Redskins Lions postgame

When people say KS is ready to be a HC I just don't see how? I mean he's so inconsistent with play calling its unreal

The optimist in me says we still have 5 division games to go. Plenty of opportunity to make up ground.

But then I look at the D and I want to throw up.

The only thing going for the 'skins right now is that the division champ could be 7-9 this year - and having five more division games is a ray of hope. But, the defense is horrible. There's not enough kool-aid drinking in the world that can change that fact. :(

When people say KS is ready to be a HC I just don't see how? I mean he's so inconsistent with play calling its unreal

I say that Kyle should be a HC because of his track record. In Houston he produced a high-octane offense. Last year for us anyway, he produced a high-octane offense. Thus he has been a successful coordinator repeatedly and people with such track records typically get HC gigs.

He didn't play as bad as everyone is saying. But his turnovers killed the team, as did numerous other things. Hopefully he can build on the positives yesterday. However, because of the heavy price that was paid to get him, we need him to be a great QB. Not one that makes stupid Int's in the red zone, or one that makes a great throw, then a bad one. W/out the threat to run, I'm just not sure he'll ever be a great QB.

Show me a QB in the NFL who is infallible. 19 games into his pro career he's gonna have stinkers and dumb plays. We've all seen Manning, Brady, Rodgers, etc. make mistakes, I'm not gonna kill him for those until they become a pattern.

I wonder if in 4 weeks we will still be talking about him not being 'a threat to run'. He showed pretty good mobility and ability yesterday. He's not going to beat every defender to the corner, in the NFL nobody will, but he will beat most. If defenses keep playing man to man, he will be able to get those 20 yard chunks when he breaks contain. If that forces them into playing zone, all the better for our offense.

If you can't see progress in his game from week one to yesterday, you simply aren't watching.

The optimist in me says we still have 5 division games to go. Plenty of opportunity to make up ground.

But then I look at the D and I want to throw up.

Yes, the defense is historically bad to this point. Just atrocious.

But aren't most of our defensive problems fixable? For example, if we eliminated yards gained after missed tackles, our defense would not be all that bad.

I say that Kyle should be a HC because of his track record. In Houston he produced a high-octane offense. Last year for us anyway, he produced a high-octane offense. Thus he has been a successful coordinator repeatedly and people with such track records typically get HC gigs.

But let's remember that Norv Turner produced high octane offensives for the Dallas Cowboys during their Super Bowl years, and was bad to average as a head coach. I don't think calling X's and O's is enough to be a great head coach. Certainly I DO think Kyle deserves a shot at head coaching though. If what SS says is true about him and his dad having a difference of opinion with how the offense should be ran, then go with one or the other, but both are probably more of a distraction than a help.

It seems like the offense is getting better each week so that's a plus to take away from this game. RG3 could really have benefitted from playing in the pre-season.

Would be great to see more Helu, he's quick with the ball.

Yes, the defense is historically bad to this point. Just atrocious.

But aren't most of our defensive problems fixable? For example, if we eliminated yards gained after missed tackles, our defense would not be all that bad.

Saw a stat yesterday that of the 400+ yards we gave up vs. Detroit, more than 210 of them were after contact/missed tackle. That's just putrid. That's man up material. Individually, you've got to be better than that. I hope Fletcher has some kind of resurgence like he did last year because I thought he was done in the 1st Giants game but he rebounded. He's playing like a 38 yr old vs kids.

But let's remember that Norv Turner produced high octane offensives for the Dallas Cowboys during their Super Bowl years, and was bad to average as a head coach. I don't think calling X's and O's is enough to be a great head coach. Certainly I DO think Kyle deserves a shot at head coaching though. If what SS says is true about him and his dad having a difference of opinion with how the offense should be ran, then go with one or the other, but both are probably more of a distraction than a help.

I completely agree. My remarks were directed at how one becomes a HC. Whether or not one then is successful as a HC is a different story.