F$ck Dallas! Game thread

[CRedskinsRule]

An old man walks into a bar and sits down. He and the fellow next to him start chatting about football, and the subject of the Redskins come up, at which point the younger man starts cursing about Gruden and McVay. The old man looks for a second, smiles, and says Damn it's good to meet you Chico!

[punch it in]

The ironic thing is that i have been a djax supporter all year. When everyone wanted his ass cut / gone / traded. And for what? A hammy? But last nights BLUNDER OF THE YEAR is excusable?!?

[REDSKINS4ever]

What's with the 8 man fronts? Three tackles....how often do they pass out of that formation? The defense knows that the run is coming. The play calling is so non creative and predictable!

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by REDSKINS4ever

What's with the 8 man fronts? Three tackles....how often do they pass out of that formation? The defense knows that the run is coming. The play calling is so non creative and predictable!

alot of that had to do with us being down to JReed and no other TE's because Carrier was out. I know injuries aren't an excuse, but at the same time, when 1 position group is hit especially hard it creates its own issues.

How ironic is it to believe that JReed is our only healthy tight end!

[REDSKINS4ever]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

alot of that had to do with us being down to JReed and no other TE's because Carrier was out. I know injuries aren't an excuse, but at the same time, when 1 position group is hit especially hard it creates its own issues.

How ironic is it to believe that JReed is our only healthy tight end!

Yeah.....indeed....

But when they are in this formation it's a dead giveaway to the defense that they are going to run. They won't even call a play action pass and hit the running back in the flat...or find a T on an out pattern....instead they run right at the defense for a minimal gain.

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by REDSKINS4ever

Yeah.....indeed....

But when they are in this formation it's a dead giveaway to the defense that they are going to run. They won't even call a play action pass and hit the running back in the flat...or find a T on an out pattern....instead they run right at the defense for a minimal gain.

agreed, although we did see several naked bootlegs off that as the game went on, and they were successful, minus the bogus crackback block penalty.

[skinsfaninok]

If we end up 8-8 it's a good season for this team, even 7-9 is good. I honestly don't care if we win the division because we r not a good enough team to make a run anyway. Plus we would most likely play Seattle or GB and we ain't beating them.

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

If we end up 8-8 it's a good season for this team, even 7-9 is good. I honestly don't care if we win the division because we r not a good enough team to make a run anyway. Plus we would most likely play Seattle or GB and we ain't beating them.

Playing them or minnesota. Also remember we would play them at home. Im more concerned about winning atleast 2 of 4 because 3 are on the road. If we do manage to win the division than throw it all out the window. Anything can happen if we get in.

[skinsfaninok]

Originally Posted by punch it in

Playing them or minnesota. Also remember we would play them at home. Im more concerned about winning atleast 2 of 4 because 3 are on the road. If we do manage to win the division than throw it all out the window. Anything can happen if we get in.

Well this Sunday we will see if jay can actually win a damn road game. If we lose then we are out of it imo. I think we have to beat philly and dallas for sure then we'll need a win from Chicago or buffalo and I'd say all 4 games are a toss up. We could easily lose them all

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

Well this Sunday we will see if jay can actually win a damn road game. If we lose then we are out of it imo. I think we have to beat philly and dallas for sure then we'll need a win from Chicago or buffalo and I'd say all 4 games are a toss up. We could easily lose them all

We sure could Okie. 7-9 could very well win this division though also. Gonna be a rat race. Lol. Hey im just glad we are part of it.

[NoCalHail]

If our pass protection had been better, Jackson probably has 1-2 TD receptions and the game is out of reach for Dallas before the 4th quarter begins.

This game was a mediocre Dallas team hanging around with a team that once again couldn't get out of their own way and in the end made 1-2 plays to win a razor thin close game.

That was the only way Dallas was going to win. Our entire gameplan on offense played right into what Dallas was hoping for. Our plan looked like we were so scared of losing that we refused to go out and win.

[sdskinsfan2001]

There is no one answer to why we lost. We are all just prioritizing different points. All that shows is how fucking terrible we played. We stunk up the joint last night all over the field on offense and special teams. It was pathetic. We are still the Redskins, better than last year, but we were 4-12. Hard to be worse.

[skinsfaninok]

Yeah that's y I'm not so mad today. I woke up and we were still in 1st. We control our destiny.

[calia]

Pretty hacked off about the loss. No excuse for playing so flat, dumb penalties, and for the completely unimaginative play calling. We had a chance TO ELIMINATE DALLAS ONCE AND FOR ALL this season and we didn't take it. We had a chance to actually win back-to-back games for the first time in I cannot recall and we didn't take it. We had a chance to go up two games in the division with only a few weeks remaining and we didn't take it.

In sum, we had a chance to actually show we're a team that has taken the next step from the shit show it has been for two decades (with the exception of the 2012 7 game win streak, which now seems a fluke) to something approximating a real NFL franchise -- and we didn't take it.

Against the Cowboys. At home. On national tv.

If you're not sick about this game, you should be.

I get it -- we've been better than last year (competitive in most games, already more Ws, etc.). And we seem to have some parts coming together which bodes well for the future.

But c'mon -- you play this game for the opportunity to go out and compete on nights like last night, and we just didn't. D played reasonably well, but couldn't make stops in the end. Special teams was pretty crappy. Offense was largely uninspired and couldn't get much going all night.

We had very good opportunities to win against Miami, Atlanta, and now Dallas. Winning those games is the difference between 5-7 and 8-4 -- in other words, from being a mediocre (at best) team to a winning team in command of our division. We have been the former for so long, many of us are starved for the latter. Knowing that we may get there in 2016 or 2017 is cold comfort when the opportunity was there in 2015.

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by calia

Pretty hacked off about the loss. No excuse for playing so flat, dumb penalties, and for the completely unimaginative play calling. We had a chance TO ELIMINATE DALLAS ONCE AND FOR ALL this season and we didn't take it. We had a chance to actually win back-to-back games for the first time in I cannot recall and we didn't take it. We had a chance to go up two games in the division with only a few weeks remaining and we didn't take it.



In sum, we had a chance to actually show we're a team that has taken the next step from the shit show it has been for two decades (with the exception of the 2012 7 game win streak, which now seems a fluke) to something approximating a real NFL franchise -- and we didn't take it.



Against the Cowboys. At home. On national tv.



If you're not sick about this game, you should be.



I get it -- we've been better than last year (competitive in most games, already more Ws, etc.). And we seem to have some parts coming together which bodes well for the future.



But c'mon -- you play this game for the opportunity to go out and compete on nights like last night, and we just didn't. D played reasonably well, but couldn't make stops in the end. Special teams was pretty crappy. Offense was largely uninspired and couldn't get much going all night.



We had very good opportunities to win against Miami, Atlanta, and now Dallas. Winning those games is the difference between 5-7 and 8-4 -- in other words, from being a mediocre (at best) team to a winning team in command of our division. We have been the former for so long, many of us are starved for the latter. Knowing that we may get there in 2016 or 2017 is cold comfort when the opportunity was there in 2015.

Just out of curiosity how many games did you think this particular group of Redskins was going to win before the season,(and overwhelming amount of gametime lost to injuries)?