Week 8: Redskins Vs Steelers Matchup Thoughts

[BleedBurgundy]

For some reason, i feel like the Skins win this one going away. The Steelers' defense is old, I'm thinking it will be a big day for RG3 (again)...

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by REDSKINS4ever

You're right. It not Haslett's fault. The fact that the secondary didn't play last year like this and had improved from 2010 to 2011 speaks volumes. Then Slowik leaves and the Redskins hires Raheem Morris as defensive backs coach and then all of a sudden the defensive backs can't defend the pass worth a damn.

Slowik didn't leave. He's coaching the LBs now

[FRPLG]

Slowik was never part of the secondary coachING anyways right/

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

Slowik was never part of the secondary coachING anyways right/

What?

[FRPLG]

For some reason I thought he'd always been the LBs coach.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

For some reason I thought he'd always been the LBs coach.

Oh. Nah. Spent the last two years coaching the DBs

[REDSKINS4ever]

That's what I thought. Anyways, the inability to defend against the pass has gotten way out of hand.

[Meks]

lets face it, our whole d has become D. Hall ... high risk decent reward (t/o's)

[scowan]

Originally Posted by Meks

lets face it, our whole d has become D. Hall ... high risk decent reward (t/o's)

True, but it has been more high risk than any reward. The picks by this D are nice, but they just fall apart in the 4th quarter.

I have been one of the many to bitch on this site about the total failure by our D on the Victor Cruz play, but honestly when I think back, the Giants were only down by 3 and could have kicked a FG to tie and force OT. They had over a minute and some Timeouts if I remember. They may have gotten the TD anyway or beat the Skins in OT. Either way, I had no confidence that our Defense could stop them. It was a quick death, but it could have been a slow death as well last week.

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Steelers fan? You might have the wrong site here is a link to a steelers site THE STEELER CONNECTION

I dont think it is out of the question to think that we might lose in Pittsburgh. LOL. Everything he says in his post has complete "possiblitly" written all over it. He says at least twice that with RG-3 anything is possible. Its not glass half empty, or trollish, its realistic and I appreciate it. That being said...........

Skins 27
Steelers 20

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

Skins - 27
Pitt - 25

25? LOL - I would hate to get that number in a superbowl box pool.

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

While your first post was decently portrayed, this one not so much. If we do a few fact checks:
Our 3rd down defense is better than Pittsburgh's (our opponents converting 40 of 90(44%), theirs 34 of 72 (47%)

Christian Ponder, who you say sucks, has the 6th best completion percentage, 3 ahead of BR.Every defense has given up a long bomb at times. Wasn't happy it happened, but Eli has done that to many a teams. It happens, just like Griffin's 76 yd TD happens, or Moss's 30yd TD catch happens.

I was looking for 3 and out stats, but couldn't find any, but yards per drive for Pitt Defense is 34.3 (or 25th in league), and ours is 35.1 (27th)

I have no idea how one would prove or disprove the point that our opponents don't score in the redzone due to their own screwups. Would you consider DHall's int at the end of the Vikings game their screwup or a good play by our D?

I like Dwyer, but he is their 3rd option still on their depth chart. I doubt we game plan worrying about him beating us, but use extra support to our backend. He is kinda a Morris type, so he can do some damage, but I doubt we win or lose because of him.

In all fairness his last three games - 6 picks and everyone is pointing out his slump..............

[SmootSmack]

Y'all realize that for the first time since 2007 we're likely not going to see London Fletcher take the field as a Redskin on Sunday?

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Y'all realize that for the first time since 2007 we're likely not going to see London Fletcher take the field as a Redskin on Sunday?

Say it aint so! just yesterday Chris Russell said he would be shocked if Fletcher didnt go. Do you really think the Iron Mans streak is going to end?

[MTK]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Y'all realize that for the first time since 2007 we're likely not going to see London Fletcher take the field as a Redskin on Sunday?

That will really stink, but I guess it's time to consider that his time is quickly running out. Time to get Robinson some experience.