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[Gmanc711]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

I cannot believe 24 people actually blame the refs for this one. Blown pass interference calls are one thing, but a good team overcomes those things. The Skins had their chances with or without the refs, but couldn't get it done. Settling for the field goal just before half time, piss poor clock management, letting Ritchie Anderson get wide open for a 28 yard pass completion on 3rd and 5 late in the game, looking bewildered and lethargic on the TD pass to Whitten, ...

Take your pick guys. But come on, let's be a little more objective rather than blaming the refs, shall we?

No, I'm not gonna be any more objective than that. We shouldnt have to be. We shouldnt have to beat the Dallas Cowboys after they were spotted 14 points. We had a few bad things happen that were our faults, no doubt. Every team does , every single game. THis game was decided by the zebra's.
Pass interference over 20 yards should be a challengeable play. It will count against your challenges, but it just changes the game too much when calls like that happen.

[jrocx69]

i think we should get a big back for goaline situations. stacy mack would have been a great addition for us in short yardage and goaline. our o-line sucked last night, especially on the 1st and goal we had on the 1. but portis did go down without much of a fight and i think a bigger back would have created more of a push. lol, or make Salevea' todays fridge and pound him through the endzone.

[SmootSmack]

I think Betts should be used more in the red zone

[Daseal]

I think some intelligent play calling should be used in the redzone.

[Gmanc711]

I agree with Smoot. Especially on the goalline. That or use Cooley or Sellers or someone big.

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by SUNRA

it was the coaching staff that lost this game. The offense was one dimensional in that Portis was the focus of our running game. Gibbs did not even play Betts at runningback. He also never called one screen pass in the first half of the game. When he did call them he was successful at moving ball. When I defense did their job in the first half of the game, we came up short because of dropped balls and poor play calling. Cooley, Rasby, Morton and Betts should have been used on every other play because Portis was not successful at breaking the tackles. Settling for a field goal instead of a TD was embarrassing. Anyone could see Dallas was biting on the Portis run so why didn't Gibbs call the bootleg? The timeout at the goal was uneccessary and it cost us a TD.

uhh... portis has 23 carries for 94yrds + receiving yards, they didn't give it to anyone else, cause he got the job done... the goal line he got one try... i'd blame that on the O line before i'd call portis on it. the playcall had the D bunch right in the center too trying a gut run

if you think chad is useful for goal line... i'll... um... disagree. he's not a good runner or a good WR compared to who we have.

my LVP is ryan clark... he sucked, and taylor isn't good enough yet to cover both sides of the field, though it looks like will be sooner or later.

[MTK]

I think the offense just needs to execute better in the redzone. If you look at one of Portis' rushing attempts at the goal line, he was swamped and had no chance to make something happen. The line needs to do a better job in situations like that. They were getting beat at the point of attack.

[SkinsRock]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

I think the offense just needs to execute better in the redzone. If you look at one of Portis' rushing attempts at the goal line, he was swamped and had no chance to make something happen. The line needs to do a better job in situations like that. They were getting beat at the point of attack.

Exactly. If they were able to get just a little push, Brunell would have gotten it in on the sneak and this discussion wouldn't be happening.