Smoot Lays the Smack Down (Redskins vs. Broncos)

[SmootSmack]

What a great week. Amazing vacation in Argentina and then I come home to a Redskins victory.

Some quick thoughts on the win, before getting to the smack down:

-Sherman Lewis' playcalling has been what we've needed for a long time. The different formations he's using and the different players is something that's seriously been lacking. Part of it comes from the fact that Cooley and Portis were on the bench, so there wasn't the inclination to just to to them all the time. That's not to say we're better without those guys, however.

-Loved the way we went old-school pound the ball and used our size on the offensive line against the smaller Broncos D-Line. At this rate, Levi Jones will be our starter at LT next year and all those looking for us to take an LT in the first round shouldn't hold their breath.

-That was an amazing pass by Hunter Smith

-The Andre Carter vs. Brian Orakpo sack race is pretty damn awesome to watch

-Didn't expect Simms to screw the pooch so badly

Ok...now time for the smackdown

Jason Campbell Another uneven performance. Uninsipring, in fact. Off on a lot of the early throws, and got away with what should have been yet another fumble in the third round. Campbell needs a change of a scenery. He can be, I think, a good QB in the NFL. But I think his time is done here.

Carlos Rogers Not so much his performance, which was poor, but more so his post-game comments. I understand that players can be frustrated immediately after a game and may say things they don't mean. But a) we just won and b) comments like these aren't new for Rogers

Santana Moss Becoming increasingly irrelevant

Devin Thomas You can tell I'm reaching now. But regardless, I want to see him do a better job running without the ball and getting in position down the field. When he has the ball he puts on some sick moves, but I don't want him just catching screen passes all the time

[CRedskinsRule]

I am all for loving the win, but one other knock on JC was his intentional grounding call. I don't know if anyone else saw it, or if my view was wrong, but Yoder looked like he was WIDE open in the middle if not for a TD, at least a FD.

[mlmdub130]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

I am all for loving the win, but one other knock on JC was his intentional grounding call. I don't know if anyone else saw it, or if my view was wrong, but Yoder looked like he was WIDE open in the middle if not for a TD, at least a FD.

i was there and he wasn't WIDE open he wasWIDEopen that play was awful but it was good to see a win, felt kinda weird

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

I am all for loving the win, but one other knock on JC was his intentional grounding call. I don't know if anyone else saw it, or if my view was wrong, but Yoder looked like he was WIDE open in the middle if not for a TD, at least a FD.

Yes. I've never yelled at JC (through the tv) louder. Yoder was not only wide open, He was in the middle of the field, right in front of JC. I still don't know how JC could have missed him.

[rbanerjee23]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

I am all for loving the win, but one other knock on JC was his intentional grounding call. I don't know if anyone else saw it, or if my view was wrong, but Yoder looked like he was WIDE open in the middle if not for a TD, at least a FD.

OMG yes!!! i was like what are you thinking that is a touchdown waiting for you with no one around him...Campbell's problem is that he is not a bad qb in that he doesn't make a lot of horrific mistakes and his accuracy is pretty damn good but he misses too many throws to be a SB winning qb.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

I am all for loving the win, but one other knock on JC was his intentional grounding call. I don't know if anyone else saw it, or if my view was wrong, but Yoder looked like he was WIDE open in the middle if not for a TD, at least a FD.

Looked like four (three?) verticals concept with Yoder taking the area just outside the right has. He was running down field against zone (cover two, I believe), and where he ended up in the end zone, there was not a soul within ten yards of him.

It would have been fantastic if Campbell would have seen that, as the Broncos just flat blew the coverage. Campbell would have had (barely) enough time to deliver that ball, but he would have had to have seen it the whole way, unfortunately.

[30gut]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

Looked like four (three?) verticals concept with Yoder taking the area just outside the right has. He was running down field against zone (cover two, I believe), and where he ended up in the end zone, there was not a soul within ten yards of him.

It would have been fantastic if Campbell would have seen that, as the Broncos just flat blew the coverage. Campbell would have had (barely) enough time to deliver that ball, but he would have had to have seen it the whole way, unfortunately.

I think if JC came off his 1st read sooner or if the pass pro held up for another tick JC hits Yoder for a TD

[joethiesmanfan]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

What a great week. Amazing vacation in Argentina and then I come home to a Redskins victory.

Some quick thoughts on the win, before getting to the smack down:

-Sherman Lewis' playcalling has been what we've needed for a long time. The different formations he's using and the different players is something that's seriously been lacking. Part of it comes from the fact that Cooley and Portis were on the bench, so there wasn't the inclination to just to to them all the time. That's not to say we're better without those guys, however.

-Loved the way we went old-school pound the ball and used our size on the offensive line against the smaller Broncos D-Line. At this rate, Levi Jones will be our starter at LT next year and all those looking for us to take an LT in the first round shouldn't hold their breath.

-That was an amazing pass by Hunter Smith

-The Andre Carter vs. Brian Orakpo sack race is pretty damn awesome to watch

-Didn't expect Simms to screw the pooch so badly

Ok...now time for the smackdown

Jason Campbell Another uneven performance. Uninsipring, in fact. Off on a lot of the early throws, and got away with what should have been yet another fumble in the third round. Campbell needs a change of a scenery. He can be, I think, a good QB in the NFL. But I think his time is done here.

Carlos Rogers Not so much his performance, which was poor, but more so his post-game comments. I understand that players can be frustrated immediately after a game and may say things they don't mean. But a) we just won and b) comments like these aren't new for Rogers

Santana Moss Becoming increasingly irrelevant

Devin Thomas You can tell I'm reaching now. But regardless, I want to see him do a better job running without the ball and getting in position down the field. When he has the ball he puts on some sick moves, but I don't want him just catching screen passes all the time

Santana Moss will never be irrelevant he always kills Dallas!!!

[SmootSmack]

Also wanted to add that I loved Portis' enthusiasm on the sidelines, great job cheering on his teammates

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Also wanted to add that I loved Portis' enthusiasm on the sidelines, great job cheering on his teammates

What I saw was CP just standing around off to the side in the first half and then in the second he started cheering and getting involved. Not sure how to look at that.

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by firstdown

What I saw was CP just standing around off to the side in the first half and then in the second he started cheering and getting involved. Not sure how to look at that.

I don't know, everytime the camera panned to him, he was going bonkers. I thought he was extremely supportive given his/team's situation

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

I don't know, everytime the camera panned to him, he was going bonkers. I thought he was extremely supportive given his/team's situation

If he wants to be supportive of his team, he'll take the #2 RB spot when he returns.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

I don't know, everytime the camera panned to him, he was going bonkers. I thought he was extremely supportive given his/team's situation

Your right in the second half or maybe he started late in the 2nd. Not sure if it means anything one way or the other but I did take notice how he was at the begining just stand off to the side talking to another player. I then noticed in the second he was cheering but the game also was building as it went on so maybe he was just getting caught up with the game. I'm sure there where other players as the game went on got up off the bench or started cheering more in the second half.

[TheMalcolmConnection]

My big one is run defense. We have essentially the same defensive line from last year with a HUGE addition, yet we're getting gashed in the run game.

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by TheMalcolmConnection

My big one is run defense. We have essentially the same defensive line from last year with a HUGE addition, yet we're getting gashed in the run game.

I think that's the scheming. We started the season stronger against the run but it would fluctuate, I think that we're still playing for the pass and on running downs doing the whole "d-line occupies blockers" and waiting on the LBs to make the play.