Cardinals vs Redskins game thread

Why isn't Laddell getting more carries?

It all starts up front. When you can't run the ball it makes it tough to do anything, and when you're missing 3 starters along the offensive line it's bound to limit what you can do.

But let's just take the easy route and blame the play calling. :doh:

It limits what you do but as some of us have been saying all year, what does that have to do with taking a 3 step drop and throwing a slant on 2nd and 7 when the defense has 9 in the box? No intelligent fan wants to see JC taking 7 step drops and heaving the ball downfield every play, but when all of us on our couches KNOW we're going to see run left, run left, short pass, punt on every second half possession with a 1 or 2 TD lead then it's not just 'OL problems'. That's as much of an 'easy way out' as you claim playcalling is.

Well, everyone who wants to see us throw will get plenty next week. We'll have to score at least 30+ to have a chance.

I'm not sure what those teams injury situations look like but I'm sure if any of them were missing 3 starters along their offensive lines they might struggle too.

True.

But I'm not debating that the Skins shouldn't struggle. I can understand that.

Just that they need to get their consistency together. The Defense can't pull them out of sticky situations every game. Something's gonna give and it's not gonna be pretty. I just fear for that moment.

Opposing team driving late in the game down by one score....sound familiar?

Not so much inexcusable as a crutch.

As soon as things go sour, "Oh, it's the injuries". Good teams play injured, sick, headless, whatever.

Like I said, how to teams like the Pats, Jacksonville, Indy, get things done with or without injuries and the Skins can't?

I don't see how you can say it's a crutch. It's an obvious problem for us, and it's unrealistic to expect our offense to come out looking like New England or Indy when we're playing back ups to back ups on our offensive line. It all starts in the trenches, and if we're not getting the push up front, it's going to be hard to move the ball on the ground or in the air.

You can't tell me our injuries would not have an affect on our offense. And out of all of those teams, how many of them are playing with one starter on their offensive line?

It limits what you do but as some of us have been saying all year, what does that have to do with taking a 3 step drop and throwing a slant on 2nd and 7 when the defense has 9 in the box? No intelligent fan wants to see JC taking 7 step drops and heaving the ball downfield every play, but when all of us on our couches KNOW we're going to see run left, run left, short pass, punt on every second half possession with a 1 or 2 TD lead then it's not just 'OL problems'. That's as much of an 'easy way out' as you claim playcalling is.

You want to throw a quick slant with 9 in the box?? Good luck finding a passing lane.

We're going to loose.....

I haven't denied it's conservative, but I'm trying to explain why it is. Are the coaches just being conservative for the sake of being conservative? I'd prefer to consider the reasons why that is rather than just passing blame and not understanding why things happen they way they do.

I missed that then. I understand why they are too. It's just allowing the Cards more and more chances. Like we're daring them to beat us.

We need to get some pressure on Warner or he will march down the field.

We're going to loose.....

Do you mean we're going to get loose? That makes no sense.