{"id":17616,"date":"2018-09-24T14:42:56","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T18:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2018\/09\/24\/the-loser-papers-2018-edition-ii\/"},"modified":"2018-09-24T14:42:56","modified_gmt":"2018-09-24T18:42:56","slug":"the-loser-papers-2018-edition-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2018\/09\/24\/the-loser-papers-2018-edition-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"The Loser Papers &#8211; 2018 Edition II"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"module-position-RNAxVv6rIag\" class=\"storytopbar-bucket story-headline-module story-story-headline-module\">Maybe it was the rain. Maybe it was the injuries. Maybe it was the refs, who are obviously out to get Clay Matthews. But, whatever the reason, the Green Bay Packers fell to the Redskins on Sunday. Let&#8217;s check in with the\u00a0<span class=\"asset-metabar-author asset-metabar-item\">Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and find out what&#8217;s up with that.<\/span><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<section class=\"storytopbar-bucket story-headline-module story-story-headline-module\">\n<blockquote>\n<h1 class=\"asset-headline speakable-headline\">Green Bay Packers defense breaks down in first half, allowing four touchdowns<\/h1>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/section>\n<blockquote>\n<section id=\"module-position-RNAxVv6ac-s\" class=\"storytopbar-bucket priority-asset-module story-priority-asset-module\"><\/section>\n<section id=\"module-position-RNAxVv7IVlw\" class=\"storytopbar-bucket story-byline-module story-story-byline-module\">\n<div class=\"asset-metabar\"><span class=\"asset-metabar-author asset-metabar-item\">Jim Owczarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"asset-double-wide double-wide p402_premium\" role=\"main\">\n<blockquote>\n<div id=\"module-position-RNAxV4abnec\" class=\"story-asset gallery-asset\">\n<div class=\"companion-story-gallery js-llc companion-story-gallery0\" data-name=\"compStoryGallery\">\n<div class=\"companion-galleries embedded_story hasendslate galleries\" data-gallery-id=\"1385122002\" data-title=\"Green Bay Packers vs. Washington: Week 3\" data-seo-title=\"\" data-ssts=\"packers\" data-cst=\"sports\/football\/nfl\" data-published-date=\"2018-09-23T15:50:52.329Z\" data-gal-pageurl=\"https:\/\/www.packersnews.com\/picture-gallery\/sports\/nfl\/packers\/2018\/09\/23\/green-bay-packers-vs-washington-week-3\/1385122002\/\">\n<div class=\"viewport gallery-viewport\">\n<div class=\"slide gallery-viewport-slide horizontal active\">\n<div class=\"gallery-photo-border\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery-photo horizontal gallery-photo-first\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2018\/09\/23\/PPAN\/26e27e6d-2889-4a40-bdd2-aa7738ebaec0-56_092318_PACK_WASH_46112.jpg?width=520&amp;height=390&amp;fit=bounds&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Green Bay Packers linebacker Clay Matthews (52) hits quarterback Alex Smith (11) against Washington Sunday, September 23, 2018 at FedEx Field in Landover, MD. Jim Matthews\/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin\" data-mycapture-src=\"\" data-mycapture-sm-src=\"\" data-byline=\"Jim Matthews\/USA TODAY NETWORK-W\" data-large-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2018\/09\/23\/PPAN\/26e27e6d-2889-4a40-bdd2-aa7738ebaec0-56_092318_PACK_WASH_46112.jpg?width=1920&amp;height=1440&amp;fit=bounds&amp;auto=webp\" data-id=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"buy-photo-btn\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-viewport-meta meta\">\n<div class=\"caption gallery-viewport-caption gallery-viewport-caption-no-mycapture\"><span class=\"js-caption\">Green Bay Packers linebacker Clay Matthews (52) hits quarterback Alex Smith (11) against Washington Sunday, September 23, 2018 at FedEx Field in Landover, MD. Jim Matthews\/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin<\/span><span class=\"credit gallery-viewport-credit\">\u00a0Jim Matthews\/USA TODAY NETWORK-W<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-film inactive\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"module-position-RNAxV4an3uw\" class=\"story-asset story-metadata-asset\">\n<div class=\"article-metadata-wrap\">\n<section id=\"module-position-RNAxV1gDr-U\" class=\"storymetadata-bucket expandable-photo-module story-expandable-photo-module\">\n<aside class=\"single-photo expandable-collapsed\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"expand-img-horiz\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2018\/09\/23\/PPAN\/0dafef33-c819-4cde-99fc-432ca676cf56-16_092318_PACK_WASH_46625.jpg?width=534&amp;height=401&amp;fit=bounds&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"16 092318 Pack Wash 46625\" data-mycapture-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2018\/09\/23\/PPAN\/0dafef33-c819-4cde-99fc-432ca676cf56-16_092318_PACK_WASH_46625.jpg\" data-mycapture-sm-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2018\/09\/23\/PPAN\/0dafef33-c819-4cde-99fc-432ca676cf56-16_092318_PACK_WASH_46625.jpg?width=434&amp;height=400\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"image-credit-wrap\"><span class=\"js-caption-wrapper\"><span class=\"credit\">(Photo: Jim Matthews\/USA TODAY NETWORK-W)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable-p-1 p-text\">LANDOVER, Md. \u2013 Late last week, Green Bay Packers defensive passing game coordinator Joe Whitt Jr. issued a very public warning to his group as it prepared for Sunday\u2019s game at\u00a0Washington after Minnesota had thrown for four scores, including a 75-yard deep touchdown in the middle of the field.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable-p-2 p-text\">\u201cWe\u2019re going to get tested,\u201d Whitt cautioned. \u201cThey should test us because we put a negative play on film.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">Coach Jay Gruden and quarterback Alex Smith did just that in a decisive first half in which Washington scored all four of its touchdowns in a 31-17 victory over the Packers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">\u201cJay wanted to be aggressive early,\u201d Washington wide receiver Paul Richardson Jr. said. \u201cAnd it worked for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">Smith hit tight end Jordan Reed for seven yards on Washington\u2019s first play, and then found fellow tight end Vernon Davis for 20 in the middle of the field. On the very next play, Smith attacked Packers safety Kentrell Brice and cornerback Jaire Alexander on a deep post route that resulted in a 46-yard touchdown to Richardson and a quick 7-0 Washington lead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">\u201cWe was in Cover 4,\u201d Brice said of that play. \u201cI was doing what was asked of me to do. Anything else you can ask the coach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">Added Alexander: \u201cCover 4, we played a different kind of; some kind of technique, I\u2019m not too sure. Just play them as they go, as they get down the field you pick up on the routes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">While Brice and Alexander chose not to say much about that play, cornerback Tramon Williams said the play wasn\u2019t so much Washington attacking the players, but the scheme.<\/p>\n<div id=\"module-position-RNAxV4bXO2A\" class=\"story-asset image-asset\">\n<aside class=\"wide single-photo\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">\u201cIt\u2019s not always going to be based on them trying to challenge what they saw on film as much as it\u2019s based on you\u2019ve got a good, veteran quarterback who reads the coverage and knows you\u2019re in a defense that they can beat,\u201d Williams said. \u201cThey can beat you with that deep ball, that post ball, and we\u2019re in that defense and we\u2019re in that defense a lot and they\u2019re going to attack it because that\u2019s the defense we\u2019re in. It goes both ways. You\u2019re putting pressure on the player because the routes that they\u2019re running is a beater for that coverage. So it gets kind of tough. As a player, you just have to protect yourself and know where your weakness is in that coverage.\u201d<\/span><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ad-position-58\" class=\"partner-placement partner-spike ad-gray-border ad-notice ad-paramount-inline partner-placement-visible\" data-ad-placement=\"native-article_link\" data-ad-sizes=\"[&quot;fluid&quot;,[3,3]]\" data-monetization-id=\"native-article_link\" data-monetization-sizes=\"fluid,3,3\">\n<div id=\"ad-slot-7103-wi-greenbay-packersnews-C1014-native-article_link-sports-football-nfl-4\" class=\"ad-slot\" data-google-query-id=\"CMug48qb1N0CFdBqwQodCdkHww\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_7103\/wi-greenbay-packersnews-C1014\/native-article_link\/sports\/football\/nfl_0__container__\">Smith acknowledged as much postgame, saying he felt Gruden had calls that could work against some of Packers defensive coordinator Mike Pettine\u2019s varied personnel groupings.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p-text\">\u201cI thought we had them on their heels in the first half,\u201d Smith said. \u201cThey didn\u2019t have a very good beat on what we were doing, run and pass. It was fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">Allowing Washington to cover 75 yards on four plays on its opening drive was a harbinger of things to come for Pettine\u2019s group the rest of the half. The next Washington scoring drive covered 79 yards, but 47 came by way of pass interference penalties on Alexander, Williams and Davon House.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">The third scoring drive featured a 34-yard pass to Reed and then a 41-yard run by Peterson. The fourth scoring drive featured a 50-yard pass to Vernon Davis and an 18-yard reception by Washington receiver Jamison Crowder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">Washington moved nearly at will in the opening 30 minutes of play, to the tune of 323 yards of total offense with an average of 9.8 yards per play. Their only speed bumps were\u00a0a punt in the first quarter and a Ha Ha Clinton-Dix interception in the second.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">To cover that much ground in just a half, Washington hit on nine plays of 12-plus yards and five plays of 20-plus yards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">To put that into context, Washington had five plays of 20 or more yards in its first eight quarters of the season heading in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">Green Bay also allowed an 80 percent conversion rate on third down and could not get to Smith or stop running back Adrian Peterson. The Packers had just one hit on Smith in the first half and did not record a sack or tackle for loss.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">\u201cThey just did a good job of taking their shots and executing,\u201d Packers corner Josh Jackson said. \u201cWe just gotta try to get stops earlier, make plays earlier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">The performance looked like a continuation of the defense\u2019s issues over the final three quarters of last week\u2019s tie against the Vikings, when it gave up 22 points, 326 yards and 4 of 7 third downs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">\u201cI would say that come the fourth quarter, overtime of last week, some of that carries over to the first half, but I thought our guys did a good job of setting their jaw,\u201d Packers\u00a0coach Mike McCarthy said. \u201cThe defense gave us plenty of opportunities in the second half.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">That indeed was the case, as the defense forced four consecutive punts and allowed just 63 yards and a late field goal after a turnover, but it was too little too late after the first-half implosion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">\u201cThey made plays,\u201d McCarthy said. \u201cThey took the shots in one-on-one and they converted them. That\u2019s what this league\u2019s about. To score points, you have to make big plays. That\u2019s always been the case and they did a heck of a job of it in the first half.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.packersnews.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/packers\/2018\/09\/23\/green-bay-packers-defense-breaks-down-first-half-vs-wahington-four-touchdowns\/1381369002\/\">https:\/\/www.packersnews.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/packers\/2018\/09\/23\/green-bay-packers-defense-breaks-down-first-half-vs-wahington-four-touchdowns\/1381369002\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maybe it was the rain. Maybe it was the injuries. Maybe it was the refs, who are obviously out to get Clay Matthews. But, whatever the reason, the Green Bay Packers fell to the Redskins on Sunday. Let&#8217;s check in with the\u00a0Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and find out what&#8217;s up with that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1907,1889],"tags":[1718],"class_list":["post-17616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-loser-papers","category-washington-commanders","tag-washington-redskins-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Loser Papers - 2018 Edition II | The-Hogs.net<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2018\/09\/24\/the-loser-papers-2018-edition-ii\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Loser Papers - 2018 Edition II | The-Hogs.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Maybe it was the rain. 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