Smoot Lays the Smack Down (Redskins at Cowboys)

[skinsfaninok]

I agree Dallas would have went on 4th anyway, Hall just got beat shit happens it sucks but we got a BAD BAD Rams team in 5 days.. I say we win pretty easily

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

I agree Dallas would have went on 4th anyway, Hall just got beat shit happens it sucks but we got a BAD BAD Rams team in 5 days.. I say we win pretty easily

Famous last words? I think SJ is back on Sunday for the Rams

[MTK]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Famous last words? I think SJ is back on Sunday for the Rams

He was back this past week but wasn't really a factor since they got blown out.

[GridIron26]

The players/coaches that deserve to be smacked are Rexy, J. Brown, and Kyle Shanahan. Rexy showed us and the national exactly why Bears and Texans let him go. Rexy often make good plays AND bad plays. Unfortunately, this time Rexy's bad plays cost us the game.

Trent Williams handled Ware pretty well last night, although he did get away with few holding penalties. But Brown could not handle Ware nor Spencer. Rob Ryan was smart to attack Brown once it was evident that Brown could not handle Ware. We might have won the game if Brown could handle Ware and Spencer on his own.

Kyle called a vanilla game last night, although he did call good plays first several series. But the offense then stalled later in the game. Granted, some has to do with Rexy's bad plays. I wished Kyle would include Davis more in the game. Not to bash on Cooley but it seemed like Cooley could not sting Dallas D with his speed as Davis would. Cooley is one of my favorite Redskins players, but I actually wished that Davis was the primary target over Cooley last night. I really believed that Davis would hurt Dallas D more. Also, I was disappointed that Kyle turned away from running game, especially right after Hightower was running good. Hightower and Helu more than often were always a break-tackle away from hitting homeruns. Kyle have to keep feeding the ball to Hightower and Helu - they will end up making big runs eventually.

Despite what many people, I actually believe Haslett called good game last night. Our D held Cowgirls offense to field goals only. Cowgirls offense could not capitalize on Redskins turnovers - Redskins D held them pretty good. Orakpo's absence in 4th quarter is evident. Although Rob Jackson made a good play, but he could not apply pressure consistently as Orakpo did. I know, Haslett made a bad call on 3 down & 21 yards, but it was sorely based on Romo's play. Romo made a great play on that play. Like Shanny said in post game interview - it happens, sometimes we call right plays and sometimes we call bad plays. Whatever happens, we move on. We should feel good about our defense, now that Landry is back. It looks like our defense will be top 10 this year, which is big jump from last year.

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by GridIron26

The players/coaches that deserve to be smacked are Rexy, J. Brown, and Kyle Shanahan. Rexy showed us and the national exactly why Bears and Texans let him go. Rexy often make good plays AND bad plays. Unfortunately, this time Rexy's bad plays cost us the game.

Trent Williams handled Ware pretty well last night, although he did get away with few holding penalties. But Brown could not handle Ware nor Spencer. Rob Ryan was smart to attack Brown once it was evident that Brown could not handle Ware. We might have won the game if Brown could handle Ware and Spencer on his own.

Kyle called a vanilla game last night, although he did call good plays first several series. But the offense then stalled later in the game. Granted, some has to do with Rexy's bad plays. I wished Kyle would include Davis more in the game. Not to bash on Cooley but it seemed like Cooley could not sting Dallas D with his speed as Davis would. Cooley is one of my favorite Redskins players, but I actually wished that Davis was the primary target over Cooley last night. I really believed that Davis would hurt Dallas D more. Also, I was disappointed that Kyle turned away from running game, especially right after Hightower was running good. Hightower and Helu more than often were always a break-tackle away from hitting homeruns. Kyle have to keep feeding the ball to Hightower and Helu - they will end up making big runs eventually.

Despite what many people, I actually believe Haslett called good game last night. Our D held Cowgirls offense to field goals only. Cowgirls offense could not capitalize on Redskins turnovers - Redskins D held them pretty good. Orakpo's absence in 4th quarter is evident. Although Rob Jackson made a good play, but he could not apply pressure consistently as Orakpo did. I know, Haslett made a bad call on 3 down & 21 yards, but it was sorely based on Romo's play. Romo made a great play on that play. Like Shanny said in post game interview - it happens, sometimes we call right plays and sometimes we call bad plays. Whatever happens, we move on. We should feel good about our defense, now that Landry is back. It looks like our defense will be top 10 this year, which is big jump from last year.

Thank you. Haslett seems to be everybody's favorite whipping boy. I really don't know why that is. Who else caught the stat that the announcers mentioned last night: Redskins had the #1 defense in the NFL on 3rd down. That's a huge stat.

When was the last time Dallas was held without a TD? They broke Romo's 20-game streak of consecutive games with a TD pass.

But man, ONE busted coverage on 3rd and 21 when the defense did everything they possibly could to keep us in the game while the offense took half the night off and Jim Haslett is the antichrist.

Sports fans just cannot do without a villain -- even when he's on the team they root for. Crazy.

[GridIron26]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

But man, ONE busted coverage on 3rd and 21 when the defense did everything they possibly could to keep us in the game while the offense took half the night off and Jim Haslett is the antichrist.

Sports fans just cannot do without a villain -- even when he's on the team they root for. Crazy.

Lol indeed

[SirClintonPortis]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

Thank you. Haslett seems to be everybody's favorite whipping boy. I really don't know why that is. Who else caught the stat that the announcers mentioned last night: Redskins had the #1 defense in the NFL on 3rd down. That's a huge stat.

When was the last time Dallas was held without a TD? They broke Romo's 20-game streak of consecutive games with a TD pass.

But man, ONE busted coverage on 3rd and 21 when the defense did everything they possibly could to keep us in the game while the offense took half the night off and Jim Haslett is the antichrist.

Sports fans just cannot do without a villain -- even when he's on the team they root for. Crazy.

You're going to have games where one side will have to bail out the other. You're also going to have games where the score will be close. What I want to see is SMART decision making throughout, especially at CRITICAL JUNCTURES. Now, an all-out blitz wouldn't necessarily have been a bad thing, IF HE hadn't TELEGRAPHED THE SAME THING TWO PLAYS IN A ROW ALREADY.

[Longtimefan]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

Thank you. Haslett seems to be everybody's favorite whipping boy. I really don't know why that is. Who else caught the stat that the announcers mentioned last night: Redskins had the #1 defense in the NFL on 3rd down. That's a huge stat.

When was the last time Dallas was held without a TD? They broke Romo's 20-game streak of consecutive games with a TD pass.

But man, ONE busted coverage on 3rd and 21 when the defense did everything they possibly could to keep us in the game while the offense took half the night off and Jim Haslett is the antichrist.

Sports fans just cannot do without a villain -- even when he's on the team they root for. Crazy.

The fact that the Redskins sport the #1 defense in the NFL on 3rd down was not lost on the Cowboys coach either.

Cowboys say Redskins were simulating their snap count - The Insider - The Washington Post

[DynamiteRave]

Originally Posted by Longtimefan

The fact that the Redskins sport the #1 defense in the NFL on 3rd down was not lost on the Cowboys coach either.

Cowboys say Redskins were simulating their snap count - The Insider - The Washington Post

I was about to post a similar article

Did Redskins violate snap count rules? - Dallas Cowboys Blog - ESPN Dallas

[htownskinfan]

Originally Posted by DynamiteRave

I was about to post a similar article

Did Redskins violate snap count rules? - Dallas Cowboys Blog - ESPN Dallas

If I had to bet one way or the other I would say we did do it.I can only remember once ever seeing a team penalised for this,and it was us and its been within the last 2 seasons.Also from what I remember it ended up costing us points when had stopped the team on a critical down.Glad we got away with it this time but im sure theyll have an extra ear out for us in future games

[SirClintonPortis]

Originally Posted by Longtimefan

The fact that the Redskins sport the #1 defense in the NFL on 3rd down was not lost on the Cowboys coach either.

Cowboys say Redskins were simulating their snap count - The Insider - The Washington Post

Ah, hero Romo, already playing the spoiled princess.

[skinsfaninok]

S.J is solid but the Rams are so bad if we lose to them I will go ape shit, plus they got us last year so I feel better this time around. Sam is a stud but has 0 Help

[#56fanatic]

I think this team is WAY better than what I expected. The game last night was a tough, hard fought loss. I can't get too upset over anything, other than just the plain loss of an opportunity to be 3-0.
As far as the blitz on 3rd and 21, hey thats what we do. We are the #1 team in the NFL on 3rd down by blitzing and not giving the QB time to survey the field and find an open guy. I am not blaming the call at all. He made a play, Dez made a play and we didn't. We have been making plays all night, hell all year, we just didn't make that one. Again, to me it comes down to a missed field goal. I am really tired of finding ways to lose games by missed field goals, extra points.

Gano fought hard though coming back and nailing the 50 yarder, I give him credit for that. But we have to execute the FG opportunities, especially the short ones, making those 50+ yarders are bonuses.

[skinsfaninok]

Originally Posted by #56fanatic

i think this team is way better than what i expected. The game last night was a tough, hard fought loss. I can't get too upset over anything, other than just the plain loss of an opportunity to be 3-0.
As far as the blitz on 3rd and 21, hey thats what we do. We are the #1 team in the nfl on 3rd down by blitzing and not giving the qb time to survey the field and find an open guy. I am not blaming the call at all. He made a play, dez made a play and we didn't. We have been making plays all night, hell all year, we just didn't make that one. Again, to me it comes down to a missed field goal. I am really tired of finding ways to lose games by missed field goals, extra points.

Gano fought hard though coming back and nailing the 50 yarder, i give him credit for that. But we have to execute the fg opportunities, especially the short ones, making those 50+ yarders are bonuses.

this!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by #56fanatic

I think this team is WAY better than what I expected. The game last night was a tough, hard fought loss. I can't get too upset over anything, other than just the plain loss of an opportunity to be 3-0.
As far as the blitz on 3rd and 21, hey thats what we do. We are the #1 team in the NFL on 3rd down by blitzing and not giving the QB time to survey the field and find an open guy. I am not blaming the call at all. He made a play, Dez made a play and we didn't. We have been making plays all night, hell all year, we just didn't make that one. Again, to me it comes down to a missed field goal. I am really tired of finding ways to lose games by missed field goals, extra points.

Gano fought hard though coming back and nailing the 50 yarder, I give him credit for that. But we have to execute the FG opportunities, especially the short ones, making those 50+ yarders are bonuses.

Excellent point. Though they'll never say it, I'm sure that in their hearts, Cowboy fans know that the Redskins are no longer the pushovers of the NFC East, and that they are really tough to beat. Last season's opening loss at FedEX, a three point nail-biter in Dallas last year, and last night's two point sqeaker has proven that.

If nothing else, they know this contest is gonna be a dogfight from here on out.