OL vs DL

GoSkins · Post by **GoSkins** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 3:56 pm

Are we at a point where a good DL has such an advantage over a good OL that the passing game is now more important than ever? Our running game was mediocre at best yesterday. And the Giants wasn't much either. Is this a trend or not?

Countertrey · Post by **Countertrey** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 3:59 pm

The running game will improve. O line play is hurt the most by the short preseason.

redskinz4ever · Post by **redskinz4ever** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 4:20 pm

the first few weeks the D is ahead of the O our running game did its job for the most part it will get better.oline needs time to jel and hopefully the injury bug won't bite us

cvillehog · Post by **cvillehog** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 4:28 pm

redskinz4ever wrote:the first few weeks the D is ahead of the O our running game did its job for the most part it will get better.oline needs time to jel and hopefully the injury bug won't bite us

Well said. I poste in the post game thread that we ran when we needed to.

redskinz4ever · Post by **redskinz4ever** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 4:34 pm

cvillehog wrote:
redskinz4ever wrote:the first few weeks the D is ahead of the O our running game did its job for the most part it will get better.oline needs time to jel and hopefully the injury bug won't bite us
Well said. I poste in the post game thread that we ran when we needed to.

when it mattered most ......thought the play calling was very solid ..... if a few balls wouldn't have been dropped it score could have been totally 1 sided

PAPDOG67 · Post by **PAPDOG67** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 5:05 pm

I don't think we ran enough...especially in the 2nd half when the Giants pass rush was killing Rex... Particularly on that drive where we were in FG range and gave up 2 sacks in a row. Sometimes you need to run to slow that rush down a little bit, even if it means one series of a 3 and out where you slam it into the line all three times. I also would like to see Torain get the rock once in a while. I like Hightower, but he's more of a homerun hitter. Torain could losen up the D by smashing it up in there a few times.

riggofan · Post by **riggofan** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 9:43 pm

PAPDOG67 wrote:I don't think we ran enough...especially in the 2nd half when the Giants pass rush was killing Rex... Particularly on that drive where we were in FG range and gave up 2 sacks in a row. Sometimes you need to run to slow that rush down a little bit, even if it means one series of a 3 and out where you slam it into the line all three times. I also would like to see Torain get the rock once in a while. I like Hightower, but he's more of a homerun hitter. Torain could losen up the D by smashing it up in there a few times.

I disagree. I think we ran the ball pretty well early on until the Giants tightened up. They took away the run, so we threw the ball more.

That just seems like smart play calling to me.

die cowboys die · Post by **die cowboys die** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 1:11 pm

it seemed to me that they figured out something in our run game and adapted to it and shut it down, and we failed to adapt in response over the entire 2nd half. i found that concerning.

skinsfan#33 · Post by **skinsfan#33** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 1:28 pm

I know others have said it, but I think the Giants just simply said, "We don't think Rex can beat us and we are going to make sure Hightower doesn't!".

They were wrong!

Chris Luva Luva · Post by **Chris Luva Luva** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 1:34 pm

- o-line play took a drop cus it's the regular season and they're being planned against.
- the Giants have arguably the BEST front 7 in the league. their backups are prolly on par with our starting defense. their backups were better than our starters last year. case-in-point, we have one of their backups starting for us this year. lmao. put the kool-aid down people, realize this.
- the Giants PLAYED THE RUN. they dared Grossman to beat them and he did. I was shocked, u were shocked, Grossman was prolly shocked, the world was shocked.
- every team does not have that front 7, CALM DOWN. Everyone is panicking. Chill out. We'll run fine against the Cards.

CanesSkins26 · Post by **CanesSkins26** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 2:01 pm

GoSkins wrote:Are we at a point where a good DL has such an advantage over a good OL that the passing game is now more important than ever? Our running game was mediocre at best yesterday. And the Giants wasn't much either. Is this a trend or not?

Of course it's a trend. The NFL is a pass-first league now. We'll run some, but expecting us to run more than we pass or to even have a 50/50 split isn't based in any sort of reality. In the four games that Rex has started as a Redskins he's attempted 43, 39, 44, and 34 passes, respectively.

In the 13 games that McNabb started for us last year, he attempted less than 30 passes once. On the other hand, he attempted 35 or more passes 7 times, including 4 games of 45 attempts or more.

If you look around the NFL the trend is the same for most teams. Even the Jets are trying to open up their offense to be more pass heavy.

DarthMonk · Post by **DarthMonk** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 7:09 pm

We ran all stretch plays early. Hightower had 25 carries. That's a lot these days. It projects to 400 for a year. We ran enough.

Near the end we went right at them and ran well. All those stretch plays set that up.

G-Men clearly came out intent on stopping stretch play. Could not stop it at goal line. Play calling and execution made G-Men pay. We ran on them late after ragging them out.

DarthMonk

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