Smoot Lays The Smack Down (Redskins vs. Colts)

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After a brief hiatus, the smackdown is back.

For those of you are new here, this is a weekly (ideally) feature that takes a look at what didn't quite work in the previous game.

The idea is not to be negative, bash the team, or say the sky is falling. Just to point out what needs improvement. I'll kick it off and other can jump in.

1.) The Beckwagon-Slow your roll, Beckwagoneers. He did nothing wrong really, and he was very efficient in one half. But he played in a pretty simple offense last night against a simple defense. He didn't cleary distance himself from Rex Grossman last week. The question, of course, is does he need to?

2). Trent Williams-I have very high hopes for Trent, and I believe he will go down as one our best OTs ever. That said, he can't keep getting beat by elite pass rushers. I mean, I understand there's a reason they're elite and he's just starting his second year. But the excuse last year was he's getting a quick lesson in the realities of the NFL facing so many strong pass rushers right off the bat in his career. The hope was/is that getting tossed right into the deep end of the pool so quickly would accelerate his process. The reality is he our LT and he's going to be facing elite pass rushers more often than not. I expect he will be able to handle them more often than not.

3. Leonard "No Hands"kerson-Yeah, that didn't exactly work. But anyhow, I know it was just one drop. And even the best WRs have drops. But what frustrates me most from what I've seen of Hankerson is that he practices so hard and it shows in games. He's a solid blocker, runs crisp routes, gets consistently open (granted against vanilla defenses), so it would be very frustrating to see him do all that just to drop a pass thrown to him. Maybe Malcolm Kelly could lend Hank his hands since it doesn't look like he'll be using them.

4. Perry Riley on Special Teams-Really it's not a big deal, but when he had that block in the back on my man Terrence Austin's 20 (or so) yard return my first thought was to flash back to his infamous block in the back on Banks' TD return last year. Granted, unlike Banks' return I don't think Austin gets as far as he does without Riley's block.