Stepping up to the Plate Pete Kendall

frankcal20 · Post by **frankcal20** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 11:37 pm

After the game I saw an interview of Pete Kendall. He said that the loss is on him. That he let 52 other guys down today and he knows and knew that he should not have caught the pass but out of instinct it happened.

I wanted to say that its nice to see a guy step up and take the credit for the loss even though it was not exclusively his fault. The whole team could have done more from where I am standing and more guys should step up and talk about what they did not do today to help this team win.

hogproud · Post by **hogproud** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 2:53 am

I couldn't agree more more. Pete stepped up to the plate and took it like a man. Was it a stupid play? Yes. However, in the heat of battle, he was trying to make something happen. There was plenty of blame to go around and yes that was a big play, but this whole loss was a team effort.

VetSkinsFan · Post by **VetSkinsFan** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 7:18 am

I agree completely. You can't fault a man who is trying to make something happen, and that's what he did. As he said in his postgame, boneheaded, yes. Decided the game? Not even close.

On a side note, think how awesome it would have been to have Kendall get in the end zone with that!!

gibbs4president · Post by **gibbs4president** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 8:53 am

Maybe he thought he was Billy Bob from Varsity Blues for a day...

Ghost of Red Blaik · Post by **Ghost of Red Blaik** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 9:06 am

Nice to see a Pro athlete take some blame....it was in the heat of the battle and what a freak play in that...just the kind of day it was.

gibbsfan · Post by **gibbsfan** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 9:42 am

hogproud wrote:I couldn't agree more more. Pete stepped up to the plate and took it like a man. Was it a stupid play? Yes. However, in the heat of battle, he was trying to make something happen. There was plenty of blame to go around and yes that was a big play, but this whole loss was a team effort.

i,m with ya i said the whole team should feel real bad for what happened yesterday..now this team can,t dwell on it they have to move on..

SkinsChic · Post by **SkinsChic** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 9:45 am

I felt so bad for him! Poor guy!

SKINFAN · Post by **SKINFAN** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 9:48 am

SkinsChic wrote:I felt so bad for him! Poor guy!

when the ball was in the air I was cheering for him to catch it, when he actually caught it I was yelling RUN BIG GUY RUUUUUUUNNNN. Then the fumbleiah, heh, I wasn't even in the game and I got caught up in it. I feel for the guy, he stepped up and admitted it, wrong or not he was pro-active in the situ, can't really get mad at the guy for trying.

Cappster · Post by **Cappster** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 9:49 am

I applaud him stepping up and "taking the blame," but he has been in the league long enough to know that he should bat down the ball rather than catch it. That play is one that costs us at least 10 pts.

KazooSkinsFan · Post by **KazooSkinsFan** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:01 am

Cappster wrote:I applaud him stepping up and "taking the blame," but he has been in the league long enough to know that he should bat down the ball rather than catch it. That play is one that costs us at least 10 pts.

I agree, it was a bonehead play and he's been in the league long enough to know that. I thought that when he caught it and started running, not after the play. He does this for a living, he knew that. I'd bet heavily that's Zorn's conversation with him today, what were you even THINKING? How did that even make sense at the time?

Don't get me wrong, he manned up, everyone makes mistakes, he's been solid for us and while it hurt if we played better it wouldn't have mattered. I just disagree with writing it off as having somehow made sense as an emotional reaction instead of a bone head one.

SKINFAN · Post by **SKINFAN** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:04 am

Pete was thinking, woohoo, I'ma get me a touchdown, then ......... whoopsy......

Deadskins · Post by **Deadskins** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:11 am

Stupid play on his part, but a mistake he probably won't make again. Next time he will bat the ball down, but with our luck it will be fourth down when he does it.

VetSkinsFan · Post by **VetSkinsFan** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:24 am

Cappster wrote:I applaud him stepping up and "taking the blame," but he has been in the league long enough to know that he should bat down the ball rather than catch it. That play is one that costs us at least 10 pts.

You can't hold the game against 1 person or 1 play. It's a team sport and an team effort.

I'm pretty sure there's nothing anyone can say to him to make him feel any worse than he already does about the play. Overall, I think he's done a pretty good job and I'm not hattin on him quite yet.

Cappster · Post by **Cappster** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:31 am

VetSkinsFan wrote:
Cappster wrote:I applaud him stepping up and "taking the blame," but he has been in the league long enough to know that he should bat down the ball rather than catch it. That play is one that costs us at least 10 pts.

You can't hold the game against 1 person or 1 play. It's a team sport and an team effort.

I'm pretty sure there's nothing anyone can say to him to make him feel any worse than he already does about the play. Overall, I think he's done a pretty good job and I'm not hattin on him quite yet.

I am not saying he is the whole reason why we lost. I am sure his heart was in the right place, but not his head. His turnover was probably the play that costs us most in the game. Not only did it take points off of our board, but it put the Rams up by three instead of down by 7 to 11pts.

VetSkinsFan · Post by **VetSkinsFan** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:36 am

Cappster wrote:
VetSkinsFan wrote:
Cappster wrote:I applaud him stepping up and "taking the blame," but he has been in the league long enough to know that he should bat down the ball rather than catch it. That play is one that costs us at least 10 pts.

You can't hold the game against 1 person or 1 play. It's a team sport and an team effort.

I'm pretty sure there's nothing anyone can say to him to make him feel any worse than he already does about the play. Overall, I think he's done a pretty good job and I'm not hattin on him quite yet.

I am not saying he is the whole reason why we lost. I am sure his heart was in the right place, but not his head. His turnover was probably the play that costs us most in the game. Not only did it take points off of our board, but it put the Rams up by three instead of down by 7 to 11pts.

It's still one out of character play... I'm just looking forward to next week.

SKINFAN · Post by **SKINFAN** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:47 am

spilled milk, the play that beat us was the great catch by Avery, to get them in FG range. We needed to score and we did, too early, LoL, the one time that the rams can get a plus for having a poor run defense, LoL.

BigRedskinDaddy · Post by **BigRedskinDaddy** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 11:04 am

Agree Capp that it was at least a 10 point swing, but it happened in an instant. One second Pete is engaging his man, the next second he looks up and sees the ball right in front of him, on its way down to the ground. Even a seasoned vet might be overcome by instinctive reaction at that point and make a grab for the ball. I think the bigger mistake on his part was in TRYING to run with it after he caught it instead of just falling to the ground. That IMO is where he should have known better.

PulpExposure · Post by **PulpExposure** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 11:37 am

VetSkinsFan wrote:You can't hold the game against 1 person or 1 play. It's a team sport and an team effort.

I'm pretty sure there's nothing anyone can say to him to make him feel any worse than he already does about the play. Overall, I think he's done a pretty good job and I'm not hattin on him quite yet.

Agreed with you, Vet.

BossHog · Post by **BossHog** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 11:55 am

Big mistake - big man for admitting it, but while IMO it was easily the game's turning point - it shouldn't have been.

This loss, like any other, and like any WIN as well, falls on the whole team.

cleg · Post by **cleg** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 2:06 pm

BossHog wrote:Big mistake - big man for admitting it, but while IMO it was easily the game's turning point - it shouldn't have been.

This loss, like any other, and like any WIN as well, falls on the whole team.

Equally a turning point was London Fletcher not holding on to the INT that kept the Rams drive alive in which they kicked a FG.

Unfortunatley, there were too many of these types of plays in the game. Time to move on and get ready for the Browns.

VetSkinsFan · Post by **VetSkinsFan** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 2:08 pm

cleg wrote:
BossHog wrote:Big mistake - big man for admitting it, but while IMO it was easily the game's turning point - it shouldn't have been.

This loss, like any other, and like any WIN as well, falls on the whole team.
Equally a turning point was London Fletcher not holding on to the INT that kept the Rams drive alive in which they kicked a FG.

Unfortunatley, there were too many of these types of plays in the game. Time to move on and get ready for the Browns.

I don't see a dropped INT even remotely in the same category as a fumble for a TD...call me crazy.

skinsfan#33 · Post by **skinsfan#33** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 2:24 pm

VetSkinsFan wrote:
cleg wrote:
BossHog wrote:Big mistake - big man for admitting it, but while IMO it was easily the game's turning point - it shouldn't have been.

This loss, like any other, and like any WIN as well, falls on the whole team.
Equally a turning point was London Fletcher not holding on to the INT that kept the Rams drive alive in which they kicked a FG.

Unfortunatley, there were too many of these types of plays in the game. Time to move on and get ready for the Browns.

I don't see a dropped INT even remotely in the same category as a fumble for a TD...call me crazy.

Not exactly the same, but pretty close. As great as the Skins D played they made three big gaffs. Fletchers INT drop was the biggest! Moore not blitzing when he was supposed to on the 43 yard bomb to Avery. If he blitzes the Rams don't make that play nad the Skins win. The other was the first dropped int.

Granted the D played well, but had a chance to make 4 game changing plays and only made 1.

But the biggest play of the game was the Kendal catch. I won't say fumble, because once he caught the ball it was almost a certainty the he was going to fumble the ball! When you have a chance to put a bad team down by 7 to 11 points, but instead they go up 3, that is HUGE!!! The worst play of the year so far. Even worse than the Punts returned for TDs.

Kendal did earn some respect by owning up to his bone headed play.

Now lets see how they mess up the Browns game.

cleg · Post by **cleg** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 3:03 pm

VetSkinsFan wrote:
cleg wrote:
BossHog wrote:Big mistake - big man for admitting it, but while IMO it was easily the game's turning point - it shouldn't have been.

This loss, like any other, and like any WIN as well, falls on the whole team.
Equally a turning point was London Fletcher not holding on to the INT that kept the Rams drive alive in which they kicked a FG.

Unfortunatley, there were too many of these types of plays in the game. Time to move on and get ready for the Browns.

I don't see a dropped INT even remotely in the same category as a fumble for a TD...call me crazy.

Well, it lead to points that why I see them related - not the same, I agree but related and equally poor play IMO.

Fios · Post by **Fios** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 3:05 pm

cleg wrote:
VetSkinsFan wrote:
cleg wrote:
BossHog wrote:Big mistake - big man for admitting it, but while IMO it was easily the game's turning point - it shouldn't have been.

This loss, like any other, and like any WIN as well, falls on the whole team.
Equally a turning point was London Fletcher not holding on to the INT that kept the Rams drive alive in which they kicked a FG.

Unfortunatley, there were too many of these types of plays in the game. Time to move on and get ready for the Browns.

I don't see a dropped INT even remotely in the same category as a fumble for a TD...call me crazy.

Well, it lead to points that why I see them related - not the same, I agree but related and equally poor play IMO.

How can a play in which a defender prevented a pass from being completed be the equivalent of turning the ball over? I get that ideally you'd like for Fletcher to make the pick there but, on that play, he did his job. Those aren't even remotely equivalent.

KazooSkinsFan · Post by **KazooSkinsFan** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 4:09 pm

skinsfan#33 wrote:Now lets see how they mess up the Browns game.

Why bother being a Skins fan? We're 4-2 and beat the Girls and Beagles on the road and STILL this is your attitude?