The Gameday Thread: Philly at Washington

I really hope we've seen the last of Grossman. He's not a 16 game starter. I like him as a back up but that's it. Too bad it took this game for the Shamahans to realize it. Should've benched him after last week.

Not sure about anyone else but I've had enough of the shitty calls. WTF was that roughing the passer bullshit on Vick? It's every damn week the refs call that shit and it's just getting old. They do it on both sides. Let em play!

Honestly I don't know what to expect anymore. I'm sick of hearing about the brilliance of the great Shanahan. This guy's offense barely squeaks by lousy teams like the Cards and Rams and today even with two weeks to prepare for a reeling division rival, they look totally clueless out there.

Grossman is Grossman, he's a bad QB who occasionally gets lucky and has a good game. The great Shanahan chose to run his offense with that clown. Now he's getting what he paid for.

That's in 2 weeks. lol :)
I figure you'd be Happy having a few......toddies. You may still be cursing the team at that time.

What exactly happened to our run offense?

...Beck certainly didnt look bad out there...give the kid an opportunity

The comment was that there was no reason with the amount of talent we have on the team that we shouldn't be a wildcard team, the response was, yeah, if we had a real QB, that is probably true...I agree with that...what I don't agree with is that this is a good team with Beck or Grossman...we have been talking about this all offseason, we're we a great 3-1 team?...no...are we a great 3-2 team?...probably not. Here's the truth, we beat bad teams and lose to good ones, we sometimes beat ourselves...that is NOT a playoff team, especially one with the most critical position being manned by a question mark.
It's not as bad as Spurrier's Danny Wuerful man-crush, but it is eerily similar.
2 arrogant offensive minded coaches thinking they can take a QB that no one else wants and turn them into stars.

This game reveals too much Shanny influence over the FO, not getting a good QB. It also reflects the FO not addressing Oline depth as much as we all shouted for...no backup Guard?....reallly?
Those were the 2 big questions I had with the squad going into the season.

I am glad Grossman was pulled, but I don't expect much better from Beck.
I do think that the coaches need to get austin and the other WR's out there too.

You can't get it all in one year. This years draft was the best draft this team has had in a long, long, long time.

We went primarily defense this year. We'll go primarily offense next year. The point is keep improving and I think we did that this year. Will we be good enough to make the playoffs, that remains to be seen. But this team is better - the Defense is MUCH better.

What exactly happened to our run offense?

When we did try, we sucked. The O-line did not look good today.

But we did not try very hard. The second half was skewed by late passes but in the first half we passed 70% of the time.

...Beck certainly didnt look bad out there...give the kid an opportunity

Yes he did look bad. He had several inaccurate throws to open receivers. And he fumbled without getting hit.

When we did try, we sucked. The O-line did not look good today.

But we did not try very hard. The second half was skewed by late passes but in the first half we passed 70% of the time.
Losing Trent and Cory did not help that cause...
Any word on TW?

There were a ton of holds the refs didnt call either.

Man our QB situation sucks. Now i have to change my starting QB in madden again.. It sucks not having a franchise QB...