Week 3: Redskins vs. Rams Gameday thread

i'm just at a loss right now...so many needs to address, it seems like nobody cares. we are the anti yankees in that people come here to get paid...but nobody wants to play...nor cares to for that matter.

It's going to take a lot to change that. You can't change a decade or more of futility in one offseason despite what some people may think. Some drank the laid a little too quickly. This team has a ways to go.

Can someone remind me why we're better with McNabb and Shanahan?

Because Campbell got benched in OAKLAND for Bruce Gradkowski and we haven't to call Sexy Rexy's number yet.

Is anyone really suprised that we lost?

We have many areas that need improvement. The D can't seem to get off the field to save there life.

The running game and the WR core is just down right awful. With that said it's a marathon not a sprint.

Moving on to next week with a hopefully improved REDSKIN team in philly.

Horrible horrible horrible, absolutely down right horrible.

Haslett didn't adjust anything! I swear to god that 75% of Bradford's completions were short slants after a quick three step drop. What does this mean? You adjust your defense to act quickly, whether it be playing more zone/man or just not blitzing your linebackers with confidence. We all saw that when our corners were too fast for these slants, we forced Bradford to throw it deeper which resulted in the majority of his incompletions. Why does Haslett all of a sudden act like blitzing a middle linebacker instead of putting him into coverage is some hidden tactic that only he knows?

As for Kyle Shanahan, I was much less worried. Our offense couldn't complete the 3rd downs, but that comes with having confidence in your defense. Portis is done and falls down after a big gain because he's so used to getting tackled. Heyer is useless and should be a RT in the UFL, Jammal Brown is overrated and in his defense could still be recovering, but I noticed that over time he started to assume that McNabb would step up each play, which is the wrong thing to do.

Orakpo needs Haynesworth, Kemo is about as useless as Roydell Williams and Kareem Moore isn't a strong safety (As in he shouldn't play like one). Landry still played very very well, but it's a shame he can't cover a quick slant.

I'm sorry for this cluster**** of a post, but this defense is just so bad! I have faith in everyone of these players, but not until Haslett gets the boot. These first three games were critical in establishing our new identity and we just put a knife into our season.

4-12 is a realistic thing at this point, but on the bright side we might be able to draft a guy like Mark Ingram who at least could make up for our horrible depth.

Trent coming back next week should help, Moss seems to be the only receiver out there. I would promote Austin get rid of Roydell Williams, put Devin Thomas out there and concentrate on running the ball. On defense, Haslett has to find a way to stop the run and adjust on those short passes.

Why watch postgame

U guys still say no to Jackson? Not that it matters

Haslett needs to stop the non stop blitzing and learn to play zone.

This was a pathetic showing against a terrible team and feels very much like the game against the lions last year. Despite shooting ourselves in the foot and being down 14 pts within 7 minutes, they bounced back and should have steam rolled the Rams once Jackson went down, but once again settling for field goals and being an atrocious 1-10 on 3rd down killed us.



This loss was worse than the loss to the Lions last year. At least, we didn't get blown out then. Many cited that loss as the turning point of the season, right into the crapper. So, is this it for the Skins this season? We headed for another top five pick?