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mooby · 10-24-2010, 07:01 PM

My best and worst pretty much echoes Chico's except for a couple things.

Best:
1. Hall having a career game obviously. 4 picks? I might never see that again by a Redskins defender in my lifetime.
2. Defense getting turnovers. Rocky forcing that fumble, London getting that goal line turnover (I'm not going to lie, if they had challenged that it would've been a touchdown because the ball already broke the plane), D.Hall 4 picks, and continuing that physical play
3. Sub-theme of #2, defense being physical but playing smart in light of the new rules, aka no head to head shots or anything that might be interpreted as such.
4. Ground game at the end. Refreshing to see us run out the clock for once, instead of giving them one last opportunity.
5. Hunter playing keep away from Devin Hester. Smart strategy, even though it cost us field position yards. So there was a plus and minus of the strategy overall.
6. Defense getting sacks. Most came in the first half and they settled down the second half, but again, sacks and turnovers played huge roles.

Worst:
1. Offense. Aka We had great field position on our first 7 drives and only 10 points came out of it. We had a great first quarter minus the McNabb turnover but our second quarter was almost as bad as the Bears' first. We needed to adjust and get the ball out quicker like they did. Instead we kept seeing 5 and 7 step drops when there wasn't enough time to let the play run.
2. Turnovers. Turnovers kept them in the game, same as it kept us in the game. On the Bears defensive touchdown I liked the idea of McNabb getting rid of the ball, but he should've thrown it away from the defenders. Another sub-theme: Ball security. It needs to be preached in practice this week because Torain had 2 fumbles, Cooley had one, McNabb had one as well in addition to his 2 picks. They could've had 6 takeaways easily in this one as well. The difference was the ball bounced our way in this one instead of their way.
3. Sloppy execution on offense. I know the Bears have a good defense, but as shown by the rushing yards we had against them, they aren't invinceable. McNabb needs to play better, because he hasn't improved as the weeks have gone on.
4. O-line. Looks like we still need improvement. Guys need to diagnose where the pressure is coming from better too. Part of this is on McNabb too, he needs to be prepared at the los better because on some of their blitzes he had no clue whether there was gonna be pressure, or where it would come from.

10-24-2010, 07:01 PM	#6
mooby Hug Anne Spyder Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 20,544	Re: Redskins-Bears, Best and Worst My best and worst pretty much echoes Chico's except for a couple things. Best: 1. Hall having a career game obviously. 4 picks? I might never see that again by a Redskins defender in my lifetime. 2. Defense getting turnovers. Rocky forcing that fumble, London getting that goal line turnover (I'm not going to lie, if they had challenged that it would've been a touchdown because the ball already broke the plane), D.Hall 4 picks, and continuing that physical play 3. Sub-theme of #2, defense being physical but playing smart in light of the new rules, aka no head to head shots or anything that might be interpreted as such. 4. Ground game at the end. Refreshing to see us run out the clock for once, instead of giving them one last opportunity. 5. Hunter playing keep away from Devin Hester. Smart strategy, even though it cost us field position yards. So there was a plus and minus of the strategy overall. 6. Defense getting sacks. Most came in the first half and they settled down the second half, but again, sacks and turnovers played huge roles. Worst: 1. Offense. Aka We had great field position on our first 7 drives and only 10 points came out of it. We had a great first quarter minus the McNabb turnover but our second quarter was almost as bad as the Bears' first. We needed to adjust and get the ball out quicker like they did. Instead we kept seeing 5 and 7 step drops when there wasn't enough time to let the play run. 2. Turnovers. Turnovers kept them in the game, same as it kept us in the game. On the Bears defensive touchdown I liked the idea of McNabb getting rid of the ball, but he should've thrown it away from the defenders. Another sub-theme: Ball security. It needs to be preached in practice this week because Torain had 2 fumbles, Cooley had one, McNabb had one as well in addition to his 2 picks. They could've had 6 takeaways easily in this one as well. The difference was the ball bounced our way in this one instead of their way. 3. Sloppy execution on offense. I know the Bears have a good defense, but as shown by the rushing yards we had against them, they aren't invinceable. McNabb needs to play better, because he hasn't improved as the weeks have gone on. 4. O-line. Looks like we still need improvement. Guys need to diagnose where the pressure is coming from better too. Part of this is on McNabb too, he needs to be prepared at the los better because on some of their blitzes he had no clue whether there was gonna be pressure, or where it would come from.