Broncos vs Skins Post Game Thread

How did Reed not go sooner?? Dude is a stud

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Redskins, Texans far short of expectations
When I think of how I viewed them coming into the season, the two most disappointing teams to me are the Houston Texans and Washington Redskins. I thought both could win their respective divisions, but at 2-5, both are far from where I thought they'd be. Both teams have been plagued by inconsistent performance at the quarterback position, though for different reasons.

Robert Griffin III was coming off a major injury, so it was hard to say how he was going to play early in the season. Through seven games, he's had just one outing (against Chicago in Week 7) in which he played at a level similar to last year's. As for Houston, Matt Schaub has had some fine moments, but he's also had some disastrous moments. It appears to me that Schaub -- who's been supplanted by backup Case Keenum for Week 9 -- has lost some of his confidence, and that can be a tough thing to regain.

We need the rest of the WR corp to get it too.

I'd def put Atlanta high on the disappointment list.

If you read Garcon's take on ESPN, you learn two things: (a) he was wide open and, (b) the OC had correctly predicted earlier in the week that he would be wide open on certain plays.

This means that all the QB has to do is to take the OC's advice and we have big gainers.

Inexplicably, the QB did not do this, leaving chunk plays unrealized. And such would not be the OC's fault.

Yes but Lotus - my point is that seeing how our run game was working and how Griff was throwing - why keep trying?
How does that expression go...."the definition of insanity is seeing something that doesnt work and trying to do it over and over again?"

Yes but Lotus - my point is that seeing how our run game was working and how Griff was throwing - why keep trying?
How does that expression go...."the definition of insanity is seeing something that doesnt work and trying to do it over and over again?"

Because we were playing Peyton Manning, who sooner or later is going to break loose - as we saw.

Another answer is, if the chunk plays are obviously there, why not take a stab?

Again, I think Kyle made some poor play calls. But IMO RGIII, and the interior line in front of him, were much bigger problems.

Griffin was amazingly bad yesterday, worst game he's ever had not even close

Dexter = dummy

He sure was smarter on the field than off it....

How did Reed not go sooner?? Dude is a studHe didn't play anywhere close to this level in college. Based simply on what he did out there for Florida, I thought he borderline wasn't draftable. I thought a third round pick for a player like that was a very generous evaluation.

But when the Redskins picked him, I didn't complain. It was a classic "I can/will have to work with this pick." And you can't argue with what they turned him into. He gets it. He gets that in the NFL your first opportunity is your best, and if you wait until the second and third, you've turned yourself into a journeyman.

And also: he's really good.

If the Redskins had done half as well at developing RG3 as they've done with Reed, they'd be 5-2 and they'd be printing playoff tickets in October.