Defense = Disappointment

[sportscurmudgeon]

The biggest disappointment from yesterday's defensive showing is this:

The Skins spent big time $$$ and draft picks on the defensive side of the ball in the off-season and what they got for that was what we saw last year.

With 9 minutes (approx) to play and trailing by 10, the Skins punted the ball to the Giants in Giants' terriroty. What they needed from the defense there was a "3-and-out". Get the ball back; get one score and the game is in reach with a field goal and a TD.

What did they get? They got a defense that let the Giants drive the ball for 6 minutes (approx) and kick another field goal. That meant they needed two TDs to win and had only about 3 and a half minutes to make that happen.

That same kind of play happened about three or four times last year. It is not a recipe for winning enough football games to make it ot the playoffs. I was expecting better this year.

Thanks for playing; what parting gifts do we have for our defense, Charles...?