Week 1 Positives and Negatives

[htownskinfan]

Originally Posted by KI Skins Fan

I was actually shocked to see that we were plagued with many of the same problems that destroyed our 2013 season. Now I'm concerned about what will happen the rest of this season.

I know there were numerous positives but if we can't fix the ST problems, the turnovers, and the pass protection issues, we're not going to win many games this season.

Jay Gruden's play-calling did not impress me at all. We could have rolled the Texans with our ground game and there would have been opportunities to hit them with some deep passes when the were forced to cheat up against the run. Instead two-thirds of the plays he called were passes. His game plan lacked patience and it allowed the Texans to play to their strong suit of rushing the passer. He talked the talk about using Alfred Morris but he didn't walk the walk.

Look, I don't know what happened insofar as the coverage was concerned on the long touchdown pass the Texans had; however, Rambo's attempt to tackle the receiver was absolutely pathetic. Rambo is no safety. I'm putting him on my can't play list.

Now, on to Chester. How badly can an OG play in a single game? He was beat like a drum all day in pass protection (and on an extra point block). Yes, I know, he went against JJ Watt. Still, this needs to be closely monitored. He may be done.

As time goes on, I question RGIII's football skills and instincts more and more. That's all I have to say about that for now.

I have been the eternal optimist but I'm wavering now. In 2013, we developed a formula for losing that carried over to our first game of this season. I'm not emotionally prepared to endure a repeat of last season's **** show.

This sums up just about everything I feel.
Running game was working great like you said but they didnt stick with it.

On the td pass I would say when you have 10 seconds to throw the ball you cant cover someone that long,the tackle afterward is another story.
Dont know what happened to our pass rush we had in preseason but its now disappeared.

When was the last time Orakpo made a sack when it counted? Only time I can think of is when he got the holding call against his man when Romo got the td called back.

I cant remember the last time RG3 had that much time to pass the ball like Fitz had on that play.You would think with the heavy dose of Alfred we could do some play action passes and get some time to throw but that doesnt seem to be the case,maybe teams know when RG3 lines up under center 99% of the time its a run