quarters.

Our protection schemes were the problem. The Eagles DC clearly put in a ton of hours over the offseason into understanding how we liked to block our passes and that preparation resulted in a lot of clean runs on RG3.

Only wish our defense would have found some sort of advantage given 8 months to find one.

[donofriose]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

I don't think that was the running game so much as we just weren't picking up the LBs for the first three quarters.

Our protection schemes were the problem. The Eagles DC clearly put in a ton of hours over the offseason into understanding how we liked to block our passes and that preparation resulted in a lot of clean runs on RG3.

Only wish our defense would have found some sort of advantage given 8 months to find one.

Kind of hard when their is no tape on how the opponent's offense will look in the Pros.

[artmonkforhallofamein07]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

I don't think that was the running game so much as we just weren't picking up the LBs for the first three quarters.

Our protection schemes were the problem. The Eagles DC clearly put in a ton of hours over the offseason into understanding how we liked to block our passes and that preparation resulted in a lot of clean runs on RG3.

Only wish our defense would have found some sort of advantage given 8 months to find one.

Our defense didnt have anything to look at regarding the Eagles team. Once they did in the second half we allowed 5 first downs. The Eagles won't be a surprise much the second half:

The Eagles have had four years to watch our team's offense.

I saw that we had a problem not calling the proper protections in the second half. Using Griff as just a pocket passer is a waste of his talents. He started to be able to feel the rush in the second half and use his game to make off scheduled plays. This team doesn't scare me.

We still have the opportunity to be very good.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by artmonkforhallofamein07

Our defense didnt have anything to look at regarding the Eagles team. Once they did in the second half we allowed 5 first downs. The Eagles won't be a surprise much the second half:

The Eagles have had four years to watch our team's offense.

I saw that we had a problem not calling the proper protections in the second half. Using Griff as just a pocket passer is a waste of his talents. He started to be able to feel the rush in the second half and use his game to make off scheduled plays. This team doesn't scare me.

We still have the opportunity to be very good.

They don't have Oregon tape at Redskins park? Funny, because I have Oregon tape and all I have is the internet.

Fix the problems from this game by Week 2, and no one remembers this game. But you have to make those adjustments, quickly. Trailing by 18 at half to a bad football team at home is not typical of a good football team.

[donofriose]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

They don't have Oregon tape at Redskins park? Funny, because I have Oregon tape and all I have is the internet.

That wasn't the same offense he ran at Oregon. The tempo was similar but at Oregon there was more on an emphasize on the triple option and getting your playmakers in space using the option pitch.

Today I saw zone blocking with McCoy getting the ball cutting up field and a lot of missed tackled. Teams always struggle with brand new offenses in the NFL. Remember the wildcat?

I trust the defense watched a lot of tape of what they felt would be the closest resemblance of Kelly's offense in the NFL, it is just almost impossible to predict what a coach will do opening day in his first NFL game.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by donofriose

That wasn't the same offense he ran at Oregon. The tempo was similar but at Oregon there was more on an emphasize on the triple option and getting your playmakers in space using the option pitch.

Today I saw zone blocking with McCoy getting the ball cutting up field and a lot of missed tackled. Teams always struggle with brand new offenses in the NFL. Remember the wildcat?

I trust the defense watched a lot of tape of what they felt would be the closest resemblance of Kelly's offense in the NFL, it is just almost impossible to predict what a coach will do opening day in his first NFL game.

You...aren't familiar with Oregon, I'm guessing.

McCoy creates a lot of missed tackles. But that's not something we didn't know going into this game, and it's not an excuse.

I'm just not into making excuses for a lack of preparation. If you can be unprepared for what the Eagles brought tonight, you can be unprepared for any offense. What they were running wasn't particularlr unique, they just are good at constraining defenses. Which is exactly what the Redskins offense did so well last year.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

They don't have Oregon tape at Redskins park? Funny, because I have Oregon tape and all I have is the internet.

Fix the problems from this game by Week 2, and no one remembers this game. But you have to make those adjustments, quickly. Trailing by 18 at half to a bad football team at home is not typical of a good football team.

I'm just curious. Why do you think Philly is a bad team? I swear this entire town thought Jacksonville was rolling in here this week.