still #1 in defence!

posted by KMD24 on a cowboys board:

Depends on how he gets his 100. Dallas can afford to give up one or two long runs to Portis. On the season, Portis has 18 runs (of 48 total - that's nearly 38%) of 1 yard or less. He can spring a big one, but the Washington OL isn't good enough right now to give him the consistent running lanes he had in Denver.

Portis managed 148 rushing yards against Tampa Bay, but the Skins only scored 16 points. Despite all his rushing yards, Washington's longest drive in that game was 4:52, resulting in a FG. Of their 13 drives, only 5 were more than 5 plays.

Washington's offense continued to struggle against New York. Of Washington's 15 drives, only two consisted of more than 5 plays. Washington held the ball for 5:15 and 5:30 on those drives. The next longest drive was 2:14.

Simply put, you're looking at an offense that can't string together a series of good plays with any consistency.

Given that, I think Dallas will get plenty of opportunities on offense. Washington's defensive numbers are exaggerated because they have played two woeful opponents. Tampa Bay managed only 6 points against Seattle, and the Giants managed only 17 against Philly

A lotta truth here too..

I think Dallas will load up on the run and let Ramsey and your offense try and beat us via the pass

The same philosophy our opponents used against us with QuINTcy Retarder last year--beat us through the air

Im not saying PR is QC or comparing Ramsey to QC, just the same philosophy

the giants had a real offense, the boys run game is nowhere close right now, though you've got better WRs...

the giants had a real offense, the boys run game is nowhere close right now, though you've got better WRs...

Our run game has gotten off to a slow start ...cant deny that

George is gonna give ya around 3 yards a pop.. Richie Anderson back this week is a help...but the guy who gives us the speed and the big play ability is ReShard Lee...and he's 222 LBS

And the best thing (as opposed to Julius Jones) is he runs North/South and has good cutback ability and good elusiveness

Julius Jones maybe placed on IR

The Giants have a real offense? The only thing offensive about that team is their body odor.

That's great about are D. But we still need to score! And not drop the rock 7 FREEKING times!!! I can't wait to see if we can get it right monday! :dallas: :dallas: :dallas: :party

curmudgeon - their running game aint jamal or priest, but its not freaking garner or dallas either... their pass game is also better than TB, baltimore, jacksonville, etc IMO...

the first all around good offense we play is the packers... so we gotta go by what we see until then...

The giants offense is ranked #11 overall in the NFL, I guess they're doing something right

The Skins have allowed 92 yards rushing in two games, there's nobody even close to that ranking

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/statistics?sort=ypg&stat=team&pos=def&league=nfl&season=2&year=2004

3rd down % is 15%, no one is close to that either (next closest is 22%)

The reason I'm impressed with Gregg Williams is because he comes to the Redskins with an unconventional but successful program. The main reason our defense is executing is because the players are substituded based on the defensive schemes that Williams calls. He said, this not only keeps fresh legs thorughout the game but it keeps the offense confused. Williams's scheme rotates 4 to 5 LB's which is very successful because it stuffs the run and forces an opponent to rely on the pass. Keep it up Coach Williams.