Suisham = Momentum Killer

[NYCSkin]

I am a paraphrasing here...

"Mistakes in the playoffs become magnified due to the quality of you opponent..."

--Jimmy Johnson

Suisham and Folk may have similar numbers but Suisham does not inspire any confidence. Missing big kicks in the 4th quarter especially missing kicks <40 yards is unacceptable. Heck, Suisham said it himself.

The timing of that miss at that juncture was the seminal moment in this playoff game.

[Takeuon]

Originally Posted by jrocx69

kicker is fine, offense just sucks and needs to be beefed up for 08. we need a LG and RT in the worst way, and i think jensen is going to be injury prone from here out. cant blame the kicker for a playoff team that cant punch it in from the 14 after having all the momentum our way.

Missing a 30 yarder in the playoffs is still unacceptable

[firstdown]

Well while I agree that it was a big mistake we blew to many other thing to blame him for the loss.

[pdid5000]

I fell out of my chair after that missed kick, we needed that one.

[DynamiteRave]

I think that if we made the kick we still might have lost. But I don't blame him for the LOSS. But I do blame him for being a choke artist. High school kids, maybe even college kids can get away with missing a 30 yard field goal but man, 30 yards is basically a chip shot for a pro kicker. It's inexcusable to miss that.

[BringBackJoeT]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

Seattle was the better team today and they are a good football team. Especially at home. They earned the right to play a playoff game at home. Josh Brown made his FG's, our kicker did not. Our O-line got pushed around all game long, Seattle gave Hasselback time. Our wr's dropped some passes, Seattle's did not. Sometimes you have to tip your hat to the other team.

Yeah, that's pretty much how I feel about it. The Redskins had all of the momentum on their side, they were gifted the ball inside the Seattle's 20, and had a chance to go up by 8 and put some panic into the Seahawks. The problem was that the Seahawks, while not playing a perfect game, were ready at the most critical time. We can point at Cooley and say, "If he doesn't drop that pass . . . " But why were we throwing on 1st down in that situation to begin with? Because the Seahawks showed up well prepared and committed to not letting Portis gain the same yardage he did against the Giants, Vikings and Cowboys. I'm not saying that Saunders didn't throw on first down in any of the previous games, but rather that the Seahawks defense had rendered Saunders less confident in giving the ball to Portis--the anchor of the offense--at a critical point in which Saunders knew how important it was to walk away with a TD. And then there was the subsequent formation confusion between Collins and Sellers. How often did we see confusion on the Redskins' side of the ball in the previous four games? The confusion was hardly an accident or a freak occurrence--the Seahawks defense was forcing the Redskins to tinker with the formations. By the time Suisham came in for the field goal attempt, the Redskins were virtually no closer to the end zone than when they hadn't gotten the ball in the first place.

I know the Seahawks played in a weak division, had few (was it only one?) victories against .500+ opponents, weren't near the top of any team stat category, and, as I said, didn't play a perfect game. But I also heard/read several times last week that they were being underestimated, and there is no question that they showed up more prepared than any of our previous four opponents and also did a better job at exploiting our weaknesses. The bottom line is that, while there is no question there is talent on our sidelines, the whole organization, the media, and the fans have been talking about the emotion that has been driving our team the last several weeks, and we lost yesterday's game because we were outplayed by a better team. If we have no injuries, it's a different story. But the overall talent that was on the field yesterday wasn't equal, and emotion proved to be insufficient.

[BrunellMVP?]

i don't blame him alone (clearly) but I don't want to see him kicking for us again...

[Summo]

Originally Posted by SkinEmAll

Refresh my memory guys, isnt this the drive that Big Mike Sellers didnt know where to line up, and forced Todd to call a time out and bitch him out for screwing up? If indeed this is the same drive, ah hell even if it isnt, Sellers screwing up was the momentum killer, 100%. I was saying it from that point on. They were on a roll, and it changed everything. The kicker and punter need competion this year for sure, but our o-line was beaten today for most of the game, I thought Moss quit also on the INT., but post game explanation makes sense and I believe he didnt ever see the ball or know it was even thrown. Anyhow, it was a hell of a ride, ready training camp NOW!

You took the word right out of my mouth, I too blame Sellers for killing the momentum we had!

[htownskinfan]

[ Don't be surprised if we see the Vanderjagt FA thread soon.[/QUOTE]

Hey!!I resent that
since i"m usually the one bringing up Vandy
I still dont see how bringing in the best kicker in nfl history for some competition for suisham is a bad thing

[DGreene28]

Originally Posted by tdSKINS1

Cooley dropped a pass that would have been a first down on the one and we could have punched it in. We shouldn't even of had the chance to kick one it should have been first down at the one. We choke so much. How can Cooley make a one handed grab, but can't make a routine catch in a clutch situation. Makes no sense..

In Cooley's defense it was a low pass ... but I agree 75% of the time he makes that catch. We punch it in there a and go up by 8 in the fourth and we're talking Dallas today. We made a lot of mistakes in this game. Santana had 2 drive killing mistakes in the 1st half and our O-line looked awful

[DieHardSkin]

Suisham must go!!! If I was Dan, Suisham would've had to find his own way home.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by BrunellMVP?

i don't blame him alone (clearly) but I don't want to see him kicking for us again...

So let's say he makes the kick. 17-13. Who's to say Seattle doesn't go down and score 7 like they did after he missed the kick? How come all the fans here just can't give Seattle credit cause they were just better. Everyone is blaming the damn kicker. As Gibbs said, it never ever ever comes down to one play. And I don't want to hear about the momentum. Good teams don't send the kicker out when they get the ball on the 14 yard line. Well, he's coming out to kick the PAT. In a game of that importance you can't be kicking FG's when you get a gift like that. Bottom line is we just didn't get the job done.

[Gmanc711]

Originally Posted by htownskinfan

[ Don't be surprised if we see the Vanderjagt FA thread soon.

Hey!!I resent that
since i"m usually the one bringing up Vandy
I still dont see how bringing in the best kicker in nfl history for some competition for suisham is a bad thing[/QUOTE]

I'm actually in the same boat....I still can't belive that guy doesnt have a job right now

[chantilly101]

Originally Posted by BrunellMVP?

i don't blame him alone (clearly) but I don't want to see him kicking for us again...

I TOTALLY BLAME HIM FOR THE LOSS!!!!!!
not only could he have easily made it, he took all the momentum from the kickoff
away. Its not Cooley's fault at all. it was just a horrible pass straight towards the ground.

[SkinDogg]

Originally Posted by htownskinfan

another qoute from Casey Rabach,
We felt like we were turning the corner," Redskins center Casey Rabach said. "Then we had that missed field goal and everything went awry."

2 qoutes from 2 different pklayers tells me it def affected them and the game,Suisham's name is dirt right now in the locker room,lol

Rabach can sure relate. He caused a penalty that blew a game for us in '05..I'm blanking on the game, but we were ready to score, he gets called, we're pushed out of field goal range, don't score, lose the game. In other words, we were turning the corner and everything went awry.