Postgame thoughts

[MTK]

Here are some of my quick postgame thoughts:

-Ok the points weren't there, but we did move the ball well. Overall I think the offense looked promising.

-Cooley had some nice catches, but needed to take his route a little deeper on that one where he got stopped at the 1.

-Moss is a playmaker, anybody miss Coles now? Who by the way has looked bad against the Chiefs dropping a few.

-What else can you say about the offensive line? They did a great job in pass protection and consistently opened holes in the running game.

-Outside of the overthrow on the INT by Ramsey, I thought he was playing pretty decent. Brunell also played well, I don't understand why people are bitching already on Brunell. Ramsey should remain the starter as long as he's healthy.

-Nothing has changed defensively, they're still rock solid against the run and fly to the ball. I would have liked to have seen more pressure and hits on Orton, but you've gotta give the Bears some credit here, they have a pretty good offensive line.

-Overall I think a lot of us, myself included, really underestimated the Bears. Orton does play with a lot of poise for a rook, they have a very good defense and a quality running game (even though we took that away pretty well). If Brown doesn't cough up the return and give the Bears that short field I think we're looking at a 9-0 win.

-A win is a win. The offense didn't put up the points we would have liked to have seen, but they did move the ball well and that's something we should really be excited about. Things are still coming together but we're miles ahead of where we were last year. The points will come.

[steveo395]

Ramsey better start next week

Brunell blows

i remember seeing some quote from gibbs that said we were gonna see a whole new team week 2 against dallas

and we're 1-0

[MTK]

Brunell was 8/14 for 70 yards...

I'm not really sure why you're hating on him.

[monk81]

I was "watching" from NFL.com being an out of state Redskin fan.......

but why oh why did Gibbs with a little over 2 minutes to go and Redskins driving hand Betts the ball for 3 consecutive times with little gain and then punted. And after the interception were down at the Bears 17 and Brunell took a kneel......why not give Hall a FG try at least....??????

[steveo395]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Brunell was 8/14 for 70 yards...

I'm not really sure why you're hating on him.

ramsey was 6-11, 105 yards and 1 int with a td called back

brunell did throw an int but it got called back on a questionable interference call and i have never liked him and hes taking away ramseys time

[steveo395]

Originally Posted by monk81

I was "watching" from NFL.com being an out of state Redskin fan.......

but why oh why did Gibbs with a little over 2 minutes to go and Redskins driving hand Betts the ball for 3 consecutive times with little gain and then punted. And after the interception were down at the Bears 17 and Brunell took a kneel......why not give Hall a FG try at least....??????

what if brunell threw an int or...
what if it got blocked and returned....a win is a win

[Drift Reality]

I think this was a slug fest between two excellent defenses. Ultimately, our team just played better, although it would have been nice to see them get one in the endzone.

Boy, Antonio Brown isn't really doing himself any favors - last week he had about five drops in the preseason finale and this week he fumbles away a kickoff return.

If there is one thing Gibbs doesn't tolerate it is turnovers. I'd be worried if I were Brown. Maybe they should try to work Taylor Jacobs in on punt returns.

[monk81]

Originally Posted by Drift Reality

I think this was a slug fest between two excellent defenses. Ultimately, our team just played better, although it would have been nice to see them get one in the endzone.

Boy, Antonio Brown isn't really doing himself any favors - last week he had about five drops in the preseason finale and this week he fumbles away a kickoff return.

If there is one thing Gibbs doesn't tolerate it is turnovers. I'd be worried if I were Brown. Maybe they should try to work Taylor Jacobs in on punt returns.

Last year Brown cost us the Dallas game with 1:34 left with his fumble....
he continues to fumble and I'm losing my patience.......Gibbs should too.........

[MTK]

Originally Posted by monk81

I was "watching" from NFL.com being an out of state Redskin fan.......

but why oh why did Gibbs with a little over 2 minutes to go and Redskins driving hand Betts the ball for 3 consecutive times with little gain and then punted. And after the interception were down at the Bears 17 and Brunell took a kneel......why not give Hall a FG try at least....??????

Because this is the NFL not Madden. Why kick a FG... just to rub it in?

As for running the ball with 2 min left, you do that to make the Bears burn their timeouts.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by steveo395

ramsey was 6-11, 105 yards and 1 int with a td called back

brunell did throw an int but it got called back on a questionable interference call and i have never liked him and hes taking away ramseys time

Even though Ramsey was cleared to play he took a nasty shot and was probably banged up pretty good.

I don't have a problem with Brunell finishing the game.

That's why you have two quality QBs.

[monk81]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Because this is the NFL not Madden. Why kick a FG... just to rub it in?

As for running the ball with 2 min left, you do that to make the Bears burn their timeouts.

But the bears had plenty of time to go down the field and kick a field goal to win 10 to 9.................... So Id rather see us make plays and continue to get first downs to burn the clock............

As for the fieldgoal........hey dont forget about the gamblers in Vegas

[wilsowilso]

That was a great game from the D. Orton looks pretty poised and we made many mistakes. If not for the D we easily could have lost. Great job by Brunell. He played smart and we seem to have recievers that are sort of feared. Go skins!

[BleedBurgundy]

Anybody hear anymore about Ramsey's injury?

[Kope]

I think D looked great - they gave up 166 total and 41 yards russhing. Nice eh?

Line looked great: 4+ a carry on 40 carrys

QBs looked competent, not great. Although I had a gut feel PR would have scored a TD, who knows

Coverage Teams looked much much better; cannot afford turn overs on ST.

Props to Ade Jimoe for the best hit of the day on Muhammed making him drop a ball.

Portis put 18 lbs on and he is a horse

Moss is Legit

Have a bad feeling this game was like the Tampa opener last year....I will be nervous as hell monday before the game. Bottom line however, is a win is a win so I am happy til monday

[skinsguy]

Originally Posted by steveo395

Ramsey better start next week

Brunell blows

How's that? What mistakes did Brunell make today? None.