Skins v Eagles post game thread

proud of the team for not giving up and coming back in the second half. RG 3 looks like he shook the rust off the second half. Kai needs to get his mojo back also

I'm just saying this so you don't act surprised later on, but there is still plenty of 'rust' RG3 needs to shake off.

I'm definitely looking forward to round 2 with the Eagles. I'm not convinced that offense is sustainable over the long haul.

Vick was limping at the end of the game and the Redskins aren't exactly the most physical defense.

Kelly's offense always struggle's against physical defenses, it did in Oregon and it will in the NFL.

Very few times I'll agree with a Dookie:

Jay Williams ‏@RealJayWilliams 4m
Respect the fact that @RGIII said "No excuses. I played poorly in the first half & I have to be better". #GrownManAnswer

If they werent going to use the read option often (and I think they called it about 3-4 times the whole game) and they were going to keep RG3 in the pocket to protect him (which they did the whole game), they should have spread it out and thrown it around in the first half. The under center run game protects RG3, but it plays right into Philadelphia's hands, as it mitigates the talent discrepancy on the field.

Philadelphia is going to have a lot more room to overcome mistakes the whole season because they run so many damn plays. As long as Shanny is our coach and Kelly is theirs, we're going to be at a schematic disadvantage. So we needed to take advantage of having a lot more talent than them and try to get Bradley Fletcher and Patrick Chung covering Hankerson & Robinson down the field, we simply didn't do that.

Helu is a really good player in the Redskins spread offense concepts. Really strong picking up the blitz. Can win one on ones on the outside as a receiver. If Morris starts like he did tonight, we can roll with Helu and the passing game in the future. Changing the RB was the single best offensive adjustment we made in the game, and allowed us to take advantage of the mismatches we had all over the field. Only problem was, we were too slow with the adjustment.

Yeah I don't know who it was on the last TD but they got totally exposed, why did we wait so long to get the downfield game going? I guess they were hoping if they stuck with the run things would open up downfield, and would slow down the tempo of the game, unfortunately between penalties, short gains, sacks and turnovers, we weren't getting the first downs. Those early fumbles really hurt us, RG3's rustiness would not have been such a problem I it weren't for those two plays.

As Gruden pointed out, that stuff doesn't work so well when you're down 33-7.

They came off the bus blitzing, not just when we were down.

Lack of an effective running play led to the Iggles be all blitz happy.I don't think that was the running game so much as we just weren't picking up the LBs for the first three quarters.

Our protection schemes were the problem. The Eagles DC clearly put in a ton of hours over the offseason into understanding how we liked to block our passes and that preparation resulted in a lot of clean runs on RG3.

Only wish our defense would have found some sort of advantage given 8 months to find one.

They came off the bus blitzing, not just when we were down.

The Redskins were down basically the entire game. Plus the offensive line didn't preform well. Even Trent Williams struggled at times today. I thought it was just a poor performance by the offense the entire first half.

I don't think that was the running game so much as we just weren't picking up the LBs for the first three quarters.

Our protection schemes were the problem. The Eagles DC clearly put in a ton of hours over the offseason into understanding how we liked to block our passes and that preparation resulted in a lot of clean runs on RG3.

Only wish our defense would have found some sort of advantage given 8 months to find one.

Kind of hard when their is no tape on how the opponent's offense will look in the Pros.

Rodgers is still one of the best, if not the best QB in the NFL.
Packers will find ways to get Randall Cobb in isolated situations with Rambo, I am not liking Rambo's chances.He's still the best, but he's no longer so good that you pencil in 24 points against simply because you have Green Bay on the schedule. Defenses have a chance now.

We're 0-1, but after our patented 7 game winning streak, we'll be 7-1 and in 1st place.