Redskins vs. Seahawks Preview

[LongTimeSkinsFan]

I hope it's safe to start talking about next week's game already. I was checking out the stats on the Hawks at NFL.com. It seems they can put a few points on the board, but their defense would appear soft against the pass. In week 1 they allowed about 250 yds to Leftwich, 130 of which went to Jimmy Smith. They seemed to shut down Vick & Co. pretty well in week 2. Alexander and Hasselbeck are the keys on offense for them.

Hasselbeck has only been sacked 5 times so far and has thrown for over 200 yds each game. Alexander is sporting a 5.2 ypc and coming off a good game against the Falcons.

I think this would be a good time for coach Gibbs to open up the offense more and go to more intermediate routes in addition to taking our shots downfield, hoping that will pull some guys out of the box and allow us to open things up for CP. I think our defense can contain Alexander the way we've been playing lately but we do need to harass Hasselbeck and pressuring the QB has been a problem for us so far.