Good, bad and ugly. Post game reactions vs Dolphins

My point was that Gibbs would have been fired after 5 games and you would have cheered.

Perhaps Jay G. knows he was facing a monster D line and gave his guys a chance keep his QB upright. Which he did. I thought our core problem areas of O line, D line and QB showed up and I choose to give the coach some credit.

No... I wouldnt have. And I didnt when it happened. Never once have I ever said a HC should be fired based on his first 5 games... Never...

I also give the coach some credit. Callahan did a great job with our OL.

But Gruden does not make changes. He does not do any tweaks. He just calls plays. Im not saying to fire Gruden now, but if its the same every week like last year, then something needs to change after the year. And I dont mean same every week like last year in terms of losses. I mean I want to see him, during a game, see something and make a tweak to take advantage of it. I want to see him adapt, like a HC should. I see the same guy I saw last year except he is calmer in press conferences. That isnt the change I need to see.

Remember, whether we want to admit it or not, this is a rebuild. But a lot of good out there today. I just want that type of effort every week. Give that effort, cut down on the stupid penalties and keep Amerson off the field. Anyone but him. He is just terrible.

good: oline, defense, this year's draft class played pretty well.
bad: no adjustments, penalties, coaching (3&13 draw play, 2&20 draw play, 4&1 FG when we were running roughshod, just a lot of give up/no confidence moments).

that return TD and the dropped ints/ kirk's ints were sort of depressing. kirk was fine, he's not the reason we lost, but he definitely didn't look mind-blowingly great either. DJ going down so early really sucks. hamstring too.

Good: compete level
Bad: Penalties
Ugly: play calling

good: oline, defense, this year's draft class played pretty well.
bad: no adjustments, penalties, coaching (3&13 draw play, 2&20 draw play, 4&1 FG when we were running roughshod, just a lot of give up/no confidence moments).

that return TD and the dropped ints/ kirk's ints were sort of depressing. kirk was fine, he's not the reason we lost, but he definitely didn't look mind-blowing great either. DJ going down so early really sucks. hamstring too.

KC had one bad ball out there today. The defense bailed him out on that. The other one was on Garçon. He has to either catch it or not let the defender outmuscle him for the ball.

I'm at the point where I want to see Ross on the field a lot more. Jackson is always getting nicked up and probably isn't going to be resigned next year anyway.

I can live with this loss IF they address the penalties and special teams…think about if i would have told you before the game the Redskins D would only give up 1 touchdown all of us what have taken that!..cousins had one bad throw and he bounced back from that..The Qb play did not cost us this game..so lets not go there! the penalties as well as at least 2 or 3 possible interceptions we let get away..geez ..why can't our D catch passes..factor in almost miracle type catch the Dolphins D had and the result is loss. I would have liked to see the skins go for it on 3rd and one early in the game vs the missed field goal,at that point Alfred was gaining a lot per carry..but all in all not a terrible game ..a lot to build on and think about it IF the skins had won this game how many post are unrealistic about the rest of season..i can see it now ..WE ARE GOING TO THE SUPERBOWL after ONE win..lets face it guys at best this team wins 7 or 8 games..we gotta be patient!

I don't get the play calling criticism.

What should have been called differently when?

I thought Gruden (or McVay and/or Callahan however it was) and Kirk checking out of plays at the line, did a great job limiting their pass rush and putting us in manageable situations.

I don't know what you're supposed to call when you're looking at 1st and 20 almost all the way through the third.

Bottom line is that when our own mistakes through penalties didn't put us in a down and distance disadvantage we moved the ball.

Like some other posters in this thread have noted, conservative play calling wasn't unexpected and was warranted with Kirk's reaction to throwing picks last year. I don't have any problem with the way the game was called.

They started keying run int he second half and when we weren't in a hole, Kirk moved the ball through the air.

For the first time in a long time, we had a chance to win against a good team in the last 2 minutes of the game.

In the gameday thread somebody noted the clock could have been managed better at the end of the 2nd half to take our possession past the 2 minute warning. This is a legit criticism.

A lot of generalizations about bad play calling and Gruden not seeming like a head coach in this thread with no real specifics.

Good : KC (for the most part. I think his hands were tied. Only one pic was really terrible) , Oline, Defense, Jordan Reed, Almo.
Bad : forbath, conservative playcalling, discipline, special teams, david amerson.

Crazy how the part of the team we focused on in the off season is playing better, isn't it?

For all of the hoopla and drama around this team, this is the most stoked I've been in maybe 5 years (2012 aside). Saw a lot of encouraging moments today.

Give Scot another 2-3 years working his magic and we'll be formidable across the entire roster, I guarantee it.

This is a good post and I agree with all points, but do you think Snyder gives Scot that long?

Yes - I do.