calia
10-27-2009, 02:38 PM
This was a frustrating game because there were positives mixed in with the negatives. Finally, Davis hangs on to the ball (except that one in the endzone, but he makes the next catch). Thomas actually showed some promise and broke a few tackles. McIntosh is starting to play to his potential. London Fletcher -- it's hard to overstate how impressive he is. He brings it every play and makes everyone around him a better player. And he's total class -- a real Redskin of the Darrell Green, Charles Mann, and Monte Coleman variety. I thought Haynesworth was disruptive and is allowing Carter to beome a real impact player. And while I know some will disagree, I thought JC played remarkably well considering he had no one blocking for him. He threw for nearly 300 yards (when it was pretty obvious we were going to throw), 2TDs, and had a pretty good completion percentage. And he fought the whole time. He does need to take better care of the ball, but with defenders draped on him so frequently, that's a pretty hard thing to do.
Overall, the D was fantastic, except for two long plays for TDs. (I know, that's like saying, "But other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?") But the long run and the long TD reception by Philly was most of their offense for the entire game -- 67 of 127 yards and 57 of 156 yards, respectively. Take away those two plays, and the Eagles had a whopping 60 yards on the ground and 99 yards in the air on all other offensive plays combined. Given that our offense struggled so mightily to sustain drives, that is really impressive.
Having said all of that, unless we can get some improvement on the offensive line, we won't beat anyone. That was as bad a performance by an offensive line as I can ever remember. Heyer, Montgomery, and Rabach were beat all day -- Heyer and Montgomery looked like whipped dogs on the sidelines.
Overall, the D was fantastic, except for two long plays for TDs. (I know, that's like saying, "But other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?") But the long run and the long TD reception by Philly was most of their offense for the entire game -- 67 of 127 yards and 57 of 156 yards, respectively. Take away those two plays, and the Eagles had a whopping 60 yards on the ground and 99 yards in the air on all other offensive plays combined. Given that our offense struggled so mightily to sustain drives, that is really impressive.
Having said all of that, unless we can get some improvement on the offensive line, we won't beat anyone. That was as bad a performance by an offensive line as I can ever remember. Heyer, Montgomery, and Rabach were beat all day -- Heyer and Montgomery looked like whipped dogs on the sidelines.