Officall Overall Game thoughts

[Hail to the Redskins]

My personal game notes...

* JANSEN, JANSEN, JANSEN.. No one can say that this isn't a HUGE loss for this team. By FAR the best lineman (far superior to Samuels) AND... this is VERY IMPORTANT to note!!!!!... the right tackle protects MARK BRUNELL'S BLIND SIDE!!!

* In another post I went on and on about how I see Sean Taylor as an Allen Iverson... "practice?! we're talking about practice!" ... a guy who goes through the motions until game day when his god-given ball hawking abilities shine bright as the sun. He is very special and that was obvious on both plays tonight.

* I've been saying for a year now, Sultan McCullough deserves an honest chance! He outperformed Rock Cartwright by leaps and bounds tonight. He's is lighting quick and has very good vision and moves. His only drawback is his lack of ability to break tackles.

* I hate to say this A. J. Fan Club, but Ade Jimoh is absolutely horrible. I thought the times he got burnt last year were rookie mistakes, but his guy was open EVERY single time they threw to him.... by at least 3-4 yards too. He is a sucker for double-moves EVERY time.

* We all know it was against a 3rd-string defense, but Brunell and Ramsey were so bad tonight, it only made you go "WOW" to Tim Hasselbeck's play even more. I still say he isn't on par with those two... and that will show in the next 4 preseason games... but man was he impressive this evening.

* Our fist units were awful tonight. Run D, Pass D, Pass O, Run O, and special teams were ALL made fools of... I can't blame the offense so much because I know Gibbs' didn't want to show ANY of his "real" plays... but the defense... they overpursued on every counter and bootleg...giving up huge gains. I know Williams' D is aggressive, but I don't know if they are just still learning and made assignment mistakes or whether his style of D just doesnt match up well to those plays.

[JWsleep]

I pretty much agree with your assessment of the first units, Hail to the Redskins, but I think some of that is a function of Denver being a well developed veteran playoff team versus a sub-500 club with a new coaching staff and a bunch of new players. And Denver ran a lot of tricky miss direction stuff, bootlegs, etc., and they blitzed a lot. We'll look better.

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

I tend to be one of the bigger pessimists on this site, but I think everyone is overreacting to tonight's game. First of all, it is just the first preseason game. Second of all, our defense turned the ball over three times, scored a touchdown, allowed only 1 touchdown, got pressure on the QBs, and was overall an improvement over last season. Third, we won the game. Fourth, its only the first preseason game. Fifth, its only the first preason game.

Re: Jansen
Jansen being out sucks. Kenyatta Jones will probably take his place. Our starting O-line should still be decent with Samuels, Dockery, Friedman, Thomas and Jones.

[PSUskinsfan11]

more impressed with d-line pressure than o-line blocking.......

Hasselback, McCullough, Scott, Boshetti, Nic Clemons, Lott all played well

thank god we drafted ST instead of the soldier.....

Champ who??? Springs not only held his own while he was in but he had a sick INT.....

Rushing D is still suspect.........

[ChounsMan]

All in all it was a classic preseason game. Although, the skins struggled against the broncos starting D. Sean Taylor might just live up to the hype they talk about with last nights preseason performance. However, guys like Payton, Brady, & Farve are not that easy to read.

W/o Jansen the O-line with struggle all season

[SkinsRock]

My thoughts (I have not read through the game thread, so I apologize if I repeat anything)...
- Jansen's injury absolutely sucks! But consider the fact that the original "Hogs" were mostly late round or undrafted no-names until Bugel got a hold of them. I am hoping that Buges can work his magic with someone, at least for this year....no, not hoping....I am counting on it!!!
- Hasselbeck played well. He played like a guy with nothing to lose, which he pretty much is. The two "starters" could learn something from him! There's a reason Gibbs has praised him a lot recently. I think it is a) because he IS playing well, and b) to push Ramsey and Brunell.
- Taylor is a gamer. He also had a pick on Sat. during the scrimmage. Seems that he is adjusting to the NFL. Did anyone notice that his INT for the TD was on a boot-leg play....just like the ones that burned our D numerous times last year!!!
- Both offenses looked sloppy as hell. It was the first pre-season game. Clinton seemed to look like he was just starting to get comfortable when he was done for the game.
- Brunell and Ramsey looked about even....as Gibbs would say, "very rough." Yeah Ramsey got hit more, but consider the fact that the O-line was not the starters for him, except maybe his first couple plays.
- Did anybody notice that until later in the game, about 3/4 of the penalties were against Denver? I was very happy about that.

All in all, being an extra 5th pre-season game, away for both teams, it was really not much more than a glorified scrimmage. Gibbs got to see what mistakes need to be fixed. Should be very interesting to see how they progress throughout the pre-season.

[love them hogs]

I think loosing Jansen for the year is going to hurt us big time.I know one man doesnt make a team but he is a conerstone of the franchise.We won so I cant complain but there is a LOT of rust to be knocked off.I expect that next week our offense will be better with Ramsey starting seeing as how he should be more comfortable with the first team.The play was sloppy and just like last year we cant seem to cover tight ends.I hope they take care of that or else other teams are going to take advantage of it again.The pass rush was better than I expected but the run D was much worse than expected.Sean Taylor is the obvious bright spot of the game but what about Springs pick off, that helped put me at ease about the trade but it is still early so we will have to wait and see.All and all I have mixed feelings about the game,some good and some bad.

[SmootSmack]

I thought what should be our starting secondary (Smoot, Springs, Taylor, Bowen) played really well. Led by Taylor of course.

Hasselbeck looked very poised and a guy we can trust to step in if necessary. True, he was playing against third stringers but who were his receivers? Gari Scott and Jafar Williams right? Not exactly starters themselves

Ramsey still has a lot of work to do, in terms of being able to quickly check off receivers and let go of the ball.

Obviously it's not good that Jansen is out for the year. But if something like this had to happen, I'm glad it happened now. We've got four more meaningless games to get someone in there who can gel with the rest of the offensive line.

I know the Redskins were 0-4 in the preseason the year that Gibbs won his first Super Bowl, but what were their preseason records in other Super Bowl years. Anybody remember?

[RedskinPete]

It is funny that the Thrid QB on the depth chart is looking better with every passing day. I know this will not hold but I really thought Ramsey and Brunell would look better. As for the rest of the team not very good. Taylor was the best and the rest not so good.