Birds Post game (Redskins 24 Cardinals 6)

If Reed and CT stay healthy they're going to take this offense a long way. CT isn't 100%?? Could have fooled me, he picked right back up where he left off last year.

Dunbar was really impressive. We had a Ryan Anderson sighting! Not concerned with the pass rush at all. Smith and Kerrigan didn't forget how to get after it, pretty sure it was game plan related and focusing on DJ more than anything. So awesome to see Payne and Allen clogging up the middle. This DL has the potential to be one of the best units in the league.

Not going to brag or anything but I have called Dunbar all O/S... LOL No seriously the whole D was awesome. Next week we get a better QB to face so we will see what the Db's can do then. Offense was iffy in the 2nd half, played conservative but that's ok.

Alex Smith did what he always does, wins games. Manages it well, no To's. That's why I was so stoked when we got him. Haven't seen a grade on Fuller yet but I'll see how he fared against Rivers.

Also this team will not be a high flying deep ball Offense, we will take shots to Prich here and there but mostly it's going to be 15 yards and in which is ok. I just hope the line holds up like yesterday

If Reed and CT stay healthy they're going to take this offense a long way. CT isn't 100%?? Could have fooled me, he picked right back up where he left off last year.

Dunbar was really impressive. We had a Ryan Anderson sighting! Not concerned with the pass rush at all. Smith and Kerrigan didn't forget how to get after it, pretty sure it was game plan related and focusing on DJ more than anything. So awesome to see Payne and Allen clogging up the middle. This DL has the potential to be one of the best units in the league.

Yeah, I think we did a decent job with the pass rush...2 sacks but Bradford was never able to stand tall and go through progressions. Bradford has a quick release and gets the ball out...I didn't think it was an issue.

The announcers even mentioned it...Bradford was being pushed off his spot in the pocket consistently.

Game plan was to contain Johnson which was the right move.

Anytime you can hold an NFL team to 6 points, that's pretty damn impressive. It is also obvious that 33 year old AP is an upgrade over Perine and Kelley. CT might be our MVP. He is just so damn good.

Also anyone see the Anderson sighting? He got half a sack.

Also anyone see the Anderson sighting? He got half a sack.

yup...also with a great lead block on the goal line where AP scored

https://www.profootballfocus.com/news/pro-refocused-nfl-week-1-redskins-24-cardinals-6

I'll post grades from this game later

Tomsula did a great job rotating DL and keeping them fresh, Settle missed a
Sack by inches. Ionaddis, Allen, Payne, Settle, Hood and Brantley (hopefully he pans out) are a pretty impressive, young DL. I say right now and I know they are young that we probably have a top 5 DL.

Biggest take away from this game: preseason doesn't mean shit...

We dominated the LOS on both sides of the ball, good tackling by our D across the board and throughout the game...

So many reasons to get excited after this game.

On top of the good tackling (missed tackles was one of my top preseason worries...), a good surprise was how well our ILB covered!
Zach Brown improved a LOT from last year, and Foster made some plays, as usual, and no mistakes, which is new.

Dunbar and Swearinger played lights out!

Also think run blocking by our receiving corps improved quite a lot. We knew Vernon Davis could block... yesterday we saw him care enough to actually block ! Even guys like Reed and Doctson made some nice blocks...

I think this is part in due to Smith bringing a new level of excitement in the offense locker room.
On the play when Chandler Jones got flagged for jumping on him after the play was over, Smith got up and talked trash. Cousins would've never done that. Not saying this is what wins football games, but I do think it can make a difference in the level of commitment of other players.

Sidenote: Zach Vigil came in for Foster for the final 5 minutes of the game, didn't see anything about Mason being injured... It was in the redzone on the drive the Cards scored their TD too... A bit surprised. Just a coaches' decision to rest a vet ?