Game Balls

[saden1]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

I don't know where to put this comment, so this is completely


One of the best things about winning - going on a cowboys site (mind you I'm not posting because I'd hate if sandtrapjack or valleyranchgirl showed up gloating) and reading their own fans reactions. It makes me smile

by the way, anyone know when we can expect STJ or valleyranchgirl?

It is one of my guilty pleasures. I don't post either but I enjoy all the whining.

[MonkFan4Life]

The Crowd : Really gave the Cowboys everything they wanted. I mean they were loud ! If any of you all were there last night,...Thank you for sacrificing your voices !

Trent Williams : Good solid game against Ware. There are guys that see him all the time and haven't been able to stand their ground against him, that kid is a beast.

LaRon Landry : A lot of good tackles, didn't miss the sure things like he used to going for the big hit.

Brian Orakpo looked good as well as D. Hall.

[Monkeydad]

Lets also not ignore the trainers/medical staff.

Landry, Orakpo, Portis, Hall all went down and got right back into the game. 'Rak and CP with cramps, LaRon needed an IV at halftime because of cramping.

[saden1]

Landry completely wiffed on a sure bet sack....other than that he played OK. The only play worth mentioning is his take down on the out route to stop a first down. Most of his tackels were several yards down the line of scrimmage, not exactly what you want from your strong safety (maybe it's a scheme thing but he sure wasn't no Troy Polamalu).

[GhettoDogAllStars]

Game ball: Williams - without his performance there's no way we win, regardless of how well Orakpo plays. And, although his value was greater in other areas, that play where he road-graded the DB out of bounds was an absolute delight to watch.

Honorable mention: Orakpo - yeah, he's a beast, but he was facing a backup

Other comments:

Miles Austin is fast, shifty, gets open, AND has good hands. When he gets the ball he makes plays and gets downfield. I also thought he was a flash in the pan, but it's clear he's the best receiver in the division (for now). Just check out his highlights on youtube.

I agree with SS, Landry having 17 tackles is great, but those tackles are always there to be had in any game -- just turns out they normally go to DL/LB. So, maybe it's scheme, maybe it's a weak front, or maybe it's because Landry has gone to HoF status overnight. I'll go with the former for now, and hope for the latter.

Portis' 18 yard run late in the 4th quarter was textbook zone-blocking 1 cut running. I look forward to much more successful rushing as the season goes on.

[Monkeydad]

^ which worked out well for Rocky at least...he made some plays. Didn't notice a lot of Carter though.

[mlmpetert]

Not sure if this was mentioned, but a game ball is well deserved for the 12th man too. I watched the game from home and it was the loudest i have heard fedex for Redkins games in a long time. Not as loud as Boise vs VT, but it was good. For everyone that attended great job!

[htownskinfan]

Originally Posted by mlmpetert

Not sure if this was mentioned, but a game ball is well deserved for the 12th man too. I watched the game from home and it was the loudest i have heard fedex for Redkins games in a long time. Not as loud as Boise vs VT, but it was good. For everyone that attended great job!

Yeah,I was thinking the same thing,I thought it was the loudest I've ever heard too

[mooby]

Originally Posted by htownskinfan

Yeah,I was thinking the same thing,I thought it was the loudest I've ever heard too

As somebody who was there I can say it was the loudest I've ever heard it in the games I've attended. Moreso on that final drive than anything else.

[Dirtbag59]

I just hope this defense doesn't go through the Zorn effect. Remember back in 2008 no one had seen our offense so after that first week against the G-Men we were able to take advantage of a lack of film. Unfortunately once film got built up we were rendered useless.

The Cowboys talked a lot about how their biggest concern in going up against us was the lack of film on our defense. For a good portion of the week they were watching Jim Haslets 4-3 D with the Rams. In fact thats why I thought they were using so many screens to begin the game, I thought more then anything it was an attempt to get a better feel for how our defense was going after them. Of course as Collinsworth kept bringing up, the coaches didn't trust that O-Line enough to call the more typical 5 and 7 step drops.

Now fortunately Haslet knows what he's doing and at this point I think he's just scratching the surface of a huge playbook that to be honest is probably the most creative I've ever seen. From playing two OLB's on one side to playing Carter at ILB, it seems like this is just the start.

The offense obviously needs more time to catch up, and it's not that uncommon for McNabb to have a 60 game in terms of passer rating (He had 2 last year). The running game will actually get better as the year goes on and I think once that happens everything else will open up. For whatever reason O-Lines in any system usually have trouble getting their run blocking assignments down early in the season. I've heard that from everyone from my high school coaches all the way up to NFL analyst.

Edit: Oh yeah interesting stat. Elways first game under Shanahan was a 22-7 win against Buffalo. In that game Elway posted a 68.9 Passer rating.

[Hog1]

Originally Posted by Dirtbag359

I just hope this defense doesn't go through the Zorn effect. Remember back in 2008 no one had seen our offense so after that first week against the G-Men we were able to take advantage of a lack of film. Unfortunately once film got built up we were rendered useless.

The Cowboys talked a lot about how their biggest concern in going up against us was the lack of film on our defense. For a good portion of the week they were watching Jim Haslets 4-3 D with the Rams. In fact thats why I thought they were using so many screens to begin the game, I thought more then anything it was an attempt to get a better feel for how our defense was going after them. Of course as Collinsworth kept bringing up, the coaches didn't trust that O-Line enough to call the more typical 5 and 7 step drops.

Now fortunately Haslet knows what he's doing and at this point I think he's just scratching the surface of a huge playbook that to be honest is probably the most creative I've ever seen. From playing two OLB's on one side to playing Carter at ILB, it seems like this is just the start.

The offense obviously needs more time to catch up, and it's not that uncommon for McNabb to have a 60 game in terms of passer rating (He had 2 last year). The running game will actually get better as the year goes on and I think once that happens everything else will open up. For whatever reason O-Lines in any system usually have trouble getting their run blocking assignments down early in the season. I've heard that from everyone from my high school coaches all the way up to NFL analyst.

I would think because of our relative inexperience with the new systems, we would improve faster than other teams with more established time in their systems. SOooo, we may substancially better in a few weeks than we are now and so on.
AND D McNabb should grow more comfortable quick as he spent little time playing in preseason

[Longtimefan]

Originally Posted by mooby

As somebody who was there I can say it was the loudest I've ever heard it in the games I've attended. Moreso on that final drive than anything else.

Not only was the crowd loud, I was impressed with the fact we kept the pressure on during that final drive. In years past we probably would have been in some form of prevent defense and the pressure from Orakpo which caused the holding penalty that essentially ended the game would have been absent. A Greg Blache defense would have had three men rushing and eight in coverage.

[rypper11]

Originally Posted by Longtimefan

Not only was the crowd loud, I was impressed with the fact we kept the pressure on during that final drive. In years past we probably would have been in some form of prevent defense and the pressure from Orakpo which caused the holding penalty that essentially ended the game would have been absent. A Greg Blache defense would have had three men rushing and eight in coverage.

We did only rush three guys on the last play. Of course, two of them (Holliday and Rak) were held and if they weren't there would have been pressure if not a sack.

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by mlmpetert

Not sure if this was mentioned, but a game ball is well deserved for the 12th man too. I watched the game from home and it was the loudest i have heard fedex for Redkins games in a long time. Not as loud as Boise vs VT, but it was good. For everyone that attended great job!

no doubt

[Hog1]

Jim Haslett....as Kevin on espn980 just pointed out...many different looks on D.
No down lineman?? Awesome...