Smoot Lays the Smack Down (Redskins vs Rams)

Kareem Moore. why the F did you straight up throw a shoulder in to randle el on the only gd punt return he's had that looked like it could turn into something???

whoever didnt blitz on the last big play for the rams.

jansen for proving me correct in his pedestrian pass protection

Santana Moss The number #1 receiver on the team can't be shut out three weeks in a row. He's got to step it up big time against Cleveland. The best find ways to get open and be part of the offense

He also killed a drive with a drop on the first series of the game. I believe it was a 3rd and 4 play. It looked like if he had caught it, the play could have gone for 15 or 20 yards, because there wasn't a Ram defensive back within five yards of him.

He also killed a drive with a drop on the first series of the game. I believe it was a 3rd and 4 play. It looked like if he had caught it, the play could have gone for 15 or 20 yards, because there wasn't a Ram defensive back within five yards of him.

Yeah that was a key drop, something that he and ARE both seem to be struggling with lately. They need to shore that up and start catching those balls that are hitting them in the hands. Drops like that are momentum killers.

What's with ARE spinning as soon as he catches the ball, but no one is anywhere near him? He did that on one of his returns this weekend and I couldn't understand why he would do that...

Devin "Touchdown" Thomas and Malcom Kelly, where the f were you guys?

Pete Kendall - Knock the goddamn ball to the ground! You are a lineman, you do not want the ball. And if you do pick it up, FALL DOWN!

Leigh Torrance / Fred Smoot - There is no reason to jawsmack with a coach, then turn around and get burned by a rookie late in the game. And Fred Smoot, why were you not on the field with the game on the line?

Durant Brooks - If you want to keep your job, you better step it up. There are plenty of out of work punters who could punt better with their eyes closed than you are doing now.

Entire Team - This is your wakeup call. Nothing is guaranteed in this game, and it's time to refocus and keep medium. Do not take anything for granted, whether you are 10 point underdogs or 14 point favorites.

of all the mistakes,the one that torrance made was the one that was inexcuseable.
how do you let anybody get that wide open?the skins deserved to lose yesterday more than they have deserved to win any of their 4 victories this season.the rams showed them the difference between horse seed and horseshit.

I didn't think Avery was that wide open. While it's easy to blame Torrence for the loss, that's not really fair.

My Goats:

Durant Brooks - Well, at least you'll always have that Ray Guy trophy.

Casey Rabach - You're killing us. You cost us the game against San Diego in 2005, a TD against the Cowboys, and caused a turnover yesterday. I think we may need to get another dirtbag.

Jim Zorn - You've called brilliant games in our four wins and made some questionable decisions in our two losses. I'm really happy with you and want you to be a Redskin for a long time, so stop running out the clock when we are playing from behind.

Chris Cooley & Pete Kendall - You two probably cost us 7-21 points, between the scoring drives you killed and the 7 points you spotted the Rams. Love you both, but you are both goats of the week.

Pass rush - I agree with the person above that mentioned this. We got two sacks yesterday, which was two more than what we got in the previous two weeks, but still. One of those sacks was by a DB (Springs) and the other was the result of good coverage (Bulger didn't have anywhere to go with the ball). We just aren't getting enough pressure, and that showed on that 43 yard completion to Avery.

Fumbles - I'm just gonna say fumbles rather than pick apart three guys. Rabach has been pretty disappointing this year, Kendall just made a dumb decision (I ain't gonna go harsh on him, I think he was harsh enough on himself during the post game), and Cooley's was just the result of him fighting for extra yards.

Moss - That's two weeks in a row he's been shut down, and this one was against a horrible Rams secondary. He was looking excellent earlier this season, but he's definitely cooled off now. It's time for him to step it up and have a good game next week.

Zorn - hated to include him, but the playcalling wasn't inspiring this game. Zorn probably realized that the Skins weren't taking this too seriously during the week, but rather than try to inspire them early on and make them more motivated, he just called a plain game rather than go for the kill early and often. To me Zorn seems like a guy who attacks rather than plays conservatively, but it seemed he was more conservative than aggressive.

Offense - I feel like this needed to be mentioned as a whole. The Rams are a horrible defensive team and we failed to capitalize on that. Penalties and turnovers killed our offensive drives and some series we played too sloppy, and I feel that outweighed the few good drives we had that turned into points.

I'm not going to rip on Kendall, he's been a GREAT trade value since he came over from the Jets. He's also an incredibly heady player who always knows the situation, and he knew he had to secure the ball if he was going to try to advance it. The fact that it got knocked out anyway is unfortunate.

Campbell got a bit careless in the pocket at times, but it's all part of the learning process he's undergoing. He threw the ball well, but he'll have better games in the future.

Rabach is simply a necessary evil at this point. We should have addressed the position in free agency, and now we are going to be hurt by it. Jansen can't block top ends, and if Heyer and Samuels aren't healthy, this team might be in trouble. At least Cooley is blocking well.