Redskins' missed chances haunt them again in loss to Dallas - Washington Redskins Blog- ESPN
This pretty much sums it up for me. I think Cousins had a hell of a game but there were simply too many missed opportunities in the red zone early on that cost us big time in this game. What was it? Three trips to the red zone and no TDs early on? It's not all on Kirk either, but he's going to be the one that shoulders the blame when the offense sputters in the red zone. We know he can do it as noted in the second half so what's the problem? Play calling? Him being timid? Him audibling to a bad play? Who knows really, but we can't keep doing this and expect to go far. If you have 505 yards of offense, you should have way more points than 26. Hell, Dallas had 31 with 353. Skins were 2-5 in redzone while cowboys were 4-4.
Secondly, our defense is still bad and it's expected as much with the type of personnel. I do expect more out of Kerrigan because on that first drive, he whiffed at two tackles and let Dak get away from a sack. You got to make those plays making that kind of money. Our run defense is still bad, but they had their moments when they forced Dallas to 3 and outs. We still gave up 5.8yards per rush. Horrible.
I didn't have any issues with Jay's decisions to onside kick the ball even though many bitch about it. Listen, Jay knew (as did we all) good and well his defense wasn't going to stop the Cowboys so it was better to try for a onside, and let them score fast if you didn't get the recovery. If you kick it off, all you would have done is let them waste more time on the clock and STILL score.
Dustin Hopkins is irritating me. He's here for one thing and he can't seem to do that job consistently or when it counts. We need him to be better.