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QB: Campbell has been solid but outside of the Lions game nothing spectacular. He has improved his short range accuracy but still need work on the deep stuff. Considering it's his first full season as the starter, I'm pleased with his progress but he still has plenty of room for improvement. Right now he's not costing us games, but he needs to get to that point where he can win games for us. [B]Grade: C+[/B]

RB:Prior to the Jets game Portis was having a disappointing season. Part of the blame has to go to the banged up offensive line, but part of the blame also has to go on Portis. If last week was any indication of what's to come in the 2nd half of the season, the running game should be in good shape. Betts has had a limited role and has had difficulty adjusting to playing so sparingly, and probably understandably so. [B]Grade: B[/B]

WR: Everyone outside of Randle El has been disappointing, and even Randle El as cooled off in recent weeks. Moss needs to pick up his play in the 2nd half. [B]Grade: D[/B]

TE: Cooley has been a solid producer and the offense definitely needs to continue to get him involved more often. [B]Grade: B[/B]

OL: Losing two starters is rough, especially when they are the caliber of players that Thomas and Jansen are. However injuries are part of the game and Fabini and Wade have had enough time together now that the excuses are running thin, they need to start getting it done. Things started to come together at least on the ground against the Jets, granted they are pretty weak against the run. [B]Grade: C[/B]

DL: Montgomery is one of the best stories for the team this year. Griffin has been solid but needs to stay healthy. Andre Carter has had a nice season and has shown that last year's strong finish wasn't a fluke. He's already matched his sack total from last year and is on pace for double digits. Overall this unit has been stout against the run, and has shown flashes of being able to provide pressure. [B]Grade: B[/B]

LB: What else can you say about London Fletcher? They guy is a tackling machine and has been leader on and off the field. Great pickup. Rocky McIntosh has been impressive in his first year as a starter and is 2nd on the team in tackles. Marcus Washington has been banged up but Godfrey has filled in and done a solid job. The LB corps which were a mess last year are now one of the strongest units on the team. [B]Grade: B+[/B]

CB: The injury bug has bitten this unit with Rogers out for the season and Smoot battling a hamstring problem that will probably hamper him for the rest of the year. Springs has quietly enjoyed a solid season on the field despite some serious family issues off of it. Overall the CB play is much improved from a year ago. [B]Grade: B[/B]

S: The duo of Landry and Taylor has been everything that we expected when Landry was drafted back in April. Taylor leads the league with 5 INTs, and Landry is coming off his best game as a pro against the Jets. [B]Grade: B+[/B]

P/K: Frost started off hot but has really cooled off. He needs to get back on track. Suisham is now 12/15 (80%) after his 5 FG day against the Jets. [B]Grade: B[/B]

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I agree for the most part. WR= big fat F. think of all the droped balls and how games could have beeen changed!

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Great Assessment, King Kool-Aid...I mean The Ego.

I think one could argue moving the TEs up to a B+ with the play of Todd Yoder. He's been solid as Cooley's backup.

I'd also give the O-Line a slightly higher grade (C+), as it is tough to lose 2 veteran clubhouse leaders. They've given up 13 sacks in 8 games, 6 of which were to Green Bay and New England. They are starting to gel without those leaders, and will only get better.

Frost has taken a nose dive in recent weeks. Hopefully he can right the ship.

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QB: Jason Campbell has done a decent job, but I'm going to have give him an average grade because he has to check down to the fullback or tight end too often and his accuracy needs improvement. That might not be entirely his fault. The play calling is conservative and predictable. The wide receivers are not getting good separation and when they do they drop too many passes. The offensive line doesn't always give him ample time.
[B]Grade C[/B]

RB: I love Clinton Portis but I question whether he is going all out. At times it seems as though he is not giving second effort. Sometimes he seems complacent and runs into the back of his blockers and fall down. Ladell Betts has been a disappointment. He isn't running nearly as well as last year. Portis had a great game last week, but this poor grade is for the entire year.
[B]Grade C-[/B]

WR: NO TOUCHDOWNS! This does not look like a professional football team. I've seen high school teams with better production from their wide receivers. I am so tired of seeing wide receiver screens, dump offs to the back and passes to the tight end. Boring.
[B]Grade F[/B]

TE: Chris Cooley is the man. Absolutely one of the better tight ends in the game. Yoder has made some decent contributions as well.
[B]Grade A[/B]

OL: The offensive line has been up and down. This is mainly due to injuries and the shuffling of the line because of injuries. Despite all the shuffling, the line play has been fair.
[B]Grade C[/B]

DL: Surprisingly the defensive line play has been good. I would like to have seen the team draft a defensive lineman but the incumbents have been impressive. I really like the two young tackles Montgomery and Golston.
[B]Grade B[/B]

LB: London Fletcher has been one of the best free agent acquisitions of the off season. He is a tackling machine. Rocky McIntosh has stepped up and is fielding his position well.
[B]Grade B[/B]

DB: This unit has done an outstanding job. Sean Taylor has stepped up and is playing at an all-pro level. The rookie, LaRon Landry is a perfect complement to Taylor and making spectacular plays as well. The corners are physical and coverage is good. After watching the Jet game, I think Carlos Rogers coverage skills have gone unappreciated. Smoot coverage is okay but Rogers really excelled and will be missed the rest of the season.
[B]Grade B+[/B]

Special Teams: The Rock is one of my favorite players. Does whatever the team needs. Suisham has solidified the kicking game. Frost has been okay.
[B]Grade B[/B]

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[quote=mredskins;374559]I agree for the most part. WR= big fat F. think of all the droped balls and how games could have beeen changed![/quote]Agreed. Santana's drops and key fumble pretty much lost the GB game singlehandedly. Campbell has seemingly lost his mojo since that 2nd half collapse. The passing game has put zero fear in opposing defenses since then.

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[quote=Mattyk72;374551]QB: Campbell has been solid but outside of the Lions game nothing spectacular. He has improved his short range accuracy but still need work on the deep stuff. Considering it's his first full season as the starter, I'm pleased with his progress but he still has plenty of room for improvement. Right now he's not costing us games, but he needs to get to that point where he can win games for us. [B]Grade: C+[/B]

RB:Prior to the Jets game Portis was having a disappointing season. Part of the blame has to go to the banged up offensive line, but part of the blame also has to go on Portis. If last week was any indication of what's to come in the 2nd half of the season, the running game should be in good shape. Betts has had a limited role and has had difficulty adjusting to playing so sparingly, and probably understandably so. [B]Grade: B[/B]

WR: Everyone outside of Randle El has been disappointing, and even Randle El as cooled off in recent weeks. Moss needs to pick up his play in the 2nd half. [B]Grade: D[/B]

TE: Cooley has been a solid producer and the offense definitely needs to continue to get him involved more often. [B]Grade: B[/B]

OL: Losing two starters is rough, especially when they are the caliber of players that Thomas and Jansen are. However injuries are part of the game and Fabini and Wade have had enough time together now that the excuses are running thin, they need to start getting it done. Things started to come together at least on the ground against the Jets, granted they are pretty weak against the run. [B]Grade: C[/B]

DL: Montgomery is one of the best stories for the team this year. Griffin has been solid but needs to stay healthy. Andre Carter has had a nice season and has shown that last year's strong finish wasn't a fluke. He's already matched his sack total from last year and is on pace for double digits. Overall this unit has been stout against the run, and has shown flashes of being able to provide pressure. [B]Grade: B[/B]

LB: What else can you say about London Fletcher? They guy is a tackling machine and has been leader on and off the field. Great pickup. Rocky McIntosh has been impressive in his first year as a starter and is 2nd on the team in tackles. Marcus Washington has been banged up but Godfrey has filled in and done a solid job. The LB corps which were a mess last year are now one of the strongest units on the team. [B]Grade: B+[/B]

CB: The injury bug has bitten this unit with Rogers out for the season and Smoot battling a hamstring problem that will probably hamper him for the rest of the year. Springs has quietly enjoyed a solid season on the field despite some serious family issues off of it. Overall the CB play is much improved from a year ago. [B]Grade: B[/B]

S: The duo of Landry and Taylor has been everything that we expected when Landry was drafted back in April. Taylor leads the league with 5 INTs, and Landry is coming off his best game as a pro against the Jets. [B]Grade: B+[/B]

P/K: Frost started off hot but has really cooled off. He needs to get back on track. Suisham is now 12/15 (80%) after his 5 FG day against the Jets. [B]Grade: B[/B][/quote]

I would give the wr's an F. They have not done a damn thing.

You also forgot coaching. Defensive coaching gets a B+. Williams has only had one real bad game where I felt he was outcoached. But NE is scoring on everyone so he almost gets an A. Plus we are not giving up the big plays we did last year.

Offensive coaching gets a D. The "not lose" attitude is only going to take us so far. It's good enough to beat the Jets and Dolphins but it's not going to be good enough to beat NYG and Dallas.

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I agree with all Matty's grades but he overlooked grading the coaches.

Def coaches: C. The D is good but not great and cant seem to really clamp down on a team to offset the terrible O.

Off coaches: F. Tons of talent but cant score. Sure line injuries have hurt but not enough to make the O this terrible.

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[QUOTE=irish;374600]I agree with all Matty's grades but he overlooked grading the coaches.

Def coaches: C. The D is good but not great and cant seem to really clamp down on a team to offset the terrible O.

Off coaches: F. Tons of talent but cant score. Sure line injuries have hurt but not enough to make the O this terrible.[/QUOTE]

You do realize that they are a top 10 defense, right? Are they dominant? Nope, but they're pretty damn good. Aside from the game against the Patriots, the Redskins defense is allowing opposing offenses to score, on average, [B]just 13 points per game[/B]. I'm not sure what kind of standards you are holding them to, but whatever they are, they are too high.

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Long Snapper: A+ Put Allbright in the Ring of Fame now.

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[QUOTE=Sheriff Gonna Getcha;374616]You do realize that they are a top 10 defense, right? Are they dominant? Nope, but they're pretty damn good. Aside from the game against the Patriots, the Redskins defense is allowing opposing offenses to score, on average, [B]just 13 points per game[/B]. I'm not sure what kind of standards you are holding them to, but whatever they are, they are too high.[/QUOTE]

Outside of the Giants, Packers, & Pats games, the Skins are undefeated. Averages dont mean much. The Skins do have an average defense. The problem is they allow teams like the Jets to march down the field to tie the game. They cant really win a game by themselves either. I dont know what to say about holding the team to a high standard, maybe if more fans held this organization to a high standard the team might be a perennial playoff team instead of a perennial loser and excuse-maker.

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I have no problem with the Skins D to date, outside of the Pats of course. Remember that 7 points last week came from special teams.

Turnovers are up this year, sacks are up, points allowed are way down, and the big plays allowed are way down.

This is good defense. Good but not great.

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Offense: D
Defense: B+
Special Teams: B

Overall: C+

We have played very poorly so far this season especially when you consider the talent on this team. Being 5-3 shows that this team can win even when it's struggling...I wonder what they are capable of when they start hitting on all cylinders.


Take us home Joe! Take us to the promised land!

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[QUOTE=irish;374660]Outside of the Giants, Packers, & Pats games, the Skins are undefeated. Averages dont mean much. The Skins do have an average defense. [/QUOTE]

The Redskins defense allowed: (1) Miami's offense to score 13 points, when other defenses allow them to score 21 points; (2) Philly's offense to score 12 points, when other defenses allow them to score 20 points; (3) the NYG's offense to score 24 points, when other defenses allow them to score 25 points; (4) Detroit's offense to score 3 points, when other defenses allow them to score 25 points; (5) Green Bay's offense to score 10 points, when other defenses allow them to score 24 points; (6) Arizona's offense to score 19 points, when other defenses allow them to score 20; and (7) the Jets' offense to score 13 points, when other defenses allow them to score 18. In short, the Redskins defense are holding opposing offenses to about [U]9 fewer points per game[/U] than they score against other defenses.

I know you can't deal with stats, but I want to hear you come up with a persuasive argument as to why this team's defense is "average." If the Redskins defense is average, every other defense sucks goat testicles.

[QUOTE=irish;374660]The problem is they allow teams like the Jets to march down the field to tie the game. They cant really win a game by themselves either. [/QUOTE]

In the end, they let the Jets score a whopping 13 points. Do you really expect the defense to single-handedly win games? Well if that is your measure of whether a defense is good, you'll never be happy.

[QUOTE=irish;374660]I dont know what to say about holding the team to a high standard, maybe if more fans held this organization to a high standard the team might be a perennial playoff team instead of a perennial loser and excuse-maker.[/QUOTE]

Yes, if I personally hold them to a high standard, they will be a perennial winner. I, as a fan, can will a team to victory. I didn't know that I had such Jedi powers.

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[QUOTE=Sheriff Gonna Getcha;374688]The Redskins defense allowed: (1) Miami's offense to score 13 points, when they average 21 points; (2) Philly's offense to score 12 points, when they average 20 points; (3) the NYG's offense to score 24 points, when they average 25 points; (4) Detroit's offense to score 3 points, when they average 25 points; (5) Green Bay's offense to score 10 points, when they average 24; (6) Arizona's offense to score 19 points, when they average 20; and (7) the Jets' offense to score 13 points, when they average 18. I know you can't deal with stats, but I want to hear you come up with a persuasive argument as to why this team's defense is "average." If the Redskins defense is average, every other defense sucks goat testicles.



In the end, they let the Jets score a whopping 13 points. Do you really expect the defense to single-handedly win games? Well if that is your measure of whether a defense is good, you'll never be happy.



Yes, if I personally hold them to a high standard, they will be a perennial winner. I, as a fan, can will a team to victory. I didn't know that I had such Jedi powers.[/QUOTE]

The Ravens D single-handedly won them a Super Bowl. A defense that can win like that for a team is not good, they are great.

I gave the defense a C (not an F) becuase I think they are average, not great and not bad. I guess you can call that good or average I dont really care what word you use.

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Ok, so one team in NFL history had a defense that carried them all the way with little help from the offense. That Ravens D was a very rare bird, no pun intended. Perhaps the best defense the league has ever seen. Sorry but that's an unrealstic standard to hold this year's Redskins defense to.

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[QUOTE=irish;374692]The Ravens D single-handedly won them a Super Bowl. A defense that can win like that for a team is not good, they are great.

I gave the defense a C (not an F) becuase I think they are average, not great and not bad. I guess you can call that good or average I dont really care what word you use.[/QUOTE]

You cannot honestly hold the Redskins defense up against the best defense of the modern era of football. You're right then, the Redskins defense is average. It just so happens that the vast majority of the other defenses in the league suck.

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[quote=Sheriff Gonna Getcha;374694]You cannot honestly hold the Redskins defense up against the best defense of the modern era of football. You're right then, the Redskins defense is average. It just so happens that the vast majority of the other defenses in the league suck.[/quote]

Yeah, I mean if that's the standard we're holding defenses to then there hasn't been a good D in this league since 2000.

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The defense has been mostly good, but not lights out. Allowing Arizona and the Jets to creep back into the game takes them down a slight notch if you ask me -- and that's primarily in the pass defense.

Kellen Clemens looked like an All-Pro, and they let him complete way too many drive-sustaining third downs last week.

Good, but not 2004 good.

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[QUOTE=Beemnseven;374697]The defense has been mostly good, but not lights out. Allowing Arizona and the Jets to creep back into the game takes them down a slight notch if you ask me -- and that's primarily in the pass defense.

Kellen Clemens looked like an All-Pro, and they let him complete way too many drive-sustaining third downs last week.

Good, but not 2004 good.[/QUOTE]

True enough. This defense is not dominant, but they've been pretty good. I think they're pretty comparable to the 2005 defense, which was good enough to get us into the playoffs. If we can get the run game going on a consistent basis, we should be fine.

I must admit, however, that I am scared about the injuries to Rogers and Smoot. Rogers is, of course, on IR and Smoot's injury sounds fairly serious. I wonder if the defense will plunge without healthy #2 and #3 corners.

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[QUOTE=Mattyk72;374551]RB:Prior to the Jets game Portis was having a disappointing season. Part of the blame has to go to the banged up offensive line, but part of the blame also has to go on Portis. If last week was any indication of what's to come in the 2nd half of the season, the running game should be in good shape. Betts has had a limited role and has had difficulty adjusting to playing so sparingly, and probably understandably so. [B]Grade: B[/B]

WR: Everyone outside of Randle El has been disappointing, and even Randle El as cooled off in recent weeks. Moss needs to pick up his play in the 2nd half. [B]Grade: D[/B][/QUOTE]

Can't really disagree with all but these two. You were kind of generous to the running backs, unless the Jets game gave them a huge boost. To me, they've been a "C-" at best.

WRs get a flat out 'F'. They've been a HUGE disappointment.

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I'd like to point out the reason I think the Wideouts haven't done so well this is year is due to the fact that Jason Campbell hasn't developed enough in terms of throw accuracy. Thats why over the past few games we've seen that Jason has been more comfortable throwing to big targets like Cooley and Sellers. While targets like Randel El and Moss are left out in the cold.

In general I think that smaller wideouts do better with QB's that are known for accuracy (Hasselback/ Garcia/ and yes Brunell) then QB's known for having a big arm. This is because accurate QB's can throw better balls to intermediate routes that rely on wideouts to make something happen after the catch. This is how wideouts like Moss have 1,400 yard seasons. If you think back a lot of Moss's yards were on quick curls, screen passes, and quick slants. These were routes that Brunell was a little better at throwing to.

This also might be the reson why Gibbs was so adament about getting Calvin Johnson during the offseason. Not necesarily for Johnsons speed but more so for his size, giving Campbell another big target to throw to which is useful when your trying to push the ball downfield. In short I think that at this point in his development Campbell would benefit from another large target. Chad Johnson anyone? (shamless opinion plug)

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I just heard that our WRs have not caught a TD from JC for 44 quarters--going back to last season!

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[QUOTE=Dirtbag359;374777]I'd like to point out the reason I think the Wideouts haven't done so well this is year is due to the fact that Jason Campbell hasn't developed enough in terms of throw accuracy. Thats why over the past few games we've seen that Jason has been more comfortable throwing to big targets like Cooley and Sellers. While targets like Randel El and Moss are left out in the cold.

In general I think that smaller wideouts do better with QB's that are known for accuracy (Hasselback/ Garcia/ and yes Brunell) then QB's known for having a big arm. This is because accurate QB's can throw better balls to intermediate routes that rely on wideouts to make something happen after the catch. This is how wideouts like Moss have 1,400 yard seasons. If you think back a lot of Moss's yards were on quick curls, screen passes, and quick slants. These were routes that Brunell was a little better at throwing to.

This also might be the reson why Gibbs was so adament about getting Calvin Johnson during the offseason. Not necesarily for Johnsons speed but more so for his size, giving Campbell another big target to throw to which is useful when your trying to push the ball downfield. In short I think that at this point in his development Campbell would benefit from another large target. Chad Johnson anyone? (shamless opinion plug)[/QUOTE]

Fair points, but I don't think Gibbs was ever "so adamant" about landing Calvin Johnson

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Offense: D+
Defense: B
Special Teams: C-

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offense D (because of coaching n Oline injuries)
defense B-
ST C

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[QUOTE=NYCSkin;374779]I just heard that our WRs have not caught a TD from JC for 44 quarters--going back to last season![/QUOTE]

I'm pretty sure the Moss TD in the Saints game was the last one. I think all our TD's except for one to Cooley against St. Louis were rushing, and I think Betts/Sellers had our recieving TD's vs NYG (Moss' TD was thrown by ARE).

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damn that is sad. Well sunday i'm betting that Moss get one on sunday. Just throw him the damn ball.

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I think we have great, great talent on both sides of the ball. I think we've shown what we're capable of. So I'm gonna go a different route:
[B]
Coaching: C[/B]
Gibbs and Co. definitely haven't been great this year. A bunch of questionable calls, maybe some delegation problems, a few clock management errors, and some bad halftime adjustments, or lack thereof. But they have done a good job of keeping the team together, focused, and confident.

[B]Consistency: C
[/B]This one is pretty self-explanatory. We're very, very up and down on offense. The defense is what beefs this grade up to a C. Frost hasn't been very good, but Suisham has saved us a few times.
[B]
Fundamentals: C-
[/B]Lots of fumbles, some awful drops by the WRs, some spells of bad run and pass blocking by the O-line, some really bad use-your-head type penalties (i.e. false starts and personal fouls), a few spells of bad tackling...
[B]
Heart(Character?): B+[/B]
IMO this is the biggest reason we aren't worse than 5-3. We have a whole bunch of don't quit in our guys. The best example was the way the team came to Redskins park the Monday after the Pats debacle. Focused and ready to get better no matter what. Countless team/coach/player meetings, full contact practices, no excuses. This is my favorite part of our players, coaches, and may I add, FANS.

HAIL.

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qb - C+
rb - C+
te - B+
wr - D
ol - C
dl - B
lb - B+
db - B
k/p - C+

special teams - C+

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[quote=Beemnseven;374697]The defense has been mostly good, but not lights out. Allowing Arizona and the Jets to creep back into the game takes them down a slight notch if you ask me -- and that's primarily in the pass defense.

Kellen Clemens looked like an All-Pro, and they let him complete way too many drive-sustaining third downs last week.

Good, but not 2004 good.[/quote]

its the play calling man ...

that damn 10 yd cusion made clemens look good .... All he pretty much did was throw those quick outs... so ... i think once again, with exception of the f'ing awesome blitzes williams called.... this play calling shit on both sides of the ball is startin to piss me off honestly.

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[QUOTE=Sheriff Gonna Getcha;374694]You cannot honestly hold the Redskins defense up against the best defense of the modern era of football. You're right then, the Redskins defense is average. It just so happens that the vast majority of the other defenses in the league suck.[/QUOTE]

I dont think I ever said I was holding the D to that standard. The Skins D does some things good and some things not so good, hence I gave them a C.

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[QUOTE=irish;374931]I dont think I ever said I was holding the D to that standard. The Skins D does some things good and some things not so good, hence I gave them a C.[/QUOTE]

And, you give just about every other defense an F, right? F' grade inflation, huh?

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[QUOTE=GMScud;374891][B]Consistency: C
[/B]This one is pretty self-explanatory. We're very, very up and down on offense. The defense is what beefs this grade up to a C. Frost hasn't been very good, but Suisham has saved us a few times.[/QUOTE]

This is probably our biggest problem. JC is inconsistent, the WRs are inconsistent, the running game is inconsistent, etc. We were dominating both Green Bay and the New York Giants in the first halves of those games, and got dominated in the second halves.

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[QUOTE=Sheriff Gonna Getcha;374947]And, you give just about every other defense an F, right? F' grade inflation, huh?[/QUOTE]

I think I would give F's to Mia, Hou, NYJ, Den, Cin, Clev.

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[quote=irish;374600]I agree with all Matty's grades but he overlooked grading the coaches.

Def coaches: C. The D is good but not great and cant seem to really clamp down on a team to offset the terrible O.

Off coaches: F. Tons of talent but cant score. Sure line injuries have hurt but not enough to make the O this terrible.[/quote]

I was actually going to address the coaches in a seperate thread but I guess I might as well do it here.

Offense: Saunders was brought in to kickstart the offense and to date the transformation to a top flight offense hasn't materialized. A young QB and banged up OL undoubtedly are factors this year, but the offense overall still has Gibbs name all over it. Next year I think Saunders either needs to go or Gibbs needs to give him full autonomy. Grade: D

Defense: Williams has made a nice recovery from the disaster that was last year when the team set a NFL record low for turnovers. Through 8 games the team has already matched last year's sack and turnover numbers, and it's the defense that is mainly responsible for the team's 5-3 mark. Sorry but I don't have many complaints here, if the offense could pick up the pace a bit we could really be dangerous. [B]Grade: B+[/B]

Special Teams: Suisham is hitting on 80% and has shown good distance on his kickoffs. Overall the kickoff coverage has been solid as well as the punt coverage. Frost has really cooled off after a nice start, he needs to get back on track. Randle El has been pretty ho-hum on punt returns, probably due to him being dinged up a bit. Cartwright has been great all around and is my pick for the special teams MVP so far. [B]Grade: B[/B]

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The Safeties definitely get an A. They've been the one bright and consistent spot on our team so far (besides a few 15 yd penalties on Landry).

Taylor is playing as an all-pro and Landry isn't far behind. And this is all going up against some of the best passing offenses in the NFL for the first 8 games.

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play calling for 3/4 the season on both sides of the ball

D-