Game Day Thread - Redskins Vs. Falcons

[oj]

I believe Grant was supposed to break outside and the ball was where he should have been - the fact there was a defender there tells you what is going on. I felt they should have introduced Ross into that final series, thanks to him we managed to get there in the first place. He was an unknown to to the defense and that is what we needed to have happen.
In any event, that was a good game we should have won.

[PulpExposure]

Looking at the replay of that interception, it actually looked like a miscommunication. Grant turns to break inside, and the ball is thrown outside...Grant falls over trying to change momentum. QB is throwing an out, WR is running a cross.

[SkinsJock]

I know all the RG III apologists are used to a QB not throwing a ball until the receiver has come out of his break and is standing there....waiting. C'mon now. In this game you need to throw before the break. If the receiver falls down, you can't blame the QB -- no matter whom that QB might be.

pull your stupid head out of your ar*e - don't try and make an excuse for a QB that throws interceptions - it's what he does

[Chris Luva Luva]

Let's be real here, this is evaluation mode. They need to see who this kid is moving forward. And as I stated above, they had zero weapons on offense today. Garcon was sub-par today. Kirk is nothing special but he's the best option at the moment.

Without a question, Kirk is whom we have for this year. But in no way should we walk into next year comfortable with him as a starter.

Absolutely correct.

pull your stupid head out of your ar*e - don't try and make an excuse for a QB that throws interceptions - it's what he does

Yet he's the best QB on the roster and despite his shortcomings, gives them the best chance to win.

[Chris Luva Luva]

51 yards rushing... THAT is why we lost this game.

It's a combination of Jay not being committed to the run and the QB/Receivers not converting on third and long to extend drives.

[Countertrey]

Losing sucks...
None of us realistically EXPECTED a win... Our d backfield was a bunch of second and third options, going against an ace team. We took a 4 and 0 offensive powerhouse team to OT on the strength of that outmanned defense.

I wanted the win... But, it is what it is... The defense is very competitive... The offense, not so much. The d kept it close enough that the O "could have" won... The offense simply came up short. We still need a quality center. It would be good to upgrade LG. Those two upgrades would significantly improve the run game, and take pressure off of Cousins. It would be nice if Garçon were to catch the passes he should catch. It would be nice if our TE could reliably be counted on to be a weapon.

[Chris Luva Luva]

Losing sucks...
None of us realistically EXPECTED a win... Our d backfield was a bunch of second and third options, going against an ace team. We took a 4 and 0 offensive powerhouse team to OT on the strength of that outmanned defense.

I wanted the win... But, it is what it is... The defense is very competitive... The offense, not so much. The d kept it close enough that the O "could have" won... The offense simply came up short. We still need a quality center. It would be good to upgrade LG. Those two upgrades would significantly improve the run game, and take pressure off of Cousins. It would be nice if Garçon were to catch the passes he should catch. It would be nice if our TE could reliably be counted on to be a weapon.

Considering those deficiencies, they still COMPETED. We have to feel good about that. It shows that a larger shift is coming for this team. I'm over the loss now, the sting is gone.

[Countertrey]

Losing sucks...
None of us realistically EXPECTED a win... Our d backfield was a bunch of second and third options, going against an ace team. We took a 4 and 0 offensive powerhouse team to OT on the strength of that outmanned defense.

I wanted the win... But, it is what it is... The defense is very competitive... The offense, not so much. The d kept it close enough that the O "could have" won... The offense simply came up short. We still need a quality center. It would be good to upgrade LG. Those two upgrades would significantly improve the run game, and take pressure off of Cousins. It would be nice if Garçon were to catch the passes he should catch. It would be nice if our TE could reliably be counted on to be a weapon.

Considering those deficiencies, they still COMPETED. We have to feel good about that. It shows that a larger shift is coming for this team. I'm over the loss now, the sting is gone.

As I said earlier... Expect the loss, and it hurts a lot less! LOL

[Chris Luva Luva]

Losing sucks...
None of us realistically EXPECTED a win... Our d backfield was a bunch of second and third options, going against an ace team. We took a 4 and 0 offensive powerhouse team to OT on the strength of that outmanned defense.

I wanted the win... But, it is what it is... The defense is very competitive... The offense, not so much. The d kept it close enough that the O "could have" won... The offense simply came up short. We still need a quality center. It would be good to upgrade LG. Those two upgrades would significantly improve the run game, and take pressure off of Cousins. It would be nice if Garçon were to catch the passes he should catch. It would be nice if our TE could reliably be counted on to be a weapon.

Considering those deficiencies, they still COMPETED. We have to feel good about that. It shows that a larger shift is coming for this team. I'm over the loss now, the sting is gone.

As I said earlier... Expect the loss, and it hurts a lot less! LOL

You prepared me for it moments before it happened lol

[absinthe1023]

Grant got blocked in the back with, of course, no call on the INT return. Would that penalty have made a difference? Who knows. Bad break either way. Had the Dirty Birds beaten, but there are no moral victories.

[cowboykillerzRGiii]

Kirk's INT wasn't all his fault. The defense needed to hold ATL in that final 2 mins. FG's instead of TD's loses more games than they win.

While a stop would've been superb, I can't agree with that. The D did an amazing job vs a top ranked Offense. Had we generated any O it was ourselves. They caused 3 turnovers, held them to two tds... That's pretty legit vs Julio and co

[Chris Luva Luva]

Kirk's INT wasn't all his fault. The defense needed to hold ATL in that final 2 mins. FG's instead of TD's loses more games than they win.

While a stop would've been superb, I can't agree with that. The D did an amazing job vs a top ranked Offense. Had we generated any O it was ourselves. They caused 3 turnovers, held them to two tds... That's pretty legit vs Julio and co

That's more than legit. The offense and coaches came up short.

[grampi]

Why all the bichin about Cousins? All 3 of our QBs suck and Cousins just happens to suck the least, but what else is the team supposed to do? It isn't like there are any Rodgers or Bradys available to pick up...besides, the Skins are masters of losing the close games...they've been doing it for years...you ought to be used to it by now...

[aswas71788]

While we hoped for a win but expected the loss, this one is on Gruden. If he had taken the 1 point rather than gtrying fot 2, the Redskins would have won in regulation time by 1 point rather than the tie.

[absinthe1023]

While we hoped for a win but expected the loss, this one is on Gruden. If he had taken the 1 point rather than gtrying fot 2, the Redskins would have won in regulation time by 1 point rather than the tie.

Can't play the hindsight game. It was the right decision at the time. Had to go for 2 there, a made 2 would've made it 15-12 and forced ATL to score a TD to win in regulation. Nobody knew how the rest of the game would unfold at that point.

[Chris Luva Luva]

While we hoped for a win but expected the loss, this one is on Gruden. If he had taken the 1 point rather than gtrying fot 2, the Redskins would have won in regulation time by 1 point rather than the tie.

True but it was an understandable decision.

I would have taken the "easy" points but he would have been crucified either way, depending on the outcome.

[absinthe1023]

While we hoped for a win but expected the loss, this one is on Gruden. If he had taken the 1 point rather than gtrying fot 2, the Redskins would have won in regulation time by 1 point rather than the tie.

True but it was an understandable decision.

I would have taken the "easy" points but he would have been crucified either way, depending on the outcome.

Well, XPs are being missed at a historic rate, so I wouldn't call them "easy".

Gruden would've rightfully been the goat had he opted to kick the XP. Make or miss, ATL would've trailed by either 1 or 2 and could've still driven down for a game-winning FG. The 2 pt. conversion was the right call at the time.

[absinthe1023]

I'm still PO'ed that Grant got blocked in the back on the INT return with no call. If that had been called properly, ATL still would've had some work to do.

[Deadskins]

While we hoped for a win but expected the loss, this one is on Gruden. If he had taken the 1 point rather than gtrying fot 2, the Redskins would have won in regulation time by 1 point rather than the tie.

True but it was an understandable decision.

I would have taken the "easy" points but he would have been crucified either way, depending on the outcome.

No, I agree with aswas. You don't go for two with nine minutes left in the game. It's idiotic!

[Chris Luva Luva]

Well, XPs are being missed at a historic rate, so I wouldn't call them "easy".

Well... That's the point of the quotation marks... They insinuated that they FG's are easy but not at that easy, at the same time... That's how they work. LOL

[Deadskins]

The 2 pt. conversion was the right call at the time.

No, it wasn't. You should never go for two with that much time left. Atlanta gave us a gift when they tried for two before.

[absinthe1023]

The 2 pt. conversion was the right call at the time.

No, it wasn't. You should never go for two with that much time left. Atlanta gave us a gift when they tried for two before.

I am assuming that you knew in advance how the rest of regulation would play out. If that's the case, you should be in Vegas betting on every game and not chewing the fat with idiots like me on an ancient Redskins message board


To leave a great offensive team with the ball at home down less than a FG with about half of the 4th quarter left is a great way to lose a lot of games. See chart below.

[cowboykillerzRGiii]

The 2 pt. conversion was the right call at the time.

No, it wasn't. You should never go for two with that much time left. Atlanta gave us a gift when they tried for two before.

Unless u r a 13 year old playing Madden... In which case we should've went for every 4th down and onsides kicked every kick off... Little *f$ck*! Lmao

[oj]

Did our pass defense look so good at the expense of the run defense? Why did Atlanta run so easliy to thier left? Was the OLB shifted to favor the pass defense? Somebody explain what happened. Was Murphy playing over there? I only heard or saw his numbers the one time during the game. They'd just turn the OLB out and run for yardage. Why was that so easily done an dthey'd better fix it because every play caller in the NFL will be watching the tape.

[Deadskins]

The 2 pt. conversion was the right call at the time.

No, it wasn't. You should never go for two with that much time left. Atlanta gave us a gift when they tried for two before.

I am assuming that you knew in advance how the rest of regulation would play out. If that's the case, you should be in Vegas betting on every game and not chewing the fat with idiots like me on an ancient Redskins message board


To leave a great offensive team with the ball at home down less than a FG with about half of the 4th quarter left is a great way to lose a lot of games. See chart below.

Please! Why don't you pull out a chart that deals with going for two too early. Always seems to bite you in the ass when you do.