Smoot Lays The Smack Down (Redskins vs Steelers)

Everything went wrong last night, no sense in singling out players to me.

An all around embarrassing night for the team and for the board. Some of the behavior on here was just pathetic.

Back to the game, that's one of those games you quickly sweep under the rug and move on from.

While we're at it imagine if Shawn Springs did'nt have a vagina, No one scores on us then.

Once again like after the rams game our D have now move up to #4 overall and we lost. The offense has got to help damnit.

How about having to sell out on 6+ blitzes in order to generate pressure? The defense played well (and got no help from the offense), but the inability to pressure QBs with the front four left them vunerable on the back end on key plays. It would be nice if Jason Taylor could play like he was in the first part of the Carolina preseason game prior to injury and you could actually get Taylor, Carter, and Evans all on the field at the same time. Let's hope Taylor can somehow get right over the bye.

i agree with all of these problems, but i think the biggest one was that we gave up on the run very quickly, even in the first half when we were leading or at least in the game. if you keep pounding the ball eventually something good will happen. nothing good happened in the passing game. at least now we have a bye to rest and recuperate for dallas

GAMEDAY THREAD: I'm the one who called the fans on the thread last night fairweather. Sorry that I offended people. Maybe that was a poor choice of words but its discouraging to hear REDSKIN fans scream that we suck. When at the games sometimes when things are not in our favor, I hear the fans yelling such awful things about us! Maybe fairweather is not the word to use but I can say that they are not very supportive when things are down. 6-3 is not a bad start and I do not understand why so many of our fans are writing us off.

Jim Zorn: No game plan for LB blitzes? No misdirection? No originality.

JC: 2 primetime games and 2 bad performances

Carlos Rogers: Is there anything else to say, catch the ball.

Chris Horton: He can play, we've got something there.

Offensive Unit: I won't say the Q word, but it seemed close to not caring too much.

Fed Ex: The most embarrassed I've been as a Skins Fan in a while. At home for MNF, 2 good teams and Steelers fans make up 25-30k in the house.

Gotta agree with all of that. I thought the D played really well, though. 'Los dropped an int but had a good game considering how much he was thrown at.

Our D couldn't get off the field to save their lives and gave the offense several opportunities to make something happen. Pass protection was our biggest shortcoming. Big adjustments need to be made there.

If it weren't for a blocked punt and a BS PI call the game really wouldve taken on a more favorable landscape. We had to abandon the run and they teed off on Campbell all night. I'm just glad he's not hurt.

Also casey rabach should be sodomized with a pinecone for every committed penalty. He's killing us as bad as Jansens piss poor pass protection.

To add to the rogers criticism:
As soon as he dropped that ball, He lost it. It clearly got into his head. He has been our best corner but today, he was the week link of the defense.

The dropped pick was a momentum killer. It could have been a legitimate knockout punch if he returns it and Washington is up 13-3 at the half. However, I disagree that Rogers was the weak link. The interference call was due to a poorly thrown pass, and I have to believe the ridiculous cushions were due to Blache's poor play calls.

Oh, and it wasn't Rogers that got torched for 50 yards by the third wide receiver...

You do want to have this game right before the bye week, because it gives your staff plenty of times to get things corrected.

The Steelers' front seven is unbelievable. I've never seen a group that is so good at getting pressure on the QB AND can stay in it's run gaps.