Skins-Vikes Post game good & bad

No, I think Gruden's thing is to spread the blame to all. He defended Haz in the face of a pretty harsh question about firing Haz now. No head coach would throw his DC under the bus like that.

He did say that they still blitzed quite a bit, but that the LB blitzes didn't get home for some reason. Also, one problem was that they lost containment a number of times, something they didn't do against the cowboys. But he said they wanted to show some coverages to the rookie and see what he'd do--obviously, he did well.

One big thing I took from the presser was Gruden urging that we need to stay together as a team, and the what he's looking for is competitors who will continue to fight their way out of this. I think Gruden is a good guy and has the makings of a good coach. But it's a hornet's nest in DC for a number of reasons. Hope the guy gets the support he needs and doesn't burn out or get fired early. That's as much of the root of our problems as anything, IMHO.

We were a friggin 3 win team last year. No magic words will change us instantly into a contender. 5-6 wins is a good season in my book, so long as we see some progress with the team, particularly at QB. We've only been blown out of one game. The rest we were in and killed ourselves, mostly. That's fixable. Not sure if Haz is the guy, but I feel like Gruden has the stones to do it, given the chance.

Admittedly, I don't read every post carefully, but are people STILL saying Snyder made Griff start?

If I'm going to throw my conspiracy theory out there, I think if anyone did, Allen did.

But this all seems silly, Griff is the #1, he needs to be starting anyway. I was hoping it wouldn't be until after the bye, but it is what it is. Dude played above average for having only played ONE game all year. So eh, f it.

You think Allen would make that call on his own? Like Shanahan said last year, Snyder doesn't really care what you do at the other positions but he damn well be part of the decision process at QB

Seeing the Giants get crushed would be sweeter had we won yesterday. Sigh. It's like Alice in Wonderland- jam yesterday and jam tomorrow, but never jam today.

You think Allen would make that call on his own? Like Shanahan said last year, Snyder doesn't really care what you do at the other positions but he damn well be part of the decision process at QB


That's so Danny boy can make his bags of gold off the jerseys/tickets the QBs sell.

You think Allen would make that call on his own? Like Shanahan said last year, Snyder doesn't really care what you do at the other positions but he damn well be part of the decision process at QB

Again, "part of the decision process" is fine. The man writes the checks. Everyone on the team and in the front office is his employee. As long as he is not "Jerry Jonesing" and/or otherwise cutting the legs out from under the coach, I am okay with him saying to Gruden "Look, this is the franchise guy, he starts unless you can tell me a real good reason he doesn't."

If Gruden is saying "No way, no how should we be starting Griffin b/c [whatever reason given]" and Snyder is over riding him that's one thing. I just don't get think Gruden is saying that.

Reading the excerpts on Twitter, doesn't sound like Gruden was defending anyone.

First paragraph says he was defending Haz

NFL Jay Gruden says defensive issues plentiful - ESPN (http://m.espn.go.com/general/blogs/blogpost?blogname=washington-redskins&id=12613)

First paragraph says he was defending Haz



NFL Jay Gruden says defensive issues plentiful - ESPN (http://m.espn.go.com/general/blogs/blogpost?blogname=washington-redskins&id=12613)


He clearly states that scheme wise they could have done better. I dont think he is defending Haslett as much as he is blaming the players as well as Haslett. Like the Redskins....a weak defense.
Either way that guy is gone for good by next year. Hopefully sooner.

The skins roster isn't very good. Gruden is 50/50 run/pass for the season also.

First paragraph says he was defending Haz

NFL Jay Gruden says defensive issues plentiful - ESPN (http://m.espn.go.com/general/blogs/blogpost?blogname=washington-redskins&id=12613)

I don't care what that article says. I watched both the post game and day after presser and he didn't defend Haslett. He simply stated that you can't point all that was wrong on one person. (haz)

As usual, Keim nails it:

On Sunday, the first sack, by rookie Anthony Barr, wasn’t a matter of Griffin holding on to the ball too long. He was down in 2.2 seconds. It was a matter of Minnesota overloading a gap inside and running back Roy Helu being unable to slow Barr.

Another time Helu couldn’t stop Chad Greenway on a sack that took 2.8 seconds, although Griffin could have unloaded a short crossing route to tight end Jordan Reed. He might not have picked up a first down on third-and-8, but it would have avoided a fourth-and-18 punt from the Redskins’ 10-yard line.

Interior pressure on second-and-16 on the final drive tested Griffin in the pocket. Saying what he should have done is a lot easier than knowing how to do it in the pocket, and every quarterback runs himself into a sack sometimes. But he tried to step through an area where he had no chance and was sacked.

The Redskins have a group that is not great in protection -- it’s not just the line -- in front of a quarterback who will hold on to the ball longer. It’s a tough mix. Both sides need to help each other.

The Film Don't Lie: Redskins - Washington Redskins Blog - ESPN (http://espn.go.com/blog/washington-redskins/post/_/id/12590/film-dont-lie-redskins-2?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed)