Skins v Eagles post game thread

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.

Well maybe but his rusty ass would have won that game if there was a fifth quarter. Lol

2007 New York Giants..One famous exception to the rule.

2002 Tennessee Titans started the season 1-4.

And that's about it for recent examples. Unless you start counting 8-8 teams that made the postseason. It's not uncommon for good teams to start 0-2 and then play 8-6 the rest of the way, that happens all the time. But its a pretty bad plan for making the playoffs.

So is Griffin's knee still hurt, or is it psychological?

And he was getting killed in the pocket. One of those slams was straight out of WWE.

At least he didn't get slammed in the knee or head. He'll be sore as h*ll but ready to rock on Sunday.

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

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.

Yea, except I don't trust the Redskins defense to perform well enough to slow down the Packers. They did score 28 points against the 49ers, and obviously the 49ers have a defense that is on another level when compared to the Skins. But you never know. I just do not trust the safeties enough to think Rodgers won't expose them.

Someone mentioned this in the game thread. RG3 got hit a couple of times, but I'm glad he did and shook it off.

My big concerns going forward are:

- Alf's running game
- Lack of pass rush
- And our perennial issue with the Safety position


Things to look forward to:

- A midseason form RG3
- Hank developing his WR play
- Helu pass blocking as the 3rd down back

AlfMo will get it rolling, if he doesn't we will see Helu get it going.

I thought we did generate some rush but had problems because of the lack of knowledge of the offense. Next week I think we will see some of the different packages we saw in the preseason that helped generate a pass rush. GB does have a suspect t problem. Rak and Kerrigan should create pressure.

The safety problem is going to have to really work itself out. Rambo made some
plays and made some rookie mistakes. Though he played much better as the game went on.

My issues are with the Oline. They didnt dominate up front at all. Last year the run game worked because of their play and Morris's ability to make plays after contact.

AlfMo will get it rolling, if he doesn't we will see Helu get it going.

I thought we did generate some rush but had problems because of the lack of knowledge of the offense. Next week I think we will see some of the different packages we saw in the preseason that helped generate a pass rush. GB does have a suspect t problem. Rak and Kerrigan should create pressure.

The safety problem is going to have to really work itself out. Rambo made some
plays and made some rookie mistakes. Though he played much better as the game went on.

My issues are with the Oline. They didnt dominate up front at all. Last year the run game worked because of their play and Morris's ability to make plays after contact.

I honestly thought Rambo started pretty good and I was impressed by his play but as the game went on he started missing tackles and taking poor angles.
He is a rookie safety so it might be like this the entire year. DB's take a long time to adjust.

First the Negativity:

I'm just glad a lot of Skins fans (including myself) got sent back to reality. Too much Redskin propaganda and you start thinking your team is going to be the '98 Denver Broncos or something.

Now as I said last week which many of you laughed at and disregarded, the Eagles are a great offense whom we rarely have the chance of playing with all 3 of their star players healthy (McCoy, Vick, Jackson). That PLUS the fact that we have never played nor truly seen Chip Kellys offense in the NFL doesn't make it easier. You can watch 100 Oregon games Jim Haslett, still doesn't mean your team is conditioned enough for them.

Another thing I mentioned is Tom Brady, whom I think is a very good QB and someone who Robert is capable of being in this league, tore his ACL and went out the next season with his first game back against the Bills and looked awful. We all knew Robert would be rusty. I still think he has a lot of Rust-minutes to play before we can say he's back to normal.

And just remember people, there is a difference between worries/concerns and common sense football thinking/knowledge. Also listening to that HTTR247 guy shows you he clearly doesn't know much if he's predicting blowouts on Robs first game back (shows you how much he knows)


Now the Positive/Optimistic:

Jordan Reed was contributing early

Kerrigan is still making plays

Defense scored a TD

We play in less than 6 days

We fought back

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.

Our defense didnt have anything to look at regarding the Eagles team. Once they did in the second half we allowed 5 first downs. The Eagles won't be a surprise much the second half:

The Eagles have had four years to watch our team's offense.

I saw that we had a problem not calling the proper protections in the second half. Using Griff as just a pocket passer is a waste of his talents. He started to be able to feel the rush in the second half and use his game to make off scheduled plays. This team doesn't scare me.

We still have the opportunity to be very good.

I hope we can take advantage of a GB's weakness (no running game, suspect secondary, and mediocre offensive line). Biggest challenges will be to slow down Rodgers and contain Clay Matthews. Also, I'm a bit concerned about having to defend Jordy Nelson and Randall Cobb.GB is good, but if the Redskins are really out to prove that tonight was an aberration, that shouldn't matter.

I'm not going to panic at 0-1, but poor coaching, spotty quarterback play, poor tackling, and miscues from young players who we've leaned on before like Forbath and Morris are the kind of things that would suggest this isn't an aberration.

If those things are solved, this game should be a non-issue in six days when we're 1-1 and beat one of the top teams on the schedule. If they aren't, we're going to be 0-2 and frankly, not a good team. A lot on the line next week.