Quick Recap

[bridaman51]

Look at the first quarter when most of the starters played we had 2 11 play drives, one leading to a touchdown, for a total of 101 yards. we ended the half with 113 total yards. Most of our yards came in that first half against the pittsburgh starters. The offense did improve from last week and make big strides, now lets look for consistancy. However maybe our depth on offense is not as deep as people thought since we only gained 226 total yards on offense 113 in the first half and 49 on that last drive.

[MonkManiac]

The TV broadcast of the game on WUSA 9 was one of the worst I have ever seen.

Theisman and Patrick were terrible; they didn't know the names of players, they consistently reported the wrong down (which was made worse by the fact that the down/yardage were only occasionally shown on-screen), and they gave inconsistent updates about injuries. Brett Haber's discussion of Jason Campbell's injury was confused as well.

Get Bram Weinstein on TV! The guy does some of the best Redskins reporting around.

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by MonkManiac

The TV broadcast of the game on WUSA 9 was one of the worst I have ever seen.

Theisman and Patrick were terrible; they didn't know the names of players, they consistently reported the wrong down (which was made worse by the fact that the down/yardage were only occasionally shown on-screen), and they gave inconsistent updates about injuries. Brett Haber's discussion of Jason Campbell's injury was confused as well.

Get Bram Weinstein on TV! The guy does some of the best Redskins reporting around.

You're so right. I don't remember seeing the down/yrds shown on screen. It was so frustrating. Then Theisman ripped the player that hit Jason Campbell as if he did it on purpose. I mean it's not flag football.

[hooskins]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

You're so right. I don't remember seeing the down/yrds shown on screen. It was so frustrating. Then Theisman ripped the player that hit Jason Campbell as if he did it on purpose. I mean it's not flag football.

Yeah I was so pissed about that, I had to keep on paying attention to the markers and all that. I remember them showing the downs and stuff once in a while and I was like WTF why not do this the whole game?

[jgalecpa]

I agree that things definitely are looking better are defense and the O-Line did better this week, as well.

Not much discussion of Cooley yet on this thread.

I though he look like the Cooley of two season ago, again.

Maybe getting engaged will be good for him. Keep him in at night studying film.

[Cowell]

Even if Campbell got hurt, and say he is out for the first few weeks of the regular season, or worse. Todd Collins has looked the best out of all our quarterbacks so far.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by MonkManiac

The TV broadcast of the game on WUSA 9 was one of the worst I have ever seen.

Theisman and Patrick were terrible; they didn't know the names of players, they consistently reported the wrong down (which was made worse by the fact that the down/yardage were only occasionally shown on-screen), and they gave inconsistent updates about injuries. Brett Haber's discussion of Jason Campbell's injury was confused as well.

Get Bram Weinstein on TV! The guy does some of the best Redskins reporting around.

Patrick called Campbell Doug Williams once too and no one caught it (on the broadcast).

[4mrusmc]

Originally Posted by Buster

Patrick called Campbell Doug Williams once too and no one caught it (on the broadcast).

Yeah Buster I heard that too. And what got me is that Joey T. didn't correct him.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by 4mrusmc

Yeah Buster I heard that too. And what got me is that Joey T. didn't correct him.

Good, I'm not crazy. Well...ok, my hearing is good.

[JWsleep]

And we have to remember that this was against a pretty serious D--and Pitt was stunting in midseason form, apparently.

Playing these good Ds now will help us down the road, even if it means we at times look worse than we are. (Note: don't freak out too much if the Ravens hold our O down--they're good.)

[jbcjr14]

I just got a chance to watch the game on the replay on NFL Network. Some quick observations:

1. Campbell was looking FANTASTIC before the hit.
2. Starting O Line showed some good improvements over week 1.
3. The D has yet to yield a TD in 8 qtrs (VERY IMPRESSIVE).
4. Redzone defense is stoudt!

Overall I thought the first team started to show a little promise and executed well on the first two drives. Has anyone else noticed the "lack" of penalties in these first two games against the O and the D? I think they have really focused on not killing themselves with stupid penalties.

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by jbcjr14

I just got a chance to watch the game on the replay on NFL Network. Some quick observations:

1. Campbell was looking FANTASTIC before the hit.
2. Starting O Line showed some good improvements over week 1.
3. The D has yet to yield a TD in 8 qtrs (VERY IMPRESSIVE).
4. Redzone defense is stoudt!

Overall I thought the first team started to show a little promise and executed well on the first two drives. Has anyone else noticed the "lack" of penalties in these first two games against the O and the D? I think they have really focused on not killing themselves with stupid penalties.

Good point on the lack of penalties. Looks like the coaches have these guys focused mentally.

[Monkeydad]

Everyone wants to bash Brunell because they want to bash him regardless of his play, but he looked good to be on Saturday. He was 5-12 but his incompletions were drops by WRs who won't be on the team and his INT was a bobble by a WR on a pass that was right between the numbers. He threw longer passes accurately and with a LOT more zip than Collins (who was good at managing the game by playing conservatively). In fact, Brunell had the longest completion of the 6 QBs from both teams that saw the field, 36 yards.

Campbell Yards per Completion = 12.5
Brunell Yards per Completion = 11.2
Collins Yards per Completion = 7.4

Who can't throw deep?



Collins' TD pass wasn't because he made a great throw, it was because he had ALL day and the secondary couldn't cover Lloyd that long. Seriously, he stood there forever until he threw to Lloyd. Campbell is the QB who got the ball in scoring range on that drive anyways.

I'm not taking anything away from Collins' accuracy (even though it looks like he's tossing passes to his kid in the backyard), but he's playing Brunell's "game" with the short passes and you don't seem to hate him for it like you do Brunell. Plus, Brunell looked good. On the last drive, he brought us into FG range for the gamewinner in 1 minute, he showed leadership and poise. We would've won if not for the offensive pass interference and then the WR who let the pass bounce off him into the defense's hands.

If Campbell does go down, I want Brunell in. He's more experienced and while he can't last a whole year, he'll be the better of our backups.

[hooskins]

Originally Posted by Buster

Everyone wants to bash Brunell because they want to bash him regardless of his play, but he looked good to be on Saturday. He was 5-12 but his incompletions were drops by WRs who won't be on the team and his INT was a bobble by a WR on a pass that was right between the numbers. He threw longer passes accurately and with a LOT more zip than Collins (who was good at managing the game by playing conservatively). In fact, Brunell had the longest completion of the 6 QBs from both teams that saw the field, 36 yards.

Campbell Yards per Completion = 12.5
Brunell Yards per Completion = 11.2
Collins Yards per Completion = 7.4

Who can't throw deep?

I think you also have to take into consideration that Brunell had to play catch up towards the end of the game that might have inflated that statistic.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by hooskins

I think you also have to take into consideration that Brunell had to play catch up towards the end of the game that might have inflated that statistic.

So Collins relaxed because we had that huge 3 point lead?