Redskins-Giants: Defensive Review

[hesscl34]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

If you thought Rogers got beat a lot what did you think of Smoot then??

He got beat, a lot.. but at least he got an interception. Even though our O did nothing with it.

[Redskin Warrior]

Originally Posted by hesscl34

He got beat, a lot.. but at least he got an interception. Even though our O did nothing with it.

so you rather let two Wr's Plax & Smith catch 10+ balls on a corner Smoot with a pick, instead of a corner getting caught on a couple of times no pick? Let me remind you that the pick Smoot got was a gift he didn't work for it, he didn't jump a route or anything Eli threw it to him.

[hesscl34]

Originally Posted by Redskin Warrior

so you rather let two Wr's Plax & Smith catch 10+ balls on a corner Smoot with a pick, instead of a corner getting caught on a couple of times no pick? Let me remind you that the pick Smoot got was a gift he didn't work for it, he didn't jump a route or anything Eli threw it to him.

Matty, you are right. You are always right.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by hesscl34

Matty, you are right. You are always right.

I know... but I didn't post what you were responding to.

[Paintrain]

Again, good analysis. You said no hits on Manning, referring to no times when he was hit just after releasing or what? I thought Doughty got to him just after the juggling completion to Plax.. Considering 2 starters were coming off of knee surgeries (that most had projected them out until October), one was missing (Springs) one was at about 80% health (Taylor) and one playing his first real football since January (Landry), maybe they didn't play so badly after all.

Now if Rogers can ever learn to catch the ball we may have something.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by Paintrain

Again, good analysis. You said no hits on Manning, referring to no times when he was hit just after releasing or what? I thought Doughty got to him just after the juggling completion to Plax.. Considering 2 starters were coming off of knee surgeries (that most had projected them out until October), one was missing (Springs) one was at about 80% health (Taylor) and one playing his first real football since January (Landry), maybe they didn't play so badly after all.

Now if Rogers can ever learn to catch the ball we may have something.

Yeah. A hit refers to any time that Manning would be hit and go to the ground following a pass.

I didn't chart a hit, but based on how quickly the feed leaves the quarterback after the throw, that doesn't mean one never happened.

[MTK]

Hey Gtripp, just curious did you chart the attempts vs. completions on our corners? I'd be interested to see the exact breakdown of how Rogers and Smoot did.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Hey Gtripp, just curious did you chart the attempts vs. completions on our corners? I'd be interested to see the exact breakdown of how Rogers and Smoot did.

Yeah, I did. I didn't total those yet, and I have to run to class right now, but I should post those numbers sometime during MNF tonight.

[53Fan]

Great post. As I've said before, the D should get better and better as we go along. No panic here.

[JWsleep]

Great job, Gtripp. Nice analysis.

Check out Dillweed's take here: Defensive Breakdown: Redskins vs Giants | postgameheroes.com

He thinks it's more Carter that's having trouble with the run, though no doubt having two undersized DEs is an issue.

[firstdown]

How can we have no hit's on the QB but have two sacks?

[TheMalcolmConnection]

Honestly, all I could ask for from Carlos is to HOLD ON to interceptions. He's great in run support and seems to always have great coverage.

[RMSkins]

It's quite obvious that this defense is going to miss Phillip Daniels big time. Say what you will about his pass rush skills (or lack therof) but the man was a beast against the run. Daniels was probably a top ten DE against the run. Carter and Taylor are going to continue to struggle with the run all season and Blache needs to figure out how to fix it. Nice post Gtripp but from what I saw the Giants were much more successful running at Carter than Taylor, although they both played poorly against the run.

[GTripp0012]

I just read Dillweed's breakdown, which was brilliantly through. I 100% agree with him that the linebackers getting blocked by anything that moved was our biggest problem, but I do think Carter played better than the YPC to his side would suggest. I think the biggest thing is that half the time, the Redskins were in the 4-3 Solid, meaning that Carter was not the outermost man on the line. He actually held the line well, I thought, but that meant he was getting doubled in the running game, and that Washington would have to make a play on the outside. Marcus made a few plays, but as the YPC bear out, the Giants enjoyed way too much success running at him.

I can't count the amount of times I saw the DT's coming hard down the line to engulf the cutback lane, only to watch the LBs blown out of the hole before the pursuit could get there. It wasn't pretty.

[GTripp0012]

I would say Fletcher had the best game out of the LBs, but we've seen better from him.