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Re: LOL @ Redskins
I thought about turning it off when it was 28-0. And again when it was 35-7, and again at half time when it was 45-14. But I didn't. I allowed myself to suffer through a humiliating defeat. And would do it again tomorrow, as I seem to have a sick sense of humor.
Here are my thoughts:
Kareem Moore is terrible. He was out of position on too many plays and takes the worst angles. The worst was Harrison's 50 yard TD run.
Haslett's secondary schemes need to be changed. By now, every team knows that the Skins play well off the ball, and will give up everything underneath. Even if underneath is stretched to 10, 12, 15 yards as it was last night. The Eagles were able to march down effectively by throwing underneath and did so on short fields and using extended chunks of yards on each completion.
The defense was completely exploited when Landry moved up to shadow Vick. Fletcher dropped back into a deep zone, leaving the middle of the field completely wide open, and Vick took complete advantage.
Keiland Williams filled in admirably for Torain last night. Almost 140 yards from scrimmage and 3 TDs. Running with a presence, hitting holes hard, and making things happen. However, he had no help as the Skins had to rely on Darrel Young (who by the way is shaping up to be a younger version of Mike Sellars, just hope he blocks better) to carry the ball in relief of Williams since Torain was hurt in warm ups, Portis is still recovering from his groin injury, Chad Simpson was inactive and James Davis sat on the Practice Squad.
It's time to cut Galloway loose and let Terrance Austin and Taurus Johnson show the Skins what they can do. While he was a good and serviceable WR in his time, Galloway is past his prime and should be sent to pasture. It didn't help that Moss had a mediocre game either.
We might have seen the best single game performance by a quarterback ever last night. Vick was a man possessed last night and his numbers more than tell the tale of a man who completely dominated the game from the word go. He made the entire Skins defense look horrible last night. I'm not sure any one team has the combination of tools to stop him, they'll only hope to contain him.
While AH laid on the turf during Avant's "touchdown" (thanks to Shanny's 2 questionable challenges, the Skins couldn't challenge this play), he pretty much single handedly showed the entire world what the rest of the team did tonight. They laid down while the Eagles drove a Mack Truck all over them. AH however was effective in bringing pressure and pushing back the double teams that the Eagles threw at him. That lead to the Skins' lone sack. But at other times, his effort was wasted when no one else could get more pressure, not Orakpo, not Carter, not Landry. Or when the refs left their yellow hankies in their pockets...
I noticed that on the Eagles big runs, there was a lack of instant replays on them. Almost like ESPN saw the amount of holding that the Eagles were doing and decided not to show the world. I'll leave that to the GTripp and the other tape watchers to evaluate, but I feel like the Eagles were doing a good amount of jersey-grabbing. While I'm not saying the Skins didn't do their fair share, the first holding call was on Casey Rabach with about 6 minutes to go in the 2nd quarter. Looking over the play by play log on Yahoo! Sports, there is a stunning lack of 10 yard penalties, which tells me the Rabach hold is most likely the only holding call made last night that wasn't during a special teams play. I find it very hard to believe there wasn't more reasons to throw a flag...
A flat out dominating performance by the Eagles last night as they try to throw their claim in as best in the NFC, while a team coming off a bye and having signed their QB to what could be a huge extension, came out completely flat and was run over within the 1st 13 minutes of the game. Mike Shanahan has his work cut out for him, and while at 4-5, this team isn't out of it, you now have a situation where guys are playing for their jobs instead of the playoffs.
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