Very proud of the team today even in a loss

[GusFrerotte]

Originally Posted by mheisig

As weird as it sounds, this loss feels WAY better than the loss to Philly last week.

That's saying a lot, given that we played Dallas.

We deserved to win that game today. Too bad JC didn't just take off with the ball instead of forcing the bad throw at the end. He kicked ass and looked very cool back there. Only really bad things I got from the game was now I question the quality and depth of our secondary. No ST certainly hurt, but that 52 yarder TD by TO made Springs look really bad. I mean Prioleau should have done a better job at having Springs' back on that, but Shawn just let him blow by him. We need to draft more CBs I think next year. Nice job by Rocky with that almost INT also. I thought he had it. With the exception of the Giants I t hink we will win the rest of the games. Dallas is going to sit guys out for the 2nd round against us if they beat GB and run the table. They will have secured homefield advantage even if they lose to us.

[SouperMeister]

Originally Posted by GusFrerotte

We deserved to win that game today. Too bad JC didn't just take off with the ball instead of forcing the bad throw at the end. He kicked ass and looked very cool back there. Only really bad things I got from the game was now I question the quality and depth of our secondary. No ST certainly hurt, but that 52 yarder TD by TO made Springs look really bad. I mean Prioleau should have done a better job at having Springs' back on that, but Shawn just let him blow by him. We need to draft more CBs I think next year. Nice job by Rocky with that almost INT also. I thought he had it. With the exception of the Giants I t hink we will win the rest of the games. Dallas is going to sit guys out for the 2nd round against us if they beat GB and run the table. They will have secured homefield advantage even if they lose to us.

In a 2 deep zone, the CBs guard the sidelines for short to intermediate routes. Springs is supposed to release the WR after 15 yards or so. Each Safety is responsible for one half of the field beyond 15 yards or so, and the MLB drops to guard the deep middle. My only knock on Springs on that play is that he stopped running back the help Prioleau when nobody else was in his short zone for him to defend.

You make a great point about the 2nd Dallas game - if they have home field wrapped up, I can't imagine that they'll bring the same intensity that the Skins will if we're playing for a wild card.

[GMScud]

I'm proud of the coaching staff for letting Jason use his abilities.

I'm proud of Santana Moss for finally showing up. I know this season has been hard on him (and us), and I'm glad he turned in a nice game.

I'm proud of a lot of the overall offensive execution.

I'm also pissed at a few things:
Did we really only run the ball 4 times in the second half? I heard Ray Brown say that stat after the game. We were throwing well, and I'm glad, but we should have used some of that throwing success to set up a few more runs. I'm not suggesting we should have run it 25 times in the second half, but maybe 10-12 would have helped our pace.

We still struggle like crazy to get it in the endzone. Despite 400+ yards of offense on the road, we had numerous drives stall out. Field goals don't win games, and we're seeing it over and over.

[scafuri27]

you cant get on campbell too much about leading his receivers when he has to throw to various WR's each week in practice due to injuries..It tough to transition leading santana moss, to leading james thrash. I like the 20 yard flies on the sideline to moss, sitting underneath the safties..thats a timing route that if moss stays healthy is there 100% of time...I LOVE THIS TEAM AND AM SICK OF THEM LOSING TOO!! but i think there are moral victories..and stopping them 3 and out getting the ball back and having a chance to win late after giving up 4 big playsd to TO shows character...