Skins vs. Steelers Positives and Negatives

They bought in a three TE set at one point which worked briefly. But YES Cousins should have extended plays earlier when they were rushing 3. There was more than one play where he could have jogged for ten yards with Pitt dropping 8 in coverage. He was playing as if they were blitzing when they weren't. Not much thinking on his feet last night, more like he was just going through the motions of what they practiced and trying not to make a mistake. He did not even sniff what they were giving him. But its ok. It is week one and he did not play alot of preseason at all. Remember game two he did not even play a snap. He will come around.I lost it on the 3rd down play where Cousins threw the ball out of the end zone facing minimal pressure from a 3 man rush and tons of room to his right to buy time for his receivers. He lacks the instincts to ever be a true franchise QB.

Still think this team is going 11-5? :laughing-



Dont be that guy....

Edit: we have been mediocre for as long as i can remember. Our schedule is as tough as i can remember in a long time. It doesn't take a genius or an overly keen observer to say 11 wins is a lot.
But this is the second or third time you have scoffed at this team winning 11 games. You wont be lol'ing so much about it if we win 9 and the division. Which I think is everyones highest expectations regardless of our preseason pumped up predictions.

I lost it on the 3rd down play where Cousins threw the ball out of the end zone facing minimal pressure from a 3 man rush and tons of room to his right to buy time for his receivers. He lacks the instincts to ever be a true franchise QB.

I have to wholeheartedly disagree. That was a dumb decision in a game full of poor execution, but he had those instincts last year, and they don't just disappear.

Unfortunately last nights game was too big for him (perennial SB contender and perennial MVP caliber QB on the other sideline, first MNF game of the season, etc), and he was out of sorts for the most part. I believe he will learn from it and bounce back.

I lost it on the 3rd down play where Cousins threw the ball out of the end zone facing minimal pressure from a 3 man rush and tons of room to his right to buy time for his receivers. He lacks the instincts to ever be a true franchise QB.



Remember last year when Eli through the ball out of the back of the endzone when that was the one thing he should not have done? Even franchise quarterbacks make mistakes. Lets see as Cousins second year under center goes along if he does more good than bad before we write him off....
Yes though it was really bad. Lol.

Negatives: kerrigan trying to pick up fumble on their ten when we had early momentum. Huge turning point. Huge.
Penalties - i think everyone on our offense had an offsides. At home? Wow.
The first td pass to Brown sailed right through Breelands hands. Gotta make that play.
Our inability to go vertical. Wtf happened to our passing game last night?
Run D.
Defensive in game adjustments.
Cousins - awful game. Hope that is a result of not playing much at all in the preseason. His timing was way off.

Positives: we dont face Ben n Brown again - they are lethal.
We will still win the East.
It is early. We will get rolling.
No injuries that I am aware off.


We face Ben and Brown in the SB. (Snorts derisively.).



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Redskins re-signing defensive lineman Cullen Jenkins (http://www.theredzone.org/BlogDescription/tabid/61/EntryId/58584/Redskins-re-signing-defensive-lineman-Cullen-Jenkins/Default.aspx)

It's a step in the right direction.

Predictable on offense.

One of my biggest concerns, when we play elite teams, is that they can dictate how the game is going to be played bc Mcvay/Cousins seem to always make the smart rational play and take what the D gives them.

Like Kirk said in his interview, Steelers went soft zone giving Kirk the underneath throw. The Steelers know we cant run the ball so they give us the short stuff and wait for us to shoot our own self in the foot with a penalty or missed throw.

Kirk and our offense is to robotic and rigid. Its like the D Coordinators are playing a computer and they know exactly what the computer will do in any situation and can bank on our predictability.

Still think this team is going 11-5? :laughing-

Admittedly no. I was counting on some kind of improvement coming in both sides of the running game, attributable to another year of coaching and continuity. So far that's not materializing and it's disappointing.

Adding the laughing smilie though is not a good look for you. You come across as more interested in being right than in the team winning as often as possible.

Admittedly no. I was counting on some kind of improvement coming in both sides of the running game, attributable to another year of coaching and continuity. So far that's not materializing and it's disappointing.

Adding the laughing smilie though is not a good look for you. You come across as more interested in being right than in the team winning as often as possible.


The laughing emote was because at this point, you have to laugh at the continued inept from this team at times. (especially in primetime) I have no interest in being right. I would rather you be right and our team go 11-5.

I still think we can be a playoff team, we've got enough talent and room for improvement. One game doesn't make or break the season. We had a bad night against a good team. We had some chances and didn't cash in.