Forget the Game, what about the F...ing INJURIES?!

[SmootSmack]

Not having Smoot AND Rogers for just about the entire game against New England was, to me, one of the biggest-if not the biggest reason we lost. And then throw in losing Rocky midway through the game.

Those injuries were huge, and hopefully the Rogers'one isn't as serious as feared.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Not having Smoot AND Rogers for just about the entire game against New England was, to me, one of the biggest-if not the biggest reason we lost. And then throw in losing Rocky midway through the game.

Those injuries were huge, and hopefully the Rogers' one isn't as serious as feared.

The defense did pretty well all things considered, I thought.

Look, we stuck to what we do best, which is play soft pass coverage, and come up and rock ya after the catch. We didn't do this poorly, and Brady actually struggled in third down situations yesterday. I mean, you saw him taking off and running on a few occasions and that's pretty much his last option.

The DL was pretty much non existent, save a great play from Daniels. I guess that's what I expected from these guys coming it. Montgomery looked human, Griffin looked old, and Andre Carter looked like....Andre Carter.

I mean we pretty much had to rely on Brady making a mistake, and he didn't so give him credit.

One thing that I thought the front seven failed at was diagnosing certain one read plays. Like those one lineman screens. The action of the running back makes the play obvious, but we weren't diagnosing it.

Leigh Torrence didn't do all that bad playing in place of Rogers. It will be interesting to see how Smoot does in the starting role now, because this will probably be the most accurate measure of how much Carlos Rogers' improved this offseason is how much our pass D misses him.

David Macklin is awful though so I hope we can find a CB who can play the nickel role. Until then, Prioleau might have to fill it.

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Not having Smoot AND Rogers for just about the entire game against New England was, to me, one of the biggest-if not the biggest reason we lost. And then throw in losing Rocky midway through the game.

Those injuries were huge, and hopefully the Rogers'one isn't as serious as feared.

So you're saying that if Smoot and Rogers were in there we wouldn't have lost? I think they may have made a 1 or 2 TD difference in the game AT BEST, which still would have made it a blowout.

Redskins.com is saying Rogers MCL suffered a "significant" injury. I think we all know that means it's torn. And they said his ACL may be injured as well. To me that sounds like fancy language for a shredded knee.

This just sucks. Totally friggin sucks. Oh well, there's a reason we signed all those D backs in the offseason. Time for Torrence and Macklin to step up.

I feel so embarassed after that game. Hopefully our team takes this VERY personally, and goes out and plays with a serious chip on their shoulder. I hope we pound the Jets. If they can't score a TD against Buffalo....

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by GMScud

So you're saying that if Smoot and Rogers were in there we wouldn't have lost? I think they may have made a 1 or 2 TD difference in the game AT BEST, which still would have made it a blowout.

Redskins.com is saying Rogers MCL suffered a "significant" injury. I think we all know that means it's torn. And they said his ACL may be injured as well. To me that sounds like fancy language for a shredded knee.

This just sucks. Totally friggin sucks. Oh well, there's a reason we signed all those D backs in the offseason. Time for Torrence and Macklin to step up.

I feel so embarassed after that game. Hopefully our team takes this VERY personally, and goes out and plays with a serious chip on their shoulder. I hope we pound the Jets. If they can't score a TD against Buffalo....

I think if they were both in the game, and Campbell didn't have those two costly fumbles yes we could have won.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

I think if they were both in the game, and Campbell didn't have those two costly fumbles yes we could have won.

Three fumbles.

One interception also.

[SmootSmack]

Yeah but that fumble that was returned for a TD by Colvin, and the one we had after we had just recovered a fumble and were at their 23 yard line with 2 minutes left in the half were the ones that stood out for me.

Not even the first one that much really, but the second one absolutely. Imagine going into the half down just 17-7. That wouldn't have been so bad.

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

I think if they were both in the game, and Campbell didn't have those two costly fumbles yes we could have won.

I don't know if I agree that we would have won, but if we had scored and not fumbled, and gone into halftime 17-7, that would have made a HUGE difference.

I just hope we can compartmentalize this loss and move on. If we get down on ourselves and let this carry over, it could be disastrous.