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Kope · 09-12-2006, 05:18 PM

The biggest issue w/ the team was 3rd down

- D was the 9/17 3rd down converson- that of course was aided by giving away 4 on penalties.

- O was 4/13 with 2 of those being by penalty.

We couldn't sustain a drive and we couldn't stop a drive.

If you watched the locker room interviews from redskins.com there was something very interesting in Marcus Washington's interview- he said (and I am paraphrasing) "we knew this officiating crew and we knew how they were going to call the hitting close" If they practiced for it there should have been no excuse for 2 facemasks at the end of the game.

That being said; penalties shouldn't have mattered if we could score TDs instead of Feild goals. We had more than enough opportunities to win ((even after the bull**** call on ST and the double bull**** no call when Lloyd (I think it was him) got clobbered on an uncatchable ball.))

I think these are the type of problems that get better game by game. It is much better than trying to figure out how to stop the run and stop cronic false starts- those issues mean we are in for a long season; as I am sure many of us remember from the not so distant past.

Bottom line is not a great game ...by not horrid either.

09-12-2006, 05:18 PM	#10
Kope Special Teams Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: NC Posts: 447	Re: A different view... The biggest issue w/ the team was 3rd down - D was the 9/17 3rd down converson- that of course was aided by giving away 4 on penalties. - O was 4/13 with 2 of those being by penalty. We couldn't sustain a drive and we couldn't stop a drive. If you watched the locker room interviews from redskins.com there was something very interesting in Marcus Washington's interview- he said (and I am paraphrasing) "we knew this officiating crew and we knew how they were going to call the hitting close" If they practiced for it there should have been no excuse for 2 facemasks at the end of the game. That being said; penalties shouldn't have mattered if we could score TDs instead of Feild goals. We had more than enough opportunities to win ((even after the bull** call on ST and the double bull** no call when Lloyd (I think it was him) got clobbered on an uncatchable ball.)) I think these are the type of problems that get better game by game. It is much better than trying to figure out how to stop the run and stop cronic false starts- those issues mean we are in for a long season; as I am sure many of us remember from the not so distant past. Bottom line is not a great game ...by not horrid either.