Week 1: Redskins vs. Cowboys, Game-Day Thread

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

Anyone notice that Mcnabb gets rid of the ball quickly? Not to bash JC cause there is another thread already doing that, but I swear he saved a few sacks last night just by playing faster than JC.

Well CP also saved a whole bunch of sacks. Our interior line is now a bit of an issue. Rabach plainly sucks, he was getting beaten constantly and CP bailed him a couple of times.

[Longtimefan]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

Well CP also saved a whole bunch of sacks. Our interior line is now a bit of an issue. Rabach plainly sucks, he was getting beaten constantly and CP bailed him a couple of times.

We were sitting there collectively shaking our heads at the way Rabach was being handed his lunch by Ratliff. We began to give him help at times, but in all fairness, Ratliff is a pro-bowl player and I've seen him do what he did last night to better centers than Rabach. Not excusing Rabach though because in the last couple years he's has simular outings against lesser talents.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

Well CP also saved a whole bunch of sacks. Our interior line is now a bit of an issue. Rabach plainly sucks, he was getting beaten constantly and CP bailed him a couple of times.

Rabach doesn't suck, he just can't block Ratliff one on one. Ratliff has been owning him for years so nothing new there.

[Pocket$ $traight]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

Anyone notice that Mcnabb gets rid of the ball quickly? Not to bash JC cause there is another thread already doing that, but I swear he saved a few sacks last night just by playing faster than JC.

It isn't even close. Plus, he doesn't check down on every time a defender is close to him.

[Beemnseven]

The pocket did collapse several times, but McNabb did a good job of either stepping up and away from the pressure, or sitting tight and keeping his composure. The obvious difference from last year is that the O-line doesn't need to have absolute perfection 100% of the time to be able to compete.

[rbanerjee23]

I don't know how good the defense of the Cowboys is supposed to be but Portis got absolutely nothing against them. The offensive line still looks old and slow but maybe that is because the cowboys' d-line is stacked.

We were given chance after chance to score that touchdown when one of the Cowboys jumped offsides on that field goal attempt and could not punch it in. Not even that, we f'ed up the field goal so a lot of problems to figure out.

Also, absolutely unforgivable how wide-open Miles Austin was on some of the plays, especially the thirty yarder on the 4th and 10. Also Carlos Rogers and Laron Landry dropped back to back interceptions which would have iced the game. Also, this offense was pretty bad given that we managed 6 points over 4 quarters.

But you know what? We gave up 7 points to one of the best offenses in the league, made up for it with a defensive touchdown. McNabb looked okay, nothing great, Trent Williams held his own against Ware and didn't give up a sack and we beat the Dallas Cowgirls on opening night.

An ugly, ugly win which we should approach, really, as a loss but it's nice to see WAS 13 DAL 7

[53Fan]

We beat the Cowgirls. I love it!

[SBXVII]

Originally Posted by 53Fan

We beat the Cowgirls. I love it!

I'm loving it too. I'm so used to having to show up at work the next day having to hear from all the Dallas fans rubbing it in, wearing their jerseys. I think they are in shock. Wait do you hear that......... the silence is deafening. :headbange

[SBXVII]

Not to mention.... Johnson who got what 1 run?..... totally trucked Ware. lol. Not sure if it was a stinger or concussion but poor Ware. lol.

Supposedly..... Dallas was supposed to have the #1 ranked offense and #1 ranked defense, so I'm not sure what it says about the Skins. Dallas came into this game blind. They had no film to study and practice for.

So either Dallas is not as good as everyone thinks they will be, or the Skins are a lot better then everyone thought. I kinda think its somewhere in between. Dallas had a lot of dropped balls, but their #71 killed them with holding calls. We should have had 4 sacks or atleast possible hurried passes which might have led to interceptions.

I also think the Refs failed to call a holding call on Armstrong with one of the passes to the endzone which should have given us another 4 downs. Oh well.

I thought the score would have been Skins-30 to Dallas-21. I figured the defenses would have had a hard time stopping each others offense but in reality both defenses did pretty solid work and the offenses could not step up. I figured about a 7-9 point difference and it turned out to be 6. As most have said a win is a win.

The Texans will be even harder I think. They beat the Colts but I don't think the Colts are very good this yr. If we can pull another win out of our hats (thinking ahead), I can see us beating the Rams and the Eagles. The Eagles looked bad to me. What a nice situation to be in if we could be 4-0. MS just needs to get the offense rolling.

[T.O.Killa]

Does anyone know why Lictenstieger and Heyer were playing at times. I was at the game and was wondering if they got hurt or what. Both Dockery and Brown were out at times for several series.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by T.O.Killa

Does anyone know why Lictenstieger and Heyer were playing at times. I was at the game and was wondering if they got hurt or what. Both Dockery and Brown were out at times for several series.

They wanted to rotate the line a bit because a) Brown didn't get to play much in the preseason so Shanahan/Foerster wanted to ease him back in b) Kory L, according to Shanahan, had a great preseason and he wants to see him in the rotation some, and c)they plan on rotating the line some to give the D different looks and keep their guys fresh.

[T.O.Killa]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

They wanted to rotate the line a bit because a) Brown didn't get to play much in the preseason so Shanahan/Foerster wanted to ease him back in b) Kory L, according to Shanahan, had a great preseason and he wants to see him in the rotation some, and c)they plan on rotating the line some to give the D different looks and keep their guys fresh.

Thanks for the info. From were I was sitting it looked like Kory L. played good, but Heyer I think played poorly. For me its always hard to tell how well a lineman did. Everytime, I think someone did well they cut him.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by T.O.Killa

Thanks for the info. From were I was sitting it looked like Kory L. played good, but Heyer I think played poorly. For me its always hard to tell how well a lineman did. Everytime, I think someone did well they cut him.

Here's a more complete report on it

Redskins Insider - Offensive line strategy creates competition for Dockery

[firstdown]

An ugly win over Dallas is just fine by me. Ugly wins are what seperate the good team from the bad in most cases. Also the hangover does not hurt as much when you win.

[Chico23231]

Man the cowgurl fans today at work are taking some well deserved abuse. Feels so good to see them stumble in...a different walk of shame. HTTR

The stand up cowgurls fans are pointing towards their coaching staff as the problem...and the idiots are trying to argue the penalty and the fact the skins werent called for their holds...lol