Week 1: Redskins vs. Cowboys, Game-Day Thread

I don't know how good the defense of the Cowboys is supposed to be but Portis got absolutely nothing against them. The offensive line still looks old and slow but maybe that is because the cowboys' d-line is stacked.

We were given chance after chance to score that touchdown when one of the Cowboys jumped offsides on that field goal attempt and could not punch it in. Not even that, we f'ed up the field goal so a lot of problems to figure out.

Also, absolutely unforgivable how wide-open Miles Austin was on some of the plays, especially the thirty yarder on the 4th and 10. Also Carlos Rogers and Laron Landry dropped back to back interceptions which would have iced the game. Also, this offense was pretty bad given that we managed 6 points over 4 quarters.

But you know what? We gave up 7 points to one of the best offenses in the league, made up for it with a defensive touchdown. McNabb looked okay, nothing great, Trent Williams held his own against Ware and didn't give up a sack and we beat the Dallas Cowgirls on opening night.

An ugly, ugly win which we should approach, really, as a loss but it's nice to see WAS 13 DAL 7

As good as Landry looked, Doughty was the polar opposite.

That may have been his worst game here, and he has had some bad ones.

Horton should start the next game. T. Carter must be finished if he couldn't beat out Doughty.

This, great point.

We beat the Cowgirls. I love it!

Not to mention.... Johnson who got what 1 run?..... totally trucked Ware. lol. Not sure if it was a stinger or concussion but poor Ware. lol.

Supposedly..... Dallas was supposed to have the #1 ranked offense and #1 ranked defense, so I'm not sure what it says about the Skins. Dallas came into this game blind. They had no film to study and practice for.

So either Dallas is not as good as everyone thinks they will be, or the Skins are a lot better then everyone thought. I kinda think its somewhere in between. Dallas had a lot of dropped balls, but their #71 killed them with holding calls. We should have had 4 sacks or atleast possible hurried passes which might have led to interceptions.

I also think the Refs failed to call a holding call on Armstrong with one of the passes to the endzone which should have given us another 4 downs. Oh well.

I thought the score would have been Skins-30 to Dallas-21. I figured the defenses would have had a hard time stopping each others offense but in reality both defenses did pretty solid work and the offenses could not step up. I figured about a 7-9 point difference and it turned out to be 6. As most have said a win is a win.

The Texans will be even harder I think. They beat the Colts but I don't think the Colts are very good this yr. If we can pull another win out of our hats (thinking ahead), I can see us beating the Rams and the Eagles. The Eagles looked bad to me. What a nice situation to be in if we could be 4-0. MS just needs to get the offense rolling.

We beat the Cowgirls. I love it!

I'm loving it too. I'm so used to having to show up at work the next day having to hear from all the Dallas fans rubbing it in, wearing their jerseys. I think they are in shock. :) Wait do you hear that......... the silence is deafening. :headbange

As good as Landry looked, Doughty was the polar opposite.

That may have been his worst game here, and he has had some bad ones.

Horton should start the next game. T. Carter must be finished if he couldn't beat out Doughty.

Ditto... Redskins Nation knows he blows and that proved true last night. Terrible coverage skills, late anticipation, slow to the ball, man it was ugly. I'm glad I'm not the only one who saw this.

Does anyone know why Lictenstieger and Heyer were playing at times. I was at the game and was wondering if they got hurt or what. Both Dockery and Brown were out at times for several series.

Does anyone know why Lictenstieger and Heyer were playing at times. I was at the game and was wondering if they got hurt or what. Both Dockery and Brown were out at times for several series.

They wanted to rotate the line a bit because a) Brown didn't get to play much in the preseason so Shanahan/Foerster wanted to ease him back in b) Kory L, according to Shanahan, had a great preseason and he wants to see him in the rotation some, and c)they plan on rotating the line some to give the D different looks and keep their guys fresh.

An ugly win over Dallas is just fine by me. Ugly wins are what seperate the good team from the bad in most cases. Also the hangover does not hurt as much when you win.

Man the cowgurl fans today at work are taking some well deserved abuse. Feels so good to see them stumble in...a different walk of shame. HTTR

The stand up cowgurls fans are pointing towards their coaching staff as the problem...and the idiots are trying to argue the penalty and the fact the skins werent called for their holds...lol