Smoot Lays the Smack Down (Redskins vs Browns)

As has been mentioned already, an ugly win is far better than an ugly loss but the smack must be laid down nonetheless.

This week I lay the smack down on...

Complacency Before the fans complain about the Redskins not being ranked as high as the Titans, the team needs to start manhandling inferior opponents like the Titans did to the Chiefs today. Granted, the Chiefs are worse than the Browns but the best teams handle the "gimmes" with ease. These past two weeks should have been gimmes. We can't continue to play down to the opponents. It's already burned us once

3rd Down Offense It's starting to slip again to early season form. That needs to change

Pass Rush/Turnovers: Where the hell are they???

Scoring/Finishing Drives: We are dominating stats and should be blowing teams out, now only if we can sustain that domination towards points.

Ouf offense is just not clicking. Our run offense, stat wise, is awesome but we have far too many 1 and 2 yard runs for whatever reason and we seem to simply do something wrong every 3 or 4 plays. A penalty or a stuffed runa dn we get into 3rd and long. We just need to start putting consitency into our offense efforts. Cut the killer penalties and stop taking killer beats on just a few running plays heer and there.

On a scheme level we need to stretch a little more I think. Let's get Thomas downfield and give it a shot a few times over the next few games. Maybe get Davis downfield. Moss should be running like two routes. Slant and go.

3rd down offense is the key, I think. The rest follows. We've been good inside the red zone, I think (though I don't know the stats). I think Zorn will fix it--this is still a new offense and and a new head coach. I thought he adjusted well to get Santana some catches today.

As for the pass rush and TOs, yeah, we need to get some of that! There were a few batted balls that didn't go to our guys, and the D was very active, so I think the TOs are out there. But the rush hasn't been great, especially from the down 4. Maybe Taylor is still gimpy?

Ouf offense is just not clicking. Our run offense, stat wise, is awesome but we have far too many 1 and 2 yard runs for whatever reason and we seem to simply do something wrong every 3 or 4 plays. A penalty or a stuffed runa dn we get into 3rd and long. We just need to start putting consitency into our offense efforts. Cut the killer penalties and stop taking killer beats on just a few running plays heer and there.

On a scheme level we need to stretch a little more I think. Let's get Thomas downfield and give it a shot a few times over the next few games. Maybe get Davis downfield. Moss should be running like two routes. Slant and go.
But Moss' TD came on a drag. And they did take a shot to Davis but they missed.

Suisham needs to nail everything under 40 yards. No excuses.

I think the Browns and Rams where tougher then we orginal thought two weeks ago. Both of them have blown out other NFC East teams and they both have plenty of weapons.

Now with that said Detroit is a loser and we should kick the shit out of them. I am looking forward to a relaxing blow out.

How bad is Derek Anderson? Outside of the Giants game he has not looked like a NFL starter this season. If he could just hit a WR we probably would have been in some trouble yesterday. He's awful. Time to give Quinn a shot I think.

Suisham needs to nail everything under 40 yards. No excuses.

I agree, but it was fairly obvious that the new punter took a little longer getting the snap down, which threw off Suisham's kicking motion. I don't imagine that will happen again.