Skins vs. Eagles Post-Game

[TheSmurfs22]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Sucks to lose one like that, but I'm not even that upset. They went toe to toe with a good team on the road. Fun game to watch. We've got reasons to keep our heads up.

Totally agree.

[mlmdub130]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Sucks to lose one like that, but I'm not even that upset. They went toe to toe with a good team on the road. Fun game to watch. We've got reasons to keep our heads up.

Agreed, all in all really solid game. Only thing that is still killing us is special teams. Can't miss a 30 yard fg and can't give up a 102 yard ko return. Those 10 points cost us the game.


Biggest concern is Dhall. Breeland looks good and filled in nicely, but really hope Dhall's injury isn't too bad, Achilles can be brutal.


Edit: just caught up on twitter. Guess Dhall thinks he tore his Achilles
http://m.espn.go.com/general/blogs/b...bjomhzDn%22%7D

Sounds like the season for him.

[SFREDSKIN]

Positives:

This team is better than it's record.

People forget we are missing Reed, Cofield, Golston (won't count Porter). We will be getting some players back, maybe Thomas and Crawford, Bowen.

After Thursday's game they get 10 days to rest before their next game.

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Sucks to lose one like that, but I'm not even that upset. They went toe to toe with a good team on the road. Fun game to watch. We've got reasons to keep our heads up.

I agree.

IMO like a hamburger, we are about to go on a roll.

[RFKRat]

Meh. No matter who's the coach or the QB, this team (franchise) simply finds ways to lose. Doesn't matter if the QB throws for 500 yards, something else will screw up. It's been this way for twenty years and isn't changing now.

This team is 1-2 and people still think they're some juggernaut that's about to break loose. Nope. This isn't college football where a close loss might still give you some points in the standings. This is the NFL and there are no moral victories. Just another bad loss.

[TheSmurfs22]

Originally Posted by RFKRat

Meh. No matter who's the coach or the QB, this team (franchise) simply finds ways to lose. Doesn't matter if the QB throws for 500 yards, something else will screw up. It's been this way for twenty years and isn't changing now.

This team is 1-2 and people still think they're some juggernaut that's about to break loose. Nope. This isn't college football where a close loss might still give you some points in the standings. This is the NFL and there are no moral victories. Just another bad loss.

So then cut your losses and find another team.

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by RFKRat

Meh. No matter who's the coach or the QB, this team (franchise) simply finds ways to lose. Doesn't matter if the QB throws for 500 yards, something else will screw up. It's been this way for twenty years and isn't changing now.



This team is 1-2 and people still think they're some juggernaut that's about to break loose. Nope. This isn't college football where a close loss might still give you some points in the standings. This is the NFL and there are no moral victories. Just another bad loss.

A loss in college football is far more devestating than a loss in the NFL. Just sayin....

[44Deezel]

Originally Posted by RFKRat

Meh. No matter who's the coach or the QB, this team (franchise) simply finds ways to lose. Doesn't matter if the QB throws for 500 yards, something else will screw up. It's been this way for twenty years and isn't changing now.

This team is 1-2 and people still think they're some juggernaut that's about to break loose. Nope. This isn't college football where a close loss might still give you some points in the standings. This is the NFL and there are no moral victories. Just another bad loss.

What you said. I've grown accustomed to this team losing and can generally shake off bad losses, but this one made me sick. Philly is a legit team and we had them dead to rights, but losing has become so much a part of the DNA for this team.

They simply can't get out of their own way and will find ways to lose more often than not. And now the Giants come to town after trouncing a team we lost to in week 1. These guys need to grow the hell up in a hurry.

[RFKRat]

Originally Posted by 44Deezel

What you said. I've grown accustomed to this team losing and can generally shake off bad losses, but this one made me sick. Philly is a legit team and we had them dead to rights, but losing has become so much a part of the DNA for this team.

They simply can't get out of their own way and will find ways to lose more often than not. And now the Giants come to town after trouncing a team we lost to in week 1. These guys need to grow the hell up in a hurry.

Yeah. It's like watching the game I never got excited, not once. I had a pretty strong feeling they'd blow it somehow. Even with the offense tearing Philly apart in the first half. That was a perfect example. By all accounts it seemed like the Redskins were kicking their butts all half, but....they went into the locker room trailing.

It's always something. The offense plays great (and let's face it, Jacksonville's and Philly's defense leave a lot to be desired, so we'll see if this pace continues) and the defense and special teams screw it up. Or it's the other way around, etc.

What frustrates me is all the talk in the media and from fans about how it was a good effort and they showed fight, etc. It was a loss...in the NFL you don't get style points, you need wins. No matter how ugly. Stupid mental lapses on defense and stupid penalties doom this team all the time.

They sure show a lot of cockiness (Jackson's dancing, the ball spinning every time someone catches an eight-yard pass, cheap shots and pointing) for a team that's won one game (over a horrid Jax team) out of their last 11 going back to last year. They better get to work fast this week and stop patting themselves on the back or NY will come in here and surprise them.

[Hog1]

Originally Posted by Lotus

I agree.

IMO like a hamburger, we are about to go on a roll

Originally Posted by Lotus

.

Word....this is last year, we get torched 88-3
Granted, teams f...d us up and the D could not do some critical stuff(injuries notwithstanding)...BUT HUGE F...n improvement over last year. Much to be excited about. With a couple of exceptions, KC was pleasantly-Lights Out. The core of this team has real promise. GOOD to see
HTTR!!

[skinsfan69]

The same shit that was killing us last year is right back again. Our teams play was atrocious today. You can't give up 100 yard KO returns and miss 33 yards FG's and expect to win on the road. That's 10 points and we couldn't overcome that. Real tough loss today.

[Hog1]

I have pretty much had enough of poor teams play myself...it should NEVER kill a team the way ours has.
Well now that I thank about it, we have tried conventional coaches......Army guy....
Perhaps we need to twist up the heat a bit and hire a Russian mobster for our next teams coach?

[punch it in]

I said earlier in the week that I wanted them to compete against a good team on the road. They did. We will see them down in Fedex later on. Moving on. Lets take care of business against the Giants on Thursday.

[ethat001]

I'm thinking that:
1) We looked pretty good, but came up short again - special teams and defense kills us again.
2) We should invest high round draft picks on D again - corner (replace hall), safety, Dline.
3) If Cousins keeps this up, we could consider trading RG3 and salvaging something for the 3 first rounders + 2nd rounder..
4) We should've kept the other kicker, who could freaking kick it out of the end zone and eliminate returns entirely.

[Gary84Clark]

“We had plenty of chances offensively to do something: We threw a pick, we had the ball at the 40-yard line down three with four chances to get 10 yards and we couldn’t do that,” Gruden said. “Defensively, we missed some assignments again and gave up big plays, and special teams.

“ . . . We all had our hand in this — coaching, as well — in this defeat.”