Skins vs Pats - Game day thread

[kct1975]

Originally Posted by SolidSnake84

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I believed at the beginning of the season that with changing the QB, we would finally have a winning season again. But we might have a chance if we can go 8-8 to sneak in the playoffs....

[SFREDSKIN]

Gotta love Ricky Jean Francois, he's 100% right:

Redskins defensive end Ricky Jean Francois doesn’t mince words. “We just didn’t execute. It was like we were out there and you feel like we were just playing scout team for this team… I don’t want to keep going through each and every damn week like... something has to be fixed now because it’s the second half of the season. In November and December you have to start racking up wins.”

[jamf]

Originally Posted by DynamiteRave

Look. Jackson's limping around again. Ol moist ass, soft ass, tender bitch.

This made me giggle.

[RedskinJake]

I just thumbed through some of the comments on here.. Who the hell did you guys think we were playing this week? 27-10 was closer than almost anyone would've expected. Some of you are delusional. I saw chunks of play that impressed me but to think that we have any right to be upset that the Redskins lost to the Patriots is a joke. Could we have won? yes.. but it would've taken everything going just right. We're headed in the right direction. We will get there. Some of you need to accept the fact that willpower and hope won't win you games against the best in the league. There were positives to take from this game. Hold your damn heads up and quit pissing about how we weren't good enough to beat a team that has dominated 30 other teams for 15 years..

[MTK]

^ agreed, yesterday doesn't change anything, basically both teams are who we thought they were.

[punch it in]

Changes my opinion of us for the better. I just keep going back to three plays (though if I throw in Garcons miscues there are 19 more). First play i cannot get out of my head is Carriers drop. Man he was going to run for a while and it was just such a crucial part of the game. Second play was the onsides kick. Ill be honest - i blinked and missed it. Damn that was unexpected. That was just a huge swing. Huge. Last was the complete disaster by Culliver. We pressured Brady into throwing a lame duck, the God damned ball hung in the air FOREVER! If anything it should have just been batted around. When I saw it coming down n Culliver was no where to be found i was literally in shock - I think I still am. To me that was when things got out of hand. It put them from a punting situation to a scoring one and that was it.
We made a handful of other miscues but those three plays could have changed everything. None of those plays were due to "we arent in their league yet" or any of that stuff. Now I know that as a team we are not the Pats yet. I know they were supposed to beat us. BUT imo all three of those things could have gone the other way. Grant is capable of corralling that kick. Carrier is capable of catching a fucking football. Culliver is capable of not being a complete moron on third and long and stepping in front of an up for grabs throw that he had all day on. Of course because of who they are and who we are 27-10 is expected but those three stupid things change that score big time.
Im strangely confident in this team rite now because we were that close imo.

[KI Skins Fan]

OK, we lost to a better team. No big deal.

But here's what I can't understand: How could so many receivers drop so many passes that were so catchable?

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by KI Skins Fan

OK, we lost to a better team. No big deal.



But here's what I can't understand: How could so many receivers drop so many passes that were so catchable?

Throw in Grants non catch on the on sides. Its bizzare. As i said yesterday i think the pats inflated our receiving gloves!

[skinsfan69]

It's not that we lost to a better team. It's how they lost. Didn't realize that they had a TE playing RT. They were real beat up on the o-line and Brady was barely touched. Plus they ran all over us. That tells me our players on defense are shit. Particularly on the front 7.

As far as offense goes...I'm beginning to believe that Gruden isn't capable of running an NFL offense. He can put plays together but that's it. He can't keep a defense off balance. Or change the tempo or exploit the other teams weakness.

For instance, we all knew they were going to shit in Riley. And sure enough they split him out wide he was beat by their 3rd string rb and should have been beat for another by Lewis. Why aren't we doing the same thing to their ILB's who are both slow run stoppers? Why wasn't Thompson doing the same thing as Boldin and Lewis? Instead they run Morris into the pile for 0 yards and watch Jones drop passes and fumble.

[iRepDMV]

Am I the only one who believes we should cut ties with Pierre Garcon...? He's just too INCONSISTENT! Like I seen in a comment on CsnWashington.com, he can show up one second and disappear for the entire game. We do not have WRs that will scare any defense. Jordan Reed may be the only exception.

The O-Line is weak. How come we cant build a line that does a decent job of run AND pass blocking. At first we were only a good run blocking team now the script has flipped. We're protecting the hell outta of Cousins but cant open up holes for Morris and Jones!

Flat out pathetic..... but hey I completely understand that Scott M. cant fix this pathetic team in one season so I will remain patient.

..Sean Payton anyone.......?

[skinsfan69]

Well to me if you can't run the ball and open holes, but are good in pass pro, then common sense says you should become more of a passing team.

[Buffalo Bob]

i have to admit I didn't watch, went out and worked in the garage listening on the radio. The Patriots are too good and I knew they would make the Redskins look real bad.

[calia]

Here are the phrases I am sick of hearing:

"He did some good things."

"Each play is its own entity."

"Each interception is its own entity. "

"They're out there competing. "

"We have to do a better job executing. We have to do a better job coaching."

Sick of it.



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[calia]

I should add that what disappoints me about yesterday's loss was our complete inability to earn any respect. I've played on teams going up against much better opponents with no real prospects of winning. Our coaches emphasized hustle, hitting people, and earning respect so at the end of the game, at least you've made the better team earn it. Didn't see any hint of that yesterday.


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[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by Buffalo Bob

i have to admit I didn't watch, went out and worked in the garage listening on the radio. The Patriots are too good and I knew they would make the Redskins look real bad.

The offense looked terrible. I still think the defense did a decent job. What the defense did would have seen relevant if the offense actually did something earlier in the game.

By the way, I'd be curious to know what is our total number of points off turnovers. We had two turnovers in the first half and only managed to come up with a meager three points.