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On to Indy and 2-0

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Highly touted rookie G Quenton Nelson will have his hands full going against a rotation of Ionnadis, Allen, Payne, Settle and others. Let’s see how he fares.

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Good QB, improving O-Line...lack of substantial talent at running back.

The Colts have a playmaker in TY Hilton but their offense with new HC is all about throwing to their 2 pass catching TEs. We will need to cover the TE well...

Their defense is a tampa-2, 4-3 and extremely vulnerable. We mixed the power and zone run stuff last week should do the same. Last week it seemed like we run the most 2 TE stuff since Jay's been here...hopefully we do the same. We rotated in Sprinkle a ton as well. I expect a lot of throwing to TE and RB again...flooding zones with 3 WR/TE on one side.

I think the Colts defense could be worse than the Cards...could be more opportunities in the air, but want us to continue to run the ball.

Luck gets 2 garbage time TD in the 4th:

Skins 33
Colts 23

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[quote=SFREDSKIN;1200034]Highly touted rookie G Quenton Nelson will have his hands full going against a rotation of Ionnadis, Allen, Payne, Settle and others. Let’s see how he fares.[/quote]

He had a hard time last week.

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Everyone remember the NFL is a week to week league. But hope Gruden keeps the same game plan as last week.

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It’s also the return of Ryan Grant who has become one of Luck’s favorite receivers. He caught 8 passes for 59 yards.

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This is a home game for the 'skins, right? My assumption is Hurricane Florence won't have much affect on the game up in D.C., or will it? I just hope I have power on Sunday to be able to watch it.

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[quote=metalskins;1200039]This is a home game for the 'skins, right? My assumption is Hurricane Florence won't have much affect on the game up in D.C., or will it? I just hope I have power on Sunday to be able to watch it.[/quote]

Its trending more south at this point. Good for DC/Va...terrible for the Carolinas

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Here's the answer to TY Hilton.

Skins win this game but it will be closer than some think. 27-20[IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180912/6f61a2378d3d8b86c61dc6a271d14599.jpg[/IMG]

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I still think we're due to get a lot of rain, so sloppy conditions favor us a good bit I think. If Luck is trying to throw 50+ times in the rain, I think we'll win by a good bit.

This is the game the Redskins need to show they're not the old Redskins. Beat another opponent you SHOULD beat. No one knows who or what the Cards are, but the Colts pretty much suck ass.

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Skins are 6 point favorites?? Yikes

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Damn, and that's INCLUDING the usual three points for home field?! Bah on that. Bah I say.

And Luck is far from Brady/Brees. While he might be a lot better this year, he's not going to turn Ryan Grant into Antonio Brown. I'll assume Norman is going to lock down Hilton and outside of that, who does he have?

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[quote=skinsfan69;1200037]Everyone remember the NFL is a week to week league. But hope Gruden keeps the same game plan as last week.[/quote]

Definitely a week to week league but I definitely don't hope for the same game plan. On offense, we attacked the Cardinals with screens, RPOs, and a very steady dose of All Day. We needed to because they're incredibly aggressive and Chandler Jones represents one of the truly great pass rush threats in the NFL. The Colts are completely different - no pass rush threat, no secondary to speak of, etc. This game plan on offense should feature a lot of All Day but a ton of downfield attack coming off the play action fake. The WRs and Reed especially should strap up and get ready for a big day.

On defense I'm not feeling as willing to let Montae and DJ creep up quite so far to the line of scrimmage. The Cards have Larry Fitz and you had to watch him a bit, but TY Hilton is much faster and represents a serious deep threat. The front should be able to stop the run pretty easily in this game, but we'll need to be aggressive in rushing the passer to disrupt Luck. It's the only way they'll score points. Take away the deep ball - don't let Hilton get behind you, and do all that's necessary to get in Luck's face.

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Another must win code red early. Schedule only gets tougher. Winning breeds winning though so lets do our job.
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Colts 17

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[quote=skinsfaninok;1200043]Here's the answer to TY Hilton.

Skins win this game but it will be closer than some think. 27-20[IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180912/6f61a2378d3d8b86c61dc6a271d14599.jpg[/IMG]

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Word, if Dunbar plays like that again, ballgame.

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[quote=SFREDSKIN;1200038]It’s also the return of Ryan Grant who has become one of Luck’s favorite receivers. He caught 8 passes for 59 yards.[/quote]

:laughing2

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Put Troy Apke on Grant, we'll be fine. #ApkeIsland

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I came into the season with high hopes for Dunny and I think he’s going to exceed them. He’s going to reach baller status very soon.

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[quote=MTK;1200053]I came into the season with high hopes for Dunny and I think he’s going to exceed them. He’s going to reach baller status very soon.[/quote]

Torrain Gray is a hellavu drug.

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[quote=Schneed10;1200050]Word, if Dunbar plays like that again, ballgame.[/quote]

Norman allowed 1 Rec for 4 yards... Our Cbs balled out.

Kendall Fuller? 51 Coverage grade Sunday.

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[QUOTE=Chico23231;1200054]Torrain Gray is a hellavu drug.[/QUOTE]


For real

Gotta give Dunbar a lot of credit too, apparently the guy lives for watching game film, dude is a great story

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[QUOTE=SFREDSKIN;1200038]It’s also the return of Ryan Grant who has become one of Luck’s favorite receivers. He caught 8 passes for 59 yards.[/QUOTE]


Hope we can handle that type of production

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[quote=skinsfaninok;1200059]Norman allowed 1 Rec for 4 yards... Our Cbs balled out.

Kendall Fuller? 51 Coverage grade Sunday.[/quote]

ScandTrash had a 56 too for Chiefs....

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[quote=Chico23231;1200064]ScandTrash had a 56 too for Chiefs....[/quote]

They struggled big time

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[quote=SFREDSKIN;1200038]It’s also the return of Ryan Grant who has become one of Luck’s favorite receivers. He caught 8 passes for 59 yards.[/quote]

Grant will probably be staying at Gruden's crib out in Creighton Farms.

All kidding aside Grant is a average NFL wr. Down in and down out he would be a more productive than Doc. When has Doc ever caught 8 in a game?

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Not ready to crown Dunbar just yet. It's one game. But to do what he has done, change positions at this level and become a starter is just a tremendous feat. You rarely see that happen in the NFL.

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Quinn and Sims are on IR now per Keim. Losing Quinn will hurt us in special teams.. I suppose we will see Crowder returning punts now?

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[quote=GridIron26;1200070]Quinn and Sims are on IR now per Keim. Losing Quinn will hurt us in special teams.. I suppose we will see Crowder returning punts now?[/quote]

I'd imagine so, both weren't going to see much real time at WR most likely

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[QUOTE=GridIron26;1200070]Quinn and Sims are on IR now per Keim. Losing Quinn will hurt us in special teams.. I suppose we will see Crowder returning punts now?[/QUOTE]I drafted both guys as my late round flyers. Quinn was moreso a fun pick since i had the last pick of the draft.

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[quote=CRedskinsRule;1200072]I drafted both guys as my late round flyers. Quinn was moreso afun pick since i had the last pick of the draft.[/quote]

We should not take the Colts for granted (or anyone else, for that matter). I think it was Bill Parcells that said he hated playing bad teams early in the season because they don't know they're bad yet.

Let's not forget that the Bengals have a very strong pass rush, not to mention a WR that is better than all of ours combined. Until we start pasting teams regularly, we shouldn't be looking to the next game (as I note some are already talking about Aaron Rodgers).

Having said all of that, I think the Redskins are clearly a better team -- I think we win this 31 - 17.

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If Dunbar plays like he did Sunday, all season, he'll be holding out next off season for more money, and I wouldn't blame him, he was phenomenal against the Cardinals.

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[quote=GridIron26;1200070]Quinn and Sims are on IR now per Keim. Losing Quinn will hurt us in special teams.. I suppose we will see Crowder returning punts now?[/quote]

The depth chart says Greg Stroman could take that job. Actually Trey Quinn was 3rd string on Punt Return... Crowder's still listed as 1st but I hope Stroman will do it, he did a decent job at punt returning in PS.

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I'm so mentally broken by our post Brian Mitchell punt return game that I literally just hold my breathe and hope for a fair catch without dropping it. It would be cool to get excited about a possible PR again.

Speaking of punt returns, he wasn't a Skin, but wonder what Eric Metcalf is up to nowadays. He use to be one of my favorite players.

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[quote=FrenchSkin;1200077]The depth chart says Greg Stroman could take that job. Actually Trey Quinn was 3rd string on Punt Return... Crowder's still listed as 1st but I hope Stroman will do it, he did a decent job at punt returning in PS.[/quote]


Even though Stroman returned only few punts in preseason, he looked good. I honestly don't mind Crowder returning punts, I just prefer for him to focus on playing WR so he won't feel like he has to do too much like last year.

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I want to see the Oline go into a frenzy this game. I want Silverback to get these guys fired up and I want complete annihilation of the Indy defensive front.

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[quote=Chico23231;1200080]I want to see the Oline go into a frenzy this game. I want Silverback to get these guys fired up and I want complete annihilation of the Indy defensive front.[/quote]

Agree with this. There's no serious pass rush threat - Jay should be comfortable spreading the field and leaving the offensive line with very little help to block Indy's front. Put a ton of players into routes and let Smith pick them apart.

Mix in plenty of play action too. Let Peterson pound the rock and then come off play action to hit them deep. Smith should have all day, the offensive line should be able to handle this group.

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Skins 27
Colts 9

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[quote=MTK;1200082]Skins 27
Colts 9[/quote]

You know Ryan Grant is coming to town?

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[quote=MTK;1200082]Skins 27
Colts 9[/quote]

Luck will have more success on our secondary than bradford but I dont see us losing. I'll stick with 27-20

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I think we'll sack Luck a lot more too. I don't know if he gets the ball out as quickly as Bradford. Traditionally, Bradford is a more accurate passer (at least according to completion percentage) than Luck, so I actually see us having a lot more success against him.

Not only that, he's not throwing to Larry Fitzgerald AND he doesn't have a David Johnson catching balls out of the backfield.