ChrisHanburger wrote:JansenFan wrote:Mostly holding calls.
Ouch
Definitely not what I wanted to hear. Hopefully Buges will do some ass-kickin' this week. We can't afford to spot the Jags Defense 10 yards on holding calls.
Did you read my article?
I don't think the offensive line deserves an ouch regardless of the penalties. I'm not condoning them at all... they are a problem that needs to be addressed... and will be I'm sure.
But everything is relative isn't it? The Redskins o-line DOMINATED the game in the trenches and the penalties were the ONLY hiccup.
Alright, I'm going to completely break down the penalties for everyone to see if it bears out my belief that the o-line penalties have been highly exacerbated in the press and by some fans. i should have addressed this in my article today, but I wanted to get it out in a timely manner. I may add this to the article though....
The Redskins committed 12 penalties Sunday, that cost us 126 yards... definitely not a great number. But there seems to be this misconception that it was all o-line, all the time and that it 'cost us' something.
Would it surprise you to learn that only five of those penalties were on the offensive line and that four of them were on one drive? That means that the False start penalty on Samuels in the 4th was the only penalty on the offensive line other than the one drive to end the second quarter.
Now that one drive was bad... there were 4 penalties - 3 holding and one false start. It was made worse by the fact that there was an additional holding on one of the plays that was nullified because the Redskins already had a holding penalty. The Redskins were in a pretty spread formation because they were trying to drive the ball 82 yards and put points up before the half. The holding calls came from the OL... holding. We were a little short on protection and trying to quick hit our way down the field and there were a couple of times that putting the grab on was the only thing to keep the DL from getting to the QB and losing yards and valuable time.
But isn't everything relative to something? Sure we stalled on the drive because of the penalties... they made the job tougher... but they still got it done. Because of the penalties... the redskins ran 14 plays on the drive... 4 of them resulted in losses due to penalty obviously... one of them was a pass to
ey that netted 0 yards, but all 9 of the other plays on he drive resulted in POSITIVE yardage for the offense. And at the end of this horrendous display of a drive by the Washington Redskins offensive line, Clinton Portis ran in for a touchdown to close out the first half.
So I ask you.. how detrimental were these o-line penalties really? They still scored on the drive... the o-line took ONE other penalty the rest of the game in a game that they just man-handled the Texans. You don't put up 200+ yards rushing, and 500 all purpose yards of offense without a little man-handling.
I think that the commentators and some media have made a mountain out of a molehill and have completely undermined what was a great performance. Their five penalties accounted for -40 yards (Rogers pass interference penalty alone was 32 yards) and most of which were on a drive that the Redskins inevitibly scored regardless.
Watch the game again... watch how dominant the o-line was... I think you'll be able to live with the penalties and the overall play of the OL.
Sean Taylor was one of a kind, may he rest in peace.
maybe it was just cob-webs that took a little time to get out. but if they play even close to the level of dominance they played with yesterday, this is going to be a hell of a ride. saunders could do anything he wanted witht the play calling because of it.
