Public enemy #1 for the Skins this year has been...

[gibbsisgod]

Originally Posted by irish

I think its playcalling. The coaches let the Giants game get away and they screwed up yesterday.

The O-line injuries are a very close 2nd but every team has to deal with injuries. The dropped passes were only really an issue yesterday.

They were a problem in the Miami game too. Moss dropped 3 or 4 very catchable balls in that game. If he catches 2 of those the Miami game never gets to overtime. Yesterday, if he cathes the long bomb donw the sideline.....well, who knows.

All i'm sayin is the coaches were putting the players in very good situations and the PLAYERS litterally dropped the ball. I'll give you a bad coaching game against NY, but in EVERY other game the coaches were good enough to win.

[gibbsisgod]

Dropped balls. That includes fumbles. Portis is making a habit out of fumbling the football and it has to stop. I have noticed in past years that it seems like he fumbles in bunches and then has long streaks of not coughing it up. Lets all hope he gets that shit out of his system. And for the drops, Moss has been doing that since week 1 and its becoming a problem. He is not the only one who drops passes so I dont want it to seem like I am calling him out but it is magnified by his status as a "playmaker".

[Twilbert07]

Originally Posted by gibbsisgod

Dropped balls. That includes fumbles. Portis is making a habit out of fumbling the football and it has to stop. I have noticed in past years that it seems like he fumbles in bunches and then has long streaks of not coughing it up. Lets all hope he gets that shit out of his system. And for the drops, Moss has been doing that since week 1 and its becoming a problem. He is not the only one who drops passes so I dont want it to seem like I am calling him out but it is magnified by his status as a "playmaker".

I say we do call out Moss. He's having a terrible, injury-filled season. The question is, Was his great year in 2005 a fluke?

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by Twilbert07

I say we do call out Moss. He's having a terrible, injury-filled season. The question is, Was his great year in 2005 a fluke?

I think Moss' great season in 2005 was absolutely a fluke. He's been hobbled by groin and hamstring issues his entire career dating back to his days at the U. It showed all of last year and so far this year. He's super fast and can change a game with one play, but in terms of staying healthy and consistency, 2005 was in fact a fluke. I'd rather have Coles frankly. At least he plays every game and makes clutch catches. Plus he can go over the middle and he's tough as nails. Don't get me wrong, I don't dislike Moss, and when he's clicking he's really fun to watch, but it just hasn't happened since '05. Coles in the meantime is quietly putting together a nice year on an extremely offensively-challenged Jets team...

[jbcjr14]

I chose dropped passes. Not only Moss but El, Sellers, Lloyd (although a tough one) ALL had critical drops in the game that would have changed the outcome.

They need to shake it off and come back next week with a vengance. AZ is no pushover on defense and they will hit you in the mouth.

[BleedBurgundy]

I think it's a tie so far between the oline and drops. I think the drops are going to go away down the stretch, but there's not much we can do about the line. It's really hurting us when we play a team with a strong defensive front.

[dgack]

I wish "dropped passes" were changed to "Overall inconsistency / unreliability of the receiving corps"...

[irish]

Originally Posted by dgack

I wish "dropped passes" were changed to "Overall inconsistency / unreliability of the receiving corps"...

Does inconsistency and unreliability have anything to do with coaching? I think it does.

[Gmanc711]

I'll go with dropped passes since thats why we lost yesterday and with only two losses on the season, thats most glaring to me....Theres too much blame to go around for the Giants loss, from the very top with Joe GIbbs to the very last player on this team, so I dont think we can call that public enemy #1...Yesterday I can point right to why we lost, so I'll go with dropped passes....

Now clock managment hasent killed us yet, but I think it might. It boggles my mind how the guys on that sidelines are getting paid 20 million dollars, and a girl is sitting in my basement who just started watching football within the year, knows when to call time outs.

The Oline injuries are huge..but honestly I think the guys who have stepped in have done a phenominal job. Obviously its not like having the starting 5 in, but I think these guys have really played hard and well given the circumstances.

[WillH]

Public Enemies:
#1 O-line:
With our Defense playing as well as it is, if we had ANYTHING going for us on offense, we would be 5-0. With a healthy Oline we would have a much better running game. I have seen some hate going CP's way, but he is still getting 6-10 yard carries behind this patchwork Oline; if it were healthy he'd be able to win games or us on the ground. Also, late in yesterdays game especially there were many plays when JC didn't get a chance to set his feet. We may have been able to pull out a W against GB and NY if he was given some time in the pocket.

#2 Drops:
Especially from Moss. It is killing us. Matty is right, if we had a couple more catches in our two losses we'd have won the games. I'll give Santana a pass for now because of the bad weather, but if he doesn't start making big plays for us soon, count this team out. (BTW, I know the wet ball is hard to catch, but Cooley sure was able to, and so was McArdell when he came in late in the game, so that is kinda a weak excuse for Moss, but he has single handedly won many games for us in the past, so I'll give him the benefit of doubt.)

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

I would say it has been consistent execution. We always seem to play extremely well in the first half and then lose all mojo in the second.

[Southpaw]

Going forward, I think it's going to be the offensive line, since that has a direct impact on the running game, and Campbell's ability to make multiples reads.

Yesterday, it was the drops...

[Sean Taylor]

Unfortunately (or fortunately) I was flying home from Jamaica mon!! Missed the packers game. It was such torcher sitting in Jimmy Buffets Margaritaville in Montigo Bay watching the scores ticker while the cowboys were getting smacked. Then 17-14 game up and Campbell 21-37 with 220 and a td and pick. No running attack again. I didn't see the game but heard that Moss dropped a really easy pass in that game. Would have been a field goal if not more. I saw his fumble and it looked like he needed to wait for blockers and he had something on that reverse. His head hasn't been in any game this year and we need him to snap out of it. Moss lost that game with his fumble and dropped passes.

Our defense looks unreal and that's good for the long haul. We need to figure out the running game against a much improved but very beatable Cardinals team. We play so much better at home and NEED to win this game.

[SouperMeister]

I say the O-line is the biggest factor, because that has affected the running attack all season. As for drops, I'm stunned at how many balls Moss has dropped this season. In his first two seasons here, drops were few and far between. Now they have become a trend. I have faith that Moss will be his old self, and hopefully this will be a wake up call.

[skinsnut]

Bottom line
Our O-line is the most important part of our offense.
It sucks that everyone is hurt