Carolina Panthers vs Washington Redskins Gameday Thread

[Beemnseven]

Promising news: Kelli Johnson just said X-rays and initial tests on Hightower's knee were negative.

[mooby]

I don't think this team will be poor every week. They're just not consistent. One week we're going to see a game like today's, another week we're going to see us go toe to toe with a team better than us. I'm just preparing myself to "stay medium" week to week. One thing's for sure though, in between the injuries and bad play I don't expect us to go on a run this season.

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by mooby

I don't think this team will be poor every week. They're just not consistent. One week we're going to see a game like today's, another week we're going to see us go toe to toe with a team better than us. I'm just preparing myself to "stay medium" week to week. One thing's for sure though, in between the injuries and bad play I don't expect us to go on a run this season.

I wish I were that positive. If you look at it, even after the lackluster win over the Rams, it's been pretty much downhill since Dallas.

In fact, we were in a death match with the Cards at home in week two. We haven't looked anywhere near as good as we did against the Giants in the opener.

[pg86]

We did draft someone to be the Future after fletcher unlike QB

[SBXVII]

QB next yr is definitly a must. I'm soo glad Beck resolved our issue's. lol.

[SirClintonPortis]

Originally Posted by SBXVII

QB next yr is definitly a must. I'm soo glad Beck resolved our issue's. lol.

An unknown is still an unknown. Unknown=/= failure. Rex Grossman had many games to audition for us dating back to last year. I'm willing to give Beck the same amount of games to prove his actual worth.

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by SBXVII

QB next yr is definitly a must. I'm soo glad Beck resolved our issue's. lol.

Sarcasm?

All things considered, I don't have much of a problem with Beck's performance today. Sure, he had a couple of heart-stoppers. But drops, bad route-running by the wideouts didn't help him much.

The offense as a whole has been in a funk since week two no matter who the quarterback is.

[44ever]

Originally Posted by SBXVII

QB next yr is definitly a must. I'm soo glad Beck resolved our issue's. lol.

After todays game it's obvious Beck is the least of our problems. Thats a scary thing to have to admit. But true. WTF happened to our D?

[Bushead]

Originally Posted by 44ever

After todays game it's obvious Beck is the least of our problems. Thats a scary thing to have to admit. But true. WTF happened to our D?

I think that was known coming in. Can't fix everything in a couple off seasons.

[Skins4Eva]

Originally Posted by 44ever

After todays game it's obvious Beck is the least of our problems. Thats a scary thing to have to admit. But true. WTF happened to our D?

I predicted this loss today. Had a bad feeling about this game all week. While I did expect a loss, I did not expect our defense to get abused the way it did. I also did not realize just how bad our receivers are. I live in Charlotte and got tickets to the game. All of is Redskins fans, including myself, were just totally dejected by this effort. There is always next year. We suck. The fact that some people always say crap like, 'Stay positive', blah blah blah. What team are you watching. We are terrible.

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by 44ever

After todays game it's obvious Beck is the least of our problems. Thats a scary thing to have to admit. But true. WTF happened to our D?

For the first time all season, they gave out in all four quarters of the game. In every game leading up to today, they've either held teams to field goals (Dallas) or they've been good for shutting opponents down for almost a complete half (Giants, Rams, Eagles). They've kept us in practically every game until today.

At some point, your offense needs to take over and win the game for the team.

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

For the first time all season, they gave out in all four quarters of the game. In every game leading up to today, they've either held teams to field goals (Dallas) or they've been good for shutting opponents down for almost a complete half (Giants, Rams, Eagles). They've kept us in practically every game until today.

At some point, your offense needs to take over and win the game for the team.

Well given the resources put into the defense, you'd expect them to do what they had done (keep us in games) and more.

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

Well given the resources put into the defense, you'd expect them to do what they had done (keep us in games) and more.

Resources? Bowen, Kerrigan, Otogwe (who was out today), and Wilson? Did I miss anyone? Otherwise it's the basically the same group from last year.

Yeah, the D let us down today, no doubt. But apart from the '85 Bears, the 2000 Ravens, and the '08 Steelers, in my lifetime I haven't seen a defense shut down each and every offense they face week after week. And I certainly wouldn't expect that from this defense.

There's going to be a game here and there when a geniunely good defense has a bad outing. There ought to be ONE game when the offense can pick up the slack. We haven't seen that from this bunch since week one.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

Well given the resources put into the defense, you'd expect them to do what they had done (keep us in games) and more.

I think the defense has lived upto the expectations we had for it when we invested in it this offseason. I don't think it has exceeded expectations. We're still in the top ten in pretty much any statistical category with meaning.

Now if we replaced guys like McIntosh, Doughty, and Barnes would we be better off? For sure. Those guys never miss an opportunity to fail. But the offense is way worse than three players short: it doesn't have a foundation.

[44ever]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

For the first time all season, they gave out in all four quarters of the game. In every game leading up to today, they've either held teams to field goals (Dallas) or they've been good for shutting opponents down for almost a complete half (Giants, Rams, Eagles). They've kept us in practically every game until today.

At some point, your offense needs to take over and win the game for the team.

Agree.