Skins vs Packers post game thread

I think the defense is historically bad, when a 5 - 10 yard reception turns into 15 or more yards. It's because the tackling is historically bad.

They started out good though. We had them held for their first, what.. 2 or 3 series? But after 2 horrible punts and 3 and outs, this defense isn't good enough to keep holding them all game.

Our defense is like a... C/C+ type of team. Our front and line backers are decent and our secondary is drop dead terrible.

To balance that out your offense has got to be no less than a B- and we're playing a D level right now. They're putting an awful lot of pressure on our defense with no let up. The D can only keep it close but for so long.

Just drives me CRAZY how many team highs/career highs are set against the Skins. Arggggggh. NOW, the silver lining is that both Eagles/Cowboys lost (and hopefully the Giants). If we can get some rhythm next week and get a win, then I'll feel a lot more positive. More of the same next week and I can't even comprehend how we went from this good to this bad.

This team has many problems.

Alf's rookie magic has worn off.

RG3 is being limited. Sadly, we need that Read Option and RG3 running it to go back to being a good offense. Teams know, worry about Morris, then on passing downs, just play pass and don't worry about RG3 running it.

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Defensively, we got shreded today by the best QB in the NFL. Cobb killed us like I thought he would, but I was thinking Amerson would hold up better against Jordy Nelson, Ditto for DHall on James Jones. I was wrong about that. This team is doing piss poor at maintaining and staying in their gaps. Too many DLineman are getting pushed around by 'good' and bad Offensive Lines.

The tackling is also a Major issue. I understand giving long wrongs to LeSean McCoy, because he's shifty and elusive as hell. But James STARKS?!? He looked like Adrian Peterson today.

London Fletcher; I've loved having him on our team for the past 6 seasons, but it should have ended there. London is lost. London is gone. London just disappears. I used to hear his name all the time. I heard his name once today and it was after a big run. That Finley TD, that was London. Last year it was London getting beat by TE's in the passing game. This year its London getting man handled by OLineman, missing tackles, getting beat in coverage by more than just TE's. Translation, he's done. London was thinking really hard this past offseason about retiring and came back. He should have retired, because I'd rather have a young MLB back their making mistakes and learning than an old Vet who is getting owned throughout the game.


I will say this though about the defense. As horrible and not top 10 looking as they are, they still would give us times throughout the game for our offense to go out there and score. Problem is that the offense goes 3 and out and our defense, already tired and gased, has to go out and get beaten up for another score. Last year our defense was making stops and our offense was moving and working the clock. Not this year. And this team and this season will not do anything until the offense gets going (and I'm talking about early in a game, not garbage time).

D played great until that 4th down completion for a TD. That just CRUSHED our momentum/confidence. After that, we sacked Rogers MAYBE 1-2 more times the rest of the game?

I'll describe my feelings in a song.


r1xsfeT3Nfs

The D played well. They got no help from the offense until the game was way out of reach. Tempo and rhythm is everything in the NFL.

That said, way too premature to write of the season. We could limp into the bye-week and still make this competitive.

Bright Spots:

Trent Williams
Ryan Kerrigan
Pierre Garcon

This offensive line is not built to pass block, and it showed when Green Bay was trying to get pressure in the first half. They cannot pass protect against a good rush, not as a unit. However, I think it's probably good long term for Griff to face this now and start learning to beat it.

The main problems with the offense are - RGIII not being sharp on passes and there are too many dropped and tipped passes for incompletions/interceptions. Maybe it's because they don't see tight coverage in practice because the Redskins dbs suck in practice and the receivers aren't used to seeing tight coverage that they get in the game.

The Redskins dbs don't give them the work that the receivers need. And when they get in the game, it's a lot harder. And at times, RGIII looks like he puts too much on the short passes.

Well. We are 1 game out of the lead in the East. We have played horrendous in both games and some how we're able to keep hope alive in the 4th. Last year Gruff was fearless and this year it isn't even close. He is scarred in the pocket and doesn't have his swagger from last year at all. His play making ability is nonexistent to this point and it is exposing a lot of the other problems we have.

We won't win a game if we keep spotting the other team 20+ points before we get on the board.

The rookies both got schooled and picked on all day by Rodgers.

I would imagine we will be spending some of our cash next year to upgrade both the secondary and online.

Haslett needs to come back down on the field and see this shit first hand. We are getting crushed on defense. Half the reason is the damn offense is shit. Special teams is shit as well. We get a f&ckin penalty on every f&ckin special team play we run.

Rg3 is not right. Mechanics are off and looks to be 70 percent.

What I'm really miffed about is the oline is getting pushed back at the point of attack almost every play. They are rarly in synch together winnin battles.

I can't believe our secondary is worse than last year but it is. Hall, Wilson, reed and merriwether should all be gone after this year. Bye guys it's been real. Fletcher last year as well