Skins vs Texans Gameday Thread

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by DynamiteRave

I think we need to wait until the bye week to start calling for RG3's head. At least then the season will be more than halfway over. No knee jerk decisions til then.

If Skins lose ugly to Jax. Lord help them.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by DynamiteRave

I think we need to wait until the bye week to start calling for RG3's head. At least then the season will be more than halfway over. No knee jerk decisions til then.

I don't think anyone is calling for his head. What's so bothersome about yesterday is we basically ran a high school offense for most of the game. To me it's more on Gruden. He called the game like he was scared. Very easy to put a TE on Watt's side and take his ass out of the game. You have to try and push the ball down the field a little more.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by mredskins

If Skins lose ugly to Jax. Lord help them.

Week two is already a must win game. lol.

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

Week two is already a must win game. lol.

I hear you but if we are saying we are 7-9 8-8 team. Jax at home should make up one of those wins.

[mredskins]

Mike Tanier's Monday Morning Hangover: Forget the Flags | Bleacher Report

Good little vid in the middle of this article on RGIII.

[Coff]

Originally Posted by Irrefutable

I agree the defense wasn't the problem, special teams cost them 8 points ..... fumbles cost them ??? points. A slow thinking QB, and a bad O-line cost them points too. RGIII holds the ball forever, he rarely makes quick down field throws.

The defense played well, and played better than most expected. That being said, it was dissapointing that the defense had such a hard time getting off the field in the fourth quarter. I'm sure every fan of every bad team feels this way, but for the bulk of the Haslett era, it has felt as though the defense has struggled making quick fourth quarter stops when the game is still winnable. Houston had the ball for over 13 minutes in the 4th quarter and racked up nearly as many yards as they had in the previous three quarters combined.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by Coff

The defense played well, and played better than most expected. That being said, it was dissapointing that the defense had such a hard time getting off the field in the fourth quarter. I'm sure every fan of every bad team feels this way, but for the bulk of the Haslett era, it has felt as though the defense has struggled making quick fourth quarter stops when the game is still winnable. Houston had the ball for over 13 minutes in the 4th quarter and racked up nearly as many yards as they had in the previous three quarters combined.

Can't complain about the defense yesterday. They gave up 10 points. Yeah Rambo still sucks but there was so many positives about yesterday. We have a legit ILB in Robinson. He looks like a complete football player and he's only going to get better.

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by mredskins

We need a Decade Team or something. Like a special avatar saying you are in the decade club. That be kind of cool. I still got a year to go.

Does the fact that i have posted more in two years than alot of the all decade team has in ten get me an avatar?

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

To me the game plan seemed like they were scared. You can send a back or TE over to Watt's side. There were hardly any passes over 5 yards. You mean to tell me an NFL offense can't run Jackson and Garçon on 10 to 20 yard routes? Either the coaches are coddling Griffin, or he's playing like John Beck. In the end, the game came down to the blocked punt, block fg and the fumbles, 4 plays.

I think Gruden is very aware of the right side of the line's limitations. Maybe he didn't really believe the tape when Free Agency and Draft time came around, and wanted to see if he could get more out. But fact is, if the game plan had been skewed more to the deep throws, it would have been worse no matter who the QB was. And, the Skins adjusted and were getting consistent drives after the first one or two. Given that Houston had a new coach, we hadn't seen Clowney/Watt together, and they had their other star who was out most of last year back, I give the team a one week pass.

Now this week, no such thing. All the cards are on the table at this point.

[MTK]

I didn't have a problem with the plan. We all knew quick passes were going to be called early and often, and that's what the Texans were willing to give all day. I think Gruden would have liked to take more shots, on the first sack Griffin was clearly looking down field. There was simply too much pressure to dial up more long developing plays. To me it just came down to those two turnovers. That's 2 potential TDs left on the field. The entire landscape of the game would have changed if we even just came away with 10 points.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

I didn't have a problem with the plan. We all knew quick passes were going to be called early and often, and that's what the Texans were willing to give all day. I think Gruden would have liked to take more shots, on the first sack Griffin was clearly looking down field. There was simply too much pressure to dial up more long developing plays. To me it just came down to those two turnovers. That's 2 potential TDs left on the field. The entire landscape of the game would have changed if we even just came away with 10 points.

There were also instances where he either ran into the pressure for no reason (one time it took us out of FG range) or failed to actually step up into the pocket to avoid the pressure. Hopefully he can start correcting this.

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

There were also instances where he either ran into the pressure for no reason (one time it took us out of FG range) or failed to actually step up into the pocket to avoid the pressure. Hopefully he can start correcting this.

Griffin has zero confidence right now. I believe SS said it but Grif needs a cupcake game that gets his mojo back.

Sadly Sunday's game probably knocked his fragile confidence wall down even more.

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by mredskins

Griffin has zero confidence right now. I believe SS said it but Grif needs a cupcake game that gets his mojo back.



Sadly Sunday's game probably knocked his fragile confidence wall down even more.

If the Jags aint a cupcake game....than uh oh.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by mredskins

Griffin has zero confidence right now. I believe SS said it but Grif needs a cupcake game that gets his mojo back.

Sadly Sunday's game probably knocked his fragile confidence wall down even more.

I'm not sure if he's lacking confidence, or the coaches don't have confidence in him. Did we give up multiple high draft picks to watch Griffin throw hitches and screens all day? Yeah the coverage was soft but so what? They have to open up the offense with more medium rage stuff. Get RG3 on the run a little more, do something. That was crap yesterday.

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

There were also instances where he either ran into the pressure for no reason (one time it took us out of FG range) or failed to actually step up into the pocket to avoid the pressure. Hopefully he can start correcting this.

Yup. Cannot blame the right side for everything he did wrong. I have not seen any film on the websites that some of you guys watch 22? Or whatever it is. Id be willing to bet he missed more than one throw down field when he had the time to make it. All these things scare me. I mean I understand having your confidence shaken because of the injury, and not wanting to get hit again, but not stepping up - running into pressure- missing reads - not sure That has a whole lot to do with confidence.