Offensive line depth (R. Thomas' injury)

[skins89moss]

Originally Posted by SBXVII

Yeah, Ok, Tell that to Sellers who had the ball blasted at him with in 10 yrds and watched the ball go through his hands. Might have been a TD, maybe not. ...but lets not put blame where blame is due and coddle the QB. Better yet lets enable him and tell him he's doing well and keep doing it, then blame Sellers for not making the catch.

Have you ever played the game of football? You sound like a damn fool. Football is a game men play not crying babys. If a WR gets his hands on the ball they will tell you ever time they should have caught the pass. You are a JC Hater so just admit you don't like him cause you look foolish with this statement.

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by skins89moss

Have you ever played the game of football? You sound like a damn fool. Football is a game men play not crying babys. If a WR gets his hands on the ball they will tell you ever time they should have caught the pass. You are a JC Hater so just admit you don't like him cause you look foolish with this statement.

Good response. People act like a QBs pass is going to land squarely in their hands ALL the time. WRs need to make plays as well. During the Cowpukes/G-men game, there were times that Eli was throwing the ball well to his wideouts and there were times when his wideouts had to go up and grab the ball or make a play to get to the ball. Once again, people just focusing on one thing and not looking at the overall picture.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by SBXVII

Oh, and I failed to mention how JC seems to blast the ball to his WR's within 15 yrds of him. Over throws the long ball. and changes into the wrong play.

I think it's pretty clear why Campbell threw the ball as hard as he did at Sellers. QB's throw the ball faster when they know the window is closing. And there was no doubt that window would close within mere milliseconds if he didn't rocket that pass in there. Go ask any wideout or any player on the field counted on to catch the ball and not a single one will tell you it's not fair that they have to catch passes thrown as hard as possible to get squeezed into that window. They know their jobs and what they have to do. The pass was fine.

Look at the bright side though, judging by the Bog's postgame quotes Mike is plenty mad about it too, so you can expect a better performance out of him next time around hopefully.

I agree with Matty as well about Rinehart. I hope this is a blessing in disguise too, and hopefully Rinehart will step up and solidify himself as our starting RG for the future.

[JoeRedskin]

As to the Sellers throw, it was perfect and in stride. Sellers was furious with himself for dropping it.

The throw to Thomas was a rocket but it hit him in the chest and hands. He has got to make that catch. Period!

Campbell played well given the calls. He missed the first throw to Kelly but Zorn never went back to it.

[Trample the Elderly]

Rinehart just named the starter.

[T.O.Killa]

Originally Posted by Trample the Elderly

Rinehart just named the starter.

Who said this.

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by T.O.Killa

Who said this.

I think right now that is just an assumption from Redskins Insider, nothing official on the Redskins website.

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by Trample the Elderly

Rinehart just named the starter.

Because we've got nothing else at this point. When Zorn said in his presser "we're looking for someone who can start for us," I was pretty darn concerned. To go into the season with a line as old and injury prone as ours, to not have solid back ups in whom we have confidence is just... well... stupid as hell really.

Frankly I have NO confidence in Rinehart. We're going to start a guy who has never even been active in a real NFL game? Yikes.

[T.O.Killa]

Originally Posted by GMScud

Because we've got nothing else at this point. When Zorn said in his presser "we're looking for someone who can start for us," I was pretty darn concerned. To go into the season with a line as old and injury prone as ours, to not have solid back ups in whom we have confidence is just... well... stupid as hell really.

Frankly I have NO confidence in Rinehart. We're going to start a guy who has never even been active in a real NFL game? Yikes.

Take it easy. The Redskins know how to replace the Right Guard, they have to do it every year. What we cant replace is Samuels. But like I said, name me one team that can effectively replace their Left Tackle.

[dgack]

John Elway shouldn't have thrown short passes so hard either.

[JoeRedskin]

Sellers on his drop:

"Win or no win, Mike Sellers was ticked Sunday afternoon. He kept his back to the locker room. He answered questions tersely, his voice low and quiet. He pretty hurriedly left the room through a back door. I ran into him as he was leaving the facility, while he was stopping to joke with some kids and sign some autographs. I told him he looked pissed off.

"I am pissed off," he said. "I dropped a touchdown. I'm one of the guys you depend on, and I had it in my hands, and I didn't catch it. I didn't come through with what I was preaching to everybody else all week long."

Rage was trickling out through his eyes. You've never seen a victorious player fume like this. I asked whether the win didn't make him feel better.

"No," he said. "We won, yeah, but my performance, I'm not happy with it. I'm not. I've got to be hard on myself, because I expect more out of myself. Lack of concentration. Don't worry about it, I'll be on the JUGS machine, working on it.""

D.C. Sports Bog - The Redskins' Post-Rams Grumpiness

[SBXVII]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

Sellers on his drop:

"Win or no win, Mike Sellers was ticked Sunday afternoon. He kept his back to the locker room. He answered questions tersely, his voice low and quiet. He pretty hurriedly left the room through a back door. I ran into him as he was leaving the facility, while he was stopping to joke with some kids and sign some autographs. I told him he looked pissed off.

"I am pissed off," he said. "I dropped a touchdown. I'm one of the guys you depend on, and I had it in my hands, and I didn't catch it. I didn't come through with what I was preaching to everybody else all week long."

Rage was trickling out through his eyes. You've never seen a victorious player fume like this. I asked whether the win didn't make him feel better.

"No," he said. "We won, yeah, but my performance, I'm not happy with it. I'm not. I've got to be hard on myself, because I expect more out of myself. Lack of concentration. Don't worry about it, I'll be on the JUGS machine, working on it.""

D.C. Sports Bog - The Redskins' Post-Rams Grumpiness

I'll concede that perhaps JC is not the problem cause I'm not of the mind set that I hate him or don't like him. But I will say you'd have a hard time finding anyone on the team right now that would be pointing fingers at others, of course they are going to blame themselves for not getting the job done. No different then if you had asked JC about the play he might have said "I could have lightened up on the throw a little" or " I could have gotten it to him sooner." I seriously doubt you would find JC saying "Oh that was all Sellers. He screwed up." or " Sellers saying "That was all JC he needs to not blast it at me so close."

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by SBXVII

I'll concede that perhaps JC is not the problem cause I'm not of the mind set that I hate him or don't like him. But I will say you'd have a hard time finding anyone on the team right now that would be pointing fingers at others, of course they are going to blame themselves for not getting the job done. No different then if you had asked JC about the play he might have said "I could have lightened up on the throw a little" or " I could have gotten it to him sooner." I seriously doubt you would find JC saying "Oh that was all Sellers. He screwed up." or " Sellers saying "That was all JC he needs to not blast it at me so close."

Actually, JC pretty much called out his receivers (appropriately, it seems to me) - from that same article:

On Jason Campbell - "He wasn't surly or angry or shouting, but he let it be known that he didn't appreciate the two dropped balls in the red zone, by Sellers and Devin Thomas.

'Well you know, it's frustrating,' Campbell told Johnson. 'We had two touchdown passes early in the game [that were dropped]. You're talking about game-changing plays, because now we're up 14 to zero, and that gives us the opportunity to take some confidence out of that team. And when you're just getting field goals what it does is you're continuing to put confidence into the Rams, and they just continue to feel like they can hang around, continue to play with you. And you saw what happened, it ended up being a nailbiter.' "

[MTK]

Redskins Insider - Rinehart's Ready for His Big Break (Updated)

[SmootSmack]

Rinehart has worked hard all spring and summer for this opportunity, and we need Montgomery's versatility as a backup. Here's hoping Rinehart gets the job done