Redskins vs. Bengals Post Game Reaction

In conjunction with my last post, a breakdown of score range shows that defenses seem to be losing the general battle:

Shutouts: 0
2 - 9 pts allowed: 4 teams
10-19 pts "" : 5 teams
20-29 pts " " : 12 teams (note: Baltimore has 28, but game not over yet)
30-39 pts " " : 7 teams
40-49 pts " " : 2 teams

Again its all relative. Yes defenses are giving up more points across the board but we are giving up the most.

Good for you Kyle

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Exactly. This week was bizzare but at the end of the year we will be dead last in probably every defensive category except maybe run d ( mainly because why would teams run on us when its so easy to pass). So it doesnt matter if its a scoring league. If the top defenses are giving up 20 a game this year and were giving up forty we will lose. Just like if they are giving up 10 and us 20. Its all relative.

true, but I can throw out the Patriots D ranking, or GB's D ranking last year to say that other top offenses have the struggled when teams are forced into shootout type games.

Remember our D has provided 1 TD every game, and some key stops that our offense then didn't take advantage of.

I was not trying to say that we have a top defense, only that the nature of the game is shifting the definition of what a defense needs to do.

Yeah i hear you and i agree. Just that as a redskin fan i dont see the silver lining here. Its like ok almost every d is giving up big points but were giving up bigger points. So we lose 45 35 instead of 35 25 in a normal year......

Good for you Kyle

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So we were flagged for having to many players on the field but Cin wasn't?

Look on the bright side. If RGIII wasn't on the redskins, the score would've been something like 45-7.

Whatever anyone says- these losses can mainly be blamed on Haslett. I don't care what anyone says about how its the players' fault or its the shanahans (which btw is the most ludricious thing).

Thought it was interesting that Keim said Shanahan is the one that likes cover 0 so much.

All I know is that it is sad when you put over 30 points and still lose. It does not say a whole heck of a lot about the defense..... Ultimately most of the blame falls on the coach. I hope we get a better defensive coach next year. I've never been of fan of Haslett.... I don't think Morris would be any better/worse. I've never been a fan of the 3-4 defense but as long as we are moving that way we need to continue with it for couple of years..... and get better players, especially the secondary.........

true, but I can throw out the Patriots D ranking, or GB's D ranking last year to say that other top offenses have the struggled when teams are forced into shootout type games.

Remember our D has provided 1 TD every game, and some key stops that our offense then didn't take advantage of.

I agree. I have been thinking ALOT this year that if the saints, colts, packers, pats can all win with great offenses and bad defense why cant we? All those teams had games (not moments) but games where their d stepped up. I dont see us having one of those. At all. I think we might score more points than anybody this year if rg3 stays healthy. We will give up more too though. There has to be alittle more balance on the d for this season to be anything mire than 4 wins.

So we were flagged for having to many players on the field but Cin wasn't?

Basically yes but at that point there was kind of no hope yet anyway. Basically.

So we were flagged for having to many players on the field but Cin wasn't?

No.. for KS berating the refs when they said game was over due to 10 sec runoff... clock wasn't running during penalty so no runoff... so dumb

Not happy about the refs on Wilson's fumble recovery either. Touching the ground isn't down in the NFL ya jerks!