Redskins vs. Steelers Gameday thread

[GusFrerotte]

Originally Posted by hooskins

We are a slightly above average team, and many of knew that deep down inside. Now it is finally out in the open.

I have to agree with you for the most part. When all of our cylinders are working, we are a rather solid team, but we are banged up, and with an offensive system that isn't conducive to scoring for us for some reason. Right now, I can envision us at 9-7 or 8-8.

[horse]

Originally Posted by GusFrerotte

I have to agree with you for the most part. When all of our cylinders are working, we are a rather solid team, but we are banged up, and with an offensive system that isn't conducive to scoring for us for some reason. Right now, I can envision us at 9-7 or 8-8.

Are you serious? We'll come back healthy after the bye and it will make a big difference, All our road games besides baltimore are gimmes(in theory) Still don't think dallas can beat us and not sold on philly, We win 10 at least.

[SouperMeister]

Originally Posted by horse

Are you serious? We'll come back healthy after the bye and it will make a big difference, All our road games besides baltimore are gimmes(in theory) Still don't think dallas can beat us and not sold on philly, We win 10 at least.

Can we really call any game a gimme after losing to the Rams and allowing both the Browns and the Lions to hang around in the 4th quarter? Cincy deserved to beat the Giants in NY, and they gave Dallas a scare in Texas. I wouldn't call that, or any other game a gimme at this point.

[GTripp0012]

Late byes are a much bigger disadvantage than anyone realizes. You spend all of October and November playing teams that are coming off byes, or have recently had their bye. With that said, this team went 2-2 against teams that already had their bye, and that's pretty good.

We got our asses crushed tonight. Once that homefield advantage wore off in the first quarter, they killed us on both sides of the ball. Blache called an awful game, but with the way the offensive line played, it probably doesn't matter.

We got outplayed and outcoached, but it is what it is. The game doesn't mean anything in terms of tiebreakers, and if we go out and kill Dallas, everyone forgets this one. It's going to be well in the past by the next time we play.

The only thing we have to fix is on the offensive line, and it's the same issues we had in the last four games. Totally unblocked guys coming through on the quarterback are completely unacceptable for an offense as strong as us. Jon Jansen can't play tackle in the NFL anymore. We have to stop pretending like he can. He's a utility lineman at this point. Stephon Heyer should start at RT. Casey Rabach probably shouldn't be playing in the NFL because he can't read blitz packages at all. I feel bad for poor Randy Thomas, stuck between those two against the pass, theres just no winning.

Samuels, I feel, didn't play all that bad. The holding calls were likely a direct result of his lack of mobility, but when you start talking about weak links, Samuels is about 7th on the list for the offense tonight. We have two gaping holes on the offensive line.

And like pretty much every QB, Campbell is inaccurate when he gets rattled.

Also: Steelers are way better with Leftwich at QB than Roethlisberger. That's no mistake. Ben takes sacks, Byron throws the football. That's the difference. If they can protect Ben, he's great, but this Steelers team is better with Leftwich, who was amazing tonight.

[BleedBurgundy]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

Late byes are a much bigger disadvantage than anyone realizes. You spend all of October and November playing teams that are coming off byes, or have recently had their bye. With that said, this team went 2-2 against teams that already had their bye, and that's pretty good.

We got our asses crushed tonight. Once that homefield advantage wore off in the first quarter, they killed us on both sides of the ball. Blache called an awful game, but with the way the offensive line played, it probably doesn't matter.

We got outplayed and outcoached, but it is what it is. The game doesn't mean anything in terms of tiebreakers, and if we go out and kill Dallas, everyone forgets this one. It's going to be well in the past by the next time we play.

The only thing we have to fix is on the offensive line, and it's the same issues we had in the last four games. Totally unblocked guys coming through on the quarterback are completely unacceptable for an offense as strong as us. Jon Jansen can't play tackle in the NFL anymore. We have to stop pretending like he can. He's a utility lineman at this point. Stephon Heyer should start at RT. Casey Rabach probably shouldn't be playing in the NFL because he can't read blitz packages at all. I feel bad for poor Randy Thomas, stuck between those two against the pass, theres just no winning.

Samuels, I feel, didn't play all that bad. The holding calls were likely a direct result of his lack of mobility, but when you start talking about weak links, Samuels is about 7th on the list for the offense tonight. We have two gaping holes on the offensive line.

And like pretty much every QB, Campbell is inaccurate when he gets rattled.

Also: Steelers are way better with Leftwich at QB than Roethlisberger. That's no mistake. Ben takes sacks, Byron throws the football. That's the difference. If they can protect Ben, he's great, but this Steelers team is better with Leftwich, who was amazing tonight.

I can't believe I'm reading that. And what's more... I can't believe how much I agree with that, at least for this game.

[mooby]

It pissed me off so much seeing that many Steelers fans in our own damn home. I was completely embarressed, especially when the Skins were on offense and it was loud enough to be an away game. Not to mention hearing loud cheers when the Steelers had good plays.

Tonight was a bad game. 7 sacks? I don't think I've seen that many since the Spurrier days, and I can't even pinpoint one game from that time period. I think it just goes to show we still have work to do on offense, our defense played good ball but they couldn't keep the Steelers out the end zone and the end result was that.

[MiraclesHappen07]

what pissed me more is our deffense playing their hearts out in the whole game and our offense continues to struggle! So damn irratating

[JWsleep]

One thing is very apparent, and this is a "west coast" thing, I think. If we do not get any rhythm, we look horrid. Sure, Pitt's D took us out of lots of things, but we need to find ways to get moving when the first options are not working.

Look, we're 6-3 at the bye, and I'm sure everyone on this board would have been totally psyched about that coming into the year. We've got some soft road games we must win: Seattle, Cincy, and SF. If we do that, we're at 9 wins. Then just one more win: Philly, Dallas, NY at home, Raisins in baldamore. I think 10 wins will get us a WC. Of course, we should win those NFC Easties at home as well. And fuck the Raisins! But even if we stumble there, we've got winnable games. ANd yes, I know. We lost to the Rams and we barely beat the brownies and the Lions. But we got 6 wins out of a VERY tough first half + 1. Now, recharge, regroup, and GET IT DONE!

Hail from Houston.

[The Goat]

Originally Posted by JWsleep

One thing is very apparent, and this is a "west coast" thing, I think. If we do not get any rhythm, we look horrid. Sure, Pitt's D took us out of lots of things, but we need to find ways to get moving when the first options are not working.

Look, we're 6-3 at the bye, and I'm sure everyone on this board would have been totally psyched about that coming into the year. We've got some soft road games we must win: Seattle, Cincy, and SF. If we do that, we're at 9 wins. Then just one more win: Philly, Dallas, NY at home, Raisins in baldamore. I think 10 wins will get us a WC. Of course, we should win those NFC Easties at home as well. And fuck the Raisins! But even if we stumble there, we've got winnable games. ANd yes, I know. We lost to the Rams and we barely beat the brownies and the Lions. But we got 6 wins out of a VERY tough first half + 1. Now, recharge, regroup, and GET IT DONE!

Hail from Houston.

GD JW, love your optimism! Hoping we recharge and bring the house for the next 7 games.

[MiraclesHappen07]

yeah i know we shouldnt be down but our offense continues to be ineffecient. we cant have our D and running game the only ones doing anything. special teams and passing needs to inprove.

[GTripp0012]

I honestly thought this game would be very easy *IF* we could find a way to protect the QB. We didn't, and it wasn't.

And of course, Leftwich's play was not something I accounted for. Without him, we probably come back in the second half of that game.

That move alone is the entire difference between the Steelers organization and the Cowboys organization. It encapsulizes why, despite considerable injury to both teams, Pittsburgh is a top 5 team, and the Cowboys might be a Top 25 team on a good day.

[redwarrior111]

Maybe I just still don't know anything but...

What is so inherittely wrong with our passing game other than we never really give it much of a shot because our running game is so good? Zorn seems to love quarterbacks so much he was about to bloody propose to Cambell tonight when he called the time out. he has deffinitely worked him and it seems to have paid off in some respects. Moss looks good (though broken at the monet. But heck did you see pittsburg's special teams? They looked like amputated vietnam vets). cooley looks good. I'd say we aren't blocking but sacking doesn't LOOK like a consistent problem to me....What is it?

[53Fan]

Originally Posted by redwarrior111

Maybe I just still don't know anything but...

What is so inherittely wrong with our passing game other than we never really give it much of a shot because our running game is so good? Zorn seems to love quarterbacks so much he was about to bloody propose to Cambell tonight when he called the time out. he has deffinitely worked him and it seems to have paid off in some respects. Moss looks good (though broken at the monet. But heck did you see pittsburg's special teams? They looked like amputated vietnam vets). cooley looks good. I'd say we aren't blocking but sacking doesn't LOOK like a consistent problem to me....What is it?

That's a good question redwarrior. I wish I had an answer for you.

[mooby]

Just goes to show how imporatant depth is, that's all. If the Cowboys had good depth they would've kept rolling when Romo went down, instead they had Brad Johnson and that's part of why they aren't looking good.

[reppinredskins]

the only thing good about this game was the guitar hero commercial with the girl dancing.