It's only one game, get over it

It's only one game but we got embarrassed tonight. Mark it down that we'll never sniff the playoffs w/ an offense that we trotted out there tonight. Injuries or not. Our backup olineman are JV at best. Even w/ a couple injuries you should be able to move the football and occasionally score some points. Unfortunately, this has become a trend over the last 4 years. Bad offense. I'm not so much mad at the defense for some reason. I expected more out of the offense. The patriots aren't the 86 Bears.

Yes I agree. But were the Giants or how about the Packers waaaaaaaaaay better than the Redskins? See this offense started this downward spiral weeks ago and nothing has changed. Instead of preparing a different scheme for New England, New England caught the defense off guard with three or four running plays when we were expecting a pass happy offense. How many times did we see the hitch play thrown to Moss today for no gain. Gibbs went away from the deep pass too often after Campbell missed a couple of makeable plays. And that was the end of our aggressive offensive playcalling in the first half.

Instead of talking about how good the team the team is, we need to talk about how Joe Gibbs was out-coached. That's why he ran off the field without shaking hands with Belicheck. I have not respect for any man who isn't man enough to shake with the opponent after they dominated your team start to finish.

Personally, as much as I love Gibbs the person, I don't think he is a good coach in his 2nd go around. He should just go upstairs and be team president.

However, I think that is unlike Gibbs to not shake hands with anyone. Can you confirm this?

Yes I agree. But were the Giants or how about the Packers waaaaaaaaaay better than the Redskins? See this offense started this downward spiral weeks ago and nothing has changed. Instead of preparing a different scheme for New England, New England caught the defense off guard with three or four running plays when we were expecting a pass happy offense. How many times did we see the hitch play thrown to Moss today for no gain. Gibbs went away from the deep pass too often after Campbell missed a couple of makeable plays. And that was the end of our aggressive offensive playcalling in the first half.

Instead of talking about how good the team the team is, we need to talk about how Joe Gibbs was out-coached. That's why he ran off the field without shaking hands with Belicheck. I have not respect for any man who isn't man enough to shake with the opponent after they dominated your team start to finish.

If this is how you feel, fine. I disagree. But stop with the handshake stuff. He shook his hand. It wasn't on the camera.

It's only one game but we got embarrassed tonight. Mark it down that we'll never sniff the playoffs w/ an offense that we trotted out there tonight. Injuries or not. Our backup olineman are JV at best. Even w/ a couple injuries you should be able to move the football and occasionally score some points. Unfortunately, this has become a trend over the last 4 years. Bad offense. I'm not so much mad at the defense for some reason. I expected more out of the offense. The patriots aren't the 86 Bears.

I think our problem has been the QB turnover thru out the years, now that we got one, he's still young (almost a years worth experience) and the right side of the offensive being gone makes that much more difficult. Go ask Marc Bulger, he's having a similar season, maybe even worse due to injuries to their offensive line.

After I saw the results of the Patriots' first three games or so, I had us pegged for a big fat L on this one. Thinking otherwise would have been to live in a fantasy world, we're not nearly as good as them.

We're 4-3. We can still make the playoffs. I'm very concerned about injuries, but the Jets are up next. 5-3 is a good likelihood after this week.

After that, we will live or die on our remaining NFC East battles, as always. The Cowboys, Eagles, and Giants are NOT the New England Patriots. They are beatable. We have much to be concerned about, but nothing so dire that makes me want to stick a fork in the fat lady.

Injuries weren't the issue today, we got demolished by the best team in the league. No shame in that. We just need to pick up the pieces and get a 'W' next week against the Jets.
No shame in that? The shame is in the way that this team played. They played like they put zero preperation in this game. Maybe I for one just expect too much from a Gibbs coached team with all of it's high powered coaching staff. This is definetly a defining moment for this team in the coming weeks. 52 points?!?! Are you kidding me?

No shame in that? The shame is in the way that this team played. They played like they put zero preperation in this game. Maybe I for one just expect too much from a Gibbs coached team with all of it's high powered coaching staff. This is definetly a defining moment for this team in the coming weeks. 52 points?!?! Are you kidding me?

I think it's a combination of things, they rattled Campbell, Smoot got hurt pre-game, Rogers and McIntosh got hurt during the game. Everything hit at once at the worst time, the game changing moment was when we were behind 17-0 and were inside the 20 yd line and then fumbled.

I think it's a combination of things, they rattled Campbell, Smoot got hurt pre-game, Rogers and McIntosh got hurt during the game. Everything hit at once at the worst time, the game changing moment was when we were behind 17-0 and were inside the 20 yd line and then fumbled.

We could have gone into the half down just 17-7 and it would have been a completeley different ballgame. But we didn't and it wasn't

No shame in that? The shame is in the way that this team played. They played like they put zero preperation in this game. Maybe I for one just expect too much from a Gibbs coached team with all of it's high powered coaching staff. This is definetly a defining moment for this team in the coming weeks. 52 points?!?! Are you kidding me?

All I can say is for anyone who doubted it yes, the Patriots are that good.

I think it's a combination of things, they rattled Campbell, Smoot got hurt pre-game, Rogers and McIntosh got hurt during the game. Everything hit at once at the worst time, the game changing moment was when we were behind 17-0 and were inside the 20 yd line and then fumbled.

Yeah, I guess at that moment the game changed from awful to downright putrid.

The main point in my book, is that although we lost by a whole lot to a whole little, it still only counts for one loss.

And you know what, if we have to play shitty once in a while, I'm glad we did it against the Pats, because we were going to lose this game no matter how well we played.

Keep in mind, we win next week, and we're 5-3. The Jets are our next opponent. Keep your eyes on the road.