Skins v Rams pregame

Because we suck and they suck so the NFL schedule makers put us together using their strength of schedule benchmarks.

lol. i was going to say the same thing.

Things I would like to see from this game are :

More effective running game with both Hightower and Helu.
Stop giving up long runs in the second half of the game.
Continued pressure from both Orakpo and Kerrigan.
A few more shots down the field to AA.
Better return game by BB.
I think it is time to give Leonard Hankerson a chance to get on the field.

And Paul too.

BTW why are we playing the Rams ev Year??

In the past it was a 4th place schedule, this year we're playing the NFC West.

I'm very worried about this game. Like it was said earlier in the thread, the Rams have beat us the last two times, and one of those years, the Rams had only won like two games. So, this is going to be a very tough game for the 'skins, mentally.

This team has the talent, but it's the mental toughness I'm waiting to see. I believe that is a major hurdle that the Redskins need to get over. The good, consistent teams are the ones who have the mental toughness and the confidence that they feel they can win every game played. They also show discipline with fewer penalties during games.

So, the keys to this game and any other games the Redskins will be playing this year are to play smart, disciplined football. Nine times out of ten, the mental game decides wins and losses.

I will re-iterate what B Orakpo said in an int after the D game...... > < .
"I'm angry about this....WE are angry about this...No I don't care who we play this week. They are not going to like playing.....me".
He was not braggin'....he was being honest.
HTTR

That nice and everything but lets be real honest, the defense has more than held up there end of the team. I need to hear the sh*t coming from someone on the offense, because quite frankly they were garbage Sunday, and the crazy thing is it was not due to the oline play which in the past was an easy f*cking target.

WR, RB, QB, Offense Coaches....someone needs to step up from this group

This team has nothing to prove to me. They play hard. They play together.

Once again, I'll beat that poor dead horse: we are rebuilding. The score of this or any other particular game this year is less important to me than the effort of the players and the continuous improvement of the team. With effort and improvement, we'll win our fair share of games, which I think is about 8 given the talent level of this team. I have no idea which teams we'll beat to get to 8 wins but beating the Rams this week would be sweet.

Totally agree.

I still think this is 10 win team.

If we lose, we'll see Beck after the bye week. It would be tough to justify a QB change if we are 3-1, but there's a possibility we could still see the change.

This will be a big bounceback game, I suspect. The team should be embarrassed and angry as hell after the way they blew it on Monday.

The D played great though, until Dallas' last drive.

Landry...oh how we've missed you.

We need to get back to running the ball and minimizing Grossman's opportunities to make a mistake. He's great off the play-action, but we overused it on Monday. We did not run enough to make the play-action effective...they knew he was passing whether he faked a hand-off or not.

The Rams look BAD right now...their secondary is severely missing Atogwe. Craig Dahl is solid but we should torch the rest of their secondary.


Skins 27
Rams 15 (5 FGs)

In the past it was a 4th place schedule, this year we're playing the NFC West.

That explains the annual match-ups with the Lions and Bucs I guess.

Yeah I agree, if Rex plays bad and we lose Beck is the guy by game 5

St. Louis Rams Rushing Defense stats:

Given up 573 Rushing Yards total, 5.4 apc, with a 174.3 average per game. All league worst

No effing excuses this week Kyle