Post Game Thread - Skins vs Texans

Bob 0119 · Post by **Bob 0119** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 8:09 pm

frankcal20 wrote:We lost the game but going in, I didn't expect to win either. But that's my honest opinion.

I'm with you. I gave us little chance of winning going in. We went toe-to-toe with a playoff contender and lost in OT. We are a team rebounding from a 4-12 season, this game should not have even been this close.

It only hurts because we had a 17 point lead that we had to painfully watch slip away.

My 8-8 prediction still stands. We're getting better. We fared better than Indy did last week. Houston played a good 60+ minutes....we played a good maybe 45 (if I'm being generous).

Good win, Houston.

SprintRightOption · Post by **SprintRightOption** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 8:24 pm

I thought the team played hard. It's tough to lose but after last week, who would have thought the offense (especially McNabb) would have torched the Texans. He was carving them up. They are doing better, the Texans are a good team so they are getting better against good teams.

Deadskins · Post by **Deadskins** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 8:26 pm

frankcal20 wrote:We lost the game but going in, I didn't expect to win either. But that's my honest opinion.

I was sure we were going to win big today. I knew the offense was going to get it going, and they didn't dissapoint. We were just snakebit today, and not destined to win that one.. Man that hurts.

Countertrey · Post by **Countertrey** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 8:26 pm

Krisk86 wrote:Where was D Hall the whole game? I almost never saw him make a play the whole game.

Hard to make a play if they don't throw it your way...

frankcal20 · Post by **frankcal20** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 8:30 pm

Deadskins wrote:
frankcal20 wrote:We lost the game but going in, I didn't expect to win either. But that's my honest opinion.

I was sure we were going to win big today. I knew the offense was going to get it going, and they didn't dissapoint. We were just snakebit today, and not destined to win that one.. Man that hurts.

You know what. I honestly feel like we tried to play with muscle and not with our head. I'll give two simple reasons why:

1 - on defense, instead of trying to outsmart them, we tried to out hit them. Landry had some great plays but at the cost of our own players - including him. He single handily took out our two starting safeties and on a few plays there in the 4th qtr and OT, he wasn't where he was supposed to be or went for the big hit instead of just making a play.

#2 - Where was the run game. We didn't even try. Sure the passing game was working and all but the thing was that by running the ball, the clock moves, the defense get's a chance to catch their breath, etc. Got to have a better game plan than that with such a veteran team.

patjam77 · Post by **patjam77** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 8:36 pm

frankcal20 wrote:
Deadskins wrote:
frankcal20 wrote:We lost the game but going in, I didn't expect to win either. But that's my honest opinion.

I was sure we were going to win big today. I knew the offense was going to get it going, and they didn't dissapoint. We were just snakebit today, and not destined to win that one.. Man that hurts.
You know what. I honestly feel like we tried to play with muscle and not with our head. I'll give two simple reasons why:

1 - on defense, instead of trying to outsmart them, we tried to out hit them. Landry had some great plays but at the cost of our own players - including him. He single handily took out our two starting safeties and on a few plays there in the 4th qtr and OT, he wasn't where he was supposed to be or went for the big hit instead of just making a play.

Great points... I also hate to bring up a sore subject about the running game. I love Portis but he has lost a step. We need a guy that can hit the hole and make a few yards when he wouldn't have been able too.

The 24 year old Portis would have scored on that cutback down at the Houston 5... Ah well... I'll root for who they have to play with now.

Oh and CUT LARRY JOHNSON TOMORROW!!!

#2 - Where was the run game. We didn't even try. Sure the passing game was working and all but the thing was that by running the ball, the clock moves, the defense get's a chance to catch their breath, etc. Got to have a better game plan than that with such a veteran team.

Snout · Post by **Snout** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 8:37 pm

The Redskins have no running game. That was the main reason why we lost today. The Redskins defensive front still cannot get pressure without the blitz. That was why we gave up 500 yards in the air. Sure there were individual plays where we made mistakes, but these were the chronic shortcomings that affected the direction of the game.

While it is sad to see our running game go into hibernation, it is nice to see the passing game coming along. Who said Joey Galloway has nothing left in the tank? He averaged almost 30 yards per catch today. Not bad for an old man. McNabb had quite a few targets out there today.

This is a heart wrenching loss, but at least there are signs of life in the passing game . . .

grampi · Post by **grampi** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 8:43 pm

Blowing a 17 point lead in the 4th qtr is absolutely inexcusable. The defense and offense both suffered a complete meltdown in the 4th qtr and that's gotta be on the coach's shoulders. The team's inability to run the ball is going to be it's Achillies heel all season long. Portis and this O-line clearly aren't up to the task.

patjam77 · Post by **patjam77** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 8:43 pm

I'm sure most people who follow football know but if you do not, if you have followed Haslett's career, his teams have avg middle of the league in yards given up. He's no great guru. I have to put alot of today's defensive woes on him.

RayNAustin · Post by **RayNAustin** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 8:44 pm

I think there are a lot of positives to take away from the game. ... remember ... new offense, new defense ... new everything against a tough Texan team, and Shaub was spectacular, as was Johnson (as usual).

I don't know how you can give up 497 yards in the air and still get 5 sacks and all of those pressures .... it really is just a great performance from the Texan offense rather than a poor defensive effort in my opinion.

Doughty is not Ed Reed, and this really is one of the weak spots .... can you even imagine this defense with Sean Taylor???? Man, I wash he were still with us.

grampi · Post by **grampi** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 8:50 pm

RayNAustin wrote:I think there are a lot of positives to take away from the game. ... remember ... new offense, new defense ... new everything against a tough Texan team, and Shaub was spectacular, as was Johnson (as usual).

I don't know how you can give up 497 yards in the air and still get 5 sacks and all of those pressures .... it really is just a great performance from the Texan offense rather than a poor defensive effort in my opinion.

Doughty is not Ed Reed, and this really is one of the weak spots .... can you even imagine this defense with Sean Taylor???? Man, I wash he were still with us.

Giving up 497 yards is a suk-a$$ defensive performance no matter how you spin it....

tribeofjudah · Post by **tribeofjudah** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 8:52 pm

Are there any free agent Free Safeties out there...? Ours kinda suck right now.....

tribeofjudah · Post by **tribeofjudah** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 8:57 pm

patjam77 wrote:I'm sure most people who follow football know but if you do not, if you have followed Haslett's career, his teams have avg middle of the league in yards given up. He's no great guru. I have to put alot of today's defensive woes on him.

Nobody "locked down" on Andre J and Kevin W and we got torched. Bring back Darrell Green.

spenser · Post by **spenser** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 8:58 pm

die cowboys die wrote:all hope is lost for the season. today we proved that we are The Same Old Redskins. we're adding more chapters into the How To Give A Game Away manual every month of every season.

|Inexcusable/Unforgivably Sickening| Mistake #1: Fred Davis fails to make any block whatsoever on the outside man on the FG attempt that should've clinched the game; the kick is then blocked by his man

|Inexcusable/Unforgivably Sickening| Mistake #2: after the defense holds, Stephon Heyer commits a holding penalty that negates a 1st down conversion on 3rd and long, causing us to have to punt.

|Inexcusable/Unforgivably Sickening| Mistake #3: Donovan McNabb overthrows a wide-open-by-10-yards Joey Galloway on a touchdown bomb that should have clinched the game

|Inexcusable/Unforgivably Sickening| Mistake #4: Defensive Coordinator Jim Haslet inexplicably/inconceivably assigns our #3 cornerback to cover the best WR in the NFL on 4th and 10

|Inexcusable/Unforgivably Sickening| Mistake #5: said cornerback (Phillip Buchanon) ceases covering said best WR in the NFL (Andre Johnson) on 4th and 10, allowing him to be single covered by a SAFETY. in the END ZONE. a *WHITE* safety, no less!!!

then the kicker misses the FG in overtime by a MILE after drilling the first one perfectly, only to have it negated by the other team calling time-out right before the kick.

just pathetic. the exact same kind of total bullcrap we've been doing to GIVE games away year after year. the team will never stop doing this. they will continue to find ways to give games away week after week, season after season, until the end of time.

Perfectly stated! Couldnt have said it better, but Im sure i could add a few grains of salt to the hatchet wound that is this franchise. You know like not being able to get a TD in 2 first quarter redzone possesions. Or having no running game to speak of. Or our 1st round #4 pick that was a beacon of hope for building for the future going down for the season. Ah.. but i digress, everyone knows this story. But hey, on the plus side, we play Philidelphia, Green Bay, And Indy in the next month so we've got that going for us!

spenser · Post by **spenser** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 9:04 pm

OH, and Die Cowboys Die, you forgot about Inexcusable pathetic ridiculous unforgivable insanely stupid mistake

"On third and 7, why try that timing play to the end zone? Why not something to get your kicker just a little bit closer? A 47 yard try is a bit easier than a 52 yarder."

tribeofjudah · Post by **tribeofjudah** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 9:09 pm

Darn...there goes our Undefeated season.

CanesSkins26 · Post by **CanesSkins26** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 9:11 pm

tribeofjudah wrote:
Krisk86 wrote:Where was D Hall the whole game? I almost never saw him make a play the whole game.

They targeted away from him....

They threw it to whatever receiver was being covered by Rogers. He got beat over and over and over again.

Champsturf · Post by **Champsturf** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 9:18 pm

spenser wrote:OH, and Die Cowboys Die, you forgot about Inexcusable pathetic ridiculous unforgivable insanely stupid mistake

"On third and 7, why try that timing play to the end zone? Why not something to get your kicker just a little bit closer? A 47 yard try is a bit easier than a 52 yarder."

I hate this loss as much as any of you reading/typing. I do have to make a comment here though...

Frankly, I was pleased by the choice to go for the kill like that. It shows balls and faith in your kicker. Screw that sissy 3 yard runn stuff... I liked it. It didn't work, but such is life. Move on. There are way too many positives after today to be whining about the loss. This team is improving. Playing like they did today is a LOT better than a 4-11 team. Keep supporting our Skins!

tribeofjudah · Post by **tribeofjudah** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 9:23 pm

CanesSkins26 wrote:
tribeofjudah wrote:
Krisk86 wrote:Where was D Hall the whole game? I almost never saw him make a play the whole game.

They targeted away from him....

They threw it to whatever receiver was being covered by Rogers. He got beat over and over and over again.

Just when you thought Carlos was getting good....he got burned by Walters many, many times.

D. Hall made a few tackles but they avoided throwing to him...for sure.

tribeofjudah · Post by **tribeofjudah** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 9:24 pm

Just to be clear.....McNabb was not the problem here. What a tremendous UPGRADE from JCam.

CaptainDave750 · Post by **CaptainDave750** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 9:24 pm

Anyone but me see the hold on Carlos Rogers in the endzone @ texans first td? That 7 points shouldnt have been on the board

CanesSkins26 · Post by **CanesSkins26** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 9:25 pm

Offense...

The good...

Our receivers/tight ends in the passing game played very well. Moss looked like the guy we say in 2006 and Galloway and Armstrong made some big catches. Cool

ey and Davis obviously made some big plays as well.

Trent Williams played a very solid game and Rabach did a better job this week than he did last week.

Portis had some tough runs despite there being very little running room.

McNabb for three quarters played great football. Haven't seen a Skins qb play like that in a LONG time.

The bad...

Run blocking, obviously. There were simply no holes to run through. This is not just the olinmen, but is an issue with the tight ends. Cool

ey and Davis simply aren't good blockers and are terrible at sealing off the edge on runs to the outside.

Jammaal Brown...so far he sucks. He got embarrassed by Mario Williams, got no push in the running game, and had a very costly penalty. So far he is had not been the player that we thought he would be.

Oline depth...the bottom line is that Heyer is god awful. He probably should not even be in the NFL. When Williams got hurt it was game over.

LJ is done. The play where he tried to reverse fields was awful.

McNabb in the 4th...He had Galloway WIDE OPEN for a sure TD but missed him. That, imo, was the turning point.

Defense...

The good...

We got 5 sacks (I think that was the total) and Carlos finally caught a pick.

Landry played a great game. He was the only one out that there truly making a difference.

Hall...he was quiet but looks like teams are afraid to go his way.

The bad...

Just about everything else.

Our dline is an abortion. They can't get any push on running plays and pressure was only generated when we blitzed.

Linebackers...Orakpo got a sack but by and large was very quiet. Carter struggled big time today, missing tackles and struggling in coverage. It's not wonder the 49ers didn't want him anymore as a 3-4 lb. Rocky and Fletcher, outside of a few plays, were very quiet.

Rogers....well he was embarrassed today. Whoever he was covering was who got the ball. The Texans abused him.

Safeties not named Landry....they stink.

The 3-4 is looking like a big mistake at this point.

Special Teams....

The good....

Lorenzo Alexander made a nice play.

Gano on kick offs.

The bad...

Everything else. A blocked kick and a missed kick (can't trust FSU kickers).

Thomas was very mediocre as a returner and made a stupid decision taking one kick out of the end zone.

CanesSkins26 · Post by **CanesSkins26** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 9:29 pm

Oh and if Shanny didn't like the media before now, just wait til this week. Probably not the best idea to announce a media policy that you know the reporters are going to hate and then go and blow a 17 point second half lead.

CaptainDave750 · Post by **CaptainDave750** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 9:30 pm

Did anyone see the hold on Carlos rogers in the endzone @ houstons first td? that 7 points shold have never been....

Champsturf · Post by **Champsturf** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 9:32 pm

spenser wrote:OH, and Die Cowboys Die, you forgot about Inexcusable pathetic ridiculous unforgivable insanely stupid mistake

"On third and 7, why try that timing play to the end zone? Why not something to get your kicker just a little bit closer? A 47 yard try is a bit easier than a 52 yarder."

I hate this loss like everyone reading/typing but I have to pipe in here.

Frankly I liked the choice to go for the kill like that. It shows balls and faith in your kicker. 5 yards for an NFL kicker with a good leg (at that distance) isn't a big deal. Why be a sissy and only inch him closer?

There are too many positives to be taken from this game to focus on the negative. The Skins blew a big lead today, but it was also against a very good football team that is an Offensive nightmare for defenses. Suck it up, quit whining, and keep cheering on our beloved Skins!

**Sorry for the semi-double post. Either the site was slow or it was me. Either way, I'm still glad that I posted twice.