Can the redskins beat the lions without portis and moss

[RobH4413]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

Every NFL team has injuries. It's not an excuse. Det played w/out Calvin Johnson last week.

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What are you trying to say here? It's not an excuse for what?

[VTSkins897]

definitely glad it's a home game

[celts32]

Can they...yes
will they...no

[freddyg12]

by 'breakout game' I mean it in relative terms - 3 touchdowns could be it, or maybe no turnovers while dominating the time of poss.
I don't think it's realistic to hope for 30+ points, but if we can have a game on O significantly better than the philly game, that would be a huge step. Give me 3 long td drives & I'd be happy as our D should be able to manage w/that. Can't keep them on the field like the 2nd half against the g men.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by RobH4413

?

What are you trying to say here? It's not an excuse for what?

It's not an excuse if we lose cause there are teams with injuries that are winning.

[MTK]

Of course every team has to deal with injuries but they can get to a point where they are very difficult to overcome. Look at Chicago's D right now.

An injury or two here or there is one thing, but when they start piling up I'm afraid they can be used as a legit excuse.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

If Moss can't go I think that's a bigger loss than Portis.

Betts is a more than capable backup, but we have some serious question marks at WR behind Randle El. I hope Caldwell is ready to go and can give us some meaningful snaps.

The way Moss has been playing this year though, its hard to see us taking a step backwards on offense because he's out.

I always figured that the offense would get a lot better once he picked it up, but it looks like this could be a very lackluster year for Moss. With Cooley and Randle El out there, we should be alright, but Campbell will struggle this year if he can't find guys open ever.

[heybigstar]

Here is a comforting stat:

The lions lost on the road to philly - badly.
Then they did beat the Bears -- but the bears were missing their ENTIRE SECONDARY and lance briggs.

Kitna may throw some picks this week.. i just hope the right side of the line steps up, maybe that new OL demulling will start over Fabini.

[firstdown]

I think that the right side of the line has played very well with the situation they are in and will get better as he year goes on. I'm not real concerned with Moss and Portis as it seem that both will be OK and the skins site said that Moss could be going in practice on Wednesday. I feel the key to the game is JC finding the open WR and stop hitting short stuff as he did against the Gmen.

[GTripp0012]

Here's a comforting nugget of information:

The Lions are terrible. It took Matt Millen 6 years to build a competant passing game while ignoring the rest of his team. While I'm not willing to say that it is impossible for us to come out on the short end of this, we are the far superior team in this matchup.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

The way Moss has been playing this year though, its hard to see us taking a step backwards on offense because he's out.

I always figured that the offense would get a lot better once he picked it up, but it looks like this could be a very lackluster year for Moss. With Cooley and Randle El out there, we should be alright, but Campbell will struggle this year if he can't find guys open ever.

He's still our homerun hitter and has had catches of 48 yards or more in two of the three games so far. Regardless of his struggles so far he's still on a 1000 yard pace too.

Take him away and all of a sudden teams can put their #1 corner on Randle El. And perhaps the bigger question is who steps in and scares anyone at the #2? Caldwell? Lloyd? Thrash?

Yikes.

[skinsnut]

Originally Posted by firstdown

I think that the right side of the line has played very well with the situation they are in and will get better as he year goes on. I'm not real concerned with Moss and Portis as it seem that both will be OK and the skins site said that Moss could be going in practice on Wednesday. I feel the key to the game is JC finding the open WR and stop hitting short stuff as he did against the Gmen.

I disagree with your line playing very well comment.
Our line is in the crappiest condition it has been in for years...yes ....years...
If they dont get their act together really soon, we will continue to lose winnable games.

What happens to a running team when the line goes down?....hmm.

[Big C]

no portis or moss? damn thats bad news...i still think we have this game though

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by skinsnut

I disagree with your line playing very well comment.
Our line is in the crappiest condition it has been in for years...yes ....years...
If they dont get their act together really soon, we will continue to lose winnable games.

What happens to a running team when the line goes down?....hmm.

We are averaging around 134 yards a game and 4 yards per carry which ranks us 10th in the NFL and have only given up 5 sacks so its not all that bad. Yes we let the Gmen stuff the run in the 2nd half but if JC would have hit some of those wide open WR's maybe the running game could have been more effective in the second half.

[sandtrapjack]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Randle El can get deep, but obviously losing Moss would hurt since he's one of the best deep threats in the game today. Also, it would be nice if we could get Cooley more involved with the passing game and less involved with blocking.

Glad someone said it, because I was going to if not. With the injuries to the O-line Cooley is being kept in more to block, and consequently his numbers will decline.

Unfortunately this is the nature of the beast when your offensive line takes hits with the injury bug.

So if Moss dos not play, you might as well say that 2 weapons are neutralized, Moss due to injury and Cooley beacause now he has not our running routes, he is protecting Campbell.

To win this game the Redskins have to have a very effective running attack that consumes the clock and keeps the Lions offense off the field.